Iceland!

Well I've been in Iceland for almost a week.  I haven't posted any new pictures on this blog because I have started a travel blog specifically for all the images I am taking on my epic venture.  I will be posting some here, especially if I'm in an area for longer than a week or two.  The other blog is portraitsoftheplanet.blogspot.com.  It is a photo blog/travel journal designed with my new point of view in photography.  This blog is still going to be more on the fine art side, so the two blogs may look and feel different from each other.
Enjoy!

Bannack

Bannack.... Montana's Territorial Capitol from the 1800's.  People lived in Bannack clear up to the 1970's, and several of the houses had wallpaper to prove it.  I found a lot of things to enjoy in this wonderful town.  As I was walking down the street, the Old West town that it was seemed to spring to life.  Walking through the Hotel, I felt that I could live in that building and be content for the rest of my life.  Bannack is a beautifully preserved town, and I'm excited to explore it some more in the future.  

Stove

Broken Down Hutch

Green and Yellow Door

Inside the Hotel 

Hotel Mead

Masonic Temple

Red Door

Schoolhouse

Schoolhouse

Sewing Machine

Grand Staircase in Hotel Mead

Window View

Rickety Staircase 

Horses!!

A couple of weeks ago, my mom, a family friend, and I all went to "hitch pull" in Deer Lodge, Montana.  None of us knew what to expect.  I couldn't help but think that it sounded incredibly "cowboyish."  What we discovered, instead, was this fabulous event with beautiful animals strutting around and showing off.  From the personal use wagons, to the eight hitch mule team, everyone was having a good time and drivers showed off their skills in incredible ways.  Enjoy! 

Eight Hitch Mule Team

Canadian Maze

Canadian Maze

Chariot on the Canadian Maze

Unicorn Hitch Leader

Personal Use Carriage

Four Hitch Team Leaders

Canadian Maze

Unicorn Leader

Mules

Eight Hitch Mule Team

Six Hitch Horse Team

Unicorn Hitch

Canadian Maze 

New Images

Heaven's Peak, Glacier NP

Iceberg Lake, Glacier NP

Iceberg Lake, Glacier NP

Iceberg Lake, Glacier NP

Iceberg Lake, Glacier NP

Many Glacier, Glacier NP 

So it's been awhile since I posted.  New website isn't up yet, but it is slloooowwwlly in the works.   Enjoy these new images from Glacier.  It may become an annual tradition to venture north and photograph these amazing places.  Iceberg Lake is in the Many Glacier area of Glacier NP.  It is a ten mile hike round trip.  The hike isn't particularly difficult, but it is long.  Once you round the last bend to get to the lake however, it is all worth it.  Iceberg Lake is without a doubt one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited.  I'm excited to do the hike again, hopefully next year, and when I'm in a bit better shape!

My website is in the process of being revamped!  My goal is to have it updated in three to five weeks.  I will keep you posted!

New Computer

Ok, so my computer has been acting up lately and finally died.  I am now running on a new machine yay!  Also, I have become a tech manager for a local paranormal group, which includes photographing the "active" areas and seeing if I can capture anything.  So far, I haven't been successful, but if I am, I will be posting the photos here.  As far as the fine art side of things,  I have begun work on a new series of montages using images from my travels from the last year and a half.  I am venturing to Denver this weekend, so the possibility of making new images is great!

Popular Photography

Popular Photography, a well known photo publication, is having a photo of the year contest.  Check out the entries from yours truly!!

Aly's Entries

My favorites from Glacier

So since my website is being ridiculous, here are my five favorite from Glacier.  Hope you enjoy!

Top Five from Waterton

Here they are, the promised Waterton images!  Between moving and a certain someone coming home from a deployment, I've been lacking in image editing.  But here are my favorites from that weekend.  Also, for some reason, my website isn't letting any of my landscapes be seen large.  So, I'll be posting them on here probably tonight.  It's not an HTML problem, but it is making me very angry.  Hopefully it'll be something that I can fix myself *fingers crossed*

Waterton

So next weekend (Labor Day) I'm heading into Waterton National Park in Alberta, Canada.  Be prepared for new images!  Also, I'll post my Glacier images here since for some unfathomable reason, my website won't let you see them big (I've gone over the code with a fine tooth comb four times.  There must be something else going on).  I've procured a new speedlight as well as some business cards (hurray!), so this next weekend should be a success!!  Hope you all have a fabulous week!

website

My website has been revamped.  Why, you may ask, has it been revamped after being live for less than four months?  Well, the landscape thing is kinda something that I have really gotten into, and i feel that I had enough images to create a new landscape gallery!  Yay!!  Alysonhansen.com

Yellowstone.... Again!!

So I ventured into Yellowstone again this weekend.  The difference? I arrived in the park at two in the afternoon and photographed straight through till ten the next morning (this morning, actually).  I haven't really seen photographs of Yellowstone at night, so I really wanted to go capture that.  Also, my friend and I discovered that we could get on top of a mountain and take "aerial" photos of the Grand Prismatic spring without having to spend the thousand or so dollars to rent a helicopter to take us over it (which I still want to do!).  All in all, I feel it was a very successful 24 hours!

Last night and today

Last night I went up Springhill Road north of town.  It was here that I managed to find the Northern Lights.  I also found a couple cool night landscapes.  Today, I was driving home when a lightening storm hit just to the west.  Naturally, I had to pull over and attempt some lightening images.  I never did get the awesome huge lightening bolts, but I'm still pretty happy with what I got.  This one has a little tiny bolt in it, and the cloud lit up so beautifully!!