Aquarium

After whale watching, we went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. As it turns out, it was probably a little too much fish for one day. Either that or the Dramamine was working a little too hard. We both felt a little sleepy and a little wobbly while we were there. It had some cool exhibits though. I found the jelly fish to be especially appealing. Here are some pictures:

Whale watching

On our first morning in California, our ship set sail on a three hour tour. We were hoping to see some whales. After about two and a half hours, I was thinking we were going to get skunked. While we didn't see any whales, we did see what seemed like hundreds of these dolphins. They're Risso's Dolphins, and they were fun to watch as they swam through the swells and jumped out of the water from time to time. I'd still like to see a whale, but this was a pretty good consolation prize.

Carmel Beach

A couple of dogs had fun playing in the water while we were watching sunset on Carmel Beach.

Finally

I've finally got some new photos to post. I just got back from a short trip to the California coast. I took a lot of pictures, but it wasn't truly a photo trip. I'll start with the view from our hotel room.

Blast from the past

It's been pretty quiet here in the land of Crooked Horizons. I guess I've been busy with other stuff. I hope to have either some new pictures or something taken out of the files to put up soon. In the mean time, check out Dakotagraph. It's my friend Chad's blog. He has what has to be one of the best jobs in the world. He's the photographer for the South Dakota Department of Tourism. I spent two summers working as an intern in his office. Little did I know that 15 years later, he'd dig up a video of me and put it on his blog. I guess I'll have to go looking for some old photos of him now.

Dance Marathon

Here's a project I just did at work. This photo gallery went up today:

http://www.uiowa.edu/~fyi/issues/issues2008_v45/02162009/photos/photofeature021609/index.html

It's from Dance Marathon. The students danced for 24 hours and raised more than $1 million for kids with cancer. It's a great event. It's fun to shoot, but the lighting (or serious lack thereof) makes it a tough shoot. I tossed out hundreds of photos, but I'm happy with this final selection. I'd be curious to know what anybody else thinks of them.

Long time

Sorry for the long delay. Here's a sunrise from a while ago that I just downloaded tonight. Pretty amazing sunrise. I just wish I could have shot it from somewhere other than my driveway...