Been having a hard time keeping the blog updated. Thought I would share a quick pic of the Ogden temple, and I have so many more photos of family stuff, events I have attended that I plan on sharing so please stay tuned!

This is a 1 second exposure handheld! I cheated and braced myself on a nearby light post.



Also I am working up another tutorial for those who enjoy those...

Wedding with Threewinks studio

Early this month, I had the opportunity to shoot as a second shooter for Stacy Young aka Three Winks Studio. A while back I was able to second shoot for Scott Jarvie, so this was my second chance to see real wedding photographers in action. In Utah we have sooo many wonderful photographers who are willing to outreach and share. Thanks Scott and Stacy!

Here is one of my favorites from the wedding:



One thing I have learned is that everyone brings a camera, so you need to be assertive or you will miss those shots. At the same time there is a juggling act of making every one happy, on the happiest of days. It is the brides day. Stacy was the hired photographer so I tried to stay out of the way and get some behind the scenes/candid photos while watching and absorbing.



I talked about this when I shared my experience shooting with Scott Jarvie, the relationship with the client is sooo important. Just as important as any photography skill. Here is M (the groom) teasing Stacy as she was shooting his bride with that big Nikon lens.



One more I really liked!



I love candid photography work:





Some of those little details:





I particularly loved the interaction between C (the bride) and her grandfather.



A few more, enjoy...

Utah strobist action at the Great Salt Lake

A few weeks back the Utah Strobist group met to shoot at the Great Salt Lake. This is fast becoming one of my favorite locations to shoot. A friend of the family and one of my models Airen came along to the shoot. Here she is!



There are no coral reefs in the GSL but the lake looks great as does Airen! Me and Scott O. Smith planned the snorkeling look as something that could be useful for stock, lucky Airen was game!



There was plenty of other things to shoot besides Airen. Meet Brian, the man has some serious muscle and those tattoos remind me of Blade. The light was fading, and it just seemed like letting the background go black would be killer.



Here is a photo of Bekah. What could be better than a white dress in the GSL? Beautiful girl in a beautiful location means beautiful picture! This is the second time I have had Bekah as a model (thanks Bekah)!



Jenn, was a model that I had never met before. I loved that blue dress and put her one the train tracks, means awesome!

Some photos from Sanpete

I have been so busy lately, that it has been hard to keep the blog updated with all that has been going on.

Just wanted to share a few pics from July visits to Sanpete (back to my roots).

When we go down to Sanpete, it is a so relaxing, time to just hang out play some games and the like.





Here is Clayton checking out the scores...








Brodes is digging, I wonder if he found anything?



This one of those moments for Clayton but he gets over it real fast.



One last quick nigth shot, this year has been one with a lot of storms!



A few more, this July I was able to meetup up with some fellow photography friends. Captured a few rodeo action pics. Hey it was real fun! Enjoy:

I sell microstock

Here is a question that I get a lot from family, friends, and even strangers "so what is this microstock photography you do?".

The short of it is that I sell images through online agencies to groups for advertising or illustration etc. In order for an image to sell, it needs to have a story. Here are few recent photos where my son has been my model for stock photos:







Do the images have a story? Does the image immediately conjure thoughts (besides how cute my son is) of something more than the people in them?

If they do then I think it will be successful as a stock image. Someone can use it to tell a story or to sell you something...

And I get some dang cute photos of my son at the same time...