Eric Lars Bakke / Photographer

On January 20th a new journey began for my wife Nancy and me. It will be an arduous course with challenges that will test our will, our faith and our strength. It began on December 22, 2009 when we learned she had breast cancer once again. Her first bout was eleven years ago and she [...]

Wow, where did this year go? In fact, where did the decade go? It doesn’t seem that long ago that I climbed Bergen Peak  here in Evergreen CO. on New Years Eve 1999 to usher in the new millenium.
In the balance of life this was not a great year. However, I have many blessings  to [...]

Somewhere between the Queen Ka’ ahumanu Highway covering the Ford World Ironman Championship October 10, the Boston Patriots AFL throwback game less than twelve hours later  in Denver October 11  or the hike with the wife and dogs on October 18th , four hours before boarding a plane to cover the Monday NFL game in [...]

When you live in the mountains or the country  like I do, regular hikes are fun, good for the health and something we look forward to most days. When you are owners of two zany Weimeraners it’s  a requisite. And trust me they remind you constantly. I just finished up a hike yesterday and had [...]

Denver Bronco training camp officially started today which means my summer is over once again.
Each summer for the past 26 consecutive years I have covered the team’s summer camp. Until recent years camp was held about 65 miles north of Denver in Ft. Collins Colorado on the Colorado State University campus followed by numerous years [...]

I can’t tell  you how elated I was when the upgraded version 3.0 of my iPhone launched and this foreign little icon of a microphone jumped out at me on the screen. It was a voice recorder. A built-in microphone. Do you realize what this has done for my world?
No more sticky notes! No more [...]

I am back after about a month’s hiatus. Things in my life were clucking along just fine, then May 2 I lost my father. No matter how prepared you are for a time like this, it still turns your world upside down.
He had some health issues. Most folks at 83 years-of-age do have problems. His [...]

This site is normally reserved for fun, crazy, light-hearted and exciting episodes in my life and my photographic career. But today I pause in remembrance of those that lost their lives at Columbine High School on this date ten years ago. My prayers go out to all those families and to all of us that [...]

Let us whoa down a bit and enjoy some of the simple things in life. They certainly beat what else is going on around us these days.

For the most part I am a pretty good planner. Logistics, daily agendas, meetings and the like I normally have under control. I learned pretty quickly in my profession that good planning and sometimes even rehearsals make for a better end result when you are working on a important photo assignment or any aspect of [...]