Sledding in Gypsum

Last Saturday the young women and young men along with families of such went sledding here in Gypsum as a youth activity.  It was a great day for sledding with the temperature cold so the snow stayed powdery and fast.  I took so many photographs of people I had to break them up into different …

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134th Dan Classing

On October 18th at the Colorado Hotel in Glenwood Springs, CO, I was able to attend a Dan classing.  From what little I understand, this is where candidates have a practical exam in front of a panel of instructors to qualify for their next advancement in rank. This is a photograph of the candidates, front …

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Yreka Soccer 2014

ISO 3200, 300mm, f/4.0, 1/250 sec (settings for all of the shots) My son Tyler is on the Yreka Boys Varsity Soccer team again this year.  I’ve had the pleasure of seeing several of their games this year.  Thursday, February 6th, was senior night because it was the last home game for this season.  Unfortunately …

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Mann Lake Fishing

Well, I finally got around to going through the photographs of us fishing and of the lake itself.  Once again, as I always plan it, I was the one taking the photographs so I didn’t have to be in any of them.  🙂 I think from some of these pictures you can get an appreciation for how hard …

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Red Ninja’s Picture Day

Here are the pictures I took of my sons Nathan and Christian’s soccer team.  Most of the shots are of the kids shooting goals for the kick-a-thon. Once again could have used a bigger flash and forgot to increase the film speed….but otherwise pretty pleased with the performance of the 24-120mm lens. Enjoy, and if any …

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Orange Crush Picture Day

Here are some of the photos I took of Daniel’s soccer team Orange Crush.  They are a U8 team. A few things I learned from this photo shoot was that I should have increased my film speed to iso 400, to allow for quicker shutter speeds. I found that 1/250-1/320 just wasn’t enough to freeze …

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