It's hot out there !!!

needed to get out from the heat for a bit. here's a photo from last October in Lake Placid that hopefully will cool everyone down a degree or two.

The rain and the woods

the rain and the woods,

struggling could,

for ahead shines the light,

27 months and a new life bright,

but who's counting?

Night Flight

Wolf Creek

it seems like I'm spending a lot of time out in the rain lately. what the hell , I'm usually in the dark anyways.

It's a wonderful life

It’s a beautiful day! Sitting here with good friends , good music , “ Van’s - Back on Top - playing now with his - No Guru no Method No Teacher - on deck. “ and good cheers.


finished cleaning my equipment , experimenting and playing with the clouds , my friends get a real charge out of looking at the crazy things I do with my camera. But they won’t buy one. It’s like my buddy Zack says , “ I only have two hands and one mouth , how am I suppose to drink my beer and take pictures too? “


now who could argue with that kind of logic?

The Residence

Rays of Hope

My God ! I almost threw this one away !

Bannermans castle

I spent last night on pollepel island photographing the Bannerman castle under the tutorage of Gabe Biderman and Matt Hill with keeper of the island Thom Johnson. it sure was a learning experience.while my first attemp at night time photography was crapola here are a few photos that i came away with. more will be added later if there is anything worth showing but after being up for the last 32 hours I need to get some rest so I can hit the trails in the morning.

thanks again Gabe , Matt and Thom for the fun time.

Overlook Mountain Hotel

for the first time in years and years I'm back to a 40 hour week . resting the last two , today I was ready to get back hiking and photographing , deciding that this summer will be spent re-introducing myself to the Catskills.

heading south to one of my favorite little towns on the whole planet , Woodstock NY , to hike the steep road to the abandoned , burned out hotel , " Overlook Mountain " . in the pouring rain , soaked and wore out by the time I reached the top , it was only a matter of minutes that the excitement took over once I set eyes on this place.

by the end of the summer , hopefully the photos uploaded will give people a pretty good idea of what the Catskills are like , with overlook getting at least one more weekend visit.

Hotel staff residence

Front door to hotel

West wing of the hotel

Stair way to rooms

The colors of my life