Photo Journal Day 1

My wife and I spent the afternoon doing nothing in particular. Here we are tickling our daughter and listening to her giggle with pure enjoyment over and over again.

What Really Lurks inside of some People

This is not my normal type of picture making. I would normally stop after getting the first shot where the subject looks good and happyish. Not this time though. Instead we dumped a bunch of water on her and kept shooting until what lurks beneath that serene expression came out to haunt the night. My wife had nightmares after this photo shoot.

The Cherry!

The assignment for these pictures was 'Color Contrast'. So with it being winter and not wanting to do another outdoor shot I took the family down to Walmart to buy some cheap make up. Then we headed over to a local grocery store and bought a piece of green poster board and some marchino cherries.

While Kate was doing her own makeup I was setting up and doing test shots using a teddy bear. When she came down we spent some time shooting pictures and getting the assignment completed. I am quite happy about what I created!

Where the heck have I been?

Busy. Really, really busy! So I am sorry to those of you have been looking for new stuff here and haven't had it.

I am back in school right now. Attending BYU-I in Rexburg, Idaho. It is a great school with some awesome instructors. This semester I am enrolled in a color photo course. It is deffinitely stretching me because it is winter, cold and did I mention winter.

Well, I am going to blog some of my recent assignments starting with our intro assignment, which was just basically to go take some pictures (Good Pictures) of course. The two pictures above are what I submitted. The truth is that kids don't always smile and most people are afraid of that. I can honestly say that I don't mind, because I understand that they are trying to say something and usually adults just don't take the time to understand. We should take the time. I find that my kids either want food, something to drink, to be apart of what I am doing, playing, or sleeping. I love my kids and I am glad that we are learning to understand one another.

Football

So it has been a little longer than I expected since last time I posted anything. That's because the last 3 weekends in a row, my wife and I have been competing in a cyclocross race. The football games I've been to taking pictures are ending this week so here is a football pic.

John and Summer

Yellowstone National Park

I apologize that it has been so long since I blogged anything. My computer has been on the fritz. We also made a trip up to Yellowstone not too long ago. It is about an hour away, maybe a little longer.

Anyway we packed up our twins at 4:30am and drove up. It was the perfect time because the Kids slept the whole way. Ours was the only car at the west gate. The air was still cold and the sun was just starting to come up when we got there. It made for great conditions to take photos.

Here is my favorite from this trip:

Whitewater Kayaking

Whitewater Kayaking

Sari

Sorry that it has been so long since I lasted posted anything. I have been busy with finals at the University. They are done now though and these next couple of Posts should make up for it.

I did a bridal shoot not too long ago for a girl engaged to a man from India. She wore a Sari. It was fun to have a different king of wedding outfit to work with.