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, …
So I took my “personal model” out for a photo shoot and some Daddy/Daughter time. This past Sunday worked out well as we were able to go in-between and again after the sessions of General Conference for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We had originally had planned to go out to the wildlife refuge to take …
ISO 100, 24mm, f/4.0, 1/400 sec Heart Lake is located above Castle Lake, which is in the mountains above the city of Mt Shasta and Lake Siskiyou. To get to this lake you first drive up to Castle Lake. You then take a trail that goes along the left or southern side of the lake and up. The trail isn’t long …
On June 7th at 10am in the morning the class of 2013 held their graduation ceremony at the high school stadium. The last time I was in this stadium it was for my son Jared’s graduation. That year the weather was cold I wore a long-sleeved pullover. This year…not so much. It was very hot and sunny. …
24mm ISO 100 f/6.3 at 1/320th of a sec Saturday morning I received a call from my good friend Don inviting us to hike with his family up the Shackleford trail to Campbell lake in the Marble mountains. I tried to convince Taunya to come with us, but she was too excited about the prospects of …
The boy scouts of Troop 58 went up to Camp Ester Applegate in the lake of the woods area on February 22nd and 23rd. I had the opportunity to go am pick them up and spend saturday with them. It had snowed about 8 inches over night so the road was snow packed and treacherous. …
Tonight was the Pinewood Derby for Pack 58. It was a great event with 12 cub scouts racing against each other and 11 siblings/parents racing in the rust bucket category. I was anxious to try out my new 85mm 1.8g lens so I took it to take the photos. i wish in retrospect I would have brought …
Yesterday I went out searching yet again for a great photograph. My son Tyler also enjoys photography, so I asked if he would like to come along on the “adventure”. I gave him my back up camera, a Nikon D80 with a 35mm 1.8G lens attached. This lens on a DX camera gives you a similar …