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Alaska State Fair, Palmer Alaska.

I would like to say I was the first to come up with the idea for really long exposures and streaking lights, but I’m far from it.  It is still a fun technique to play around with at a place like this!

Richard Wong with The Non-Clamorous Side of Photography recently interviewed me with some interesting questions – you can read my responses here:  Non-Glamorous Side of Photography.

Finger Lake, Wasilla, Alaska.

This was from Friday in Wasilla.  We went up there for some photography, and to visit my parents and sister’s family.   Ironically, Wasilla became famous on this same day when John McCain selected Sarah Palin for his running mate.  I probably should have stuck around for some more photography of the area because it will probably be in demand, but it was sunny, and I was anxious to photograph landscapes back in Seward.  Those should show up here in a couple of days. 

I gotta say, it was almost surreal to see Sarah’s husband, Todd Palin standing up there on national TV smiling and waving to the crowd.  You see I have known Todd for some 30 years – since we were kids growing up in Glennallen.  Guys I hung out with drinking beer and doing other crazy things just don’t seem to grow up and appear on national TV!  Well at least until now.  To see him standing there with his little daughter, a girl that plays with my little niece, suddenly made the world seem very small.

I sure don’t envy what they are about to go through, but I do look forward to one day, probably many years from now, sitting down and hearing his stories!