tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50986855824416593782024-03-12T18:16:47.816-06:00Jennifer Rachel Spencerbetter to capture the darkness than to not tryJ. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-10502625335514135852010-04-26T14:22:00.010-06:002010-04-26T14:43:30.792-06:00Lacrosse<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRCYs13C3tK98CkuOlb7TNKdnqfm5sNykrOHHARwqaKghPwyDnWMR3HMZmLn8K1mueGVhK42WHhix8xeAeEy8VmBbQ1FL7jfitx4VsdjNw63yjpEVUla_0_zipOpJGJ_vIc8y5qFYVx8-1/s1600/100411-F-8127S-001.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRCYs13C3tK98CkuOlb7TNKdnqfm5sNykrOHHARwqaKghPwyDnWMR3HMZmLn8K1mueGVhK42WHhix8xeAeEy8VmBbQ1FL7jfitx4VsdjNw63yjpEVUla_0_zipOpJGJ_vIc8y5qFYVx8-1/s400/100411-F-8127S-001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464546963222260834" /></a><br />A few weeks ago I photographed my first Lacrosse game. I will be the first to admit that I know nothing about this sport other than it was invented by native americans. I went into it thinking it would be hard to photograph for two reasons, first because of the face masks and second because of the size of the ball and the pace of the game. <br /><br />I was pretty happy with what I got but I'd love to hear from those of you who shoot this more than I do as well as players to see what you think.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSM7WAgtuC8yK54NsutHETXF97Ywf4MXXr_auDqmyPAk1-Rx4UlBdAhCC9GtSEXN8r8vV2LyCOGBwGnIvPyViJfs6N29PtDO_VEo-Mjr9hfF8p6k9AUdD7lmqsZGsa_nTSO9XhlsnTUvyJ/s1600/100411-F-8127S-003.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSM7WAgtuC8yK54NsutHETXF97Ywf4MXXr_auDqmyPAk1-Rx4UlBdAhCC9GtSEXN8r8vV2LyCOGBwGnIvPyViJfs6N29PtDO_VEo-Mjr9hfF8p6k9AUdD7lmqsZGsa_nTSO9XhlsnTUvyJ/s400/100411-F-8127S-003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464547799983435458" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7VeeNAVXV4wO_22Y7kMuGCyqGC_XY5vosi3c3Z5AHdE3wIITcyCKfMghPLDwAJRHx2VHvZLdObqRp4BFom9SkP3dIs0bdmMaqG3YUgwhF3yTH28uyugVlzMegxjKk03YIeHBhPGr13C2/s1600/100411-F-8127S-004.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7VeeNAVXV4wO_22Y7kMuGCyqGC_XY5vosi3c3Z5AHdE3wIITcyCKfMghPLDwAJRHx2VHvZLdObqRp4BFom9SkP3dIs0bdmMaqG3YUgwhF3yTH28uyugVlzMegxjKk03YIeHBhPGr13C2/s400/100411-F-8127S-004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464548236957069314" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf2yYWnlvcHU3_shdXg2mqJ9I5InuTqNP4XY4mUfVIt5eKLQcPOiUenNmVJEfAHArgOICCWwSgYC0y3D_301GlRyKcbXc06VNmQcwFNrsFB_RjDw1uwx-YDCcgm3pYOSyjUZ95tJjMtVJv/s1600/100411-F-8127S-005.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf2yYWnlvcHU3_shdXg2mqJ9I5InuTqNP4XY4mUfVIt5eKLQcPOiUenNmVJEfAHArgOICCWwSgYC0y3D_301GlRyKcbXc06VNmQcwFNrsFB_RjDw1uwx-YDCcgm3pYOSyjUZ95tJjMtVJv/s400/100411-F-8127S-005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464548682413726546" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx85A64Jtf4__fby3uuaGpCZfuKhWDZijckFB8WdWPoxjrS7oklGwatev4JZVAAUp2o638O3MBntdQ_SXXwDiyXF67TQygeE9vAmsPEgVznEq6OqL0fTCQehyphenhyphen7PIfWebd56yRkOUU5x5PF/s1600/100411-F-8127S-002.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx85A64Jtf4__fby3uuaGpCZfuKhWDZijckFB8WdWPoxjrS7oklGwatev4JZVAAUp2o638O3MBntdQ_SXXwDiyXF67TQygeE9vAmsPEgVznEq6OqL0fTCQehyphenhyphen7PIfWebd56yRkOUU5x5PF/s400/100411-F-8127S-002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464547342794711826" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6KCYwMBvFD4ifadv9PB3WuFwWpPIPyctNtVCummYhyphenhyphennRPMl_r7E7x6KzxrC6LPCt03Q92Uw44iTrDbOobbjRQVBA3lYrgTsMLy4cO5oE12YNqCIedjWKBEE0LzEqpI7V3TLcwMc0Gnda1/s1600/100411-F-8127S-006.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6KCYwMBvFD4ifadv9PB3WuFwWpPIPyctNtVCummYhyphenhyphennRPMl_r7E7x6KzxrC6LPCt03Q92Uw44iTrDbOobbjRQVBA3lYrgTsMLy4cO5oE12YNqCIedjWKBEE0LzEqpI7V3TLcwMc0Gnda1/s400/100411-F-8127S-006.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464549087189720434" /></a>J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-12315731810243820442010-03-26T09:16:00.004-06:002010-03-26T09:20:49.028-06:00Air Force Men's Gymnastics vs IllinoisWhile I have had a chance to photograph women's gymnastics several times for the Academy, this was the first time I covered men's gymnastics. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYe4Z7IzM-vkFnggjslIBYoIkkqI50slEzd9FHF2Wj4GAjEJBYxPCG177hySAwcCtrCynLm6oeMqC5fVurodMXBmQwlClFZcTqUTffA_MSz3e-6aY82rlYHNWoY4QoGvvIdS8lDJIXs5m_/s1600/100307-F-8127S-004.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYe4Z7IzM-vkFnggjslIBYoIkkqI50slEzd9FHF2Wj4GAjEJBYxPCG177hySAwcCtrCynLm6oeMqC5fVurodMXBmQwlClFZcTqUTffA_MSz3e-6aY82rlYHNWoY4QoGvvIdS8lDJIXs5m_/s400/100307-F-8127S-004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452962306821639506" /></a><br /><br />U.S. Air Force Academy, CO- Senior Garrett Canter competes on the pommel horse during the Falcons home finale against Illinois-Chicago at the cadet gymnasium Mar 7. The Falcons set a new team record, beating their previous record of 342.55 which was set last year in Arizona, but fell to Illinois-Chicago 348.60 - 346.45. Canter scored two career best scores on the still rings (14.00) and the high bar (13.85). (U.S. Air Force Photo/ J. Rachel Spencer)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdYn4WiqctnFvVLYoD5fUDUYZfcOXnXckCABxfZUBIOIGwpbvNHPShB8j118I98yovJ95q5D8GzzyFQLzs3Ans3CmGNO6PYaQcwTyCj0y0fnbo3goZTeJeayJ51ZyLBWjtTGbttawO9oN/s1600/100307-F-8127S-011.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdYn4WiqctnFvVLYoD5fUDUYZfcOXnXckCABxfZUBIOIGwpbvNHPShB8j118I98yovJ95q5D8GzzyFQLzs3Ans3CmGNO6PYaQcwTyCj0y0fnbo3goZTeJeayJ51ZyLBWjtTGbttawO9oN/s400/100307-F-8127S-011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452962544210710338" /></a><br /><br />U.S. Air Force Academy, CO- Freshman Thomas Wilkinson competes on the pommel horse during the Falcons home finale against Illinois-Chicago at the cadet gymnasium Mar 7. Wilkinson scored a career-best 13.65 on parallel bars. He also set career-best marks in his other two events, Pommel horse with a score of 12.95, and high bar with a 13.85. The Falcons set a new team record, beating their previously set record of 342.55 which was set last year in Arizona, but fell to Illinois-Chicago 348.60 - 346.45. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ J. Rachel Spencer)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoeiOOWWY8xucNPRT3bBtDcM3icu6PY-wwTcxlOfXIG2IAw7Yo4c-7aLvym3gITWA90vLbg6yBNXpXEbjgSVx831R5-djIK3LiewBcmM0F8rVD14WHMOBgYO0jue7bDKqLEIMUA3W6-zlh/s1600/100307-F-8127S-008.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoeiOOWWY8xucNPRT3bBtDcM3icu6PY-wwTcxlOfXIG2IAw7Yo4c-7aLvym3gITWA90vLbg6yBNXpXEbjgSVx831R5-djIK3LiewBcmM0F8rVD14WHMOBgYO0jue7bDKqLEIMUA3W6-zlh/s400/100307-F-8127S-008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452962747288174546" /></a><br />U.S. Air Force Academy, CO- Senior Garrett Canter competes on the still rings during the Falcons home finale against Illinois-Chicago at the cadet gymnasium Mar 7, scoring a career best 14.00. The Falcons set a new team record, beating their previously set record of 342.55 which was set last year in Arizona, but fell to Illinois-Chicago 348.60 - 346.45. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ J. Rachel Spencer)J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-7909820905109331482010-03-26T09:11:00.003-06:002010-03-26T09:15:48.545-06:00Men's basketball vs San Diego AztecsThese are from a few weeks ago but here are a few shots I liked from the Men's basketball game vs the San Diego Aztecs.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqBKQThdB1ivnUITrzopX2BDImoiOyYzTJr11LdE-Xr8WA0eOs_d-71vVWD1NPEYANP0i12BMZGLBQXN0AcVDOcIXTbSHKpYqiSxWBnErB8f5B7UXqUUSpY88gAvRVO95FE2sERL8uWZz3/s1600/100306-F-8127S-005.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqBKQThdB1ivnUITrzopX2BDImoiOyYzTJr11LdE-Xr8WA0eOs_d-71vVWD1NPEYANP0i12BMZGLBQXN0AcVDOcIXTbSHKpYqiSxWBnErB8f5B7UXqUUSpY88gAvRVO95FE2sERL8uWZz3/s400/100306-F-8127S-005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452961094097044706" /></a><br />U.S. Air Force Academy, CO- Avery Merriex, a senior guard for the Falcons drives toward the basket as San Diego’s Billy White, a junior forward, defends during the Falcon’s game against San Diego Saturday, March 6 at Clune Arena. Air Force fell to San Diego 61-42. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ J. Rachel Spencer)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfy8JmXonwCK-z5R2-SdC8kaa7RNJzgGeYzITcQ0Aeo5_w8To19t_TEnmZnOjZ0mbtC5qyjk2e_6_m39j_3ZmzEMRGSWFoKSy5ceq0cVmlrySr1Nce0NpIvperiyfDBYOvm9Q8jgJc1X2/s1600/100306-F-8127S-008.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfy8JmXonwCK-z5R2-SdC8kaa7RNJzgGeYzITcQ0Aeo5_w8To19t_TEnmZnOjZ0mbtC5qyjk2e_6_m39j_3ZmzEMRGSWFoKSy5ceq0cVmlrySr1Nce0NpIvperiyfDBYOvm9Q8jgJc1X2/s400/100306-F-8127S-008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452961259195293874" /></a><br />U.S. Air Force Academy, CO- Evan Washington, a junior guard fights toward the basket as San Diego’s Kawhi Leonard, a freshman forward, defends during the Falcon’s game against San Diego Saturday, March 6 at Clune Arena. Air Force fell to San Diego 61-42. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ J. Rachel Spencer)J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-56188483194410875962010-02-25T13:49:00.006-07:002010-02-25T14:03:38.285-07:00When the light isn't in your favor<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL5lDs97_VZHLVp_Z-FjbglAdbGhO1mXBZcMIgJ2v-sggAEikOQhb7BgH3YDMXV7RQS2EDkX4RUaUqw1QR8LBsJl2Q5hRjurXnFgph0JeNdiXRyytDt2zVBLe-WAWYTs1OKeWGjh3zfuJP/s1600-h/100220-F-8127S-026.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL5lDs97_VZHLVp_Z-FjbglAdbGhO1mXBZcMIgJ2v-sggAEikOQhb7BgH3YDMXV7RQS2EDkX4RUaUqw1QR8LBsJl2Q5hRjurXnFgph0JeNdiXRyytDt2zVBLe-WAWYTs1OKeWGjh3zfuJP/s400/100220-F-8127S-026.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442286702941008962" /></a><br />Freshman Britany Calley performs balance beam during the Falcons home tri-meet against Southeast Missouri State and Seattle-Pacific in the Cadet Gym February 20. Air Force placed second in the team competition with a score of 188.00. Southeast Missouri came in first with 194.05 and Seattle Pacific finished with 187.075.<br /><br />What do you do when the light is against you? There are many situations which I find irritating as a photographer but crappy lighting is probably my least favorite situation to find myself in. Now some people would say that they don't mind bad lighting because they can creating their own lighting with strobes, and I don't really have a problem with that argument. Except in a few cases. This is one of them. I have a love hate relationship with Gymnastics at the Academy because of where they compete; the cadet gym, which is one of the worst lit locations I have every photographed in. To make this situation more difficult I can't light gymnastics in any way out of concern for the athletes safety (which is a totally legitimate concern, and I would not want to put any of our athletes in a position where they could become injured because of me). I wish though that the lighting were better for a sport that lends itself so well to great pictures. I'm not sure how to keep the quality of the image while overcoming the lighting issues. How do you handle tough lighting situations where strobes are not an option? (All photos copyright US Air Force Academy, J. Rachel Spencer 2010)J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-28577279575771578132010-02-08T08:49:00.000-07:002010-02-08T08:59:07.912-07:00Women's GymnasticsRecently I got the chance to photograph women's gymnastics at USAFA which was both really irritating and very rewarding. I did get some shots that I liked, but the lighting in the gym they compete in is a photographers worst nightmare! Thank goodness for the D700 which made it possible to still capture a few shots. Here are some of my favorites. (All photos copyright US Air Force Academy, J. Rachel Spencer 2010)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieotGmdp-RdWr6_7dkqT1iXoNn_CmtjCF_7EWE2VaQuPiWT3kLzMwqCGWFZvvo1OI36VY7dHmjxxOZuwER_sKfNU8VlL3c2I7lvSmnHQklwOC7PpCfPxLhVWQ1b-LtOnkJeixJIf8ThVCA/s1600-h/100130-F-8127S-007.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieotGmdp-RdWr6_7dkqT1iXoNn_CmtjCF_7EWE2VaQuPiWT3kLzMwqCGWFZvvo1OI36VY7dHmjxxOZuwER_sKfNU8VlL3c2I7lvSmnHQklwOC7PpCfPxLhVWQ1b-LtOnkJeixJIf8ThVCA/s400/100130-F-8127S-007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435901214877397154" /></a><br />U.S. Air Force Academy, CO- Head Coach Doug Day helps correct junior Brittany Dutton’s body position as she practices vaulting before the meet against UC Davis 30 Jan 2010 in the Cadet Gymnasium. Air Force lost the meet 191.575 to 185.300 despite two event titles. Sophomore Jenna Dudley took the title in the floor exercise with a tally of 9.775, and Dutton took the vault title with a 9.625. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ J. Rachel Spencer) <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFABNZjDy3rEXoXqf1FWF5ydZjByn3rxkZGO97RXn9spo5YQnTmdDZae7h2cOfMZCLNQpYO5X285ao-ve2mbcafC1xpq085KdInpoby-_7TbVBy6kpooz8RVTReYrN21jQn7SPlwD_3um/s1600-h/100130-F-8127S-008.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFABNZjDy3rEXoXqf1FWF5ydZjByn3rxkZGO97RXn9spo5YQnTmdDZae7h2cOfMZCLNQpYO5X285ao-ve2mbcafC1xpq085KdInpoby-_7TbVBy6kpooz8RVTReYrN21jQn7SPlwD_3um/s400/100130-F-8127S-008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435901794581575778" /></a><br /> U.S. Air Force Academy, CO- Junior Holland Davis vaults for the Falcons during Air Force’s meet against UC Davis 30 Jan 2010 in the Cadet Gymnasium. Air Force lost the meet 191.575 to 185.300 despite two event titles. Sophomore Jenna Dudley took the title in the floor exercise with a tally of 9.775, and junior Brittany Dutton took the vault title with a 9.625. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ J. Rachel Spencer) <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIA9seWlpvt4oAUv4VvpONhkCRDOLGT0RDRTiNVPbDT1hJDwAMSXqe6N7NdcujCGLqtz07wrhbPpjEtABmDF_hngl05AdPVGwcXE3xOm6lJPm4vf7fUQptqnkAoV1SsmajInVAJ6kjMTTN/s1600-h/100130-F-8127S-011.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIA9seWlpvt4oAUv4VvpONhkCRDOLGT0RDRTiNVPbDT1hJDwAMSXqe6N7NdcujCGLqtz07wrhbPpjEtABmDF_hngl05AdPVGwcXE3xOm6lJPm4vf7fUQptqnkAoV1SsmajInVAJ6kjMTTN/s400/100130-F-8127S-011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435902023843917970" /></a><br />U.S. Air Force Academy, CO- Senior Michelle Denise (left) is embraced by teammate Holland Davis, a junior, after competing on the uneven bars during Air Force’s meet against UC Davis 30 Jan 2010 in the Cadet Gymnasium. Air Force lost the meet 191.575 to 185.300 despite two event titles. Sophomore Jenna Dudley took the title in the floor exercise with a tally of 9.775, and junior Brittany Dutton took the vault title with a 9.625. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ J. Rachel Spencer) <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigmgEk9BPAzBq05l9Skbaq5y5yeyy5GqiuPQDHB-MolXH_1DsxMX9j3Qj3qRsDdqQBDV_8L27lrF-Oqe5GHc8EDIcaRMGlD_WHNREWCx3Q0Xdmn5QWoSNt2ZRepk-2YFVsOviFVkpCMN40/s1600-h/100130-F-8127S-012.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigmgEk9BPAzBq05l9Skbaq5y5yeyy5GqiuPQDHB-MolXH_1DsxMX9j3Qj3qRsDdqQBDV_8L27lrF-Oqe5GHc8EDIcaRMGlD_WHNREWCx3Q0Xdmn5QWoSNt2ZRepk-2YFVsOviFVkpCMN40/s400/100130-F-8127S-012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435902226185313314" /></a><br />U.S. Air Force Academy, CO- Sophomore Jenna Dudley holds a pose while competing on the uneven bars during Air Force’s meet against UC Davis 30 Jan 2010 in the Cadet Gymnasium. Air Force lost the meet 191.575 to 185.300 despite two event titles. Dudley took the title in the floor exercise with a tally of 9.775, and junior Brittany Dutton took the vault title with a 9.625. Dudley finished in the top five of every event and placed second in the all-around with a score of 38.425. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ J. Rachel Spencer) <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCx6QDLt7ZKFjXvvYZ2khbN478Pl9ToqxHE4XQyUMjFMSZ17cxVX-OyO6uioiaXgMjJ0xHTllqOM2MA-Dd69UhS5W6u5slGbCi00M-pdXPot1f9vmHvbzT-f7Vu2oQV2tAp6qHOJCvng3/s1600-h/100130-F-8127S-015.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCx6QDLt7ZKFjXvvYZ2khbN478Pl9ToqxHE4XQyUMjFMSZ17cxVX-OyO6uioiaXgMjJ0xHTllqOM2MA-Dd69UhS5W6u5slGbCi00M-pdXPot1f9vmHvbzT-f7Vu2oQV2tAp6qHOJCvng3/s400/100130-F-8127S-015.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435902443488732786" /></a><br />U.S. Air Force Academy, CO- Sophomore Jenna Dudley does a backflip while competing on the balance beam during Air Force’s meet against UC Davis 30 Jan 2010 in the Cadet Gymnasium. Air Force lost the meet 191.575 to 185.300 despite two event titles. Dudley took the title in the floor exercise with a tally of 9.775, and junior Brittany Dutton took the vault title with a 9.625. Dudley finished in the top five of every event and placed second in the all-around with a score of 38.425. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ J. Rachel Spencer) <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZw5lD3PNrMsASYKeQ8iaQHsyImGtDwKOlTotZFXMkgApF2OXxXeeF0TrqH2WuYSVCJssJTt08SE35YyhYHsnCIX30IQ7BsLSqTERDU0N9YbaATdrg42wzjfzc1Jwbom8C9JdJc3hnCbn/s1600-h/100130-F-8127S-016.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZw5lD3PNrMsASYKeQ8iaQHsyImGtDwKOlTotZFXMkgApF2OXxXeeF0TrqH2WuYSVCJssJTt08SE35YyhYHsnCIX30IQ7BsLSqTERDU0N9YbaATdrg42wzjfzc1Jwbom8C9JdJc3hnCbn/s400/100130-F-8127S-016.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435902638246560946" /></a><br />U.S. Air Force Academy, CO- Freshman Tara Harris holds a pose during her floor routine during Air Force’s meet against UC Davis 30 Jan 2010 in the Cadet Gymnasium. Air Force lost the meet 191.575 to 185.300 despite two event titles. Sophomore Jenna Dudley took the title in the floor exercise with a tally of 9.775, and junior Brittany Dutton took the vault title with a 9.625. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ J. Rachel Spencer)J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-32693580882183206852009-11-20T16:54:00.000-07:002009-11-20T17:09:19.702-07:00Air Force Boxing vs. Army<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUqSP0sSI8qsNXRUZyHphMx8d5NaGdaBPYxllfOx_zkMHqq0L9EtPWvTtyMDqOIn_7cjrIZV7hiqJSv33qkh29ho3obtyPs4Pld-OXD-4Sn9S8ZzebNE4w5sBN8LAdx-elUn9nXydoUJ4/s1600/JRS0374_for+web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUqSP0sSI8qsNXRUZyHphMx8d5NaGdaBPYxllfOx_zkMHqq0L9EtPWvTtyMDqOIn_7cjrIZV7hiqJSv33qkh29ho3obtyPs4Pld-OXD-4Sn9S8ZzebNE4w5sBN8LAdx-elUn9nXydoUJ4/s400/JRS0374_for+web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406341385498858066" /></a><br />When I got the assignment to photograph the Air Force Boxing match against Army on November 6, I hadn't heard a whole lot about the boxing team and with my perceptions of people in the Air Force versus people in the Army boxing seemed to be more in favor of Army. I was completely wrong! Our boxing team is one of the best in the country and Friday's match proved that. Here are some of my favorites from the night. Enjoy! All photos copyright USAFA Photos DenMar Services base photo lab J. Rachel Spencer 2009.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQ8cZL_00-p8Dr-UDMYrnBYi45fRIHpr4LLUh-km1Zek51cPnQCkQ5VAuW2yvC1pqGQhKBBDhYXj_hsosLrFyduknAxRAJbYiknUL4ixdMaLrVzYTymMqXfRLUixR6PgJ9zEbeomFQo1F/s1600/JRS0584_for+web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQ8cZL_00-p8Dr-UDMYrnBYi45fRIHpr4LLUh-km1Zek51cPnQCkQ5VAuW2yvC1pqGQhKBBDhYXj_hsosLrFyduknAxRAJbYiknUL4ixdMaLrVzYTymMqXfRLUixR6PgJ9zEbeomFQo1F/s400/JRS0584_for+web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406341390245446290" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5DgZkem7AugT__50nzWmj8CdoTPrfflz-AUQ5KndWq5gOa8vqBg8Le3K-7uOBMZMYjrBRyoXcoWPFZT-aTkW0A-f98JegT3syXGYzwi1YCdMi0SvbB6Ufn8fbUeAP0071l5fDwm_aMiN/s1600/JRS0345_for+web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5DgZkem7AugT__50nzWmj8CdoTPrfflz-AUQ5KndWq5gOa8vqBg8Le3K-7uOBMZMYjrBRyoXcoWPFZT-aTkW0A-f98JegT3syXGYzwi1YCdMi0SvbB6Ufn8fbUeAP0071l5fDwm_aMiN/s400/JRS0345_for+web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406341381740489362" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6_K5ETJUpKeRwhIo2eA5HQDuJ2bVOV0XwTMl0eXY1N32kQ9p-sdiAsjiC-awRJRVdKe2GToW1Z5OdS4iJ5o3votOFVXeFzLc3lkVOVy-VF56A_T6DiO573FJMz4rHV24EE4Dc0omYBmq/s1600/JRS0286_for+web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6_K5ETJUpKeRwhIo2eA5HQDuJ2bVOV0XwTMl0eXY1N32kQ9p-sdiAsjiC-awRJRVdKe2GToW1Z5OdS4iJ5o3votOFVXeFzLc3lkVOVy-VF56A_T6DiO573FJMz4rHV24EE4Dc0omYBmq/s400/JRS0286_for+web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406341375912784194" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqyvmz1B4zI8OzDK2lrVrtGFtcfc5cwwZ9vFh8li6fMkOopHzuuHAc0G4dIwyd-MwCEKt3WCW3cwlcX7oi90xyQeYTTWJSsVNqoUeARH-ROZHVGv1HJQ1lXYCHpdrwtPLKEOQ1zi1EeDy/s1600/JRS0144_for+web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqyvmz1B4zI8OzDK2lrVrtGFtcfc5cwwZ9vFh8li6fMkOopHzuuHAc0G4dIwyd-MwCEKt3WCW3cwlcX7oi90xyQeYTTWJSsVNqoUeARH-ROZHVGv1HJQ1lXYCHpdrwtPLKEOQ1zi1EeDy/s400/JRS0144_for+web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406341374716901522" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0Cd3LZOd9rCaV0hOybOeRsCi6Q5Zk7JwvFFLB1ZZYYq_Sg2rvBQsKX8x9o9uI37Yjr4j_LxbG98ALGoRCh2AJL1hYe36koSEPiT8yRE__AJ1W7d2n1Jq4H3tGkcZj8FC2YauGf4eQcQa/s1600/JRS0609_for+web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0Cd3LZOd9rCaV0hOybOeRsCi6Q5Zk7JwvFFLB1ZZYYq_Sg2rvBQsKX8x9o9uI37Yjr4j_LxbG98ALGoRCh2AJL1hYe36koSEPiT8yRE__AJ1W7d2n1Jq4H3tGkcZj8FC2YauGf4eQcQa/s400/JRS0609_for+web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406341625051485922" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgme9JiC5lqDmRX6qtiXQxVT4kevMexryP5n28YifE9ci-eIf74rogIWVvJjpMsnQl0QVUSZIWyQFVCKGFbBd_T3ChnkLQy3T9JxxprLfwoNh2ZbyqVaygqo0NEwuDJhNqOrPCbRjn5DI84/s1600/JRS0765_for+web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgme9JiC5lqDmRX6qtiXQxVT4kevMexryP5n28YifE9ci-eIf74rogIWVvJjpMsnQl0QVUSZIWyQFVCKGFbBd_T3ChnkLQy3T9JxxprLfwoNh2ZbyqVaygqo0NEwuDJhNqOrPCbRjn5DI84/s400/JRS0765_for+web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406341630118190082" /></a>J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-14411831107853645442009-09-23T15:13:00.000-06:002009-09-23T15:22:00.228-06:00Falcon Football<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BlJRHhcS20eDWfY1nXfFmKAn8lsukZ6lFENYmukFeojsr72FhntBl0JTNCZO8Cm_W0SWZoQddYFKivpQvrRSU-HEkieyDURLG6H62Ha_AVXuunmBY9PRLjrWXOO9K7HDcNahGP5AmOqX/s1600-h/JRS4145.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BlJRHhcS20eDWfY1nXfFmKAn8lsukZ6lFENYmukFeojsr72FhntBl0JTNCZO8Cm_W0SWZoQddYFKivpQvrRSU-HEkieyDURLG6H62Ha_AVXuunmBY9PRLjrWXOO9K7HDcNahGP5AmOqX/s400/JRS4145.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384776009851615618" /></a><br />This is a little slow going up but here are a few selects from the opening football game this season at Falcon Stadium! Enjoy! All photos property of USAFA Photos DenMar base photo lab 2009.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmspaPFEpg-u_e1Nk78mpVgI7CWHO_fF3yrjIBRFMyXTqRPjO_XyHfAZREQDSmSy-nwFFMMM9D6xOg4R-Ez5gjxG00eK_Lq3v2FLLtmfYL9OwqJ36cFSMkctB4djh4NFmL12BpDt8BR5g/s1600-h/JRS4080.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmspaPFEpg-u_e1Nk78mpVgI7CWHO_fF3yrjIBRFMyXTqRPjO_XyHfAZREQDSmSy-nwFFMMM9D6xOg4R-Ez5gjxG00eK_Lq3v2FLLtmfYL9OwqJ36cFSMkctB4djh4NFmL12BpDt8BR5g/s400/JRS4080.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384775946273515330" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZXamUSMpXQ391AZGYZ7IN8_1kyvGu8-bmvtDpKVQcc0ufCNNu33OTC2qLRug-hSqziLLpvQNDh2o8YF27B7z2xbz4nqk0PGU_HSPESITeL5txOyRK6rn6RxB0hvXP25GPKgOeh7ewsjmp/s1600-h/JRS3974.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuLHAwwP55dy-S_4Jp1EfJlgo7gL2czV9hGzm9kGuI3n9k8uNGA-EYCAzLvFbhwAi8TYxpF1RMj-N8E6o_ttE1JC2IQtdcwtMsRhpu_880JlB8ARqLN9o2IHXKV0ByvOQrneAlrLYp5g5/s400/JRS1344.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384775016468018050" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURdcYWg5guPivGv8lfiw0obQbeMIAAxsBahqlD1TmCHgfBcdY2eP5n7lIg48dopOdRa3GU58AzQot35OvJX41pjznGTqmNmLSgYDEDaEBoFGTK9G2vtjQ-b18oXhXdJ3gTEUx_lQVROjq/s1600-h/JRS1337.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURdcYWg5guPivGv8lfiw0obQbeMIAAxsBahqlD1TmCHgfBcdY2eP5n7lIg48dopOdRa3GU58AzQot35OvJX41pjznGTqmNmLSgYDEDaEBoFGTK9G2vtjQ-b18oXhXdJ3gTEUx_lQVROjq/s400/JRS1337.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384774855901508162" /></a>J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-91500587860763953552009-09-18T10:34:00.000-06:002009-09-18T10:38:35.426-06:00AFA Women's Soccer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2luH7c9b1zBo0rUunpfNfShBmqc6pc7iZCs4DjBl5vzzCQmYf93uWq3kEbAzUJzglUvv6r80Rcu-2Lq5sWesb7SJHDUNLqfLtDZAP83iPRdsCMtg8ev5DoaMvdTpi1yrKBR3xuZkhM2Ct/s1600-h/JRS3582.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2luH7c9b1zBo0rUunpfNfShBmqc6pc7iZCs4DjBl5vzzCQmYf93uWq3kEbAzUJzglUvv6r80Rcu-2Lq5sWesb7SJHDUNLqfLtDZAP83iPRdsCMtg8ev5DoaMvdTpi1yrKBR3xuZkhM2Ct/s400/JRS3582.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382847210929045010" /></a><br />There were a lot of sports events over Parents Weekend at the Academy, and I got the chance to run around to a lot of them. Here are a few from the woman's soccer match. All images copyright J. Rachel Spencer, USAFA base photo lab 2009. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHp_jzDnMuCIQ7gjGmyxZ1tNTtHZoTbTZjKm6hjT9XPkGqWDqDbBBc61xpOi3z0snn3AxTDi81KmuGNw2mx7bkRw4xocDzN7ZebYj83jgmAbgAj69u4g9lueSdMVe3s9P-RHj0dFwiZKE/s1600-h/JRS3536.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHp_jzDnMuCIQ7gjGmyxZ1tNTtHZoTbTZjKm6hjT9XPkGqWDqDbBBc61xpOi3z0snn3AxTDi81KmuGNw2mx7bkRw4xocDzN7ZebYj83jgmAbgAj69u4g9lueSdMVe3s9P-RHj0dFwiZKE/s400/JRS3536.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382847134406052322" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhklk1n4BefX-spU3cUl2rseR4XQUseoVxwCJfj_m_9Z74V4t2yyerJ3GlB2Yp0dYOyoRnrfVjO2OEElFoQP2YfzP87E4LAgfc5x-ieNSY20Ao6QwsPKK5wAqZvHOKiNn3A-guDwoMjOGY/s1600-h/JRS3344.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhklk1n4BefX-spU3cUl2rseR4XQUseoVxwCJfj_m_9Z74V4t2yyerJ3GlB2Yp0dYOyoRnrfVjO2OEElFoQP2YfzP87E4LAgfc5x-ieNSY20Ao6QwsPKK5wAqZvHOKiNn3A-guDwoMjOGY/s400/JRS3344.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382847024080741218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQMAHTQ3XaR6dElZ_EDp-Apy7wgppo5Ubos4D6lWcVvbLnnLgDOGfKok8ljNlYAXR7X1tQsl2Sqo-PxkpsW850M4k0xHbMXhAH11sPWeHR-LqbCk1jE1y8KuT0e7aMii__SMiLtRTbQNs/s1600-h/JRS3103.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQMAHTQ3XaR6dElZ_EDp-Apy7wgppo5Ubos4D6lWcVvbLnnLgDOGfKok8ljNlYAXR7X1tQsl2Sqo-PxkpsW850M4k0xHbMXhAH11sPWeHR-LqbCk1jE1y8KuT0e7aMii__SMiLtRTbQNs/s400/JRS3103.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382846947091822962" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLylO6aouo5YEjuHQu8ARqeyYSh3PDfSiKTysPAO7HE9SC2IOEP1WN_Yegc5jzSMyTwY3ATWqInjVFptYfTBatzDHxxUSi-eGEWFaAT4X3xRU_yM-oL7TUaNB-MbZh899ISkbYM_VG1tuy/s1600-h/JRS2905.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLylO6aouo5YEjuHQu8ARqeyYSh3PDfSiKTysPAO7HE9SC2IOEP1WN_Yegc5jzSMyTwY3ATWqInjVFptYfTBatzDHxxUSi-eGEWFaAT4X3xRU_yM-oL7TUaNB-MbZh899ISkbYM_VG1tuy/s400/JRS2905.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382846868919931362" /></a>J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-42879352167095669672009-09-17T13:24:00.000-06:002009-09-17T13:35:49.200-06:00Air Force Sports kick offHere are a few pictures from the Air Force Academy Prep School football game Parent's weekend. All photos are copyright J. Rachel Spencer, United States Air Force Academy base photo lab 2009<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5K3iTIDWg1ztUjSNHkLoAOAwzoNsmctBY8RwPvz7zsFAG4rBo-1UA9OjpqZVmXC7SWrdv4iK3PbT0HivUEjNiM21Djgy1qQZz8p5iMmVyfGBZoXxAVwTDWdq5p_9VYj6lbPSwsZcUQU0/s1600-h/JRS2742.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5K3iTIDWg1ztUjSNHkLoAOAwzoNsmctBY8RwPvz7zsFAG4rBo-1UA9OjpqZVmXC7SWrdv4iK3PbT0HivUEjNiM21Djgy1qQZz8p5iMmVyfGBZoXxAVwTDWdq5p_9VYj6lbPSwsZcUQU0/s400/JRS2742.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382521908268004146" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlUyCoozMsePnL2_2lY7h3CpmWVVGHUY-mW4tphWyaCzPOsxmyYYGPAndkkDwnIj2F7mNGDtDN1Yhe9cFczpBEhc4EXm9sc6d2vSjvfJiLKTjr_Pc0993PykB_mJ1RwCKnG3gYmSum7bAx/s1600-h/JRS2654.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7-1Hv4HdxePXLjs6ZFDaEgdvWxOc23zYCZQsoCL5k86DgwmhjKb-XQmADwkPGidNxv9gwF4BPYWeMKffikt02Tki3KcrTPn8YVrQQmnWacxiEIDy3pKY72anrc8RY2NSQq2_VNvLyKz0/s400/JRS2398.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382520740365387602" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiqq-b10bvpWdm6fab5y1B5-vMp68NtZfU_FVeHpXyY0QPwy50-hMePAMnhkOqro_a441fW9nIm-O-CCeKWyopPa7numCLATzoO3CPRJnwf2VGza3VpuCq_XzhBkkejNwap7kYpNZY4dAc/s1600-h/JRS0925.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiqq-b10bvpWdm6fab5y1B5-vMp68NtZfU_FVeHpXyY0QPwy50-hMePAMnhkOqro_a441fW9nIm-O-CCeKWyopPa7numCLATzoO3CPRJnwf2VGza3VpuCq_XzhBkkejNwap7kYpNZY4dAc/s400/JRS0925.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382520183955435202" /></a>J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-11047978225343118452009-09-07T12:59:00.000-06:002009-09-07T13:00:04.579-06:00the Glo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ZvBsLQZomA993W9bXspu57lqFclqIiWmPKLzrYVEEXmC5Nq_3T2r4eKu7OuWewwLym5qONIC3Nw7B0E-0lfN0HAeFAiYHBMcNIoti7ZJ-G4a08490JLMNAyD5nf_o8k50_sKzbzrlT0/s1600-h/glow_01_web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ZvBsLQZomA993W9bXspu57lqFclqIiWmPKLzrYVEEXmC5Nq_3T2r4eKu7OuWewwLym5qONIC3Nw7B0E-0lfN0HAeFAiYHBMcNIoti7ZJ-G4a08490JLMNAyD5nf_o8k50_sKzbzrlT0/s400/glow_01_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378799901108580610" /></a><br />Every labor day weekend in Colorado Springs for the past 33 years the Colorado Balloon Classic ( http://www.balloonclassic.com/) is held in Memorial Park. It is the largest balloon event in the state and one of the largest in the country. It is so popular that parking around Memorial Park over the weekend is a nightmare, but it is well worth braving to watch either one of the mass ascensions in the early morning hours or coming out in the evening to catch the Glo. <br /><br />This event marked the last day of my internship with the Gazette last summer and was one of my favorite things I had the chance to photograph during that internship. I only got to photograph the ascension last year and this year it was great to go back and photograph both an ascension and The Glo. <br /><br />For those of you who haven't been to the Classic, the Glo is an event which happens two evenings when all the balloons are inflated but do not take off and then their pilots make them all glow on cue lighting up the balloons against the night sky. Here are some of my favorites from the Glo.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJt3xrEggMe4mG87tgRl2g9zna1RH4b00CC8Q16JaiqHEjSXW3V5-AzDouT_wGZub7tpYBO9C94ravB8nUsTJGAtR3ohdnCM1XBXN_-8BXqsPBtRoJv3Q7xDDvXRrsDwLYATXhoM1xiQ/s1600-h/glow_05_web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJt3xrEggMe4mG87tgRl2g9zna1RH4b00CC8Q16JaiqHEjSXW3V5-AzDouT_wGZub7tpYBO9C94ravB8nUsTJGAtR3ohdnCM1XBXN_-8BXqsPBtRoJv3Q7xDDvXRrsDwLYATXhoM1xiQ/s400/glow_05_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378799927498864482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjB-u1dlnS9aKSsNP9N5tk-u_488Sm6k6X-eM2xrvjLP9m5CNHLzWw9Fq2BGDP_mEvxLHCi15XdCzpmo55OvEe59h5hv7h_2DoHeFS8e7iLRVYgXkPgM4BnIxvMUur4zzjl1MW3ovp2c/s1600-h/glow_04_web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjB-u1dlnS9aKSsNP9N5tk-u_488Sm6k6X-eM2xrvjLP9m5CNHLzWw9Fq2BGDP_mEvxLHCi15XdCzpmo55OvEe59h5hv7h_2DoHeFS8e7iLRVYgXkPgM4BnIxvMUur4zzjl1MW3ovp2c/s400/glow_04_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378799924108342114" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2XcwMXdzARZtm4mLezrzYPkcq6n0ByIzOSakK2rl_UBkeBBdx_blEnjJ3MG81SXAz9kKDnLxTDWYKA6Rr1tsUKCwselxP6umqldt8algoUUki6SOiYsKBvlK6ZoqKMVSsf5sAw3v2-Uo/s1600-h/glow_03_web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2XcwMXdzARZtm4mLezrzYPkcq6n0ByIzOSakK2rl_UBkeBBdx_blEnjJ3MG81SXAz9kKDnLxTDWYKA6Rr1tsUKCwselxP6umqldt8algoUUki6SOiYsKBvlK6ZoqKMVSsf5sAw3v2-Uo/s400/glow_03_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378799914489337346" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmex4KWHm8Bk_B6vgbaM_HUJHdlnykmxu8FXnb4FF2F-6OfAvX3OayNn8Djv6y-vnC4IgMCFDQ5K-h-X6Y4ndY5J4LeWthnMPTfEoPffGJ9B-f1tGkJVYXetXy1pbKqhC26WogEjaMjzo/s1600-h/glow_02_web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmex4KWHm8Bk_B6vgbaM_HUJHdlnykmxu8FXnb4FF2F-6OfAvX3OayNn8Djv6y-vnC4IgMCFDQ5K-h-X6Y4ndY5J4LeWthnMPTfEoPffGJ9B-f1tGkJVYXetXy1pbKqhC26WogEjaMjzo/s400/glow_02_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378799913404298546" /></a>J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-53748487763149342012009-06-04T10:37:00.000-06:002009-06-04T11:01:18.888-06:00San Francisco Trip<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVSHuSfujRntMCmSkdJhjWpN9ryIBlnih8dzDnrk8k1mxxaUwPukFxJwu5sIJXtMFhtply6LiTeyZnyGajmG55bs2syh3WAL2FllZ5XOBENdRNtzR-i7__OA73McTG0RaChva8FbwPBqv/s1600-h/san_fran_04.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVSHuSfujRntMCmSkdJhjWpN9ryIBlnih8dzDnrk8k1mxxaUwPukFxJwu5sIJXtMFhtply6LiTeyZnyGajmG55bs2syh3WAL2FllZ5XOBENdRNtzR-i7__OA73McTG0RaChva8FbwPBqv/s400/san_fran_04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343516884602508210" /></a><br />About a month ago I expierenced what every person who works with photos dreads, one of my hard drives crashed. Or at least so I thought. Actually what happened was I didn't take very good care of it and the casing was shot, but the hard drive was ok. So several weeks and 30$ later with my hard drive installed in a new case I'm back up and running. Up until this point I knew backing up my files was important but the feeling of thinking all these photographs were lost was one of the worst feelings I've ever had. I'm thinking now I might invest in a Drobo or buying some server space that backs up in several locations. Does anyone have something like that they're happy with?<br /><br />Anyway, in celebration of getting these files back, here are a few shots from a trip to San Francisco in March.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivxNSPqSJ6BlXet3xEPl_Y-sl7wJcXl9i1FgdByoGH_WpnDSw1GzgCSXjoBndhhvZvJayhR-X1UtPymW13u4TmsVpzy8JVPCe8VAwzV_Kjs3fm9fcbkPUpM6tbQx2MVjCAaF8xJ2GNKoUc/s1600-h/san_fran_06.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivxNSPqSJ6BlXet3xEPl_Y-sl7wJcXl9i1FgdByoGH_WpnDSw1GzgCSXjoBndhhvZvJayhR-X1UtPymW13u4TmsVpzy8JVPCe8VAwzV_Kjs3fm9fcbkPUpM6tbQx2MVjCAaF8xJ2GNKoUc/s400/san_fran_06.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343516894045274018" /></a><br />Riding on a trolley downtown<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNzV1mlwq6sVsVbhKtLcJVI6BjlAkO8fC8ENNixljtMQ8LZIc5A6R5C1D_JCp1v3Vq4ejBYBqjR_y-4mM7997ukfGKZRlbKgCwMWf4aUWxbvk8j7LKwf1DJqp_vJvfCI_tztc-VchBnv6/s1600-h/san_fran_05.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNzV1mlwq6sVsVbhKtLcJVI6BjlAkO8fC8ENNixljtMQ8LZIc5A6R5C1D_JCp1v3Vq4ejBYBqjR_y-4mM7997ukfGKZRlbKgCwMWf4aUWxbvk8j7LKwf1DJqp_vJvfCI_tztc-VchBnv6/s400/san_fran_05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343516886301720482" /></a><br />Surfers at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZe1ljOlMMhqLrP8oKRbqq3xVI-oo9RPdAfIQeY-ZWhxjYTem4c6xugdOx7Jr0mS-1ee8_t9OPT2mEo-j0jII4itSaJ66Ia6-M-2_UCTgeM7hEYnsYLiuN_4EAdIH1q7Eox3wjZeey4nhX/s1600-h/san_fran_03.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 236px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZe1ljOlMMhqLrP8oKRbqq3xVI-oo9RPdAfIQeY-ZWhxjYTem4c6xugdOx7Jr0mS-1ee8_t9OPT2mEo-j0jII4itSaJ66Ia6-M-2_UCTgeM7hEYnsYLiuN_4EAdIH1q7Eox3wjZeey4nhX/s400/san_fran_03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343516884469078642" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLep3KX36A-nE7nnpJd5-FruoHSo5E3hGDkbDi-BX8_5oC6CED_JBwerhHHmKVk31biP9TEe5C9PAihILJAKwKiTcGdejp_SztYp6Jh75jm7qTfXTfjJfL4jv5lq51LEYiRWdghh3aoaMq/s1600-h/san_fran_02.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLep3KX36A-nE7nnpJd5-FruoHSo5E3hGDkbDi-BX8_5oC6CED_JBwerhHHmKVk31biP9TEe5C9PAihILJAKwKiTcGdejp_SztYp6Jh75jm7qTfXTfjJfL4jv5lq51LEYiRWdghh3aoaMq/s400/san_fran_02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343516880820602466" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIozc4qyg7wqkwUs9DAim3MEsq-Yk4JLTYOGjTXnS34Du6_JsEUzMqZvXiPWFPPLxvk6UF3ABUDYSjCgFR0OneGSlRnenN5LtkzgMcqy_6GyX4LfF6Dj0mu_2MK96IIL6oEdQInHeGCJG/s1600-h/san_fran_01"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIozc4qyg7wqkwUs9DAim3MEsq-Yk4JLTYOGjTXnS34Du6_JsEUzMqZvXiPWFPPLxvk6UF3ABUDYSjCgFR0OneGSlRnenN5LtkzgMcqy_6GyX4LfF6Dj0mu_2MK96IIL6oEdQInHeGCJG/s400/san_fran_01" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343516724957602034" /></a>J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-57197443309185022712009-06-03T09:58:00.000-06:002009-06-03T10:15:43.880-06:00Air Force GraduationLast wednesday I got the chance to photograph my first United States Air Force Academy graduation. With the lead up of a week of graduation activities I was excited for the day, although after a week of rain I was nervous with my assigment of being on the roof of the press box, photographing graduation and the air show from that vantage point. Bright and early on May 27th at 5:30am I looked out my window greeted by a cloudless sky. It couldn't have been a more perfet day weather wise and I made some images I really liked, let me know what you think. <br />All photos property of USAFA Photos DenMar Services/ J. Rachel Spencer<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvol5ngX_j5BdhvAJEDUvyCmL_ja6o_BnOvSqzqxeW94kyO5kEWlFv1d7ZMIrp7i_mEUgsDoEdAYnqiVOk7tVmDVz7UYRAtKEXpsjXpWFCmyxgXUE2uRQk0urGWtZXPUeArm1LB-19fto/s1600-h/090527-F-8125S-007_web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvol5ngX_j5BdhvAJEDUvyCmL_ja6o_BnOvSqzqxeW94kyO5kEWlFv1d7ZMIrp7i_mEUgsDoEdAYnqiVOk7tVmDVz7UYRAtKEXpsjXpWFCmyxgXUE2uRQk0urGWtZXPUeArm1LB-19fto/s400/090527-F-8125S-007_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343135057725304018" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAOv_acWss2FOUFl79_FBp0mz2zICUZXT-ibQzBHpvU5lmS-XWTOfZwb0_Iomc3LGXuzMjykoDgpWK2ULkNAW9RV_ynBaFZoAOreVUHO2IThDMcmXFXQHkmO8zYtIwJozSDfhHcMSxgGK8/s1600-h/090527-F-8125S-006_web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAOv_acWss2FOUFl79_FBp0mz2zICUZXT-ibQzBHpvU5lmS-XWTOfZwb0_Iomc3LGXuzMjykoDgpWK2ULkNAW9RV_ynBaFZoAOreVUHO2IThDMcmXFXQHkmO8zYtIwJozSDfhHcMSxgGK8/s400/090527-F-8125S-006_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343134997510118770" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tRm82KByMDRAw77NnQx0sIxMOJeo6F1jnuZB2xLRKGTKMISprpT2V0aQDjVjspKoyjEVOAI-I5AJtmMaB0_AP_UqetBFiqCZBedyyTgEdXaQQaf5jyu4XJtca2CTnuuc0svxB6zxIVPb/s1600-h/090527-F-8125S-005_web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tRm82KByMDRAw77NnQx0sIxMOJeo6F1jnuZB2xLRKGTKMISprpT2V0aQDjVjspKoyjEVOAI-I5AJtmMaB0_AP_UqetBFiqCZBedyyTgEdXaQQaf5jyu4XJtca2CTnuuc0svxB6zxIVPb/s400/090527-F-8125S-005_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343134992290546866" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_bOuIjJlG3jnj0_LJTtapSYvYzAirLPUq74zNMwItrJNdQ9aRr8CF5Cauar8Xq7fGM0oVKbxJGhRh9_XmHUf5IkdtPMdJ568Ppy5dCoPRweOUXMKFPeSB9-C2gI3ZPMqOWHrcD8GgVGV/s1600-h/090527-F-8125S-004_web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_bOuIjJlG3jnj0_LJTtapSYvYzAirLPUq74zNMwItrJNdQ9aRr8CF5Cauar8Xq7fGM0oVKbxJGhRh9_XmHUf5IkdtPMdJ568Ppy5dCoPRweOUXMKFPeSB9-C2gI3ZPMqOWHrcD8GgVGV/s400/090527-F-8125S-004_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343134991843344338" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwNE2kKS0ZMry4Vg8OoeDMUDJr2uehRYJIWd7RgO_ulLVvx6mVKZDookI80lGxl4LTP9Ysa599EO1ewnLI2I7-yqhwsgiX9McJHRI0eqMye0ViOI2Jm9Ap2h9l65RQl0QF4mnKCgM_mmE/s1600-h/090527-F-8125S-003_web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwNE2kKS0ZMry4Vg8OoeDMUDJr2uehRYJIWd7RgO_ulLVvx6mVKZDookI80lGxl4LTP9Ysa599EO1ewnLI2I7-yqhwsgiX9McJHRI0eqMye0ViOI2Jm9Ap2h9l65RQl0QF4mnKCgM_mmE/s400/090527-F-8125S-003_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343134987742044146" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SHUphnTs4DBg8z4t8TjgY-Yl5b7zuHxR1SNrlDtGPxVYHJAy0RbXgUHf3o6t4gYDFmq3kuEDzfVXa5FdzXXTtfslf1boD0WhLOpc6e2D_y2tixFhPkGjdpcusEpVUdKIj_uz9RIx6-my/s1600-h/090527-F-8125S-002_web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SHUphnTs4DBg8z4t8TjgY-Yl5b7zuHxR1SNrlDtGPxVYHJAy0RbXgUHf3o6t4gYDFmq3kuEDzfVXa5FdzXXTtfslf1boD0WhLOpc6e2D_y2tixFhPkGjdpcusEpVUdKIj_uz9RIx6-my/s400/090527-F-8125S-002_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343134985714483186" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgi9Y_28NnE-4n7ncOH1VRFr3oluPgEnDB4I66NqR_nT_-8mknU1uWo1mXn7qWpxbbi6IYLGJrJal2SIrGHMmacSMias8e83xQ01xajFQnv-CT9c-P0IGcDp0PGpu_2oX7kBDz_44EnW1/s1600-h/090527-F-8125S-001_web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgi9Y_28NnE-4n7ncOH1VRFr3oluPgEnDB4I66NqR_nT_-8mknU1uWo1mXn7qWpxbbi6IYLGJrJal2SIrGHMmacSMias8e83xQ01xajFQnv-CT9c-P0IGcDp0PGpu_2oX7kBDz_44EnW1/s400/090527-F-8125S-001_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343134314974332354" /></a>J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-2840254528852901012009-05-20T20:26:00.000-06:002009-05-20T20:41:26.595-06:00Back in Colorado<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zZUNjBf_xSV3hMGkPsBJvLOt9QJAN-uNHZkfroozYNp7l2caqHebcq4qyvfitq8SbF84N4iBDD-hsylFjq9SFCZuiMt-lm8Jmk-PDxRoZy-HbTqWYEfoktSGhjWRmVhZQ7iWR0X1Wc_V/s1600-h/_RAC8665_forweb.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zZUNjBf_xSV3hMGkPsBJvLOt9QJAN-uNHZkfroozYNp7l2caqHebcq4qyvfitq8SbF84N4iBDD-hsylFjq9SFCZuiMt-lm8Jmk-PDxRoZy-HbTqWYEfoktSGhjWRmVhZQ7iWR0X1Wc_V/s400/_RAC8665_forweb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338101065412814098" /></a><br /><br />I’ve made it back to Colorado. While I was biking with friends in the mountains around Breckenridge last summer I said that at some point I’d make it back to the Rockies and make Colorado my home. At that point I didn’t think it would be this quick, but it’s a welcome surprise! I’ve been bad about keeping up with my blog lately with graduating, moving first to Cedar Rapids Iowa and then very rapidly out to Colorado Springs, then being busy with finding a place to live and getting moved in. Now that the dust has finally settled I’m realizing it’s been months since I updated this and I really have no excuse and should immediately fix that issue. <br /><br />Anyway, I think a brief explanation of where I’ve been is in order so here goes. I graduated at the end of winter quarter in March from Ohio University. A week before I left I was offered a six month internship with the Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids Iowa. I then left for a week of spring break/ graduation trip to San Francisco and Sacramento with my mom and grandmother. After getting back to Ohio I spent a day in Athens packing then drove out to Cedar Rapids. While I was at school I found out that a job had opened up at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs as a photographer and that I was being considered. I started work in Cedar Rapids that Thursday only to find out I got the job in the Springs. I stayed in Cedar Rapids for two weeks then moved to the Springs where I have been ever since. <br /><br />Here’s some stuff from the past few weeks hiking in Garden of the Gods and driving up Pikes Peak- enjoy!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZCyXjQ7UST32gVy4c3rqRamN5q0EqBWgZexHpS9dAiZtsVKUVafUVTmZyirFsX3rMPWRGEnpy5m_EWBSf-V02W0mF7opUR9JJQicIZmHnwvCb-sDlm5UIMEHtc_ylDqTwmo4lr9R0scV/s1600-h/_RAC8727_forweb.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZCyXjQ7UST32gVy4c3rqRamN5q0EqBWgZexHpS9dAiZtsVKUVafUVTmZyirFsX3rMPWRGEnpy5m_EWBSf-V02W0mF7opUR9JJQicIZmHnwvCb-sDlm5UIMEHtc_ylDqTwmo4lr9R0scV/s400/_RAC8727_forweb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338101216631215890" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP94GqL59LrTKTBKsmZQxMAc_Ohr8mIUJc7j-Ot4RXOFOqNnAr0QbgE6nm4c1jrmJMbrTJVRRQam8YGhv8hjCIWRtX6xD9qRNLsYAKxd-NzzwFbbDML1SqN-QASZ7XUHA_Vsnl7R-xmFn4/s1600-h/_RAC8712_forweb.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP94GqL59LrTKTBKsmZQxMAc_Ohr8mIUJc7j-Ot4RXOFOqNnAr0QbgE6nm4c1jrmJMbrTJVRRQam8YGhv8hjCIWRtX6xD9qRNLsYAKxd-NzzwFbbDML1SqN-QASZ7XUHA_Vsnl7R-xmFn4/s400/_RAC8712_forweb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338101139230396722" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSu1u20BtvfcfFHsWN3ewjadCv-veu0zI6CcXmL3dLzswZjf_6GmPyOPjKibFf_de41T1QNIf6UFc7O8i62fmml62BLtVj3JD3EqfuB6vxkf7A9pK1q7UisC4yEIzerixQtfA0E6iu-jy/s1600-h/_RAC8568_edit_forweb.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSu1u20BtvfcfFHsWN3ewjadCv-veu0zI6CcXmL3dLzswZjf_6GmPyOPjKibFf_de41T1QNIf6UFc7O8i62fmml62BLtVj3JD3EqfuB6vxkf7A9pK1q7UisC4yEIzerixQtfA0E6iu-jy/s400/_RAC8568_edit_forweb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338100966758109954" /></a>J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-28887668067392428222009-02-25T20:40:00.000-07:002009-02-25T21:22:31.640-07:00Some thoughts on audioI’ve been thinking about Colorado lately. I was listening to my iTunes on shuffle and a song came on that threw me back to the Springs. I was listening to a lot of Sugarland’s Enjoy the Ride while I was working out there this past summer, and for me some music can just instantly transport me back. I can smell the air, hear the trees, feel the wind and the sun. <br /><br />I like to think about that when I’m editing audio for my projects. I think good audio should do just what certain songs do for me, take you to the place they’re telling you about. <br /><br /> Recently I got to do an audio project on An Da Union a group from Inner Mongolia which does throat singing, which is one of the most unique sounds I've ever heard. I’d love to hear what you think.<br /><br /><embed src="http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~js206104/spencer_An Da Union.mp3" autostart=false loop=false height=62 width=144 controls="console"></embed>J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-8985112782317758532009-02-14T17:51:00.000-07:002009-02-14T18:38:26.523-07:00Caring For Aggie<object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3202470&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3202470&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/3202470">Caring For Aggie</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1297425">J. Rachel Spencer</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.<br /><br />This was my first attempt at video fall quarter for my final photo class at Ohio University. I was introduced to Aggie after talking with The Appalachian Community Visiting Nurses Association about doing a project with them. I was interested in showing the relationships the nurses have with their clients and asked if they had anyone in mind who would be good for a video piece. They told me about Aggie. She lives in Albany, Ohio with two of her sisters, and although she has almost lost all mobility she's still just as sharp as she ever was. Before I even met her, Milena, my friend at the ACVNA described visiting her house as going to see the Golden Girls, and she was right. She and her sisters would banter back and forth giving each other a hard time every chance they got. It was a pleasure to get to document a little piece of her life.<br /><br />As far as the technical aspect goes I'm still working on video. I definitely need to use a tripod more. More to come later.J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-24843328922622944342009-02-11T19:53:00.000-07:002009-02-11T20:17:47.809-07:00Passonate Art WorksI'm working on a project on Passion Works, a studio where artists with and without developmental disabilities make and sell collaborated work. I've shot there before and I'm always interested in meeting new people there. As Wendy, the artist in residence there told me in an interview, the artists there with developmental disabilities are unlike any other people you will meet, they don't judge you, they don't gossip, they are simply genuine people. Check back in awhile for the final project!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqO3ogPa-c0g8oJwkPg0RHjG5dgmbyUExgSZURuiRgaKPgMGXIMMPy3pFodv72DZdEDV4D33xtai768drtkp4_Qms4vA64WLqujVziLc4_dA6tlIZ5L1oRTClpT3bLNpC8weU_lSFwCFc6/s1600-h/passionflower_web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqO3ogPa-c0g8oJwkPg0RHjG5dgmbyUExgSZURuiRgaKPgMGXIMMPy3pFodv72DZdEDV4D33xtai768drtkp4_Qms4vA64WLqujVziLc4_dA6tlIZ5L1oRTClpT3bLNpC8weU_lSFwCFc6/s400/passionflower_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301742078975512434" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUdpn3bfYE4vuDezPgPf9InfD9OcwTNYhGVQh9L-MJrcXfkm6_LEhVSCqEyItcg90zBp-u7ICf7PMyTzdg1_p-5oy6IjXZCp9mRbRG0DKhNXrlfMiyTB_VwXUYU5S8bnCF2KzdJJR0cT2j/s1600-h/passionworks_group_web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUdpn3bfYE4vuDezPgPf9InfD9OcwTNYhGVQh9L-MJrcXfkm6_LEhVSCqEyItcg90zBp-u7ICf7PMyTzdg1_p-5oy6IjXZCp9mRbRG0DKhNXrlfMiyTB_VwXUYU5S8bnCF2KzdJJR0cT2j/s400/passionworks_group_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301742083076019842" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuHqVy0CeXghZnDNYsyeyL98ecYrjLB-7sYaPFqDevYpRChNaHdqzjlkW5N7XynG1YsdGQ1iiYOTCnhTlr8LFkCNCl103l-NjXbvhT0Gp7xL87GehK_hOG8SdD1HWKS1ivZ8DNC6F8ksNx/s1600-h/painting_web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuHqVy0CeXghZnDNYsyeyL98ecYrjLB-7sYaPFqDevYpRChNaHdqzjlkW5N7XynG1YsdGQ1iiYOTCnhTlr8LFkCNCl103l-NjXbvhT0Gp7xL87GehK_hOG8SdD1HWKS1ivZ8DNC6F8ksNx/s400/painting_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301742076390101442" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSs8BIwrm3PyolXrUUSSnFjLaUCB-tPRcvvyKNtR9h4N-IYxAGwIyjeI4q38OU8FSHw_bcNEwsc8wZ5oHWwlFuUtQ382mqt78AbDoBFvsog_GhAuBciho2m_9eFHSsfpeD34IakMQ2CS8g/s1600-h/paintbrushes_web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSs8BIwrm3PyolXrUUSSnFjLaUCB-tPRcvvyKNtR9h4N-IYxAGwIyjeI4q38OU8FSHw_bcNEwsc8wZ5oHWwlFuUtQ382mqt78AbDoBFvsog_GhAuBciho2m_9eFHSsfpeD34IakMQ2CS8g/s400/paintbrushes_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301742077540146530" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioggQcmOlZe4_9uk_zC-Z9KiRiU6ErDO1aDRvsoJ2QH-2TuxQDJPIJCU073IlAwtj5RsSvQxysWllZ853Lu9dWoqekWlkeVak7I-tr_A0w6-tWzBDv1p_7EFjRV0zt0Gdkm1GuQ2gr_fxY/s1600-h/obama_picture_web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioggQcmOlZe4_9uk_zC-Z9KiRiU6ErDO1aDRvsoJ2QH-2TuxQDJPIJCU073IlAwtj5RsSvQxysWllZ853Lu9dWoqekWlkeVak7I-tr_A0w6-tWzBDv1p_7EFjRV0zt0Gdkm1GuQ2gr_fxY/s400/obama_picture_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301742073486752866" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdghc8fDfmq88is0Q5SjBjH6pMrHNT6GrE_JyzT3CDtUIw45Y0cynxYILx3KGYMnXvoRwuSCcNYBoddZ2jvXTdBQ84RCPeqyFt1TyjfcbPUl6dyI69hFdROcwsCiQW_MJ7xz5WswuLILWO/s1600-h/handholding_web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdghc8fDfmq88is0Q5SjBjH6pMrHNT6GrE_JyzT3CDtUIw45Y0cynxYILx3KGYMnXvoRwuSCcNYBoddZ2jvXTdBQ84RCPeqyFt1TyjfcbPUl6dyI69hFdROcwsCiQW_MJ7xz5WswuLILWO/s400/handholding_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301741555923383154" /></a>J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-42971612931128136512009-02-10T17:43:00.000-07:002009-02-10T18:30:35.721-07:00Athens ice storm<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYG1EmPEVTZYTxv2iy5J-rsDBwNasIJqqRtHMX-e6JQ9T9JDgk9MLSHkW96sFTMSMcFPe7QrAa952mok9O63UJeyaNquDqFF3OR3pMzd3lHXh6yxWSTptY1-Ew7TvbN-DLljG-lBY2mlZD/s1600-h/driving_storm_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:left;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYG1EmPEVTZYTxv2iy5J-rsDBwNasIJqqRtHMX-e6JQ9T9JDgk9MLSHkW96sFTMSMcFPe7QrAa952mok9O63UJeyaNquDqFF3OR3pMzd3lHXh6yxWSTptY1-Ew7TvbN-DLljG-lBY2mlZD/s400/driving_storm_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301335673108637154" /></a><br />Driving back to Columbus in the snow just after the ice storm in Athens<br /><br />School was actually cancelled. After years of complaining about how Ohio reacts to weather, this, at least for the morning was actually deserved. While there really wasn't that much snow around, there was a good inch of ice covering everything in Athens. Not having class for the day allowed for time to sleep in till noon, watch at least 3 movies, and of course, head uptown to take a few pictures. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHbKWYJOKQ5_O4o2pbnhcvXH7eeO9fIjNUUzOP_030-pwO0DPDR4ECgSa_4kadSjvWr4FXZl3aoJ6mQ7ddixMTLzAST4cdF6FZb923KoHPSvuJCVjk90EMkB3tgyVvO5bJiGC6yuF5vvC/s1600-h/college_green_winter_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHbKWYJOKQ5_O4o2pbnhcvXH7eeO9fIjNUUzOP_030-pwO0DPDR4ECgSa_4kadSjvWr4FXZl3aoJ6mQ7ddixMTLzAST4cdF6FZb923KoHPSvuJCVjk90EMkB3tgyVvO5bJiGC6yuF5vvC/s400/college_green_winter_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301335411197965538" /></a><br />College Green covered in snow and ice<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZEgTWLU8DJivcummn0ZHPGg2X8a46tC6_zYn3WVH4Tk3p9fX-ImlDSdVZ3OouY6zJNg3inG0YjP1cuuXOfaal5qkMyy4xDa1_QCu-xesAiJw3hf6q0P4ZFqeF6q2DvNQGhbpPEaBEPowX/s1600-h/ice_uptown_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZEgTWLU8DJivcummn0ZHPGg2X8a46tC6_zYn3WVH4Tk3p9fX-ImlDSdVZ3OouY6zJNg3inG0YjP1cuuXOfaal5qkMyy4xDa1_QCu-xesAiJw3hf6q0P4ZFqeF6q2DvNQGhbpPEaBEPowX/s400/ice_uptown_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301335857169444962" /></a><br />The top of Jeff Hill looking toward uptown<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVSsPVSHoyp3H3cNhwzDp9r1BqHyw8SsmZlwR0NgPKy8Lpzg5adkxJh6ZglzjI27oNx9xDInUIW2WCgzXZ-ILF9edmYB5YpFOIfSQz01Y3-H445yj-6pQSoY6VnnuJ3wvbDbsfIb1pTIN8/s1600-h/sledding_Jeff_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVSsPVSHoyp3H3cNhwzDp9r1BqHyw8SsmZlwR0NgPKy8Lpzg5adkxJh6ZglzjI27oNx9xDInUIW2WCgzXZ-ILF9edmYB5YpFOIfSQz01Y3-H445yj-6pQSoY6VnnuJ3wvbDbsfIb1pTIN8/s400/sledding_Jeff_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301336139750043426" /></a><br />Sledding on Jeff Hill<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzhdqKjK5LijWVcbWG7MIHtVvJVH9Oyz4FajqM3LsoELPcdLUYthgeMD93slhXZnHPkis8JBAawMJNhGps7T3Uufg7HSKWiJtgGOC1holafQwoFdcHO_nNQ4kJbtXwRJaGRPCow7DyYyi/s1600-h/snow_tree_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzhdqKjK5LijWVcbWG7MIHtVvJVH9Oyz4FajqM3LsoELPcdLUYthgeMD93slhXZnHPkis8JBAawMJNhGps7T3Uufg7HSKWiJtgGOC1holafQwoFdcHO_nNQ4kJbtXwRJaGRPCow7DyYyi/s400/snow_tree_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301336370129359106" /></a><br />Trees on College Green<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-LxsqeUb1bGfHYs9OnPEZ1hm_Fu-N6eFVG715iUyFBf2ceW8GfbVRn-3x-9qDoWoyAz-15gK7WL7b2Vy3U0ddkkxZBss061mw8qXm3mzUZo_D908PKuPt0s27G0qldaEK4B0cT9xo63m/s1600-h/trees_storm_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-LxsqeUb1bGfHYs9OnPEZ1hm_Fu-N6eFVG715iUyFBf2ceW8GfbVRn-3x-9qDoWoyAz-15gK7WL7b2Vy3U0ddkkxZBss061mw8qXm3mzUZo_D908PKuPt0s27G0qldaEK4B0cT9xo63m/s400/trees_storm_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301336712579228322" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDeVOeOUrKArFfK_Wd120n1MMlZuETe86NhjQQ8SfH4uAjuO69F17OEx36CEicL9lWAGgwIP6J3wLZezzLd4cramiaPDpNwgKsNRFha3R4hNZxO5bfVgQbmqbp4kqpXV6frZ-5TJO_KqGu/s1600-h/bent+trees_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDeVOeOUrKArFfK_Wd120n1MMlZuETe86NhjQQ8SfH4uAjuO69F17OEx36CEicL9lWAGgwIP6J3wLZezzLd4cramiaPDpNwgKsNRFha3R4hNZxO5bfVgQbmqbp4kqpXV6frZ-5TJO_KqGu/s400/bent+trees_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301335009991816498" /></a><br />not the best example of photojournalism, but here's what it looked like on the way out of Athens on 33 westJ. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-26862323432916506282008-12-29T13:21:00.000-07:002008-12-29T13:25:32.936-07:00Finishing SchoolAfter four years of preparation it is almost time for me to go out into the real world and get a job. This is not a promising idea in the current job market, but regardless of the state of the economy my graduation date is drawing ever nearer. I've kept myself busy in the past months surviving my last photo class at Ohio University, which while being the most challenging course I've ever gone through ended up forcing me to remember and use all the skills I've acquired while here and also showed me what I need to work on in the next three months. I'll post some of the work I did during that class and some more recent things soon! Good Luck to all of you out there preparing to enter the work world!J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-88543842042091016732008-08-23T21:28:00.001-06:002008-08-23T21:38:44.088-06:00Pikes Peak MarathonThe Pikes Peak Marathon is like no other marathon I've ever seen. Runners start at 7 am in Manitou Springs and head for Barr trail up Pikes Peak. They sprint up the mountain with an elevation gain of almost 6,000 feet and back down again. Thats 26.21 miles up and down one of Colorado's 14'ers. The only thing more amazing than realizing people actually do this is finding out that the winning time this year was 3:36:54 (which is apparently slow).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY4Biv3iFUAv-ii-KppqoEVQ-6mEC2kC_agncb0F0a1h3_Sz5vmt5DTEs7XEByd7QTk90_w-R7LzY57ZXWtuXcUIpscvqF5cQxywi8sc8n1nK2ovkUFYfCt2VpmlQkAo_o8DTZPnAhUID4/s1600-h/08_17_08+pp+marathon+0498_edit_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY4Biv3iFUAv-ii-KppqoEVQ-6mEC2kC_agncb0F0a1h3_Sz5vmt5DTEs7XEByd7QTk90_w-R7LzY57ZXWtuXcUIpscvqF5cQxywi8sc8n1nK2ovkUFYfCt2VpmlQkAo_o8DTZPnAhUID4/s400/08_17_08+pp+marathon+0498_edit_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237921687299022738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2c_VsOwjL4DGfLSRALTUFkIxAI3J-c2dOQlPD4mzRKAi4e3O4oS9GZZOl99Zrn-UrF_xmJNN-rHocTC-bj8oZ071JcHhyphenhypheniwwqKJzIu8SwMVLjLqwFH6StNPcUffqFeGBNIReFQd3ga76I/s1600-h/08_17_08+pp+marathon+0001_edit_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2c_VsOwjL4DGfLSRALTUFkIxAI3J-c2dOQlPD4mzRKAi4e3O4oS9GZZOl99Zrn-UrF_xmJNN-rHocTC-bj8oZ071JcHhyphenhypheniwwqKJzIu8SwMVLjLqwFH6StNPcUffqFeGBNIReFQd3ga76I/s400/08_17_08+pp+marathon+0001_edit_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237921381013789058" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_8aaRHa7iC5Sjfv9R70ibGusBjKzzAN6EUTEQsrBhPvz3i2sASWSPRoa6XEv6pSs4KVRUnv-_MNDuLs23b_Rqo1yVBv_5GOEZQFbE3i4hGNgzhoAs52rW8FIOT4_kQd0yBtYN3UsWGhU/s1600-h/08_17_08+pp+marathon+0173_edit_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_8aaRHa7iC5Sjfv9R70ibGusBjKzzAN6EUTEQsrBhPvz3i2sASWSPRoa6XEv6pSs4KVRUnv-_MNDuLs23b_Rqo1yVBv_5GOEZQFbE3i4hGNgzhoAs52rW8FIOT4_kQd0yBtYN3UsWGhU/s400/08_17_08+pp+marathon+0173_edit_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237921386002798258" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxlcFBhmYDZZvyuWL45vHQM4uy5JiTN12FXDmgAcIYh_nqRG5CqkyXlt6ApjshD_IitfvL7lzzP4JDvanDmZfAwEsPLluXBslO6egDCiJS2ooGOX4pvgoWVFup2IeamF9oHN7EeSMXsRy/s1600-h/08_17_08+pp+marathon+0180_edit_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxlcFBhmYDZZvyuWL45vHQM4uy5JiTN12FXDmgAcIYh_nqRG5CqkyXlt6ApjshD_IitfvL7lzzP4JDvanDmZfAwEsPLluXBslO6egDCiJS2ooGOX4pvgoWVFup2IeamF9oHN7EeSMXsRy/s400/08_17_08+pp+marathon+0180_edit_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237921388742350418" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb4zDhG9nW1cjzTgwURCG_MKrCGje4tLkHNqa_AyPR9pw_Q-CsCLne1z0tIblR4dlBpcJX-0hTUJEZob9pNBafzZi1fvcsTZ9XS5lohWAZadYL3jon8yskrBtHhmUR6iFrMHx-SxiAdivn/s1600-h/08_17_08+pp+marathon+0321_edit_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb4zDhG9nW1cjzTgwURCG_MKrCGje4tLkHNqa_AyPR9pw_Q-CsCLne1z0tIblR4dlBpcJX-0hTUJEZob9pNBafzZi1fvcsTZ9XS5lohWAZadYL3jon8yskrBtHhmUR6iFrMHx-SxiAdivn/s400/08_17_08+pp+marathon+0321_edit_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237921392281422434" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvmvD3vidieOKAo_Ehw2QMYg8FT4lz7x0YQ47wuKyIc-WRwbdgvgxukJI2bHm7hRm45lb_I5qPq6-qoFj8Qvol36iRwzV_yA0jYHe2pzhy5sLqXcN3hCPoMa6UH4y1seSlvKwSksnSL2g/s1600-h/08_17_08+pp+marathon+0409_edit_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvmvD3vidieOKAo_Ehw2QMYg8FT4lz7x0YQ47wuKyIc-WRwbdgvgxukJI2bHm7hRm45lb_I5qPq6-qoFj8Qvol36iRwzV_yA0jYHe2pzhy5sLqXcN3hCPoMa6UH4y1seSlvKwSksnSL2g/s400/08_17_08+pp+marathon+0409_edit_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237921392511036562" /></a>J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-44986350780825230722008-08-05T15:53:00.001-06:002008-08-05T16:10:42.439-06:00U.S. Senior Open Championship<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil13NtUQtejS8itq1VsFOjstmU1ui2PB5kOOTulv92E5T88-f0DJttNtYaLlZCbjy2zDW3eyat_IRktcQGhD26IDRCLcjG_RRjnfaOgIpw8lL72noAj9A65zZSzgf4DxPN2A9ZRHvDJtoQ/s1600-h/08_03_08+senior+open+0384_for+web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil13NtUQtejS8itq1VsFOjstmU1ui2PB5kOOTulv92E5T88-f0DJttNtYaLlZCbjy2zDW3eyat_IRktcQGhD26IDRCLcjG_RRjnfaOgIpw8lL72noAj9A65zZSzgf4DxPN2A9ZRHvDJtoQ/s400/08_03_08+senior+open+0384_for+web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231155762076432866" /></a><br />A mother deer and two fawns run across the fourteenth fairway during the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs August 3, 2008. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3P-TLnwcLmWKCcfYbpGJlyIi5-hHVfhn-aTp26-RzOXV2m8AgrsQk1-_uq63aGbMO5zaDcmCX6sesPmM2rp5eJsl7in-SMZofOG3F8V-zeXtv3HzxGsOHs1w8R4ov2GRg0EUt2BGNs15r/s1600-h/08_03_08+senior+open+0307_for+web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3P-TLnwcLmWKCcfYbpGJlyIi5-hHVfhn-aTp26-RzOXV2m8AgrsQk1-_uq63aGbMO5zaDcmCX6sesPmM2rp5eJsl7in-SMZofOG3F8V-zeXtv3HzxGsOHs1w8R4ov2GRg0EUt2BGNs15r/s400/08_03_08+senior+open+0307_for+web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231155767876282546" /></a><br />Jay Hass tees of on the seventh hole of the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs August 3, 2008. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJEa5uPBr2jFQtuZlCd0_jJVPZdo9C8uMfWtwd2uKVxYwmHRlSJN59c0qzZu2Idt_Jk3C77YqmguLIbpqVmC-tW0Ad_pUT5PN8Eju1BHWCR8dKFVS-adQYAyMFwiTgu97B8aNLGE9o5Oc/s1600-h/08_03_08+senior+open+0075_for+web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJEa5uPBr2jFQtuZlCd0_jJVPZdo9C8uMfWtwd2uKVxYwmHRlSJN59c0qzZu2Idt_Jk3C77YqmguLIbpqVmC-tW0Ad_pUT5PN8Eju1BHWCR8dKFVS-adQYAyMFwiTgu97B8aNLGE9o5Oc/s400/08_03_08+senior+open+0075_for+web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231155515824474162" /></a><br />Joe Ozaki marks his ball's place on the fourth green during the 29th U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Sunday, August 3, 2008. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Yj9RENaLT0G0yPL0Jjwh801MdNun_wbxhQaP1NG7tq_G6xhPctmQbIe3ZGRvUPuRgMj1tMtj3FR1Pebwkns0JyYs8sX7vXsDiHjWyoz0xnggXaAYHEZdTM-2odX7LE4zg26xRr0J3KTJ/s1600-h/08_03_08+senior+open+0588_for+web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Yj9RENaLT0G0yPL0Jjwh801MdNun_wbxhQaP1NG7tq_G6xhPctmQbIe3ZGRvUPuRgMj1tMtj3FR1Pebwkns0JyYs8sX7vXsDiHjWyoz0xnggXaAYHEZdTM-2odX7LE4zg26xRr0J3KTJ/s400/08_03_08+senior+open+0588_for+web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231155513731054082" /></a><br />John Cook hits across the water hazard on the eighteenth hole during the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs August 3, 2008.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Oj_qy1BTdSpW2nwGM3p6dduVDHqNFgbBpvevx4fET1IRIUAHdpinx8K_V0mrabDblYqqb7XSkJIIy8Uiuqnj8zB8XMWJ_BTjUWLQDTAoiqpjZv9Vooo85Cm-LcZ-cTCTAa0pIMGitKJi/s1600-h/08_03_08+senior+open+0547_for+we.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Oj_qy1BTdSpW2nwGM3p6dduVDHqNFgbBpvevx4fET1IRIUAHdpinx8K_V0mrabDblYqqb7XSkJIIy8Uiuqnj8zB8XMWJ_BTjUWLQDTAoiqpjZv9Vooo85Cm-LcZ-cTCTAa0pIMGitKJi/s400/08_03_08+senior+open+0547_for+we.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231155517818456946" /></a><br />Juan Quiros and Greg Norman wait for the ok to continue play at the eighth after a short weather delay during the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs August 3, 2008.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi54yHxLE1G9tiPhDqFzGrFXZm5jI7XzR8ADpwNhjzFY-X1NieWxvtHCBvToDmVGTKkWp6tZeNJs6w_IRP84otF-cINo7mv5g2D6nuMwktRTffjeMQ7UfIPIkpgb6Gl5YZBn_OZxffzQQo4/s1600-h/08_03_08+senior+open+0489_for+web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi54yHxLE1G9tiPhDqFzGrFXZm5jI7XzR8ADpwNhjzFY-X1NieWxvtHCBvToDmVGTKkWp6tZeNJs6w_IRP84otF-cINo7mv5g2D6nuMwktRTffjeMQ7UfIPIkpgb6Gl5YZBn_OZxffzQQo4/s400/08_03_08+senior+open+0489_for+web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231155564993456834" /></a><br />Tom Watson putts on the fourth hole during the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs August 3, 2008.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCImG2YpyqspCtHrXfevcAexWwb_SZhAs2l4AUiyORsLquvsRxQYNpg9QO9QGtpKgX1NcMZK3NjJtDmYSIEiVQ_Tx3KplsUFuuQrYonQXneCs3Nz5nTUUF4DMPk5hUXgUxjY-EA2jisWuS/s1600-h/08_03_08+senior+open+0459_for+web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCImG2YpyqspCtHrXfevcAexWwb_SZhAs2l4AUiyORsLquvsRxQYNpg9QO9QGtpKgX1NcMZK3NjJtDmYSIEiVQ_Tx3KplsUFuuQrYonQXneCs3Nz5nTUUF4DMPk5hUXgUxjY-EA2jisWuS/s400/08_03_08+senior+open+0459_for+web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231155568797017506" /></a><br />Eduardo Romero embraces Fred Funk after winning the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs August 3, 2008.J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-26482486269109088352008-07-27T21:24:00.001-06:002008-07-27T21:42:37.402-06:00State Games of the West TriathlonSaturday I covered the State Games of the West Triathlon which along with being a great event to cover photographically offered something unique, there were two blind athletes competing. My first reaction to the assignment was "How?" I guess I underestimated them. Accompanied by a helper for each section of the triathlon Gil and Ivan were amazing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1cOy0n7dQSJj4wGmQAveBa86OPqfXwjqoPB1dADvKalKkvi_5ARb9KcA3YYP4W2LCx8w04_Y5d-xPeaERHlTIj7VfohZlk_U9xtdvvUYTkiVgDBFFRk2N4cZ6A7CJvztID_I6stdUZgr/s1600-h/07_26_08+triathlon+005_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1cOy0n7dQSJj4wGmQAveBa86OPqfXwjqoPB1dADvKalKkvi_5ARb9KcA3YYP4W2LCx8w04_Y5d-xPeaERHlTIj7VfohZlk_U9xtdvvUYTkiVgDBFFRk2N4cZ6A7CJvztID_I6stdUZgr/s400/07_26_08+triathlon+005_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227901970418245570" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhssxiADDj8v5m-YI1s9fwSvcPjYvOOuwTkowGLYXpLF-SYU3jptEswWtdofRGY6wAmvq7t8sV1dGbR1lKQRlZK6rQu_GhlnZAPd-JuI9Y_0baeIFSLE7G1XCUaxzpNDsVh8Nk6q5ThtXpl/s1600-h/07_26_08+triathlon+071_edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhssxiADDj8v5m-YI1s9fwSvcPjYvOOuwTkowGLYXpLF-SYU3jptEswWtdofRGY6wAmvq7t8sV1dGbR1lKQRlZK6rQu_GhlnZAPd-JuI9Y_0baeIFSLE7G1XCUaxzpNDsVh8Nk6q5ThtXpl/s400/07_26_08+triathlon+071_edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227901979752312930" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj71pjZG0AHBeUDq4NVzUjS8gdPUWbVguOAUTOa38dbWogg_CnH4YWQA2dqlV-UCjLWCrKHvQ7SRrthtkb2hX7zNhghDCFt1d7WsD3MaoOokkitkw4R0CImnNDjwMsO1rr8pDlRu1egNy6/s1600-h/07_26_08+triathlon+078_edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj71pjZG0AHBeUDq4NVzUjS8gdPUWbVguOAUTOa38dbWogg_CnH4YWQA2dqlV-UCjLWCrKHvQ7SRrthtkb2hX7zNhghDCFt1d7WsD3MaoOokkitkw4R0CImnNDjwMsO1rr8pDlRu1egNy6/s400/07_26_08+triathlon+078_edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227901988592433474" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6RX3O3Tq-3oqSBhXqcrwjJj_v8vyOfakRscSLEeuT3aVdUF-B9o_50HeCB-tb3Ho0_VUd1YIGMujaYBeM7oXDDkoBHfsKpqCtKoV-c5pRA20joAE08b_3uBAY68ckNAuaSyY9IlkbnkJ/s1600-h/07_26_08+triathlon+400_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6RX3O3Tq-3oqSBhXqcrwjJj_v8vyOfakRscSLEeuT3aVdUF-B9o_50HeCB-tb3Ho0_VUd1YIGMujaYBeM7oXDDkoBHfsKpqCtKoV-c5pRA20joAE08b_3uBAY68ckNAuaSyY9IlkbnkJ/s400/07_26_08+triathlon+400_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227901988397385378" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggLgNHJsp-Hi1arxKYbtRkOOi1Csz16x6EB_-6HIeTB1nZYjrwiwrb1Iji1lyLWbGJk4WQDngoTiQ7jySpV_JGM9gHnT9cc0ZdIg1njjGstpSzHFQmvqVVl3_gdBlQDbPfrfE5gEDqp-NZ/s1600-h/07_26_08+triathlon+646_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggLgNHJsp-Hi1arxKYbtRkOOi1Csz16x6EB_-6HIeTB1nZYjrwiwrb1Iji1lyLWbGJk4WQDngoTiQ7jySpV_JGM9gHnT9cc0ZdIg1njjGstpSzHFQmvqVVl3_gdBlQDbPfrfE5gEDqp-NZ/s400/07_26_08+triathlon+646_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227905086400025314" /></a>J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-30702550269182369092008-07-23T17:11:00.001-06:002008-07-23T20:37:39.848-06:00pixie bikes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrfAtEElV3U7FJVW4SSSzkd0ca0qOyVnjXdvjz5_9CkYru_1ZlJc_RwQS4TVGhYKwPCQg-MjJ047U8TsEYw5iszFrXwbBKFUdIHN91kHrqpRMfoI4vJISWYPFlioY3oWihkAnOMRgv1Q7/s1600-h/_RAC6771_edit_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrfAtEElV3U7FJVW4SSSzkd0ca0qOyVnjXdvjz5_9CkYru_1ZlJc_RwQS4TVGhYKwPCQg-MjJ047U8TsEYw5iszFrXwbBKFUdIHN91kHrqpRMfoI4vJISWYPFlioY3oWihkAnOMRgv1Q7/s400/_RAC6771_edit_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226404012644770834" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_BEvK6WTYRExCIXx9bJQKCjJPOGuKZCXC6dAiyMVl9jOCi3BgHq0Bw8Ru24maZ65Y2Q8AOwWCgL4LjtD5LRTMAAiRpUFiF9WwiCIEKWukTaV_PwjwDhbk2-bDszCabhzvsR-ZrVWprcl/s1600-h/_RAC6790_edit_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_BEvK6WTYRExCIXx9bJQKCjJPOGuKZCXC6dAiyMVl9jOCi3BgHq0Bw8Ru24maZ65Y2Q8AOwWCgL4LjtD5LRTMAAiRpUFiF9WwiCIEKWukTaV_PwjwDhbk2-bDszCabhzvsR-ZrVWprcl/s400/_RAC6790_edit_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226404013220087058" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFiY_OxLNn-Aq1YfpG-3FjpWpidk81cPXhcxt6TAfALlFbYUb2JBRl2YBmAex4nM2zPdXJNJ9sZa5mFEySw1X6AgruPpvX6G9ykumDK4eWliU-MfFxAXxuqn2JsU4qIBC-M8EpjdtF8eaP/s1600-h/_RAC6798_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFiY_OxLNn-Aq1YfpG-3FjpWpidk81cPXhcxt6TAfALlFbYUb2JBRl2YBmAex4nM2zPdXJNJ9sZa5mFEySw1X6AgruPpvX6G9ykumDK4eWliU-MfFxAXxuqn2JsU4qIBC-M8EpjdtF8eaP/s400/_RAC6798_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226404017585341730" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8U9HNpFeFzdKLd-M37SECBrGU1iiSqZYvM4IX_mKfzZVAafj5LbKOCLI1m586yWHFKsguBKA6n9wEihwxNiILk23MF1RMEsqCzF0qkU8HCVoZ8TTKeZV4tz7lmjmu7cIp6niGF63nMsD5/s1600-h/_RAC6815_edit_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8U9HNpFeFzdKLd-M37SECBrGU1iiSqZYvM4IX_mKfzZVAafj5LbKOCLI1m586yWHFKsguBKA6n9wEihwxNiILk23MF1RMEsqCzF0qkU8HCVoZ8TTKeZV4tz7lmjmu7cIp6niGF63nMsD5/s400/_RAC6815_edit_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226404017852545650" /></a>J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-61083426050314359982008-07-21T20:23:00.003-06:002008-07-21T20:37:59.929-06:00Hill Climb 2008<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4EV_CZzfB9C2wdiywkbcbbENQlUMRVrp4sh0MIz5YFTV0yO4ruiBtcyKf-mdDjNbY_sWwNgEHzLB2N54Vb5s-2tnaTym7UWBJDiuSnEYv2-EDCkgSUM8WjmvPEqDSQHTGhApfAdAdw9SS/s1600-h/07_20_08+hill+climb+race+day+0004_edit_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4EV_CZzfB9C2wdiywkbcbbENQlUMRVrp4sh0MIz5YFTV0yO4ruiBtcyKf-mdDjNbY_sWwNgEHzLB2N54Vb5s-2tnaTym7UWBJDiuSnEYv2-EDCkgSUM8WjmvPEqDSQHTGhApfAdAdw9SS/s400/07_20_08+hill+climb+race+day+0004_edit_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225660308412174034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxNjkMtAAK5LY6ZJtCV0AedgMfYgCqhL2I7LfepdbGYE-KAv3Xv81HSt7hNgDktbjFVkWozB2OSIFW3RMuszTtJOANrOgUFo7Yh9wHo3Bk9WMXi7DI52dxOV2TQcMxWt5o4XuH5JMgJ6e/s1600-h/07_20_08+hill+climb+race+day+0013_edit_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-28532671575658148222008-07-19T09:26:00.000-06:002008-07-19T11:00:00.853-06:00Hill Climb Fan Fest<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS660yGVWfHk2ljdxfyWW_7ke4WlE1TqpVy1i59MP0Sl_DOsB75y6EaYHamoVhCL5bTjvAbMEYw1c3HyGM0sBRG46ubmG4rBJl3kQvHCthymYaDGD2HvOM9qznrKV1hR_X2YGQ7juUQh4d/s1600-h/_00A0074_fanfest.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS660yGVWfHk2ljdxfyWW_7ke4WlE1TqpVy1i59MP0Sl_DOsB75y6EaYHamoVhCL5bTjvAbMEYw1c3HyGM0sBRG46ubmG4rBJl3kQvHCthymYaDGD2HvOM9qznrKV1hR_X2YGQ7juUQh4d/s400/_00A0074_fanfest.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224770837244407506" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDap3vJN323ru6dIUnx_sTp4yve1VVXTfavuY7Wij0N6s2p4iEkDcAx3zVCekpeQeWytmTn4DDH5wxET36FoVlww_UYT4mrA0pEPTijWHhn4-coycTdenalpMAvekYa8VALHiTmaleG5r/s1600-h/_00A0090_fanfest.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDap3vJN323ru6dIUnx_sTp4yve1VVXTfavuY7Wij0N6s2p4iEkDcAx3zVCekpeQeWytmTn4DDH5wxET36FoVlww_UYT4mrA0pEPTijWHhn4-coycTdenalpMAvekYa8VALHiTmaleG5r/s400/_00A0090_fanfest.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224770650426533234" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMjARJqxZiR6_oAuOq6-6uu7xQNJ2BSsExH4xNMUQ3MF2YdYqE2xgHthLBcXy7-WvEXRzw2jTIsj4Caw9p-JbM-YCOtSV_IlBAviRk4HnlzMv5sABTYsn__fubzlKIQI1e2dHBzFrEKCn/s1600-h/_00A0040_fanfest.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMjARJqxZiR6_oAuOq6-6uu7xQNJ2BSsExH4xNMUQ3MF2YdYqE2xgHthLBcXy7-WvEXRzw2jTIsj4Caw9p-JbM-YCOtSV_IlBAviRk4HnlzMv5sABTYsn__fubzlKIQI1e2dHBzFrEKCn/s400/_00A0040_fanfest.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224747381099658498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpw0R0xT_k-5g2Jv9VWQntDuNpiFYUcrpfhLmlOFpNVZTxmhv_BZ_f9VtYfyIhyphenhyphenR9PzKv8GP0jnvfBRnlRjpm6XoFoVJAs5XYqOOYwL_yGrc6PTg70fI62bugm28jTp3lNetmL9UVyAIi/s1600-h/_00A0058_fanfest.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpw0R0xT_k-5g2Jv9VWQntDuNpiFYUcrpfhLmlOFpNVZTxmhv_BZ_f9VtYfyIhyphenhyphenR9PzKv8GP0jnvfBRnlRjpm6XoFoVJAs5XYqOOYwL_yGrc6PTg70fI62bugm28jTp3lNetmL9UVyAIi/s400/_00A0058_fanfest.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224747244584159010" /></a>J. Rachel Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889003014709566973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098685582441659378.post-89324312806918603712008-07-18T21:48:00.000-06:002008-07-18T22:19:51.485-06:00Sky Sox and Hill ClimbThursday morning my alarm clock went off at 2:15 am and after dragging myself out of bed, at an hour that many people around me were just calling it a night, headed off to Pikes Peak for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb practice. The Hill Climb is a race up to the top of the peak along the road that visitors drive daily making the ascent in about an hour and a half. The racers do it in around 10 minutes. Despite being deprived of sleep it really was worth getting up to the 16 mile point of the race to shoot as the sun was coming up.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQ78-KJk86K3iTeMXIuYu_6aEc0yZq5JFBdNTMWvB67rqZhyphenhyphenPXaRWho6935MCi6rnA1chbKTeweIV6MVjJ7AH63MxFRLtiYMXIwvhUdYOkqm9Mb7CX1bdCXNv6SXotP7N93FjSHd3HBlw/s1600-h/DSC_5748_blog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQ78-KJk86K3iTeMXIuYu_6aEc0yZq5JFBdNTMWvB67rqZhyphenhyphenPXaRWho6935MCi6rnA1chbKTeweIV6MVjJ7AH63MxFRLtiYMXIwvhUdYOkqm9Mb7CX1bdCXNv6SXotP7N93FjSHd3HBlw/s400/DSC_5748_blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224572708445182114" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqBWlIP8QVid_yGmJggIm0RDw7dhotensDBfVdNGpcuyR6OiTo-v9vasY6UJn9ZXcwMjlyhyt7cIRf4o0BEAjLT91w5MjyfBT2Yn6Vn0cyRzSDokPTmwv1pQyBqet5T9y9h5rDUI6XMSS/s1600-h/DSC_5527_blog.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5PPPISCNZ0FUfoN5HxmAu1-iyaqO0WqDD0BtJAhNPc-MQsX6SN2cvxm9EIWD_N1zoatuHhwB62YxpWUXNNteIro3THet2cyDNQf9LxWTDND7vkANAZt4f9Ithyphenhyphen_ysYMZ90jB0To-x6Mi2/s400/07_17_08+hill+climb122_blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224570621331730978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3zUMFW-Vte-E5y14WKuHnGlZgYZGOIVOr-yb62tptcMhcyeCvSoDAMMoYVSaoH-TNsdPEhfx19wUYAl7CEcZg2e62RJTjGCGrTIjU3znXgoEGMDfGqua4CzeGDjRcB1ZpUVarUbAcYlzk/s1600-h/07_17_08+hill+climb085_blog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3zUMFW-Vte-E5y14WKuHnGlZgYZGOIVOr-yb62tptcMhcyeCvSoDAMMoYVSaoH-TNsdPEhfx19wUYAl7CEcZg2e62RJTjGCGrTIjU3znXgoEGMDfGqua4CzeGDjRcB1ZpUVarUbAcYlzk/s400/07_17_08+hill+climb085_blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224570540875795122" /></a><br />Sky Sox<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDzp8O-pZDEdekipLRr4mI7C_ADwGc6CP7_cpWOph54AjJGMt7PEpgbHzZl2YdCa5GQcELYH8hyphenhyphenN39uiA-kBYWQP9vcDSF7UF_DNOhLxtTnudlxe3CtP-lUc1loNLHHkVD-0ijV3WHMOPb/s1600-h/_RAC5112.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR4BkIXfKHtj8pl4bh8U6LX10TW5oFN45EctcxgeG01YNttYVAr0EwVYyi-716rFqWm3Qn3gbu2MNPuXaNiob4KBc5-Lafjsf-X4mCDJiNLsWAIfWKiA_-yaV9Hoc0E8Tpxy0fOdjbr-VE/s400/_RAC5057.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224567382000183298" /></a>J. 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