More in January

Hi folks!

Left you about 10 days ago and am making the commitment to sit down at the PC and get some more blogging done. Seems our very cool or frigid for Willamette Valley standards is turning just a bit. Now that we seem to be getting away from mid 30's for highs we are getting back to rain! I don't think you can win when it comes to the weather here, but hopefully it will not freeze tonight or it is going to be a really bad Sunday.

I got in a run today and did get some bike commutes this week but not much in the way of mileage on the bike this year, maybe a 100+ miles so far? I am getting another new bike put together, a redline conquest pro frame set, with most of the other stuff hijacked off my older Cannondale. This will become my commuter and Cross-Racing bike if I get the motivation to race in the fall.

Hey, I know last time I said something about posting a shot or two of some bighorn sheep, but changed my mind for now. I am posting a shot of an icicle that was by this metal art thingy hanging by one of the doors at my folks house. I spent about twenty minutes shooting this icicle trying to catch drops coming off the damn thing. In this one you will see a drop just getting ready to be free from the main icicle and start its journey downward.

I am hoping to get out to one of the NWR's close to Salem to see about what birds might be hanging around and get some shooting in. Am also planning on heading up into the Cascades one of these weekends to do some skiing, snowshoeing, or sledding and getting away from the rain. Will hopefully get some good shots along the way. This week I plan on updating to my smugmug account with some animals and landscapes.

Thanks for stopping in!

Tim

New Year - New sights

Wow! Over the past month and a half I have been looking at the blog but doing nothing about it. It is time to get serious and this is the year! Part of it has been laziness and the other part finding the time, but like I tell my honey bunny, you have to make the time. I should live by that same thought.

Well, December came and went with no updates so here we are mid-way through January and I am starting again. In December, my wife, daughter and I went back to Cody, Wyoming to visit my folks for the Christmas holiday. Good times, with a 3-4 inches of light powdery snow on Christmas eve and plenty of Mule deer coming into the yard for a little extra feed. Yes, my dad gives them a little bit of cracked corn to munch on, but not a whole lot and I don't think you could really say that it enhances their diet to much. Anyway, they get around 10-14 deer almost everyday and I have included a shot of one of the bucks that was around.

When not playing games with family or sitting around having a beer and talking I did get a chance to drive up the North Fork (Main Hwy) towards the East gate of Yellowstone Park. I will get you a shot or two of some Big Horn sheep that were hanging out near the road along some drainage's. Pretty nice to just sit there and watch them graze, had a few feisty males ramming their horns with each other. Makes you appreciate the animals in this world and being away from larger communities, cars and way to many people!

Well, this is just a start. I am going to work on some of the animal photos and check some of the local places in Salem to start getting some showing's on the walls of their businesses. I will post out when I have some out and about in the community.

So long for now, and thanks for stopping in! I promise to be more jazzed about getting stuff out and since I would like this to be my job someday maybe I should "make the time."

Bye, tim

Something Big is Coming?

Did that grasp your attention? Well, maybe here in the next few days I am going to update my smugmug account and also post a few shots out here. It has been a long November, with the Thanksgiving holiday, hiring a few new staffers at work and getting some new floors installed in the house.......updating the old vinyl flooring, that stuff is just inadequate!

Will be posting again in a few days....I think I am finding some energy!

- Tim

Find A Niche!

I was sitting around the other day seeing my e-mail box fill up with OBRA racing results and photo links from a recent Sunday Cross race held in the good state of Oregon. I was pretty amazed at the speed of some of the photo postings and started to realize that just about half the folks watching a race are shooting some record of the days happenings. Some post their photos to share because they want to and others like myself post to share but also to make money.

Sure I have a day job that pays the bills and for my equipment but would like to actually make photography my day/bill paying job...someday! Anyway, it got me to thinking why do I waste time shooting at events and why am I shooting anything at all. But it came to me as I was reading Outdoor Photographer while taking a break at work and in this one article there it was. You have to find your "Niche" and be the best at it......Damn! That's all it is?!

Well, I will still shoot races now and then or hire out for a team to shoot just them in a race, but I think my days of wasting time traveling, shooting, post production for most cycling are about over. I might shoot when I actually go to a race to race but will have to see about that, it doesn't fit with my Niche.

My Niche: I think it lies in animals and landscapes, as I truly love shooting birds (not the one finger type) with the camera and I love landscapes be it vast open spaces or urban jungles. So I will try to direct my focus that way and see where this journey will continue to take me. I will continue with this bolg and try to post photos here along with more photos to smugmug and one more outlet which I will talk about once it is set up.

So there you have it! Find what you do really well, and then work to become the best you can be at that thing you do well. Simple!

bye, tim -

Been a long time!

Hello to anyone reading!
It has been a long time since I last posted. Almost a month in duration and what have I done or reasons may I make up to cover why I have been lazy. Um, I was at the coast one weekend, oh yeah, family things have tied me up for many evenings and weekends.....the list is almost endless!

Actually did go to the coast (Lincoln City) a few weekends ago and got some decent shots, a few of some birds, seals and what ever else came in view. It was kind of overcast rainy weekend so it was super to be outside but it was fun being away from home with the family. I still haven't dropped the photos from the camera yet so it might be some time before I get those out. I am still working on photos to go to Smugmug and finishing up looking at setting up a location on Istock.com as another place to move my photos for sale.

Been doing some shooting for my daughters fall soccer team and will be using some of those shots to give away for the girls at the end of their season.

I have a new bicycle on order from the Bike Peddler and it should be here by the end of October. It is a Specialized Roubaix Expert, could not justify going over $3,000 for a new road bike but it will be my first more/less all carbon bike. Well the frame, fork and I think the bars might be carbon so not completely a carbon setup. When it gets here I will have a 2001 Cannondale R2000 60cm complete bike to sell. More details can be had by emailing me on the bike.

Well, thought I would at the least post some trivial type speak for you to read.

Tim -