Moving into the 21st Century

My paper has now made a considerable effort to up our multimedia production over the course of the past couple of weeks (as you may have already noticed by the number of slideshows on here).

So I have finally swallowed my pride and picked up the video camera to produce my own videos. Here are my first two attempts.

This is a test

The other day I was driving through downtown when I saw a sign that advertised gas for less than two dollars. Unfortunately the station that was backing this advertisement had been closed for years, but at that moment I had an epiphany. I thought it'd be cool to try and find as many of these old run down stations and photograph them in order to document this strange period in American history. We'll see how it goes...


On an unrelated note, Thursday evening there was a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Nampa! Not a real quake of course, but two of the local hospitals simulated such an event in order to practice their evacuation strategies. I made a slideshow from the whole sha-bang. Unfortunately the idea to produce this slideshow came to me a little late and so the quality is less than great but check it out here.

Are you a Doctor?

On Friday afternoon I was en route to an assignment for a supplemental publication of my newspaper when I pulled up to what turned out to be a very serious accident. As I would come to find, someone had made an attempt to pass in a no passing zone, colliding head on with a big Idaho-style pickup.

I somehow managed to show up before any emergency crews had arrived on the scene, putting me in the awkward position between helping those injured in the crash or doing my job to document the moment. As I pulled off to the side of the road I was immediately rushed by a frantic passerby who asked me if I was a doctor. I was flattered to think that someone would mistake me for a physician but I very quickly set them straight informing them that, "No, I don't make nearly that much money". Fortunately multiple paramedics did arrive on the scene moments after I had so I did not have to pretend like I remembered my first responder training from years ago.


I ended up getting a brief interview with an officer and decided to package it with some photos in a quick little slideshow. Feel free to check it out.

I finished out my day with a nice outdoor rodeo in the town of Eagle, which lies about 20 minutes north of Boise.


Oh and one shameless plug... I recently received a pair of awards for photos I had taken in the month of may...

As always, thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Sprint Boaters

Today I ventured out to the rural Idaho city of Marsing for Sprint Boat Racing. I had never seen nor heard of an event quite like this. I was amazed by the maneuverability of these crafts as they would enter into tight turns at serious speeds. I also was quite entertained by the interesting crowd that filled the bleachers. "True Americans" if you will.