It’s hard to believe that my little baby girl is 8 years old today! She is turning into such a beautiful young lady. She is very excited to be baptized this Saturday to become an official member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Because of this she received her very own set …
On Saturday, May 9th we took my son, Tyler, to the temple to take out his endowments prior to him leaving on his mission to Saint Petersburg, Russia to serve the Lord for 2 years. He chose to take out his endowments at the Oquirrh Mountain temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day …
Towards the end of January I took the boys up for a hike to Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon. I had seen some pictures some friends had taken a week or two before with tons of icicles on the falls and wanted to capture them as well. Unfortunately, the weather had warmed up and a …
Last Saturday we went on a short hike in the snow above our house here in Eagle. There is a BLM land access just up the street from our house that many people use for recreation. During the summer it is the beginning of a mountain bike trail called the Boneyard. It took quite a …
Over the Fourth of July Weekend, I spent some time with my parents and some of my siblings. My Dad, my brother Jon and I rode our bikes up Big Cottonwood canyon to Brighton Ski Resort to meet Jon’s wife and daughter, my sisters Leslie, Jolene and their families, for a hike to Lake Mary. …
Last fall when senior portraits were being taken, Tyler and I had difficulty getting together to have senior pictures done. We took a quick shot of him in the yard to submit to the yearbook with the thought of doing more photos soon. Well, when your son isn’t crazy about having his picture taken and …
My second son, Tyler, graduated from high school this past weekend! We are so proud of him and his friends. He has had such good friends and influences in his life over the last 13 years of school We feel blessed to have been able to raise him here in Yreka! Here are the photographs …
ISO 100, 50mm, f/3.5, 1/1600 sec This past weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to do some portrait work for two very lovely young ladies, Liz and Anita. They also happen to be sisters! ISO 100, 50mm, f/3.5, 1/1250 sec We went first out to the Shasta Valley Wildlife Refuge which I knew would provide …
Well, it was a rough year for the Larsen clan at the Pinewood derby. Christian was especially upset about having a slow car. 🙁 ISO 1000, 24mm, f/4, 1/125 sec (all of the shots from the night were taken on manual exposure with the shutter speed set to 1/125 sec to help eliminate blur and …
ISO 100, 24mm, f/6.3, 1/250sec This past summer when we went to Utah to visit my family we took the opportunity to tour the Timpanogos Caves up American Fork Canyon. ISO 100, 24mm, f/7.1, 1/250sec The hike up was very hot and steep, in fact Taunya got heat stroke on the way down from being …
ISO 4000, 38mm, f/4.0, 1/125sec On Saturday December 14th COS Choirs presented their holiday concert, Tis the Season. The two choirs were the Concert Choir and the Ladies’ Chamber Singers. My foster daughter Liz sings with the Ladies’ Chamber Singers, and several of my friends sing with the Concert Choir. The music and singing were amazing. …
When Taunya and I went to Colorado and Utah last month I took some time to do a portrait shoot of my very cute niece Olivia! ISO 200, 50mm, f/2.2, 1/5000sec I find that sometimes you get a more natural portrait if you have them doing something rather than just sitting there posing. ISO 200, …