Older Pics that I should have posted sooner

These are some pictures I took the day before the Huntington-Croft wedding. Pretty sure this is Laguna Beach, but I did get a bit turned around in the car . . . I stopped when I saw parking near the water. :)

Chichen Itza

Some pictures I just recovered from several months back. My second visit to Chichen Itza was much different than the first time around. Twelve years ago, the park was not listed among the official "Seven Wonders of the World." This meant that there were no tour buses, no congested queue of tourists waiting out the hours-long line by flicking through images on their digital cameras. I didn't get in the line with the other tourists this time either, to tell you the truth. Instead I came back several hours later and got in free, had much better lighting in much less crowded surroundings. Just a thought for any would-be travelers to this part of the world. Enjoy!

Just what I've been up to . . .

So this is my first post in quite a while. I promise you, though, that I have been photo-busy. I've had several shoots, been accepted to an internship with an awesome photographer, booked several more shoots, and been learning the art of framing. I have a lot of pictures to post, just hang in there! In the meantime, here are a few shots of autumn on the Alpine Loop.






So this is my first post in quite a while. I promise you, though, that I have been photo-busy. I've had several shoots, been accepted to an internship with an awesome photographer, booked several more shoots, and been learning the art of framing. I have a lot of pictures to post, just hang in there! In the meantime, here are a few shots of autumn on the Alpine Loop.

This Week's Topic for Daily Wanderings: Plants

More from the Llama Fest

Llama Fest 2009 at the Hare Krishna temple in Spanish Fork.



This award winner led her llama through a van as part of the obstacle course.



Umbrellas on display.



Spinners and weavers at work, using llama and alpaca wool.

A Few Favorites From My Wanderings

This one was taken on a recent jaunt down to the river bottoms.
It was shot on medium format film with my Holga 120N.

On my shoot with Katie, we decided the topic of our shoot would be "old."
This one of the dead weed and the fence was one of the first I took on that shoot.


An old yellow house with roses in front.

This one was taken earlier than the one of the weed.
I started with a couple photos of the really old truck, then I saw my reflection on the back of the rear-view mirror and then I saw it again. If you look closely you'll find three of me in this image. You can see Katie next to me.


A couple Saturdays back, I headed out to the Krishna temple in Spanish Fork
and took some photos at the annual Llama Fest.
These two are a couple of my favorites.

A small boy I became acquainted with mainly because I'd never
seen a stuffed monkey as a leash before.

This is Sandy with her new llama friend.

So you want to learn to use your digital camera?

People ask me all the time what different settings mean on their cameras, and end up asking for a brief tutorial on how to use more of their camera's features. I don't mind doing this of course, since one of my goals in life is to promote beautiful photography. And because I feel real satisfaction when someone else is happy with their own photos. However, it takes more than just a quick run-down of camera features to help most people actually figure out how to use those features.

Here's my proposal: every day I take my camera out and go on brief photo-shoots in the city and neighboring areas. Join me one day of your choosing, and I will go over a few basics to help you better use your camera. Then we can both go out on a photo-shoot together. My favorite part is taking the images home and looking at them on the computer and seeing what we can do to make the images stronger or take note of any consistently recurring problems in our photos so that we can correct them. To me, this is where the greatest part of the learning takes place.

Worried about time? Don't. We can set a time limit that will fit your schedule. Let me know if you're interested. Katie, a good friend whom I first met while shooting her engagement pictures, and I will be going on a shoot tonight. Feel free to join in!

From time to time I'll post tips on how to better make use of your digital or film camera, but if you want to learn more than a blog post can teach you, join me for one (or more) of my "daily wanderings." It will be nothing but photo-fun for the both of us.

Sunsets

Sitting on the front lawn yesterday, as daylight began to dwindle, I found myself infused with a surge of nostalgia. Sunsets were one of the original reasons why I picked up my dad's old Olympus in the first place back when I was thirteen, catalyzing a fascination with light and color that has continued thirteen years later. Last night, I again found myself photographing the sunset. Tucked in with the pictures of last night's sunset are two pictures I took when I was down in the Yucatán.









And a few more I took just the other day: (posted July 25, 2009)

On a couple recent jaunts up Provo Canyon