{"id":9649,"date":"2015-12-26T08:34:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T15:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/?p=9649"},"modified":"2015-12-27T08:11:14","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T15:11:14","slug":"east-of-billings-calendar-celebrates-the-other-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/2015\/12\/east-of-billings-calendar-celebrates-the-other-montana\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;East of Billings&#8217; calendar celebrates the other Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9650\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 771px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"addboard wp-image-9650 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tongue-River.jpg\" alt=\"Calendar\" width=\"771\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tongue-River.jpg 771w, https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tongue-River-336x224.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Alexis Bonogofsky<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">This photo of the Tongue River near Birney is featured in Alexis Bonogofsky&#8217;s &#8220;2016 East of Billings&#8221; calendar.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of Alexis Bonogofsky&#8217;s photography. She has great affection for the eastern half of Montana and a real knack for taking photographs that capture the spirit of this place.<\/p>\n<p>Her &#8220;2016 East of Billings&#8221; calendar brings together a striking collection of her photographs\u2014of the Tongue and Yellowstone rivers, Otter and Rosebud creeks and lots more. You can read about it, and how to order it, at Alexis&#8217; blog, also called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastofbillings.com\/\">East of Billings<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On the first page of the calendar, she explains why she started taking photographs of Eastern Montana:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I began taking photos a couple of years ago because I was frustrated by the seemingly widely held perception that eastern Montana is a dull landscape that couldn&#8217;t be compared to the mountains of western Montana. I want people to see what I see in this land and the only way to do that was to buy a camera and start taking photos of the amazing places I&#8217;m able to go to.<\/p>\n<p>I am grateful and indebted to all off the landowners who open up their ranches and homes to me. I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I enjoy taking them and being out and about east of Billings, the last best place of the Last Best Place.<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to my friend Wally McRae for teaching me about his place. I hope I can prove him wrong that no one cares what happens EOB.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of Alexis Bonogofsky&#8217;s photography. She has great affection for the eastern half of Montana and a real knack for taking photographs that capture the spirit of this place. 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