Scott O. Smith Photoblog

A couple of weeks ago my extended family spent the weekend together in Island Park Idaho.  I’ve spent quite a bit of time there growing up camping, hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, cutting firewood and even hauling our cattle there in the summer to feed.  We have a favorite spot to float down the Big Springs river.  Just as we were about to put our inner tubes into the water these Moose came out of the brush.  We carefully watched the Cow, calf and Bull cross the water and eat on the bank.  Be sure to watch the video at the end, I realize it’s not the best but it’s all I had to work with at the time.

While sitting at the Cleveland Indians stadium waiting for the game to start I turned around and saw nothing but empty seats and leading lines.  The seats quickly filled up after I made this photograph.

My main lens is a Canon 24-105mm f/4L  I use it for 80% of my shots so when I ran across a Canon Mug that looks exactly similar to my original lens I couldn’t resist but to order one.  The mug is on the right, I was a bit disappointed when I opened the box and noticed the mug has a silver band across the top but for $25.00 I can’t complain.  Since I’m not a coffee drinker I will be using it as a pen holder on my desk.

As I’ve mentioned before, I recently upgraded my cell phone to a Motorola Droid.  The camera is pretty decent and I recently purchased an application from Market called Vignette that allows me to add different treatments to the photos.  I’ve made a goal this year to blog twice a week, usually on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s.  I’ve decided to make Wednesday’s my Droid Photography day.  I will pick random photos I’ve taken with my droid and share them here each Wednesday.

I recently photographed the Francis family at La Caille Restaurant grounds in Sandy Utah.  This is my favorite of the family, I really like the reflection in the glass and the relaxed pose of the family.  We spent a couple of hours taking photos then enjoyed a great dinner together.

I attended training in Cleveland Ohio this week for my day job and we were able to enjoy a night at the ballpark, the Indians vs the Orioles.  Even though the Indians lost it was a good game and fun to get out and enjoy the evening.