Sequoia National Park

We visited Sequoia National Park last summer during our two weeks back home in California.  The Sequoia Trees are the largest living things on earth.  Here is a picture of the General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park.  It is a magnificent place to be.

ULCA's Royce Hall

I took this shot of UCLA's famous Royce Hall last summer when we scheduled a college visit there for our daughter.  I am a UCLA graduate and I remember it having a nice campus, but not as photogenic as it appears now.  Here is the picture of Royce Hall I took last summer:

Portage Lake, Alaska in HDR

Alaska has so many great scenes to photograph.  This photo was taken on June 1, 2009 on our last visit to Portage Lake between Anchorage and Whittier.  The weather was cold, but not quite as cold as you would think from looking at this photo.  I think it was around 30 degrees.  Portage Lake is a beautiful place with a nice, warm visitor's center!

The Whittier, Alaska, Marina in HDR Photography

I have been doing some experimenting lately with High Dynamic Range, or HDR, Photography. According to Trey Radcliff on his wonderful Stuck In Customs HDR Photography Blog, HDR "is a post-processing task of taking either one image or a series of images, combining them, and adjusting the contrast ratios to do things that are virtually impossible with a single aperture and shutter speed. Here is my latest HDR photo project, the Marina at Whittier, Alaska. You can see more HDR photos on my Flickr Photostream.

Blogging Again

I have decided to start blogging again. I have been very busy with VerticalGeo and haven't had much time to chronicle what has been going on. I am making a new commitment to post here a couple of times per week. I want to use this blog as my venue for sharing the direction of VerticalGeo and the many things going on. I have also been busy learning a few photography techniques that I will post occasionally.

VGSI Attending The ESRI Federal Users Conference

Vertical GeoSolutions, Inc (VGSI) will be attending and blogging from the ESRI Federal User’s Conference (FedUC) February 18-20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Our FedUC blogs will be posted here on our Vertically Thinking Blog. If you will be attending and would like to link up please send Rick an E-Mail at: rick.marshall@verticalgeo.com.

Welcome Back

I can't believe it has been nearly 10 months since I have posted here. In that time VGSI has done some great work. Most recently, we have been awarded the contract to manage the US Air Force's Air Mobility Command Expeditionary Installation Geospatial Information and Services (IGI&S) and GeoReach Programs. VGSI has been managing the program since July.

thangs have been going great and we are continuing to expand our business interests.