Black Rock Canyon

ISU campus during spring break 2010 with a little snow

ISU College of Pharmacy

Here's a photo of ISU's College of Pharmacy that I took during the fall this year (2009).

Robert Pirro at College Market

Professionals will warn you never to take a single photograph. But today I was a wild and free amateur, and this was the only photo of this subject I have, lit with the tiny built-in flash of a little digital camera.

Our Snowy Home Today, Dec 28 2007

It's beautiful here at home, but only if you like snow!

AMIS Moonrise

The recent news (Dec. 13, 2007) that the local chip manufacturer AMI, or more correctly, AMIS, is going to be sold to another semiconductor company came as a shock to Pocatello. AMI is the city's largest private employer, and has been around for 4 decades, making it almost as old as the integrated circuit itself.

AMI is considered a good corporate citizen, paying its taxes, keeping clean relative to other factories, and involved in all facets of Pocatello life including cultural activities, charities, and education. We hope the new owner keeps the existing facilities here.

This photo was taken in November.

Coonie, Nov 17, 2007

Coonie is a fairly regular night visitor. If we moved away we'd miss her. Wildlife photography normally requires a long lens. However, in this case, the photos were taken at a distance of about a foot to a few feet away, and so only a wide-angle-through-slight-telephoto lens (17-50mm) was needed!