"I am a photographer, not a magician"

The wisdom of the recently and dearly departed portrait artist Stan Burns. Stan was one of my dads pack of friends. These men and their wives survived the battles of a world war and then went on to build the Boise we now love. Boise high grads of the early forties they made Boise what it is.

To the unenlightened, Stan Burns took pictures, protraits mostly. His image of my dad Don is one of the mental images that come to mind when I reminisce about my father. His portraits of the each of the governors line the capitol. From classmate Frank Church to my senior picture, Stan's lens found your essence. He was a true master.

As I became an adult I was lucky enough to know Stan and wife Mary Lou as friends. His wit was sharp and dry, but he could sure make you smile. I will miss you Stan. Hope you and dad are having a cheap scotch, and you had to buy!

Mustangs

Spent the morning with the crew from the BLM. They call it a "gather," using a helicopter that Heather Tiel-Nelson from BLM said was flown like  "broader collie with rotors." These magnificent animals are corralled and removed to thin the herd. It was thrilling to see the horses move through the high desert. As  I was leaving one big stallion was headed east as he had again eluded capture.img_6264mustangs-webimg_6249mustangs-webimg_6195mustangs-webe.

Boise 2010 Calendar

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back-cover-c-webThis years Boise Calendar is headed to the printers. Take a couple of weeks till I get them back. This is by far the very best calendar yet. I was lucky enough to team up with historian Todd Shallat from the Department of History and Politics at Boise State. He has provided a bit of Boise history to each months photo. The images are as varied as usual, everything from a wet sidewalk to a surreal veiw of the Ann Morrison fountain at sunset. Haven't got all the details worked out on distribution, but I will have them at the market the last two weeks in October for sure and can mail them.

CAN'T WAIT.

Need to give a special thanks to my kids Don and Elissa, thier help was invalualble in picking which images to use and the overll design.

Monica plays the Sunshine.

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Monica rubs the spoons at Jo's new Sunshine Lounge. Captured this with the iphone. Had a great night of frivolity and music. Who says no one will come out on a Monday? The cool, hip, appreciative crowd had a very good time, and were home in time to get up easy for work. Thanks to Jo and the Boise Blues Society.

Photo labour

Used the day off to have some fun. The 1st pic is of A street band's Bruce Powers. bruce-dropout-web

The 2nd has been in my head for a long time. I have a thing about glass.

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Not sure to call it "Que Srihaz, sara. Or bad day at work too.