Self Portriat – Reflections
There is something about reflections that catch my eye. I’ve included a few of my favorites that I’ve taken over the last month.
Posted in BW, Photography, Projects
Logan – High School Senior
I’ve known Logan for a few years and was happy when he contacted me to take his high school senior pictures. In fact, I traveled with him and his family for two week in Europe last year and would have loved to taken some time for his senior photos there. He had an idea of what he wanted and after talking about it for a few minutes we both agreed that the Union Station in Ogden Utah was a good fit. I had a few ideas floating in my head that I thought he’d like and turns out they were his favorite(mine too). The first two images were taken under an overpass with off camera lighting to add a bit of punch. Like what you see? Contact me if your interested in a booking a session.
Posted in High School Senior, Photography, Portrait
Courtney – Portraits
It was time to update my daughters photos from last year. I wanted to do something different than what I’ve done in the past so I took the opportunity to make some time when we were visiting my parents in Idaho. My father no longer farms but still has some land and equipment. There is an old grain mill on some property of his that I thought would make for some great images. The first image in this series is my favorite from the building. It took the longest to setup but is what I had pre-visualized when I picked this place. I’m using a mix of natural light and light from a speedlight. I gelled a speedlight (cto) and hid it in the lamp next to the chair and triggered it wirelessly. The room was pretty dark so I had to bump my ISO quite high to let in the ambient that I wanted and to also allow for an acceptable shutter speed.
The last two images were taken at some nearby sand dunes. I used a 22′ beauty dish with an AlienBee 1600 and a vagabond mini battery pack. The battery pack has turned out to be a great investment, especially when paired with the beauty dish. The battery lasted about 45 minutes and ran out of power just as I had finished with my last image for the night. I really enjoy off camera flash especially at sunset. - enjoy
Posted in Personal, Photography, Portrait, Strobist
Street Photography
Something I always come across when reading photography books is a discussion about ways to grow as a photographer. A common theme I run into if you want to grow and become a better photographer is to get out of your comfort zone . I’ve experienced this a few times lately and thought I’d share my most recent experience.
Shaun Nelson and I did a little street photography in downtown Salt Lake City one afternoon. I have to say that this definitely took me out of my comfort zone. I’ve seen quite a few street photographer who can get some amazing photographs but I felt like I wasn’t able to get anything good. After about an hour I packed up and headed home not feeling comfortable with what I had and quite frankly didn’t care to do any more street photography again. Shaun mentioned that the first time is a little uncomfortable and to try it again. I took his advise and hit the streets again. I have to say I didn’t feel as uncomfortable but still a little awkward. I included a few of my favorite shots. I don’t anticipate me becoming a street photographer anytime soon but when the occasion arises I will be able to apply the things I learned from this adventure to the next one.
Posted in BW, Personal, Photography, Street Photography, Treatment
Jefferson Memorial in Black and White
Taken on a recent trip to Washington DC.
Posted in BW, Landscape, Photography, Treatment
Image in Use – Reedsburg Utility Commission
It’s fun to see how people are using my images that they buy from my iStockphoto portfolio. I like what they’ve done to this image by adding the blue sky, the original here.
Posted in Photography, Stock
Friends
A few months ago Nate Marx and I got together to do a autumn style photo shoot around a school theme. The image above was one of my favorites from the day. It turns out it was the one that required the most photoshop work in order to get accepted into my iStockphoto portfolio. With a full time day job, family and other responsibilities my time is limited so when I have an image like this one that requires more than average time spent in photoshop it usually gets put on the back burner. I enjoy doing location photo shoots and have quite a backlog of themes that I’m planning on doing this year.
I’m hopeful that it will be a good seller, I’ve had several others from the day that are doing quite well.
Posted in Photography, Portrait, Stock
Project[52] – fifty two (it’s a wrap)
Well, this is the final post in my Project[52] project that I started 52 weeks ago. The idea was to post a photo each week that was taken during that week. I’m happy to report that I was able to do that for all 52 weeks. I don’t know how people can take on a 365 project where they post daily, it’s a big commitment that I’m not sure I would be able to do.
I have a few things in the works for this year for a new project but will be continuing to post to this blog as regular as I can. I appreciate all the comments. I’m a big believer in personal projects and will continue to do them to keep the creative juices flowing.
Update: I just noticed this post did not auto publish, it should have posted two weeks ago.
Posted in Personal, Photography, Project, Project[52]
