The 2010 Urban Iditerod was held in Salt Lake City, and I barely made to the last two legs. Here are some images of the fun:
2010 Urban Iditerod Salt Lake City
Winter Phragmites
I found a new way to get over there, and found a nice rock to climb up on. Here’s that shot. My dog, after coming joyously along, now seems very sick, doesn’t want to eat, appears drugged and I am wondering what happened.
A friend asked if I would take her picture as a birthday gift for her mother, who is going on a mission to Australia soon. Thanks to Jacom Stephens (studio) and April Frampton (make-up).
Last night I shot club Allure in Salt Lake City. They were doing a benefit for the Red Cross. The music was good as always, there were live bands. I shot a band called Jack Jones; they were great.
Allure has the largest lighted dance floor in the United States.
Club Allure, Salt Lake City 2010-2-6
Wedding Party, Club Allure, Salt Lake City 2010-2-6
Band: Jack Jones, Club Allure, Salt Lake City 2010-2-6
Three friends, Club Allure, Salt Lake City 2010-2-6
Stephanie Young Merzel (here’s her blog) asked me to take photos of her trio’s public debut at Zanzibar. They are called The Pure Precepts and they were wonderful! They played three sets of Jazz standards, with Stephanie at the microphone. She has a truly pleasant and powerful, emotive voice. The bassist and guitarist were also very good, and very well-trained (they could read sheet music~~) . The Zanzibar was intimate, friendly and clean. I could tell that Stephanie and her friends were having fun while working it. Go here for the pictures.
Smugmug’s feed is not working as I expected, so we have broken, password-protected photos below.
Along the Antelope Island causeway, something unique is occurring, as always. The snow has melted enough to reveal the water and sand, but there are still islands of snow dotting the landscape for miles. In a few days it will snow again and all this will be white. This was taken from the South side; the north side is currently snow-free.
Speaking of currents, if you look into the water you see there is a strong current between the little islands, and the water is full of living matter.
Snowy islands in Great Salt Lake
Islands of Hope
All there was in the sky was a glimmer. A dash of sunlight through an otherwise smoggy, and cloudy sky. But that’s all the hope we had for the week, so Tesse and I dashed out about 40 miles, then walked another 4 or so along the water’s edge. Sure enough, during those last moments, the sun did break through for a dramatic sky for about 15 minutes. Then we walked back in the dark.
The funky thing about this trip was that the sky was looking so hopeless that I considered turning back, a couple of miles into our walk. But, just a few moments later, out of the muck drove two ATVs towards me, returning to the highway from the lake. I’m guessing they were either brine shrimpers or USGS people. What’s the protocol when you run into someone out in the fog miles away from anywhere with no reason for being there. My tripod might have looked like a gun. They passed at full speed with a slight wave. I returned the gesture, thinking, “There goes my ride”, but I’m glad we kept walking. The point is being there, after all.
Coyote at Great Salt Lake
The other strange thing was this coyote, that had been killed and left up on a rock by someone, in the way that a cat leaves a mouse at the doorstep. There was black blood dripping from its mouth and down the rock that it lay on. Tesse Dog did not seem overly curious about it. It was probably there for less than a week. Coyotes hang out near the railroad tracks, in order to catch the mice which feed on the grain that falls from the train cars.
I beleive these sandy mounds were created by the tracks left by criss-crossing of countless ATVs out here. Today was the first time I’d ever seen anyone else on this shore. I thought the lake was all mine.
I was happy to have a few of my photos in the Winter 2010 FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake newsletter, including the front cover, but scroll down to see the painting by Sean Toomey on the back of the newsletter:
FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake Winter 2010 Newsletter cover
Uninterrupted by Charles Uibel
Sean Toomey - Promontory Mountains from the Bear River Refuge
Here are some other images of mine used:
Legacy Parkway Nature Preserve
Pre-History by Charles Uibel
Sundance 2010
1/25/10 Stanfield Gallery after hours on a Monday was not exactly packed by any means, but I enjoyed the live performances. The place basically emptied out when the dance music started.
Club Allure -
It was a busy night at Allure, even though Sundance was going on at Park City
