Blog | Alex Strickland

It’s been 3 weeks now since I left Montana for Salt Lake City (hence the longer-than-usual update delay), but I’ve just now found the time to look back a bit. Things were a blur as I raced to get out of town, but the last 24 hours I was in Montana I tried , as much as time allowed, to make a final few images that captured a little bit of the place. As usual, it took no talent, as my favorite place in the world put on quite a show for me before I left.

Lots to see around Flathead Lake, not least of which are cute kids picking cherries and gorgeous sunsets.

Went looking for a good, random feature photo this afternoon and stumbled upon some guys and a water trike. Totally random, but pretty cool.

Getting this shot was one of the creepiest things ever. The lake is iced over about a half mile out and the ice was just cracking and groaning out there. It’s amazing how much light the camera can see when it looks so dark to our eyes. This is a 10-minute exposure.

Two quick photos from this week… well, one from this week. The first is Flathead Lake with a little ring of ice at sunrise on Monday as I was headed to school to photograph cute little kids coming into their just-finished new classrooms. The second is a shot of the local fire chief who resigned this week. I took the photo this summer but never had a chance to run it until now.