My wife and I sat through regional swimming competition for my daughter last Saturday. I enjoy watching her do the breast stroke, it takes a lot of coordination. I was able to time it just right as she brought her elbows together lifting her up out of the water to start another stroke.

If you want to read about what my Project[52] is you can visit my first post that explains it here.

‘N’ contacted me a few weeks ago to see if I’d be willing to photograph her son’s 2nd birthday party, I of course said yes. They were also celebrating their anniversary so they reserved a reception hall and invited all their friends. I had a great time with them and their friends. I took this photograph at the end of the party, it turns out it’s one of my favorite from the evening.
I’m looking forward to the last two posts of my Project[52]. If you want to read about what my Project[52] is you can visit my first post that explains it here.

We spent a few days at our family cabin in Wyoming over the holidays.  I was able get out just before sunset to capture a few images of the cabins.

My wife has a difficult time shopping for me at Christmas time.  I had asked for a few books and magazines related to photography (I told her which ones) but she was able to pull off a big surprise this year with an iPad 2.  I have quite a few eBooks that I’ve been wanting to read and find it hard to do on my MacBook Pro.  Since Christmas I’ve finished two books and have a few more to go.  So far I’m liking the iPad 2 and have a few projects in mind for this year that will involve it.

If you want to read about what my Project[52] is you can visit my first post that explains it here.

Enjoying the snow and sun in Wyoming.

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I’m finally caught up on my posts for my Project[52], with five weeks left I can say it’s been a fun project.  My wife and I put a twist on decorating our gingerbread house this year.  Her and I had a competition against our daughters to see who could come up the most creative design.  We of course thought we did and they liked theirs(below) better so it came out as a tie.  We will have to settle it next year.  In case you missed it, the piece of gingerbread under the front tire is Mr. Snowman’s head.  His body is at the far left and the poor family didn’t survive.  If they had been wearing their seat belt it may have turned out for the better.

If you want to read about what my Project[52] is you can visit my first post that explains it here.

We’ve had our fair share of fog/smog this month in Northern Utah.  The fog was particular think in a field near my office and made for some interesting patterns on the tall field grass.

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Playing around with my macro lens and a ring flash.  I found it difficult to get the ring flash centered in the pupil.  By the time I would lock in my focus and fire the flash the pupil had changed size.  I photographed my two daughters and a friend and liked the orange color of my middle daughter the best.  I’ve never realized just how much orange she has in her eyes.

If you want to read about what my Project[52] is you can visit my first post that explains it here.

Without getting into too much detail this accident involved a family member that walked away without a scratch after falling asleep at the wheel.  The car was less than a year old and was totalled after hitting a wooden bridge.  I have made it a habit to have my small camera bag with me at all times that has two cameras in it, a Canon 5DMII & Fuji X100.  I was glad to have it this day as we arrived at the scene just minutes after this happened.  I of course have my iPhone with me too but prefer the quality of these two cameras better.