2012 Butte Fine Art Calendar

It's here! The 2012 Butte Fine Art Calendar.

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Lexington Garden Tulips

Montana Tech Americana

I had the opportunity to photograph Montana Tech's Commencement today for the university. The sky was gloomy and overcast, but we didn't feel one drop of rain. The wind, however, was another story. But with wind comes great things like blowing flags.

Sunny Day, Rainy Evening

Sunsets are absolutely gorgeous in Montana, especially when you get this type of dramatic sky because it just rained. This is out at the Drive-In.

Pigeons Yet Again

Pigeons are just all over the place in Butte! I couldn't resist photographing this frolicking friends.

Safe door to knowhere

This safe door is on the side of a Galena Street Buidling. If you know where the Quarry is, it's the parking lot next door, across from what used to be the Goldrush Casino.

Oven

These old-style ovens remind me of fake play ovens for some reason.

Hangin' Out

I enjoyed the pattern of these old hangers in the Stephens Hotel.

Morning Architecture

The architectural lights were still on at dusk as I photographed this scene of the Continental Divide OBGYN building on Porphyry Street.

Putting those Burned Buildings to Use

I enjoy roaming the old buildings of Butte, including this building my husband's company, Silver Bow Property Management, owns. This is that polka-a-dot window building next to US bank on Park Street.

I love photographing Butte, and I love photographing people...merging the two together just might be my favorite thing to do. You can view more photos from this photo session here.

Christie

Christie Transfer is in the warehouse area near Butte High School. The buildings in this area have a lot of character, some still being used like the building housing Christie Transfer, others looking vacant but still being used (the Newbro Drug Co building), and others not in use and boarded up.

Burglar Alarm

When I think of the word "burglar," for some reason I think of the ham-burglar from the old McDonald's commercials. Maybe it's because McDonald's burned down, so I have it in my sub-conscience. Or maybe it's just good marketing on their behalf.

I've always been pleased that Metals Bank has left this old historic alarm intact on Park Street side of the building. It adds character. I wonder what it sounded like...and if it still works. I'm sure it's not hooked up to an alarm system, but I wonder if they could set it off, just to see how loud it would be.

Photographing Photographers

One of the most enjoyable parts of teaching is being able to take the workshop attendees out to photograph, and then seeing what everybody comes up with. It's interesting how everybody is given the same area to photograph, and yet everyone sees different details and sees different things in a different way. These are photos of a few of this weekend's workshop students.

If you're interested in attending a workshop, visit my workshop web site.