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White Mountains, New Hampshire

White Mountains, New Hampshire, originally uploaded by erikruthoff.

Water Fire

Water Fire, originally uploaded by erikruthoff.

Delfine Salto

Delfine Salto, originally uploaded by erikruthoff.

Eraclea Minoa Sea foam

Eraclea Minoa Sea foam, originally uploaded by erikruthoff.

Vatican Stairway

Vatican Stairway, originally uploaded by erikruthoff.

Sicilian Countryside & Clouds

Sicilian Countryside & Clouds, originally uploaded by erikruthoff.

Fall Colors on the Alaskan Tundra

Amazing Fall Colors on the Alaska Tundra, originally uploaded by erikruthoff.

I like this one.

Erice Duomo Stitch

Erice Duomo Stitch, originally uploaded by erikruthoff.

Sunset on Volcano Ranch

Sunset on Volcano Ranch, originally uploaded by erikruthoff.

On the way home from the Balloon Fiesta in New Mexico near the Arizona Border.

Foothills Sunset and cactus

Foothills Sunset and cactus, originally uploaded by erikruthoff.

Just up the road from our house in Phoenix.

Where was I?

I haven't updated in a while. I'm too busy looking for a J-O-B in Phoenix. It sucks. Here's some pictures anyways. Here's a couple unearthed ones from Alaska and a few newer ones from Arizona.

Primrose Trail(Looking towards Moose Pass), Kenai Peninsula,Alaska

Virgin Creek, Girdwood, Alaska

Lightning View from our balcony, Phoenix

Hoover...Damn!

Blue Mesa B&W, Petrified Forest National Monument, Arizona

Petrified Wood, Petrified Forest National Monument, Arizona

Good Bye Sicily

We survived our final two weeks in Sicily in Balestrate hanging out at the beach every day. It was rough, really. First we rented a car and cruised the Sicilian countryside for 5 days. It was really spectacular! I don't think most people understand just how beautiful the interior of Sicily is. "Scenic" would be an understatement. The landscape is full of rolling agricultural fields, towering, craggy mountains, and is dotted with the most picturesque little towns that even the thickest guidebooks don't know about. Take all these elements and throw in a smoking volcano, some turquoise white-sand beaches, a handful of well-preserved Greek temples, and some beautiful baroque cities and you have a recipe for a near Utopian island. Sicily has a beauty that I am not sure if the Sicilians themselves fully understand. I took a lot of photos and got some good material for the book I am currently creating, Images Of Sicily. It should be done in a month or so. I will be posting photos from our "Gira da Sicilia" for some time to come. My goal is for people to see them and say, "Wow! I had no idea Sicily looked like this." Enjoy! Thank you Sicily for all you have shown me!

Winding Down

With less than three weeks left living in Sicily, this could be the last post from this side of the Atlantic. We are moving out of our Palermo Apartment this weekend and heading to the sleepy, beach town of Balestrate for our remaining days. I am trying my best to get in as many photo shoots as possible. Featured in this set is the Scala dei Turchi, a coastal rock formation in the Agrigento province.

So Long Winter!

Scopello

After a rainy and cold summer in Alaska and a rainy and cold winter in Palermo the sun has finally shown itself, and it's here to stay! Here's a "warm" spring and summer themed set. (**Also I am trying to post more vertical shots because I have noticed that the right sides of the horizontal shots get cut off unless you click to enlarge them.)

Positano

Segesta

Sorrento

Mt. Vesuvius Crater

San Vito Lo Capo

Back At The Roost

I have been doing a lot of traveling lately. Now I am back in Palermo and have lots and lots of photos to go through. Since last posting I have spent two weeks traveling within Sicily, one week going to the Amalfi Coast, Pompei, Mt. Vesuvius, and Rome, and most recently a week to Cinque Terre, Florence, and Siena. I will try to put up more pictures as I work through them. This set is all taken in Sicily.

Orvieto

Orvieto is a little, medieval town perched up on limestone cliffs like a table-top. It is in the region of Umbria, about 1 hour north of Rome. Cass lived here for 9 months for a study-abroad program. We went to visit her old town before we went to Rome and Venice recently. The region was first inhabited by the Etruscans, who constructed a vast system of underground tunnels and galleries used for workshops and storage. Orvieto is also home to a very impressive Cathedral or Duomo.

Carnevale di Venezia 2009

Here's some of the craziness of Carnival in Venice. Cassie and I went to stay with our friend Alex there for four days. I have never seen so many photographers at an event. It was kind of like rappers wearing their huge gold chains and diamond studded pendants. In place of $15,000 worth of precious stones and metals were megapixels and zoom lenses. Even so, I think I fared well with out all the photography "bling-bling" and came away with some nice stuff that captured the feel and ambiance of the event.