Fourth of July

I ended up spending the day with the family today for the day's festivities, but wandered off for a few minutes to see what everyone else was doing in the stadium here in Boulder. Came across a woman blowing giant bubbles for random kids and I thought it might be fun to hang out for a bit. I ended up getting one frame that seemed like a good poster for a group of kids trying to recreate "Star Wars."

Graduation

Got up bright and early to shoot a high school graduation this morning. I was half afraid it would be one of those classes with 500+ students graduating, but it turned out to be a rather small group. Which is good, considering how bad I am about getting names. Small groups are a lot easier to figure out who's who.



Peak to Peak Charter School graduate Kelda Elliot congratulates a classmate at the end of the Class of 2009 Commencement ceremony at the school Saturday in Lafayette, Colo. Ninety-six graduating seniors received their high school diplomas from Peak to Peak.

Slackline Skills

I love my job. I got paid to spend my day at Chautauqua Park taking photos of gorgeous European men as they walked on a slackline all afternoon.

Got some of the typical walking across the line shots, but this one was by far my favorite from the day.



Michael Payton, of Boulder, falls after balancing on a slackline on one arm Saturday at Chautauqua Park in Boulder, Colo. Gibbon Slacklines hosted a slackline demo at the park as part of a two-month long tour of North America.

Zyrina the Vampire

I just finished an article for my reporting 2 class (I'll probably post that here later) about Vampires in Boulder/Denver. I might look into continuing with this project and profiling as many vampires as possible over the summer. Could be fun.

Windsor, nearly a year afterward

I ended up digging through my photos from last year's tornado that hit Windsor, Colo. on May 22, 2008. It's interesting seeing how much more timid I was a year ago when it came to getting up to people.

4/20 Gathering

CU students' favorite day of the year, April 20, came and went without and major conflict or problems. Spent the afternoon with Mara Auster, buried in the haze of the revelers taking pictures. It was quite amusing, and I only had one person get too upset that we were out there taking pictures. Not that I would have cared anyway.

You can see more images by student photographers Danielle Alberti, Mara Auster, Sam Dieter and Scott Franz at:
http://www.cuindependent.com/photos/galleries/2009/apr/20/norlin-quad-420-gathering/

Laughter Yoga

I photographed a group of women that meet on occasion for a session of "laughter yoga," led by Ellen Brown. I've never sat through a real session of yoga. The first was a maternity yoga, now this. The laughter was forced at first, and just became so funny it the laughter began to come naturally. This was definitely funky and fun.