Fun with iPhone app filters!

The moon looked beautiful at 9:30AM on the drive into work from Wasilla yesterday, so I pulled over to take this picture. The sun still doesn't rise until after 10AM, but we have passed the solstice!

I had a nice visitor this morning!

My dad came for a visit several weeks ago. We had a great time exploring Alaska in a very non-touristy season! First we went on a dogsledding tour with Dallas Seavey in Willow. Dallas, who is only 23 years old, won the Yukon Quest last year. It was great to meet him and of course the dogsledding was fantastic! We also did a helicopter tour out of Girdwood, which was stunningly beautiful! We saw tons of moose, a few mountain goats and were able to land on Colony Glacier, which was amazing.

Here is a full page ad that's in newspapers across the state, including the Anchorage Daily News, the Fairbanks Daily Miner and the Nome Nugget, in conjunction with my Alaska Airlines commercial that comes out on November 1st! Very exciting!

Here are some photos from my video mentoring gig for Day in Our Bay. Manokotak is just outside Dillingham in Bristol Bay and has a population of 399. I thought I would just be mentoring teens while they filmed their their life and culture, but I had people of all ages, which was great! First, a surprisingly eclectic magazine rack at the Dillingham Airport. The small plane I took from Dillingham to Manokotak, which was mostly filled with cargo like mail and food. The landing strip in Manokotak.Arline filming her sister teach her daughter how to prepare "mouse food" (otherwise known as Yupik potato) and Emperor Geese soup, stressing the importance of a subsistence lifestyle and passing this knowledge on to the next generation. Also showing off her drying fish. Roy filming a spiritual gathering and potluck at the school.
Bertha and her grandmother displaying some of their amazing craftwork. Her grandmother only spoke Yupik, so Bertha tranaslated.
Diana filming herself and her boys making Akutaq, or Eskimo ice cream.And lastly, a beautiful sunset over the mountains!I met some wonderful people and really enjoyed this job!

Here I am with a group of Alaskan filmmakers in Dillingham, headed out to our assignments as video mentors to locals in villages all over Bristol Bay. My village is Manokotak, which has a population of 399. I've mentored three people so far, it's going really well! My budding filmmakers have been anxious to show the world their culture, and it's been fun teaching them documentary filmmaking skills! You can read more about this fabulous project at http://dayinourbay.org/.