"A few harmless flakes working together can unleash and avalanche of destruction" - Larry Kersten
Today is Saturday February 27, 2010.
Look closely a the two pictures above. It's of the same mountain, Ajax, located on east end of Telluride. Both pictures are taken from the same spot, one on right is with a 250mm EFS zoom lens. You should be able to click on the middle of the picture and have them enlarged. Do you see what I see? It's a pretty incredible shot of what nature can do in a town like this. The quote of the day sums it up best and from the picture on the right I can tell you that this was no small avalanche. It's actually a HUGE avalanche slide and whatever was in the path was likely taken out. Trees were cleared out and overheard today that a photographer snapped a shot from town (like my pic on the left) that captured a huge snow cloud that rose from the ground as the avalanche slid to its end. If I had caught that on film I would have been very pleased. But my shots above are same day, well after it happened. Pretty amazing. It's the largest visible slide I have seen since my arrival here. Quite a few mountain peaks have them....just on a smaller scale. Since I have been here, there have been several (less than ten) articles about skiers caught in avalanches. No known fatalities, but like some of my videos show the mountains, including the ski mountains, have the danger and risk.
Before I snapped those pictures I worked most of the day on the mountain. I took about 10 familty, couple, etc. still shots. By 'shots' I mean a photo shoot....different poses with breakdowns, from group, to kids, to couples, to singles. In each photo shoot I average about 10-20 individual pictures of those various breakdowns. The more variety you give the more options they have to buy. Simple concept and you would be amazed how 1) edgy and pushy they are about NOT having different poses and breakdowns and 2) after the day is over and they stop in shop to see the pictures, how happy they are you took so many! It's hilarious. Fact of the matter is that when you are on the mountain, you want to be skiing. So I understand why people do not want the photographers taking too much of their time. But in the end, we take great photos and we give them lifetime memories to cherish and hold onto. I'm enjoying the work, meeting people and probably the most amazing thing about it.....it's work so different then my office jobs as an accountant. That's a whole different conversation.
Tonight I was fortunate. I was invited to the Telluride Aids Benefit (TAB) fashion show and auction. Never been to anything like this, but it was pretty incredible. Here are some words on their organization www.aidsbenefit.org/about. The fashion show this year was produced by an individual who has produced some big name events such as Miss USA pagaents. It was impressive and for stumbling on a last second ticket, I was lucky. People say that it is one of two events per year that is the hardest ticket to get in Telluride. Lucky me.
Thanks for checking in and good night from Telluride.
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