Just a quick shot from my trip to Rocky Mountain National Park and Grand Lake, CO this weekend. This fellow followed what looked to be his family right up to the lake where I was dining on my peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I sat at the picnic table for a few minutes while snapping a few photos and then realized I was probably in the middle of all other photos being taken as well, so I relocated.

 

A few minutes after this the female moose decided to charge at a couple of bystanders. That was my cue to retreat. For good.

 

 

Barn in a Field

Barn in a Field, a photo by markkucza on Flickr.

Crazy Kansas clouds behind an old barn or shack outside of Newton, KS.

How About an Update?

Well, I may be inspired by Jake's recent blog posting, so we'll see how this goes.

I am still slaving away in Lawrence at the bank, dreaming of the mountains, wishing I was taking pictures and concocting a way to buy a Prius. OK, the last part may be a lie, but I'd still take one...

My most recent road trip was up to Minneapolis for the New Year weekend.

There are a couple of images from the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. Nothing splendid, but this blog entry wasn't exactly planned out, so don't complain too much!

I recently had a display of my photography down in Hesston, KS at a local watering hole. (Note: "watering hole" means "coffee shop" due to the fact Harvey County is dry. Poor folks...)

How did it go? It went great if my goal was to sell zero photos! So, I'm not too disappointed. I'll have to meet up with my marketing team and decide our plan of attack for the next gallery display.

Well, there has been a pretty important game on tonight for most of the local folks. KU vs Missouri for possibly the last time in the foreseeable future. Therefore, I will go help boost these TV ratings and give it a good watch.

Oh, just for the record, I'm not supporting slavery. Go ahead and guess who I'm cheering for.

Water Spigot Shadow

Water Spigot Shadow, a photo by markkucza on Flickr.

Water Spigot Shadow

Keep Off

Keep Off, a photo by markkucza on Flickr.

From Seward, Alaska and Resurrection Bay.

Three Months Seems Long Enough

I haven't posted on here since February. Sorry. I hate to say it, but there aren't a lot of exciting things in real life. I haven't seen a bison on my way to work, or hiked through grizzly land and I certainly haven't seen a tornado. The last one is the real shocker. This is the first time since 1984 there hasn't been a tornado recorded this far through the month of May in the entire state of Kansas. I'm probably jinxing the entire state right now, so I would like to apologize for that.

I don't have much to post right now, which I'm sure you were expecting, so I'll make this quick.

My goal is to upload a picture or two every week here. We'll see how that goes. I was thinking about being ambitious and putting up a picture every day and then I decided that would be too much work.

Since I was last on here I joined the Twitter world. Feel free to follow me @RealMarkKucza. I'm on there a little more often than I'm on here.

The pictures above are from a remote road in Emporia, KS. I was visiting Jake a few weekends back after we were selected to DJ the Emporia High School After Prom. Needless to say, we cooked up an event that was hotter than the frying pan.

Until next time...

Cole World

(Please excuse the formatting of this post. I accidentally uploaded the pictures wrong was too lazy to re-do it. Hopefully it will be better next time!)

Pictures in order:

1. Nesto the Owner.

2-3. J. Cole

4. Big K.R.I.T.

5. Triple Threat Society (L-R: Homework Jones, Louie V, Irv Da Phenom)

6. Curren$y

Hello, folks. Not much to blog about today. The weather is frigid and Kansas is being sucked in more and more by the arctic air. I suppose it's a testament to my willpower to make it through these trying winters without losing any appendages or decaying skin patches due to frostbite, so I'll take what I can get.

This is a bit of a rewind post but hey, I need to catch up when I can! Upon my arrival in the Sunflower State back in October, I was lucky enough to catch two pretty good rap concerts. The first concert was a tour entitled "The Smoker's Tour" featuring several artists, with the most well-known fellow being Curren$y from New Orleans, LA. Before Curren$y (AKA "tha hot spitta") hit the stage the crowd was blessed with some music from Bit K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA and of course, Kansas City's own Triple Threat Society consisting of Louie V, Homework Jones and Irv Da Phenom.

The nice thing about the rap and hip hop concerts that come to Lawrence is that most of the gigs are in smaller venues, allowing the artists to connect with the fans. It's a cool thing, for me anyway.

The next concert was the B.E.T. Music Matters concert about a month after my return. This concert featured one of the most up-and-coming artists in the game right now, J. Cole. He's the first artist that Jay-Z signed to his new Roc Nation label, so he obviously has a lot of support behind him.

One of the opening performances was from Nesto the Owner, straight out of Kansas City. This guy has been on several tracks with well-known artists from the area, including Tech N9ne, Kutt Calhoun, Irv Da Phenom and many others. It was a great concert to say the least.

Anyway, I'll just post a few of my pictures from each event. Nothing too great, but this provides a reason to put some pictures up.

Big K.R.I.T.

Curren$y