Canon 40D * EF-24-105mm f/4.0L * ISO 100 * 10 seconds * f/9.0
My family and I were in Jackson Hole Wyoming this year for the 4th of July. My wife and I started going to the firework show when we were dating and have continued that tradition with our kids. The nights in Jackson can get chilly so we all load up with jackets, blankets and chairs and just hang out until the show starts. I didn’t take as many photos as I usually do, you can check out my full gallery here.
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Canon 40D * EF-70-200mm f/4L * ISO 320 * 1/500 second * f/4.0
Independence Day honors the birthday of the United States of America and the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. I was able to capture this photo at our local Zoo (Hogle Zoo) recently and thought it was appropriate to share today.
“The bald eagle was chosen June 20, 1782 as the emblem of the United States of America, because of its long life, great strength and majestic looks, and also because it was then believed to exist only on this continent.”
I will be celebrating Independence Day in Wyoming with my family. It’s a tradition we started when our kids were young and is something they look forward to each year.
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I was contacted recently by Utah Symphony to use one of my photos that I took last year at an outdoor Utah Symphony concert at Wolf Mountain ski resort. If you live in Northern Utah I would encourage attending one of there events across the valley. I will be out of town when they are at Wolf Mountain this year but will be attending their concert at another location. Gallery from the event last year
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Canon 40D * EF-50mm f/1.8 II * ISO 200 * 1/125 second * f/3.2
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Canon 40D * EF-24-105mm f/4.0L * ISO 200 * 1/500 second * f/7.1
Lately I’ve been taking different routes to work to break up the monotony of my morning commute. I’ve driven past the Violin Making School in downtown Salt Lake City before and have always wanted to stop and take some pictures of the mural wall on the side of the building. Whenever I’ve driven by the lighting hasn’t been ideal so I tell myself another day. Well, last week I drove past on my way to work and noticed that the morning sun was reflecting off a glass building just down the street onto the side of the building, the sun made the colors on the mural pop. I drove by a couple of times on different days and noticed that the sun would only light up the building from about 8:30 am to 8:45. I stopped on a day that I didn’t have any meetings and made sure I was there before 8:30 to get the optimal lighting.
On the front of the building there is a window where you can watch students carve and sand violins. One day I’d like to go back and photograph them working. If you want to check out the place they are located at 304 East 200 South downtown SLC.
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Canon 40D * EF-24-105mm f/4.0L * ISO 400 * 1/2000 second * f/5.6
In my previous post I talked visiting this train in Ogden Utah. Of all the shots I took that day this one turned out to be one of my favorites. I had a couple of seconds to capture this photo as the train was traveling down the tracks at 70 plus miles per hour.
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A couple of weeks ago I had an opportunity to go see the Union Pacific’s last steam engine that’s in production in Ogden Utah. The train was leaving Ogden heading to Nevada on a cross country journey. I met a local photog (Ann Torrence) there who had made friends with Jim by the time I arrived. He has photographed the train before and knew the route it was taking when it left Ogden. He let us tag along with him for a couple of hours. After the train left the station we all jumped in his car to see if we could get some more pictures of the train going over a local bridge. As we pulled up to the bridge we barely made it across the road when it sped by going 70+ miles an hour. Bill was determined to catch up and pass it so we all jumped in and headed to the last crossing before it headed over the causeway of the Salt Lake. I was able to capture an image of it speeding along at 70+ miles an hour with a large steam cloud that I will be posting later this week, it turns out that it’s one of my favorites of the day.
I’ve added some of my favorites photos below. You can check out my high resolution gallery here.
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Canon 40D * EF-50mm f/1.8 II * ISO 800 * 1/60 second * f/1.8
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Canon 40D * EF-24-105mm f/4.0L * ISO 100 * 44 seconds * f/4.0
Today’s photo was taken at the top of Emigratin Canyon just East of Salt Lake City Utah I kept my shutter open for 44 seconds to allow for enough light from the evening to light up the sky. During those 44 seconds I fired my hand held speedlight about four times. A blue gel was attached which gave the snow a blue glow.
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I was flattered to have my photo featured on the front page of NewWest.net website yesterday. I’ve contributed several times and enjoy getting the request from Ann asking for permission to use my photo.
The photo was taken East of Salt Lake on I-80 (parleys canyon). I was with a group of local photographers on a night photowalk. I always enjoy getting out and shooting with others. It was my first time with the group and I’m planning on making it to the next event. I posted a larger photo below.
Canon 40D * EF-24-105mm f/4.0L * ISO 100 * 20 seconds * f/4.0
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