The LDS Manti Temple in Manti, UT after a rainstorm. After doing a shoot for a client in Salt Lake City, I decided to take the scenic back roads to St. George (the long way) and was lucky enough to get a shot of this beautiful structure built in 1888. Interestingly enough, the picture was...Continue Reading
Over the weekend I attended a Native American powwow gathering in Southern Utah to shoot some photos for a client. An amazing assortment of colors throughout all of the dancers costumes. There were tribes represented from all over the southwest. Continue Reading
Diluting your business, product, your website, your marketing materials, etc. to make them appear more “commercial” will just make people like them less. It seems to be the “default” mode of doing things for businesses trying to climb to the top. The thought is that “bigger is better”, so tremendous efforts are made to look big...Continue Reading
Sports that take place indoors such as basketball, volleyball, and swimming are sometime hard to shoot – even with fast cameras and lenses. Most indoor gymnasiums and pools are designed for the sport, not for the photographers shooting them. Here is a shot from a race in an outdoor pool. Even though most races and...Continue Reading
This is one of those “just about to lose the light” situations. Like with football, girl’s soccer in the fall will generally have a short window of decent light on the field. This was taken with a 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 zoom which has great range, but is only useful for sports with good light.Continue Reading
I’ve said before how hard it is sometimes to decide what camera equipment to bring along – if any at all. Sometimes you want to take photos of the location, sometimes you just want to be on vacation. This was one of those “I’ll leave it all home” moments. Continue Reading
After using a Canon 300mm f/2.8 prime for sports action shots, I wanted to see what a 400mm f/2.8 prime performed like on the field. Often you get in spots that you wished you had a little more reach. I had the chance to give the 400mm a try for a game I was trying...Continue Reading
Sometimes you just don’t notice features of a landscape until something happens to show you a new angle. This image was taken just after a rainfall on a road I drive by ever day. This day, I noticed, stopped and took some shots. Continue Reading
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