Fire, Friday Night Lights, Fall Color

A few favorites from the past week.

It was homecoming week for Middle Park High School and last Tuesday they had a bonfire, that started burning so hot that no one was able to stay very close to it.  A few students had brought marshmallows to roast for s'mores, but couldn't get close enough, so they convinced this firefighter to toast them.

The sun has been setting earlier each day, so for the homecoming football game on Friday evening, the sun was going to set shortly after kickoff.  The were scattered clouds which were only going to help with the color in the sky, I just wish there would have been better action to put against the background.

On Sunday morning I was covering the Fraser Valley Fall Duathlon and was fortunate the changing of the aspen was in high gear and gave me a multitude of shooting possibilities to play with while I waited for the competitors to come by.

I was able to find a location where the mountain biking course would enter an amazing stand of changing aspen and made the most of it.

goo, goo g'joob

Rediscovering the Maroon Bells

I had a photographer friend visiting from out of town and he had never been to Aspen or seen the Maroon Bells, so we made plans to make the trek last weekend.  I hadn't been there in something like 15 years, so I was anxious to make a return trip to what has to be the most photographed location in Colorado.

I could go on and on about all of the other photographers who were there capturing the beauty of this amazing place and the variety of approaches they all took, but suffice to say, no matter what the technique, it is virtually impossible to get a bad photo of the Maroon Bells...some are just better than others.

Here are my favorites:

goo, goo g'joob