dan collier

The first photo is from the Great Blue Hill observatory in Milton, MA. It was around 6:30 AM as I walked the half mile trail up the hill and I crossed paths with a whitetail buck, doe and fawn on the way.

The next photo was taken from Wollaston Beach, Quincy.

Both photos taken June 13, 2008.

Around 10 days ago, my sister-in-law Charlotta and her husband Fredrik had their first child, a beautiful healthy baby girl they named Lenore. Here she is:

This morning, my sister Kerry and her husband Jim had their first child, a beautiful healthy baby boy they’re planning to name Henry. Here he is:

And not to be forgotten in the overflow of cuteness, my baby - Jackimo - turned 6 on May 30. Here he is with his equally adorable sister, awoken early for presents and birthday songs in bed:

Jaxon, in my office.

Taken 9 May 2006, 18:03.

Adrees Latif posted on Reuters Photograhpers Blog about taking the Pulitizer Prize winning photo of Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai being shot and killed by government troops in Myanmar/Burma. It is an interesting story.

Two minutes later, the shooting started. My eye caught a person flying backwards through the air. Instinctively, I started photographing, capturing four frames of the man on his back.

The entry point of the bullet is clear in the first frame, with a soldier in flip flops standing over the man and pointing a rifle. In the second frame, the man is reaching over to try and film.

More shots rang out. I flinched before getting off two more frames - one of the man pointing the camera at the soldier, and one of his face contorted in pain.

Beyond him, the crowd scattered before the advancing soldier. The whole incident, which went on to reverberate around the world, was over in two seconds.

Here is a higher resolution copy Latif’s photo.

Update 4/16/2008: Reuters has published a video featuring Adrees Latif reading the statement mentioned above along with more photos from the prize winning collection.

On March 3, my sister Kerry and her man Jim got married in Las Vegas. The next day, Johanna, Naomi, Jaxon and I drove out to the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. All around, it was a great trip. It was the first time I was in Las Vegas since I was 18 years old. I had been to the Hoover Dam last time I was there and came away impressed again, but the photos don’t quite capture the moment.

Here are some pictures. Click (more…) to see the entire gallery.

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My uncle gave me this photo from a research trip he captained. I don’t think he took the photo.

He tells me it is a spiny lump sucker, better known as an ugly. But not an ugly baby because apparently this fish is full grown.

Click on the photo to see it full size. The detail is worth seeing.