MS Walk 2010, Salt Lake City

Gifted with an AMAZING day of weather on Saturday, the MS Society of Utah held their annual MS Walk, raising well over $200,000 towards research. In need of photographers, they'd reached out to the local Utah Photowalking group. Not sure if I was going to attend or not, the practice for my VERY long unused photojournalism skills won me over. And the awesome weather.

I'm glad 50x over that I did go, for while it was a long day, it was also a BLAST. Supporting and being a part of something like that is pretty damned amazing. The shots turned out pretty well and hey! I finally had a reason to put my first pano together:



Yes yes, I know. I've taken them before but never bothered to stitch them together. Too boring unless you've the HUGE screen needed to really appreciate them. A 17" MacBook hasn't counted. Hand held at that, I'm pretty impressed with how it turned out -- also gives you a feel of the size and scale of the MS Walk (4000+ people) and how many people came out in support. I'd love to do more non-profit work. It's less stressful and just feels ... right to me. YES this is a business, but these are also skills I can use in many other ways. We'll see what comes.