Eleven years ago today I arrived at the Medford, Oregon airport just moments after Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City. I was supposed to be flying to San Jose, California that morning, but my flight was cancelled, and some planes in the air between west coast cities were landing in Medford rather than their scheduled destinations.

At the 9/11 Memorial, which we visited in June, the names of the 87 victims of Flight 11 are inscribed around one of the two memorial pools.

Posted on September 11th, 2012 under Other. Tags: new york, nikon d7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Remembering 9/11 and Flight 11

Last weekend we headed to California and hung out at Kellogg Beach just north of Crescent City. The weather was fantastic. Crescent City (to the south) and Brookings (Oregon to the north) were enveloped in fog, but this empty beach in the Pelican Bay area was empty and completely blue sky for the few hours we were there.

Posted on September 7th, 2012 under Other. Tags: beach, california, nikon d7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Crescent City Beach

Best Buy Theater marquee in Times Square for Kreator, Accept, Steve Vai, and Kansas

Today’s top photo I took this past summer in New York. Unfortunately, I will not be in New York tomorrow night to witness this event. But I did get to see Accept and Kreator (below) last summer.

Mille Petrozza, Kreator

Posted on September 6th, 2012 under Other. Tags: accept, kreator, new york, signs. Comments Off on Kreator and Accept tomorrow night on Times Square

May he live another 69 years and continue to put on the most amazing shows the world has ever seen.

Posted on September 6th, 2012 under Other. Tags: concert photography, nikon d7000, roger waters, san francisco, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Happy Birthday to Roger Waters!

Mille Petrozza of Kreator

A few seconds before the moment captured in the entry from a year ago today…

Posted on August 31st, 2012 under Other. Tags: getaway rock festival, kreator. Comments Off on Mille Petrozza of Kreator