Morp 2013

ISO 100, 85mm, f/5.6, 1/200sec Jeff, Miriam, Ryan, Anita I was pleased to be asked by Anita to take pictures for her and Miriam and their dates for Morp.  Groups are always tricky to get everyone in focus with a wide aperture for good bokeh. ISO 100, 85mm, f/3.5, 1/400sec Couples are a little easier …

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Maroon Bells Aspen

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 …

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Nicole Cowley Photo Shoot

ISO 100, 85mm, f/1.8, 1/500sec Saturday afternoon I had the wonderful opportunity to photograph a beautiful young lady, Nicole.  The weather was overcast and raining on and off for the start of the shoot.  The wind was also blowing briskly. ISO 100, 50mm, f/2.0, 1/2000sec Both of these situations I think added rather than detracted …

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Fall Colors At Lithia Park

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, …

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Hill Family 2013

The other day I had the pleasure of photographing the Hill family.  They are good friends that enjoy sailing so we decided to do their shoot on their sail boat! This provided some awesome backgrounds for photographs, but it also posed some very difficult shots to getting all 6 of them in focus:) The individual …

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Gabe’s Senior Photos

Last Wednesday I had the great pleasure to shoot Gabe’s senior photos.  He was great to work with and be around.  Gabe is a multi-sport varsity athlete with Yreka High with baseball being his main sport.  Because of this we spent time over at Hibbard Field taking photographs. From here we headed over to Greenhorn …

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Ella Photo Shoot

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 …

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Lower Klamath NWR Part 2

Here are the rest of the photographs from my photography trip over to the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge on Labor Day.  I love these Blue Herons.  They are difficult to photograph because of their shy nature.  It’s impossible to get close to them with out them flying off. Nice photograph of the north face of …

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Lower Klamath NWR Part 1

For the Labor day holiday I took the opportunity with my friend Linda to visit the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge once again.  The water this time of year is down significantly from the winter/spring time so most of the wildlife is located around Tule Lake.  There is an auto tour that you can take around this …

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South Willow Lake Hike

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 …

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Perseids Meteor Shower 2013

Sunday evening David England and I went up Dead Indian Road out of Ashland to photograph the Perseids Meteor shower.  Since we went straight up from a church priesthood meeting I was still in my church clothes and with out a jacket.  Fortunately, David’s son Nathan had a jacket I could borrow so I didn’t …

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