Hi everyone-

Just a quick post today. Leaving to go visit with my father and family. He is having a hip replacement today.

This image was shot this summer at the North American Indian Days on the Blackfeet Nation, MT.

As you know great light is really important for creating a good portrait. Well, at this location lighting and access with an unobstructed view are a bit tough.

But if you hit it at the right time there is a perfect spot that where the light is just right as the sun begins to set. Depending on the weather and what is going on around the area it might not last for long but when its good, its very good.

I try to get that spot every year and have been pretty successful most of the time.

Have a great day!

Hi everyone-

Today's image started out as an experiment and really ended up looking nothing like what I had set out to do.

I figured out during the process that I did not have the proper components to create what I had in mind. So that will have to wait. I am excited about the prospect of creating something completely new however, so I'm sure you'll be seeing and reading more about that as time goes on.

Back to today's image...

The Blackfeet Sentries stand at the four main entrances to the Blackfeet Nation in northwestern Montana. These larger than life statues were created, on a commission from the Blackfeet Nation, by artist Jay Polite Laber. Jay was born on the Blackfeet reservation but after his families home was destroyed by a flood moved to New Hampshire. Eventually Jay returned home to Montana.

Jay attended college at and is now a professor of art at the Salish Kootenai College in Montana.

The statues are made entirely of cars damaged in the 1963 flood on the reservation. The base on which they stand was created from rocks taken from the walls of a local mission school.

Interestingly I believe it was the mission school that my grandfather attended in his childhood. I am trying to see if I can substantiate that fact.

Have a great day!



For those of you who might be interested, here is the SOOC version of the image.