Ryan Romeike

The full Hunter’s Moon rises behind the Wasatch Mountains above the Salt Lake Valley. I’m feeling it deep in my bones tonight…I might have even gone a little feral and let out a howl or two.

“One day, this regime will fall, and the pendulum will swing toward a kinder, more just world. Good night from planet Earth.” - caitjenn

Now I’m starting to get a little bit of iPhone Duo fomo. This Tiny Computer app brings all the nostalgia for a Macintosh iBook G3 in Blueberry. This was such a fun design at the time. Also remembering how great AppleWorks on Mac OS 9 was. But turning your iPhone into a Nintendo DS? Cool.

The lighting here is just so good…I can almost feel the excitement Bryan must have felt photographing these elk! 🙌

I initially read this as “… psychedelics like psilocybin can lower inflation…” and was very curious how THAT would work. 😬😂 I couldn’t recall any studies about microdosing psychedelics in any of my college macroeconomics coursework. www.npr.org/2026/10/21/n...

I think I should just hibernate this upcoming winter. Light a fire, put on some music, pour a cup of coffee, crack open a book…and ignore everything else until maybe March or April.

Quick trip to Dallas, TX for my nephew’s wedding, and as usual, Delta’s whole flight crew made for the best flight. My boy was invited into cockpit after he told the Captain, “Nice flyin’ Tex!” (We’d encountered some gnarly turbulence). He even scored a fleet trading card for our Airbus A220-300.

Pure. Cinema. 🙌

Anyone else feeling this way? I do love a good rebus. 😬😩😤

A little bit of sunshine right before sunset this evening, breaking through low-lying clouds over the Oquirrh Mountains on the west side of the Salt Lake Valley. Looks like one more day of rain…I know we need it, but gimme back the nice weather!

One big puffy storm cloud settling in over the peaks of the Wasatch Mountains last evening. The Salt Lake Valley is getting soaked right now. And we need all of it.

I wonder what the view from the starboard windows was like for the passengers? I can spend hours happily staring out the window on flights, but takeoff and landing are my favorites - particularly at sunrise and sunset.

Sometimes you need to see things in black and white in order to see the light. Utah is the the land of the Utes, the Núuchi-u. The “People of the mountains.” I’m grateful to be in this place (most days) that I get to call home.

I once sneezed on former president George G.W. Bush at a Costco in Sandy, UT.

We had one hell of a sunset here in Utah last night. These were taken all on an iPhone, and only tweaked the exposure and highlights. Colors are untouched and 98% accurate to what I was seeing in person. Just gorgeous.

This morning I woke up to find our sweet pug, Koda had passed during the night. He valiantly fought off cancer for five months; it was time for him to cross the rainbow bridge. He was the sweetest good boy and our hearts are so very broken, especially my son who has grown up with his best friend. 🐾💔

The last bit of warm sunlight this evening illuminates the summit of Mount Timpanogos here in Utah. Made for a nice ending to this Saturday.

Dear Pulitzer, we’ve got a winner. What a splendidly unflattering image of this person. Well done, Mr. Winters…this should be his obituary photo. The lighting, the color, the angle, the shallow dof 🙌. 😧

Cloud City above the gas giant, Bespin? Or Lone Peak, above Salt Lake City? Maybe Sen Mike Lee will sell off these lands too, so they can start mining tibanna gas here next.

Opted to watch a few episodes of The West Wing lately and tonight I’m watching “Hartsfield’s Landing” - and I can’t even imagine these nuanced conversations that could and should be happening in our White House. Instead we’ve got a dangerous clown show (no offense to actual clowns).

Just gonna leave this here…

Palate cleanser for your feed. I do enjoy me a lovely little golden hour sunset. Sweet dreams all.

One of my favorite stories that my wife (HS history teacher) told me was about President LBJ. He used to prank guests at his ranch by driving his blue Amphicar down a hill, and proclaiming that “The brakes don’t work!” and driving the floating car straight down into the lake. Lol. 📷: Yoichi Okamoto

Our Lieutenant Governor is a beacon of hope amongst this administration’s efforts to derail the midterm elections.

Scenes from the Salt Lake Valley last night. Harvest moon rising above the Wasatch Mountains here in Utah.

I’m ready to head out and photograph the moon again tonight. Here’s the 99.5% almost-full Harvest Moon rising behind the Wasatch Mountains from last night. It was technically full this morning ~10:49am (MDT). Don’t forget to put out black coffee & cigarettes for St. Neil Young tonight! #HarvestMoon

Last night’s waxing gibbous moon at ~96% illumination.

Black and white Wednesday (from the clouds that rolled through Salt Lake yesterday). Got this thru the windshield while stopped at a red light too. Always good to have a camera on hand.

Captured some nice photos throughout the day - which made me happy. Puffy white clouds, cool light front a weird looking front that hit the Salt Lake Valley. Sunbeams shining down thru a break in the clouds. Finished off the day with another beautiful Utah sunset. And it was just a regular Tuesday.

Dear Denmark 🇩🇰, This was amazing. Tak skæbne! Playing “Send in the Clowns” while zooming in on Marco Rubio while everyone is waiting from Trump, was just <chef’s kiss> perfect. Well done. This American thanks you. www.youtube.com/shorts/Net-4...

Mood for this #MonochromeMonday is…NOPE. Perfect 😂👍

Things I love about autumn in Utah: Cooler temps = hoodie weather Leaves changing colors. The scent of fall in the mountains. Hot apple cider and donuts from the pumpkin patch. All the good witchy & spooky things. And fall storms in the mountains with the dappled light! Current status: tea & a book

This. All of this. You don’t get your name on the Kennedy Center, you absolute unscrewed lightbulb.

Walking around the lake tonight at sunset was the right call. That helped fix my mood and the fresh air was delightful.

This is 100% the modus operandi for DOGE/Musk. Hamstring and cripple your competition, “lose” irreplaceable equipment and then point to NASA’s failures as evidence that the space program should be privatized by…you guessed it…SpaceX. This is criminal, mob-like behavior. www.npr.org/transcripts/...

Honestly, this just makes me feel a whole lot cooler than I actually am. Lol. 😆

It felt like too much to just thread in a post today, so I dusted off the blog and tried to put some thoughts down. I didn’t succeed like I wanted to, but it’s a start. Maybe another day I’ll try writing more. www.photoryan.com/blog/911-twenty-five-years-later

Wondering if this person might be into photography? 😉 (kinda love this vanity plate honestly)