Crush on Throttlegirl

Back in November we photographed KQ,soon to be known across the land as, Throttlegirl. KQ is a biker babe on a mission--to share her passion for life and positive living with the world. In 2012, she will be taking off across America on her burnt orange Harley Davidson spreading her motivational spirit along the way. A documentary crew will be filming her participation in the Hoka Hey Challenge--a 14-day motorcycle endurance race that covers 10,000 miles of American and Canadian soil. If you would like to follow Throttlegirl's adventures, visit her on Facebook. 


The first photograph of the Throttlegirl campaign on the desert flats of Dayton, Nevada.

Beautiful Verdi, Nevada

Verdi, Nevada and Sierra Nevadas, California

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Crush on Catching Up

So much has been happening around Skye Snyder Photography, Skosh, and our family and home that the blog and has been on the back burner. Let's do a quick catch up with some sneak peaks, contest winners, and some musical delights.


1) A behind the scenes video made by Sarah Rodriguez. You may remember her form this blog. Sarah captured the morning at the June Minis and made some seriously cute friends by pulling out a stash of bubbles from her car. I have half eaten cheerios and banana peels in my backseat. (The omitted advice from How to Win Friends and Influence People). I don't need Emily Post's Etiquette to know that a super big THANK YOU is in order to Miss Rodriguez for her assistance and talent!

Check out Sarah's characters page, Sarahsneak, on YouTube. Want to see skye snyder photography + videography = skosh? Visit our Vimeo page

2) We held a drawing for $25 skosh buck$ for those who commented on where they would go for a one-year Finding Yourself Retreat. Since, asking this question, I've been daydreaming of where and what I would do. Now, I've got visions of my family traveling to slower paced places while riding on the backs of dolphins. I think there is a book for that too...Island of the Blue Dolphin? 3 out of 3 mentioned books that I've never read. I've discussed my childhood introduction to my lifelong love affair with National Geographic before. Once again, I must mention the yellow papered dream maker. When I was a child, Africa and her people seemed just the right place for a photojournalist. With my Disc camera in hand, I held onto that dream job with my 8 year old hands. I've never made it to Africa....not yet.

I like Olga's idea. I'll add the eastern/southern hemisphere into my year long travels. $25 for Olga and for the random drawing.....drum roll...shake shake shake ........Crystal. Your name was chosen! Thanks for playing everyone! And let's do another. What is the thing that the names are sitting on and what do I use it for(besides a holder for my drawings)? Answer on our Facebook Wall or here in the comments. If you answer in both places your name will be entered twice. $25 skosh buck$ up for grabs. Will be chosen on Wednesday. Good Luck.

 (Remember, the buck$ are tallied on our Facebook page under the Notes tab on the left hand side bar)

 Because I think these songs are lovely and it would be a shame to not share:

BEBEL GILBERTO

BUSTER BLUE

Another BIG THANK YOU to everyone for being so patient as we get back on track here at Skye Snyder Photography and Skosh. :) And THANKS for kickin' around our pages and playing in our games. Emily Post would like that too. 

Crush on Bird Dogs Pointing

A dear friend took me to God's country today. We started out at five am with the pick-up packed with birds and dogs. It was time for training. For me and them. I've never photographed anything quite like this and wasn't sure what to expect. 
The morning sun in the desert is something to be experienced. The rolling mountains turn a pink, purplish hue, held up by a floor of green sage. Our only company was cattle, jack rabbits, and some howling coyotes. 

Before the training begins, the stakes must be driven. 

The homing pigeons are placed for scent. Did you know these birds fly home up to 900 miles? For a pigeon, this would be a day in paradise. 

Each dog waits at its post to do what it was born to do....find the bird BUT doesn't have it for lunch. The five dogs:  Ringo, Max, Uno, Tink, and Carley are ready for action...

This is Max, the orange and white pointer, waiting for his signal.

Max showing off his speed and power. 

 He wouldn't lose point and move his head. So kept throwing me the side-eye.

Meet Uno

 Introducing Ringo

The boss and his dog

You can see from the blur action that Uno was giving me action photography training today.

Pretty Girl Carley

The other boss and Ringo 

Ringo making feathered friends.

Releasing all the pigeons...

Tink doing her best to leap for the pigeon. None of the dogs ever get the birds. The training is to NOT get the bird, just find it. The Boss told me once the dogs are fully trained they won't even try to go for them. They have learned that they are dogs and cannot fly as the pigeons do. The pigeons fly home to roost and the game begins again on another sunrise.

What a great experience. I learned so much about a sport I knew nothing about. Got to see the sunrise on this beautiful valley. Mother Nature made us a magnificant backdrop today.  And, I got to hang with the Bird Dog Boss.

Crush on Blurb

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This is my Dad, Dickie Boo, Red teaching our little chickadee, Ruby how to make the world's best snowflake. He gives the credit to his 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Tipton. My Dad loves to speak of her. 3rd grade was a long time ago for him but he has never forgotten her. Today in May, we have a snowflake, as taught by Mrs. Tipton, hanging in our house.

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