Me © Platon

I just updated my facebook picture with a polaroid I found from last year at this time. Pre blown-out knee. Maybe just a bit happier than I am this year...where's the violin, right? Shot by the man, Platon. A nice pairing to the earlier posting of kingly me. :o)

© Norman Jean Roy Group Shot

Here's a shot from famed photographer Norman Jean Roy of the students that took his workshop last year in Santa Fe, myself included, second from the left. To watch him in action and create this out of practically nothing was great. You can see more of his work regularly in Vanity Fair and other Condé Nast publications.

Jay Peak

This is Jay Peak's incredible mountain top on Monday, photographed from the top of the triple chair. It sits about three miles from our VT pad and six miles from Canada, as far as the crow flies. If you have never skied here before, you are missing out on some of the East Coast's best, not to mention 419 crazy inches of snow this season. The 65 passenger tram house is perched up on top, which you have to take to access the steep wooded face seen above. If that is a little much for you, there is the Vermonter trail, which is on the left and offers some great views looking west towards Big Jay and the valley below. I have still to ski the face, but am setting my sights on next year...

ScottyP by Platon

Much to the disgust of my fellow classmates, I'm guessing, Platon chose me for his one demo at the beginning of the week. It was made on a Hasselblad with traditional Polaroid film and rocks. He thought I looked regal here, like a king.

Kachina Peak @ Taos

Finally hiked the Peak at Taos after all these years. Not easy, especially coming from sea level. There was a little more wind than I would have liked and ski boots really suck to climb in. Vertigo bigtime. But the payoff was fantastic. The mountains are so spectacular up there. Some shots with my friend Katherine from our epic journey.