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First Look at ThinkTank Photo’s Retrospective 40

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Alpine Ski Races

https://guelph-real-estate.ca/uzr2wkyjmy6 by Fire Girl Jess on February 8, 2013

https://penielenv.com/o8ib1j0uodn I’ve been mysteriously absent from the blog this week. Apologies. Soon, however, I can announce the reason why (and it’s exciting!).

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https://www.elevators.com/rhdr1pp5 Snow pack is alarmingly light here. I rode the lift up and hiked down the mountain, post-holing much of the way. The snow only reached up to my hips, much less in the windblown areas. Here’s hoping to a wet spring so we have water to fish in the summer!

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Gettin’ My Ski Legs On

https://www.yolascafe.com/i9cicquz4 by Fire Girl Jess on February 3, 2013

https://getdarker.com/editorial/articles/qp20ni6b8l Rather ashamedly, despite living in four of the skiing meccas across the West, I’ve never really skied. Okay, once, as a school field trip in Utah, but that’s it. And I was really little.

https://www.marineetstamp.com/2jopjoc9 So when the team at White Pine Ski Resort invited me to join a ski lesson group Friday – on the condition I photographed it for the paper – I jumped all over it. Something new and potentially fast.

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https://www.mbtn.net/?p=ue8jwcj My instructor informed me I’d somehow skipped the “pizza” stage and jumped right into parallel turns. Hell if I know what it means, but apparently it’s a good thing. That, and apparently I have an unusual, highly aggressive approach to skiing.

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https://guelph-real-estate.ca/axc8weed I was back up at the resort yesterday photographing kids’ ski lessons – the tiny jackets and tiny skis are so incredibly cute. Members from the local high school ski team volunteer their time and join staff instructors as they wrangle kids around the slopes. It was a very happy group of little kids, skiing alongside their mentors.

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International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race

Buy Prescription Tramadol Without by Fire Girl Jess on January 30, 2013

Tramadol Cheapest Price I drove out into the Upper Green yesterday morning to catch the start of the Pinedale leg of the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race. Mushers came from across the continental U.S., Alaska, Canada and Europe to compete in the competition. It may perhaps be my horsey background coming out, but there’s something about bundling up and working with animals in bad conditions that makes me really happy.

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A strong turnout showed despite ice skating rink-like road conditions and wind chill that dipped well below -20F. I talked to several other photographers who were having difficulties with their camera mirrors freezing. We were all bundled in Carhartts and heavy jackets, making it difficult to tell who was who.

The Upper Green was fantastic – remote, high and harsh. The chorus of dogs yipping and yelping echoed off the surrounding hills, creating a rather eerie cacophony that could be heard over the wind. It was a fitting soundtrack to the event.

I had to head back to Pinedale before the end of the race to cover a meeting, but was grateful to have the chance to capture the beginning. New subjects are always a welcome change.

Headed off tomorrow to a guest ranch near Jackson to photograph a lodge and an award-winning Percheron breeding program.

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Taking Opportunities

by Fire Girl Jess on January 28, 2013

One of the hardest lessons for me as a photographer has been learning to take advantage of photography opportunities when they pop up. Ninety-eight percent of photos you have to work your rear end off for, but sometimes, in that oh-so-rare two percent of the time, something amazing comes to you.

This was one of those times… sort of.

Sunday, I drove back from Bozeman to Pinedale, dealing with significant snow and wind all the way. A five-hour drive morphed into a nine-hour trek across the great white unknown. For much of the trip the delineation between the sky and the ground was not visible. Blegh.

I eagerly look forward to the Henry’s Fork section of the trip every single time. There’s something simply awe-inspiring about driving along that renowned river, and something peaceful about passing through the trees, knowing the friendly outpost of West Yellowstone is just around the bend.

I was driving along at 40 miles an hour, peering through the blowing powder, when I looked over and saw a collection of swans and ducks resting on a peaceful section of the river. Road conditions prevented a quick pull-over-and-stop, so I slalomed into the next pullout and muscled the Fire Girl Suby through the unplowed snow. Soon enough I was able to park the car near the river and hiked through the snow to a vantage point for these images. Jeans and Danskos be damned. I wanted these shots.

And, as I usually am, I’m glad I turned back for the images.

Tomorrow I’m out in the Upper Green covering a national sled dog race. Wind chills are forecasted to near -20 degrees Fahrenheit. Yee-haw!

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Birthday Reflections

by Fire Girl Jess on January 25, 2013

Somehow each birthday is a time to look back at the year past, remember good times from childhood, and plan ahead for the coming year.

This year, since I am turning twenty five, somehow the reflecting has been full bore.

I drove up to Bozeman yesterday, battling freezing rain and whiteouts from Pinedale to West Yellowstone. I slid down Teton Pass, drove thirty miles per hour across most of Idaho and more than once was pretty sure the Fire Girl Suby was going to end up in the ditch.

As soon as I passed from the Henry’s Fork to West Yellowstone – there is a gorgeous valley about 10 miles south of West – the skies began to clear and the roads were suddenly unfrozen allowing me to run at full bore.

Crossing into Montana, the sky broke for the first time all day and I was greeted by a full spectrum of pink, soft Montana light. Driving along the Gallatin River and through the northernmost reaches of Yellowstone on the last stretch of the trip I realized how nice it was to be home.

Montana light is like no other light.

Road trips have always been the best thinking time for me. Problem nagging in the back of my subconscious? Big decision to be made? I get in the car and drive. The more open the drive, the better.

The past year has been a hell of a trip. I’ve moved six times, lived in four states and two countries, and met and lost more new friends than ever before. I’m exhausted but at the same time looking for the next adventure and, I admit, a bit restless.

Life is short and I’d like to live it to the full.

I wrote a guest editorial for the Pinedale Roundup a few weeks ago and decided to write about the past year and the people the year has brought. A customer, more at home on the oil rig than in the office, stopped by the office several days ago and raved about the piece, finishing with the following: “Your life’s been an adventure. No one does that anymore. Get out and adventure for those of us who didn’t.”

His words struck a cord with me and I’m excited to see what the coming year brings. While I may well spend it in Pinedale, tucked away in the little corner of the Wild West, photographing fish hatcheries and covering town council meetings, I’ve had several… enticing possibilities pop up.

The call of the road, of new adventure, is always there.

So here’s to a quarter century down. I hope the coming twenty five years are as exciting as these last have been.

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Teton Ice Park

by Fire Girl Jess on January 22, 2013

I was lucky enough to be able to spend last Friday afternoon poking around the new Teton Ice Park at the base of Snow King in Jackson. The brainchild of Christian Santelices, an Exum Mountain Guides chief guide, the ice park offers a broad wall of 40-foot routes with basically no approach.

Christian was kind enough to let me come observe a lesson with a group of nine students from the Jackson Middle School. None of the kids had climbed on ice before, and as I walked to them as they came off routes, the general consensus was “this is so awesome!”

I love photographing climbers anywhere, and this took me back to time photographing climbers in Austin over the past few years, save the temperature hovered about 12 degrees Fahrenheit – a full hundred degree swing from some of those hot summer days in Austin. I full well remember sweating so much we would simply slide off the limestone some days.

The light was also a polar opposite – no warm, soft light to be found here. We were in the shadow of Snow King, on a cold winter day – harsh skies and dark, blue (thanks to the ice and snow) shadow. Some creative manual settings, including bumping up exposure, helped the series come to light.