Desert in the Morning

Last week I flew to Las Vegas and then on to Los Angeles to interview a couple of candidates for an Executive Sales Position at our company. I stayed overnight in Los Angeles and then took the early morning flight out of LAX back to Salt Lake City. Usually when you fly out of LAX, the plane takes off over the ocean and then circles back as it gains altitude.

The only camera I typically have in my pocket is my iPhone. I love to look out of the window and see the patterns formed by nature. As we approached the desert between Death Valley and Las Vegas. This was the view as the sun rose in the early morning.

It's a real challenge trying to capture images out of a streaked and scratched plastic window, but if the sun is just right and you put the lens close to the window, you can minimize most of the problems taking the image through plastic or glass.

Also From Las Vegas

While walking from my hotel to the convention center, I noticed a little sideshow in the parking lot. Three or four motorcycle riders were jumping over the Boost vehicle from a ramp set up on the right. I stopped where the palm trees framed the rider in mid air (a little hard to see because of the lack of resolution on the iPhone). Also, I had to click the camera shutter when the rider was lined up with the palm tree on the right in order to get him in the middle. Cheaper cameras often have a delay between when you push the button and when the image is captured. You have to practice a little and then try a couple of times to get it right. I got lucky and got this on the first try.

Airplane Windows

"There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."

Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

I fly alot in my job and everyonce in a while, I'll pick up the iPhone and take a shot out the window. The top image was taken enroute to Las Vegas while the bottom image was shot coming back to Salt Lake City.

Red Rock Hotel Lobby Images

Images from the Red Rock Hotel