Morning Architecture
The architectural lights were still on at dusk as I photographed this scene of the Continental Divide OBGYN building on Porphyry Street.
historic uptown butte
Putting those Burned Buildings to Use
I enjoy roaming the old buildings of Butte, including this building my husband’s company, Silver Bow Property Management, owns. This is that polka-a-dot window building next to US bank on Park Street. I love photographing Butte, and I love photographing people…merging the two together just might be my favorite thing to do. You can view …
Christie
Christie Transfer is in the warehouse area near Butte High School. The buildings in this area have a lot of character, some still being used like the building housing Christie Transfer, others looking vacant but still being used (the Newbro Drug Co building), and others not in use and boarded up.
Burglar Alarm
When I think of the word “burglar,” for some reason I think of the ham-burglar from the old McDonald’s commercials. Maybe it’s because McDonald’s burned down, so I have it in my sub-conscience. Or maybe it’s just good marketing on their behalf. I’ve always been pleased that Metals Bank has left this old historic alarm …
Photographing Photographers
One of the most enjoyable parts of teaching is being able to take the workshop attendees out to photograph, and then seeing what everybody comes up with. It’s interesting how everybody is given the same area to photograph, and yet everyone sees different details and sees different things in a different way. These are photos …
Morning Glow
Yes, it was actually sunny this morning for about a half hour, just after the sun rose. The way the sun hits the buildings on Park Street is just breathtaking at this time. Shown below from left to right: The Greek Cafe, The Imperial Block, The Ivanhoe, “44” as Silver Bow Properties calls it, and …
The M&M Sign
I’m glad somebody purchased the M&M and plans on doing something with it! Please, pretty please will you fix it so the “M” letters will light up again? Right now just the “&,” the arrow and the “cafe” have the neon working. This photo was taken just before the sun rose, while the neon sign …
Mt Con – An Old Favorite
This is probably my favorite photograph of Butte that I’ve taken. And, it’s one of the first I ever took. It was November of 2005. I was home from college for the weekend and drove up Main Street. At that point, I really wasn’t that familiar with uptown Butte. Sure I had lived there since …
Red Upholstery
This fine ruby red foot stool has obviously been used to its maximum. And left outside to rot, which doesn’t help its condition. Anything metal is rusted, anything red is scratched, partially rubbed off and dirty. I love photographing these types of things.
Snowy Day, Blue Skies
The sun is shinning brightly and the bright blue sky tries to taunt me out of my cozy warm home. But the sun lies. It is bitter cold outside at 18 degrees, and the temperature is about to plummet to 0. But 0 is better than 20 below, the forecast for later this week. Everybody …