This is Day 3 in my “ 10 suggestions in 10 days” posts. Shana Fortune suggested I shoot the overlook of Butte coming back from Helena on I-15. The view is great, however it was challenging to find anything unique about the view. There were no objects to frame the photo, and there was a …
This is the AWARE recycling building, just off of Arizona Street near the Newbro Drug Co. Building. The light inside silhouetted the garbage, making it look proud and quite dramatic.
The north and east ends of the Whalen Tire Warehouse on Utah Street got torn down today and the rest is supposed to follow tomorrow. I used my telephoto lens to get this photo of where a staircase once was.
This is the Jewish Synagogue at sunset. It’s located near the corner of Galena and Idaho Streets.
First of all, thanks to the World Museum of Mining Photo Archives for letting me use one of their copyrighted photos for this project! It’s a great group of people that have a huge job and are doing awesome at it. The thousands of photos in the archives are amazing. People can browse through the …
This is a coworker of mine’s dog in her window, as seen from outside. Don’t worry, I wasn’t creepily taking photos through her window! She knew I was coming over to photograph her dog Sophia. I guess the photo doesn’t scream “Butte,” but I’m trying to get more of a variety of photos on the …
This is a photo of some of the equipment out side of Big Sky Rental Center on Second Street. The sunset was fading fast, and I had my ISO up to 1600 to capture this image without having to use a tripod, so it’s a bit grainy. I still don’t have my computer all the …
I noticed a large group of pigeons on a telephone pole and wire today while driving during work. On my lunch I drove back up to the location (near Aluminum and Wyoming Streets). At first they were on the roof of a house, then circled around a bit and landed back on the telephone pole… …
It seems like I always have the best time taking photos in the alleys of Butte. While in the alleys it almost seems like I’m not in Butte. Like I’m in a ghost town or the rough area of a big city. This is a view of the Finlen from the alley behind Park St. …