Sunrise is the most difficult time to photograph in my opinion. The lighting is changing very rapidly and the contrast is extreme between the places the sun is hitting and the places still in shadow. Zooming in on a section of the scene helps with this extreme contrast seen here with the mountain top just …
Over the last decade I have used the excuse of having a midlife crisis for making a few “unwise”, or “frivolous” purchases. The number of these purchases vary depending on if you ask me or if you ask my wife, Taunya…… I’m sure I will continue to use this excuse for the next decade as …
I knew the two long driveways to the house we are renting would be spectacular once fall colors hit. When I got home from church, and saw that the colors were just about perfect, I didn’t want to risk waiting another week. Ella tagged along as my model 🙂 Love having a daughter that likes …
Since I am going to be doing some wedding photographs at the Yakima Arboretum this coming Saturday, I wanted to check out the location. My daughter Ella was a good sport for tagging along to be my model. The Arboretum consists of 46 acres of gardens and trees with lots of grassy areas. We followed …
Just a quick post of some family photos I did this morning of some friends!! Such a cute family! [Show as slideshow]
ISO 200, 32mm, f 5.0, 1/50sec Last Saturday I went up to the LDS Medford Temple, but on the way I stopped in Ashland at Lithia Park to take some photographs of the fall foliage. The colors were simply amazing in the fall light! ISO 400, 24mm, f 5.6, 1/250sec  ISO 500, 55mm, f/6.3, …
On September 22nd and 23rd I had the great pleasure to drive out to Colorado to attend a landscape workshop put on by Nasim Mansurov and others at what is now Photography Life.com, a photography blog I enjoy following on a regular basis. The base “camp” for the workshop was the scenic town of Ridgway, Colorado. The …
When I was in Utah this past week I went on a drive with my Mother and my niece Olivia along the Alpine loop from Provo canyon to American Fork canyon. The fall colors were amazing and most of the aspens weren’t in color yet. Another week or two at the most and the aspens …