You wouldn’t expect it, but our local King Soopers has a cake decorator who is making some pretty cool cakes for people. This one was for our daughter’s 5th birthday.
Water cascades over the top of the Evergreen Lake Dam, driven by high winds.
On 06.09.10, In Industrial, Photos, By Chester
Gears to control a spillway or other valve at Evergreen Lake Dam.
As seen through the trees at the base.
On 06.04.10, In Industrial, Photos, By Chester
These steps led from the bottom of the Evergreen Lake Dam to the top.
The inaugural photo of the week, I am re-running this image of my daughter, taken at Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. Enjoy.
On 01.09.09, In Photo of the Week, By Chester
As warm as the weather has been here in Denver, I have already been thinking about summertime and taking the boat out to the lake. Hence, this photo seemed appropriate for the photo of the week. Taken at Lake McConaughy in Nebraska last summer, we can’t wait to get out there again for another fun weekend of waterskiing and wakeboarding. Show everyone your love of summer with this print on your wall.
On 10.17.08, In Photo of the Week, Photos, By Chester
This weeks photo of the week (now available for sale) is “View Fit For A King”.
This is the view from the throne room of Schloß Neuschwanstein in Bavaria, Germany (near Füssen). Crazy King Ludwig pretty much bankrupted Bavaria through his building projects. This particular castle is a modern wonder, featuring indoor plumbing, central heating and other amenities not commonly available at the time of construction (1800′s). This castle is the one that inspired Cinderella’s castle at Disneyland and for the movie. It is definitely one of the most photographed places in the world, but I think this is a pretty unique image from this impressive palace.
I took this photo in January of 2002, and it still gets comments and faves on Flickr. It looks even better hanging on a wall than it does on the computer screen. Order your copy today.
If you are interested in a download for personal printing, or a commercial rights license, please contact me directly.
On 10.03.08, In Photo of the Week, Photos, By Chester
Each Friday I will debut a new picture that I am putting up for sale (print or download) at http://photos.chesterbullock.com. The inaugural image is of my daughter, taken at Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. For the first week than an image is available for purchase, it will be at a reduced price. Once a new image appears here, the prior one will revert to normal pricing (so if you like one, buy it right away).
There won’t be any specific theme, just images that I have created that I feel are worthy of someone’s interest and ownership.
If you are interested in a download for personal printing, or a commercial rights license, please contact me directly.
Shooting for fun
Recently my 4 year old daughter, Natalie, and I took a drive in the mountains west of Denver for the express purpose of taking pictures for fun. She is starting to get better with her camera (Fuji A330) and I was wanting to play with my Olympus 50mm f2 (a superb lens in every way).
I can’t remember the last time I went out and shot for fun. It was probably 9 months ago when Jennifer and I went to Silverton the same weekend we were taking our oldest to college in Durango. I love my pics of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad steam engine 482. Nat and I were on our own this day, so we packed some snacks and headed to the hills. We took Colorado 74 out of Morrison toward Kittredge. First stop was Corwina Park, where the photo above was snapped. I have shot some senior pics before, as well as our family photo a few years back. Natalie loves the stone picnic shelter here and she took some pics in the area too.
At Corwina, we realized it was way too windy to much portrait stuff, and Nat didn’t like the dust blowing into her face. We packed back into the car and continued west on 74, through Kittredge (making note of a cool playground to have a picnic at sometime) and continued on to Evergreen. I thought it might be less windy by the lake, and that it could provide a good backdrop, so we turned right at the light just past Little Bear and started around the lake. As we were even with the dam, Nat asked what it was. As I explained it to her, she wanted to get closer and take pics there. So we turned around and went back into downtown Evergreen, parking just off Colorado 73 at the base of the dam.
We wound up spending the rest of our time shooting from there. All sorts of stuff to see, different perspectives, even a bird on a wire. The next three posts to this blog will be from our time at the dam. After we were done shooting, we decided it was lunch time and headed home. I really enjoyed getting out, and Nat said her favorite part of that day was taking pictures. Couldn’t ask for anything more.
If you are interested, you can see her perspective on the day, through her camera, by viewing her pictures.