Oquirrh Mountain Temple

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 …

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Utah State Capital

These photographs have been patiently waiting to be edited and posted since Thanksgiving weekend 2014.  After taking my sister Jolene’s family portraits, my brother Jon and his family went over to the capital to take some photographs. These photographs were taken with my D800 and the awesome 14-24mm 2.8G lens from Nikon. Love this one of …

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Winter Hike

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 …

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Beard Family 2014

Thanksgiving weekend I had the opportunity to take my sister’s family portraits again.  She has such great children that are easy to photograph and are very photogenic! For this photo-shoot we went to Memory Grove Park in downtown Salt Lake City.  My sister Bonnie and I had gone here a few days earlier on Thanksgiving …

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Temple Square Lights

The Saturday after thanksgiving, I went with my brother Jon and his family, to Temple Square to see the annual Christmas lights in downtown Salt Lake City, UT.  it was a warm evening and only the second day the lights were turned on.  This made for some huge crowds. As I was trying to photograph …

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Memory Grove Park

ISO 100, 24mm, f/5.6, 1/5000 My sister, Bonnie, and I went to down town Salt Lake City to a park called Memory Grove Park.  This is a memorial park for veterans. They have memorials for WWI and WWII. ISO 200, 14mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 I’m not done editing all of the photographs from this afternoon, but …

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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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