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February 2025 Ski PAD
by Ben
February was a great month skiing for me. I actually left ski school and now just ski for myself. This means I’m skiing the ridge and slushman’s way more which has been great. Here are some of my favorite shots from the month: These were shot with a mix of my iphone 13 mini, fuji […]
January 2025 Ski PAD
by Ben
I’m still going with the ski every day/photo a day for the 2024/2025 ski season. Here are some of my favorite images from January: not my skis but a cool shot with the flash’d flakes: warranty replacement helmet means I needed to take a selfie!: Here’s the full gallery:
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December 2024 Ski PAD
by Ben
I’ve decided to try to get back into taking photos every day again. This is a recap of my PAD (photo a day) that I’m trying to do during ski season. I’m also hoping to ski every day all season. This should get the ball rolling with ~120 images in a PAD in April when […]
Line Blades -vs- Black Crow Mirus Cors!
by Ben
These are two fun and pretty similar skis. People have asked for a review/comparison so I figured I’d write my thoughts out in their own post. I’ve been a fan of blades since their launch. I replaced my sakanas with blades, for me they’re better in every way (I also am a huge fan of […]
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Ski Selfies
by Ben
in making the X selfies post I realized I’ve never really shared my ski selfies as a post here. This has been a fun idea that goes back to 2007 with my 5D and 15mm fisheye: Let me just say mirrorless cameras have made this a LOT easier… I remember how cold my hand was […]
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X selfies!
by Ben
apparently I have a habit of taking rearview mirror selfies with my fuji daily carry cameras… This dates back to the original X100 in 2011: so I figured I’d get the entire collection in one post… Next up is the X70 from 2016: then my 50r last summer (not the easiest/smallest camera to hand hold […]
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GF X Pan
by Ben
Let’s talk ratios… I’ve always prefered elongated ratios. I have a 645 medium format camera back in the 90s and I never really bonded with it. I think that issue was two fold, both lack of lenses but also the more square 4:3 ratio. I’ve been into panos for a long time. One of my […]
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Cars!
by Ben
I was looking for some info about the cars we’ve owned so I figured I’d write it out as a post as well. This is in reverse chronological order, so most current cars are up top. 2021 Subaru Forester Sport: With the outback becoming the “kids car” it was time for me to get another […]
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Neowise
by Ben
Got a chance to see Neowise last night!
Categories: blog, photography • Tags: a7riv, comet, montana, neowise, sel200-600, Sony 200-600mm
A BEAR!
by Ben
As a family we hadn’t seen a bear yet since moving to Montana. I saw 4 last summer, 1 driving home from Bridger, one driving out Fairy lake road, 1 hiking in the Spanish peaks (a cub and we didn’t see mom!!!) and one driving through YNP too far away with too short a lens. […]
Categories: blog, personal, photography, wildlife • Tags: bear, yellowstone
Sony A7rIV review
by Ben
A7rIV! I finally bit the bullet and picked up the a7riv. I hadn’t originally planned on it, in fact this is a camera that had almost no apeal to me at launch. Some of the software updates sounded nice and the bigger button’s coudn’t hurt but I was happy with my a7riii so why take […]
Beartooths
by Ben
Took a drive today through YNP to the beartooths then home again. Skied Gardiner headwall while in the beartooths. Had a great day and saw some fun wildlife!
Categories: blog, personal, photography • Tags: a7riv, beartooths, goat, marmot, pika, Sony 200-600mm, wolf, YNP