May 11 2012
A year ago today my mom and I entered New Mexico, and eventually Los Alamos, to spend a few days with my brother, Tom and my nephew, Alex. Sorry, Dr. Tom. And while I’m at it, Mr. Alex. Since it’s been a year, it’s time to start making plans for a return trip. Maybe in …
Jul 01 2011
Probably my last full day of checking on updates since the fire is no longer an imminent threat to Los Alamos. Now I just have to keep an ear out for when my brother, nephew and my friends can return to their homes. Today I watched one news conference and some news videos, and found …
Jun 30 2011
Didn’t spend quite as much time checking updates today since most of the fire has now burned passed Los Alamos. Still kept an eye on Twitter, watched one news conference and some live streaming video. I was again in regular contact with my brother and nephew though, feeding them information they didn’t have access to. …
Jun 29 2011
Thought I wouldn’t be spending too much time checking fire updates today. Boy was I wrong. I watched two live press conferences, a live townhall meeting and live streaming video from a guy who refused to evacuate and drove around Los Alamos to show people what was happening in the city. All that and following …
Jun 28 2011
Day three of the Las Conchas Fire by Los Alamos, New Mexico brought some tepidly optimistic news during a news conference. While the fire has grown to over 60,000 acres with the probability of it reaching 100,000 and it is still 0% contained, the winds are not as strong as they were on the first …
Jun 27 2011
Spent the entire day checking online updates on the Las Conchas Fire threatening to enter Los Alamos, New Mexico and tweeting, posting,commenting and relaying real time information to my brother. He later was able to go down and help out at two of the evacuation shelters. Fire acreage: 43,000
Jun 26 2011
The quickly growing Las Conchas Fire that ignited this afternoon southwest of Los Alamos has burned into the city causing my brother and his family along with many of his friends to evacuate and seek shelter outside of Santa Fe for the night. I was giving him regular updates from Twitter and elsewhere online. It’s …
Jun 24 2011
In 2004 I watched my nephew Alex play soccer and score his team’s first goal during World Cup Day of his UK Soccer Camp in Los Alamos, New Mexico. His team was Brazil. In 2005, my friend Lannie and I met and hung out with the artist Shag at an event for him at the …
May 13 2011
Had one last lunch at my brother’s office before packing and heading out for Albuquerque later this afternoon. There we will stay in a hotel overnight so my mom can fly out easier the next day and I can shave about an hour off my drive to Austin.
May 13 2011
Finally got the deer photos I was hoping for this whole time in Los Alamos. Spotted one this morning, then saw two more while I was waiting to get closer. I patiently tracked them from our yard to the neighbor’s for about half an hour and eventually two of them started walking toward me. And …
May 12 2011
Went to Sopahn’s middle school band concert with my mom, Tommy, Alex and Sopahn’s mom, Marvel. They did renditions of Star Wars, the Peter Gunn theme, a mash-up of Queen songs and Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture.
May 12 2011
Went to my brother’s pediatrics office to get some shots of one of his front office workers as well as some kids, all for his website.
May 12 2011
Took my mom to walk the Canyon Rim Trail bridge that was recently finished here in Los Alamos. Bit disappointed to find out that it hugs the canyon wall and doesn’t cross the canyon itself. It was a nice walk but not nearly as dramatic as I was hoping it would be.
May 12 2011
Met Stephanie early in the morning at a local cemetery for a photo walk amongst all the oh-so-personal gravestones with their various designs and data. Only problem was that there was not a single gravestone. All memorials were flat grave markers which makes moody, black and white, depth of field shots pretty difficult to get. …
May 11 2011
Today was filled with lots of driving around town. Picking up, meeting, dropping off, searching, eating, gassing (not from eating) and photographing the entire process.
