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Archive for May, 2008

National Taffy Day

I was contacted over the weekend again by NowPublic.com to use the above photo for a story on National Taffy Day.
Interesting facts to add to your useless knowledge bank about taffy:

Salt water taffy was “invented” in Atlantic City in 1883.
Modern technology allows confectioners to produce 1,000 pieces of taffy a minute.

In one hour enough [...]

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Canon 40D * Canon EF-70-200mm f/4.0L lens * ISO 400 * 1/6400 second *f/4.5

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I was contacted by www.nowpublic.com to have one of my pictures included in a story about how US Currency is unfair to blind people. They have used my pictures before in the past. It’s always a pleasure to help them out.

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Red Flowers

Canon 40D * Canon EF-70-200mm f/4.0L lens * ISO 100 * 1/1000 second * f/4.0

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Down the Line

Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L lens * ISO 400 * 1/250 second * f/4.0

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Utah FrontRunner

Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L lens * ISO 400 * 1/100 second * f/4.0
Today’s shot is of the new Frontrunner Commuter Rail that runs from Salt Lake to Ogden Utah (40 miles north of Salt Lake).
I’ve been riding this train to work for the past couple of weeks. It’s an adjustment for me [...]

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Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L lens * ISO 100 * 1/200 second * f/4.0

My wife and I spent our Saturday morning the other day on a photowalk at Temple Square. The grounds were filled with tulips and flowering trees like the one above. You can see my set on flickr here.

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Tension

Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L lens * ISO 100 * 1/200 second * f/4.0

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SMITHFIELD

Canon 40D * Canon EF-70-200mm f/4.0L lens * ISO 100 * 1/1000 second *f/4.0
Today’s photo was taken in Smithfield Utah. I was driving around with my brother and sister-in-law scouting for locations to shoot. My brother spotted this sign and gave me the challenge to shoot it without getting all the buildings and [...]

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Burnt Skyscraper

Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L lens * ISO 400 * 1/200 second * f/11
I’m a big fan of using presets in Adobe Lightroom.  Today’s shot is an example of one of Matt Kloskowski’s Lightroom presets called Burnt Tone found on his blog Lightroom Killer Tips.
While on business in Seattle one morning, the light was [...]

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