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If You Can’t Stand the Heat Bozeman, Montana 2012

I have an issue with my heart that precludes me from wearing an airpack when I participate as a  firefigher on the Bridger Canyon Volunteer Fire Department, so I am relegated to running the pump on the truck or other such activities. I miss out on a lot of the action that way but it does free me up to take photos sometimes. This one is from the training we were doing today in a burn trailer which is basically an all metal semi-trailer set up to be configured like a house in which you can repeatedly light fires and then go in and put them out. Here I was standing just inside the door while one of the fires was being lit. I got this shot just before ducking back outside, but not before the heat got a little intense and I lost a bit of  hair on my eyebrows and arms.]]>

Not What It Looks Like Missoula, Montana 2012

Perhaps because I was in Missoula to attend functions at an art museum, when I saw this guy I thought he was working on a painting. But later, when I zoomed in on the computer, he seemed to be sticking something in his mouth. Maybe he was just chewing on the end of the brush, or maybe he was brushing his teeth instead of a canvas.]]>

The Boys in the Band Missoula, Montana 2012

Not exactly a large (or enthusiastic) audience for this band next to the bakery but I thought these guys sounded pretty good–and they seemed to be enjoying themselves.

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What’s Wrong With This Picture? (#2) Bozeman, Montana 2012

I just took this a little while ago (snowing even harder now). It’s May 10th for crying out loud. It seems like just yesterday we were sitting on the new deck enjoying 75 degree weather. Oh, wait, it was just yesterday. I’m not sure who the Fashion Queen is calling on the phone, probably the airlines to book a plane south.]]>

Giant Cinnamon Rolls Missoula, Montana 2012

I’m not sure what they were actually preparing late at night at this bakery, but in my mind I was imagining giant cinnamon rolls for the next morning.]]>

Watching Me Watching Him Missoula, Montana 2012

You never know who might be stalking you behind your back, but you don’t have to worry as long as you’ve got your watch-wolf looking out for you.]]>

Shut-Up and Deal Missoula, Montana 2012

While in Missoula last week for the Montana Triennial 2012 art exhibit at the Missoula Art Museum (which included four of my photographs), I went out walking and looking for good photo-ops for an hour on Thursday night and then again for three hours the next morning. Occasionally I have periods of time when–as I like to put it–everything looks like art to me. This altered state of mind, often the result of viewing art in a museum or gallery, puts me into a highly creative mode photographically and I get a higher number of interesting photos than I normally do in such outings. This was the case both times I went out in Missoula. So for the next little while, POTDs will be from those Missoula moments. Friday night was spent mostly walking around in a gentle rain and playing the (benign) voyeur, shooting scenes through windows and such, such as these poker players in a bar downtown.]]>

The Bucks Stop Here Las Vegas, Nevada 2012

On most of the strip it’s hard to tell that Las Vegas was hit really hard by the so-called Great Recession as everything is so vibrant and busy. But a peak through a broken down wooden fence on the north end of the strip shows a major case of arrested development–a huge mega-development stopped in mid-construction with no cranes, no construction trailers or other signs of recent activity. Not only do the bucks stop here, but so does this series of photos from Las Vegas. Tomorrow on to something else.]]>

Patriot’s Dream #31 Las Vegas, Nevada 2012

Hot babes direct to you–complete with promises to make your American Dream come true no doubt.

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