Fire Girl Around and About, Or Why I Carry a Camera Everywhere

I’m sitting here in my one chair in the apartment – a metal folding affair recently purchased from Costco – feet propped up on the cot, and watching the snow falling outside my window.

That’s May (or almost May) in Montana for you.  It’s supposed to be sunny and nearly seventy later in the week.

I have a few hours before I head into the metropolis of Craig, and have been up since 0530h writing and sending out emails.  Fueled by a strong cold-brewed coffee (Copper Door all the way, thanks Sinjin!) it’s been a productive morning.

I was thrilled that the team over at Moldy Chum picked up my Expedition Portal piece a few days ago, and Chi Wulff ran a few images yesterday in addition to the regular weekly Dispatches from Craig post on Sunday.

It’s been a productive few days behind the camera.  Shuttling rigs has produced a few photo opportunities, despite seemingly rather irritable weather and busy runs.

Noticed these sheep hanging out across from the Mid Canon takeout yesterday, and the next time I drove by, no more than twenty minutes later, they had moved on.

People laugh, but there is a reason I tote my damn camera bag everywhere.  You never know when the opportunity to make an image will crop up.  Things come together at unexpected times, and you don’t want to be the one wishing for a camera in hand.

In this business, I’ve also found if I have ten minutes waiting fora  ride to pick me up while shuttling, that is just enough time to scramble down the bank to the river or to crawl up under a trailer to shoot a few images.

And look at that.  Sun breaking through the snow.

Tags: Missouri Project

Tagged as: Bighorn Sheep, Missouri River, Montana, photography