When I’m done slidin’, and I’m feelin’ cold and tired, it’s good to warm my bones beside the fire.
Author Archives: Steve Z
Giant Slip And Slide
A large chunk of the crew recently moved into a big house out in East Boulder. At the housewarming party my friends at Green Guru brought out a big stash of their vinyl supply to make a giant slip and slide! I lent my photo skills to capture some of the water sprayin’ body flingin’...
Ophir Abandoned Buildings
Here we are with my final Telluride post. I’m going to have to find some local fun to keep this blog going over the next month! River and I took a little drive out of town to the micro-town of Ophir. I was quite excited to find some trashed out buildings to play in. The...
Randomless lives in Telluride
Telluride is full of all sorts of marvlicious randomness. And you know how I love to take photos of randomness! About a block from the gondola in town is a house, with a fence made of skis, and a pile of random junk lying in the yard. And amongst the random junk is a mid...
The Art of the Camel Toe
I got hooked up with some luxury accommodations in Telluride at the Camel’s Garden Hotel by virtue of River’s friendship with the owner. A fine art aficionado, Michael has some cool art in and around the premises. The post started with my fixation on the hotel lamp. The below shot I call, The Flux Capacitor....
In My Face!
There is a really cool narrow alley in Telluride. I thought it would be cool to take someones picture in it. Here is that person. Self portraits at f/2.8 with a manual focus lens are really hard!
Bear Creek Trail
After my wedding on Wednesday I got out for a quick hike from the town of Telluride. The weather was unbelievably schizophrenic, and it would change from sun to rain about every 3 minutes. I walked with only my 45mm Tilt Shift Lens, always looking to tie together compositional elements. Steve-Z.com = perspective misalignment!
Vintage Used Car Lot
On the drive to Telluride, we passed through the town of Delta, Colorado. Just another ambiguous small town on the Western Slope, there are only three reasons for a passer-though to stop: Food, gas, or possibly some crystal meth. When I saw this lot full of rusted out vintage cars, I realized that there is...
Ouray
If you drive to Ouray, there is an overlook over town, where you can take the same photo that 8 million other people have already taken. 7,999,999 of them do not have the focal plane aligned with Main Street, however.
Ridgeway Colorado has Uberfantastish Sunsets
Aw. A sunset. Isn’t that special? Well, it was pretty schweet. I took these photos from the deck of a shirtless tattooed dude. He offered us snow peas that were growing on the deck along with a lot of tomatoes. He showed us the shelves where he started them in March. He says that he...
Chapter 5
Driving along the barren interstate at sunset, we were struck by the beauty of the rolling crop fields in central Washington. The sun was setting, and we were reflecting on a spontaneous journey gone by. It seemed like the perfect setting to take some new Facebook profile pics! That’s all for Chapter 5. You can...
Tourist Shots
So, while I was at Mount Rainier, I couldn’t resist taking some tourist shots. It really is quite an impressive chunk of ice, towering 10,000 feet above most of the other mountains in the Cascade Range. We were blessed with incredible clear blue skies the entire weekend.
Deep in the Washington Forest
We camped deep in the forest near Rainier. It was wicked magical.
Sunset in Paradise
We watched the sun set from the Paradise area of Mt. Rainier National Park. Apparently Paradise is the snowiest place on Earth, of the places that regularly measure that sort of thing. That’s cool. The light on the mountain at that time of day was pretty washed out, which is less than cool. So to...
Mt. Rainier
After leaving Seattle and the coast, we headed up to Mt. Rainier National Park. George needed to get out of the car and stretch his legs at a rest stop, and agreed to pose for a quick photo.
Fire on the Mountain
When camping, I’m captivated by the primal power of fire. I can spend hours collecting, building, tending, arranging, contemplating, and generally zoning out in peaceful zen.
And then we crashed a wedding
I have a thing for free camping. I hate paying to camp. I hate camping around other people even more. Mel and I have a track record of never paying for camping, even when visiting national parks. Our quest at this point in the journey was to find a place to camp on the beach....
Puget Sound
We continued our journey north out of Seattle. I was sneaking my way around the coast, looking for a spot to enjoy the water. I noticed this cool old fishery on Puget Sound, and knew that this was the spot. This area was populated with some really sweet homes. They looked great on this sunny...
The Ultimate Tourist Birthday
We arrived in Seattle on Melissa’s birthday. After a series of misadventures, we were seriously ready for some celebrations. We didn’t really have a clue of what we should do in town. I noticed the Ride The Ducks amphibious vehicles passing by every 15 minutes, and just said, “I think we should do THAT!” Now,...
The Matheson House Bed and Breakfast
Somewhere along the way through Washington State, Mel and I found ourselves at the little town of Northport. We stayed at a little Grandma and Grandpa bed and breakfast, which I believe was called the Matheson House, although I can’t seem to find any trace of it on the internet. We received the warmest hospitality,...
