ActionshotsNH - Photography Collage

I enjoy taking pictures of activities my family and I are involved with.  Several years back I decided to make a collage.  Would it be a theme, a recap, or what?  I would use one of my photos for a background and add my subject photos to show something.  I really like the individual photos but there is something about a collage which makes a good summary of an event.  They would make nice posters. 

My first collage of skydiving parachutes.  I had a couple good sky photos and some colorful parachute canopy pictures.  I tried to create some kind of flow showing the parachute canopy colors so I took the skydivers out.  I get a lot of views on my blog for this so people must like it.

Kevin and I enjoy the 2012 AMA Pro Hillclimb event in NH.  I put this up on facebook and many of the riders tagged themselves to the photo.

After an excellent year of trail camera pictures I saw a fresh boot track on a trail I cut with a fresher deer track in it so I used that as the background adding the trail cam pictures from my hunting buddies.  The trail camera pictures were from Ryan, Derek, Stephen, and Ray. 

The NH ice fishing derby on Lake Winniepesaukee has been tradition for several years.  We have had large groups and small groups.  Great time, cold, fishing, food, and some nice ice shanty's.

We have been going to the Vermonster 4x4 mud races.  I decided to make this Vermonster collage. 

Vermonster also had a hill climb event at Whaleback Mountain.  No mud ... but snow ... had fun taking pictures and put this together.

Kate likes the Ford Mustang so this collage is for her.

This Crash & Burn Collage has some of my crash pictures with a parachute cut-away picture I took.  Which is worse?  A parachute malfunction with a cut away, cracking up a motorcycle, or rolling/crashing a car/truck/monster truck/snowmobile ... All have the potential to be painful.

This is from the 2013 AMA Hillclimb.  I took several pictures of Anthony DeHart so I thought I would do one of him.

I could go back over my adventures and do quite a few of these. If we continue going to some of the same events I may make another collage for a specific truck/car/rider/etc.

Over the years Pam's grandma made afghans for all her grandchildren and great grandchildren.  I took one of my sky pictures and made this for her.  I also did a Vermonster Monster Truck collage with the BIGFOOT truck in the middle.  

Had a great time at the 2014 AMA Hillclimb during Bike Week in NH.  

While exploring on vacation I spotted a garden by the ocean with lots of bird houses.  It was oceanfront property with no house.  On the fence was this sign.  The gate had a private keep out sign so I took some pictures from the street.

For years Mike and Lauren have been gracious hosts to us during hunting season.  I made Mike a hunting collage with some of our people pics.  Great memories.  Some big bucks from the group over the years and I thought "Buckwacka" was appropriate. 

I recently went to a car show and saw some very nice cars.  When I saw a lobster boat with the name "three E's" it reminded me of my 3 daughters.

I shoot pistols at my Fish & Game club a bit.  These black and white targets are 5.25" in diameter and the black and green targets are 4" in diameter.  At a distance of 12' to 25' who says I can't hit the "Broad Side of a Barn?"

When you go to the top of my blog to "Search this Blog" you can use key words to find the event I blogged about; skydiving, AMA hillclimb, hunting adventures, Vermonster, ice fishing, Monson Village, Whaleback ...

This is a work in progress ...

IT'S GOT TO BE JEEP ...

My son has had a jeep for several years now.  He has the ability and passion to fix and upgrade things himself.  I have watched him 4 wheeling, fixing, upgrading, 4 wheeling, fixing, upgrading ... I'm sure there are things he fixed I don't know about.   

The following list is what I know he has done: Rough country 4-inch lift kit and shocks, Transfer case oil pump, Rear main seal, Slip yoke eliminator, Rear differential rebuild, Rear axle shafts and bearings, Front and rear driveshafts, U-joints, Brake pads and rotors, Timing chain, Distributor, Starter, Upper and lower ball joints, Cold air intake, Sway bars - front and rear, Steering stabilizer, Steering box, Power steering pump, Exhaust, and Custom console switch panel for lights, etc.  

Now, the rebuild is in progress with a new frame, tub, fenders, paint, wiring, etc ... 90% done.

Once he started with his jeep I started looking for one myself.  I wanted a newer Rubicon JKU, 6-speed manual, with low miles. I was told by a dealer that the Rubicon makes up only 13% of Wrangler sales so was told if I see one I like, move quickly.  I'm not sure what percentage of Rubicons are manual but in my searching seems to be less that 50%.

One day my wife and daughter spotted a Rubicon at a dealer so I checked it out.  It was what I was looking for so traded in my Silverado and bought it.  I added a Teraflex 3 inch lift with 315's, Teraflex tire carrier, BDS dual steering stabilizer, Fox shocks, Magnaflow cat-back exhaust, and a cold air intake.  My son says I need a winch and lights.  For anyone that doesn't know Jeeps, aftermarket add-ons and upgrades can go on forever ... and that's part of Jeep Life.

My wife's uncle was a service manager for a large car dealership and bought this Jeep new in 1970 for his small farm.  He is the original owner and uses the Jeep around his farm to plow the driveway.  The Jeep has never been road-registered.  It has a V6 engine with a 3-speed transmission.  When I was looking to buy a jeep, I drove it and we talked.  The Jeep is kept in the barn and has 11,842 original miles.  It’s a classic 1970 Jeep … Would you keep it original or do the aftermarket thing with suspension, tires, lights, etc.?

I joined a couple Jeep forums and have seen some very nice jeeps which got me thinking about the Jeep pictures I have taken at Vermonster 4x4, Whaleback, Firecracker 4x4, etc. including the Trench, Hill and Hole, Drag Racing, Rock Crawling, show, and shine, etc.  Double-click on the pictures to enlarge. 

Go to: the search bar on my blog and type in Vermonster to see those posts.

Kevin's other TJ build.