Chalk another up for Kubas.

The new issue of Powder Magazine has hit the stands.  Check out the article on the clear cutting incident up at Jay Peak.  The first pic in the article is mine.  I snapped this shot of Ben deep in the pow a few days after the St. Patty's Day storm.  The best part about this published image is that it's actually towards the front of the magazine...and my friends west of South Bend will be able to see it.  Heard it's been snowing out west.

Victory is mine!

Back about 7 months at the beginning of spring the Village of Woodstock, where I reside, decided to install a "raised crosswalk/speed bump" in front of my house.  "Huh, what ever," I thought.  Well it turns out that this speed bump is the most noisy piece of blacktop I have ever seen or heard.  As spring gave way to summer and the doors and windows of my home opened to let in the fresh Vermont breezes it became quite clear with every passing truck and car...bump..bump...crash...crash...bump...bump...this speed bump SUCKS and the noise UNBEARABLE!  One night where I might or might not have been hopped up martini's and with the urging of my landlord I penned a letter to the Board of Trustees, Village of Woodstock, requesting the swift removal of the speed bump.  A month later the "matter of the raised crosswalk on River Street" was on the agenda at the monthly Village meeting.  I was present, along with my neighbor, to voice our dislike of the "bump".  With a little debate, and my suggestion to move the "bump" down the road in front of the cemetery where "I didn't think it would bother those folks" a vote was taken and all were in favor to remove the "bump".  Victory was ours!!  It has been about a month and a half since the meeting and just yesterday speed bump was removed.  I am happy to report cars and trucks sail smoothly down my road without even a slight...bump...bump..or..crash...crash.

Come on up, the trees are poppin'

Got the call from Steve Wright, VP of Marketing at Jay Peak last week..."The trees are popping and the course is looking better than ever...we need some shots."  I had been to Jay numerous times to shoot the front nine, but this would be the first time shooting the back nine since it's completion earlier this summer.  I was not disappointed.  The trees were at peak foliage and the back 9 had grown in perfect.  I mentioned this once before on my wedding blog, if you enjoy championship golf courses of the highest caliber, I highly recommend a round at Jay Peak.  The course is very tough but fair and every hole has spectacular views.  Below are a few images from the shoot.




After the back nine was covered I hopped on the tram for a ride to the top. On the way up I shot these with my tilt-shift lens. It adds a cool perspective to the lifts and trees below.