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 100, 24mm, f/4.0, 2.0sec I was last at Faery Falls this past summer. The falls looks very similar but the surrounding foliage is completely different. Seeing the orange leaves on the ground of the oak trees makes me wish I had come in September while the fall leaves were in full color. ISO 100, …
ISO 100, 24mm, f/6.3, 4.0sec, neutral density filter This past November on the way home from our trip to Colorado we stopped at Burney Falls. Taunya had never been there before and I was anxious to take some additional photographs since my first photographs of the falls was without my tripod and I had my tripod …
ISO 200, 34mm, f/5.6, 1/100sec I had the awesome opportunity and pleasure to photograph the Barbara and Jack Cowley extended family this evening. When your photographing a group of 32, inside, the lighting can be a little tricky. Many thanks to my friend Linda who loaned me her speedlight and light stand so I could use two …
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. …
ISO 250, 24mm, f/4.0, 1/1600sec Taunya and I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Aspen Colorado and to drive up to Maroon Bells. Unfortunately, we went in the afternoon and the best time to photograph the mountain is in the morning since the sun sets behind the high mountain at about 3pm this time of …
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, …
Because I took so many photographs on this hike I separated them into two posts. The previous post of the wildflowers and this post which includes the landscapes and the family hiking. For all of these photographs I was using the 24-120mm f/4 lens with a circular polarizing filter. I have found with my landscape photography I use the …
In July when we went to Utah to visit my family we stayed with my sister Jolene and her family. One of the days we were there we went on a hike with Jolene and her family up the trail to South Willow Lake. The wildflowers were amazing on the hike and so of course …
Over the last week I have been spent a significant amount of time working on the pictures from our hike on June 15th into the Sky High Basin. The Sky High Basin is in the Marble Mountain Wilderness up a trail leaving from Lover’s camp. ISO 200, 24mm, f/9.0, 1/160 sec, Polarizer June 15th is my …
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 …