Blog | Alex Strickland

A few photos from a very short, very long (that makes sense) trip to Salt Lake City.The first is from Southwest Montana before the blizzards set in. The second and third were on Ensign Hill just above downtown Salt Lake.

It’s been a while, but here’s a quick slideshow of the local fire department burning down a condemned house in town for training. Also available at bigforkeagle.com.

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

One of the things I’ve found oddest about photography is that every so often I just really like a picture for no apparent reason. This is no exception. I was out ice fishing with a group of about 50 4th graders this morning and despite a pile of cute kid photos, this was my favorite.

Working for a newspaper has its perks. Today I interviewed a local guy who makes high-end chocolate and spent about two hours with him in his kitchen. I’m seriously considering a career change.

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.

A little inversion here in the Flathead has made life down in the Valley pretty dismal, but up on top of the mountains the view is tough to beat. Blue skies and a million-mile vista were the ticket at the top of Big Mountain on Saturday. I just brought along a very outdated point and shoot, so they could be better — but I can’t fit a DSLR in my pocket.

My buddy Dan drops a knee in Hellroaring Basin.