High Key

What is High Key?

Here is a photo of a sundress that I picked out for my wife when we were in Ensenada, Mexico a couple of summers ago. We went there on a four day cruise. The cruise was very nice.

I am currently in a class learning more about 'Black and White photography'. We are working on high key and low key photos right now. So I hung the dress up on our closet door and soon enough I had this high key photograph.

Engagement Shoot

I recently went and did an engagement shoot at Temple Square. It was alot of fun. Here are few Pics from the shoot. Let me know what you think.

Recent Wedding

Here are some photos from a wedding I did recently.

Go for a Drive

One of the best things about photography is that in order ot take photos you have to get up and move around or sometimes, go somewhere and get down in the dirt. Either way it is a great way to make sure that you don't become a couch potato watching things on TV that don't matter.

I would like to encourage you to grab your camera and set off on an outing. Get out and start looking at details about where you are going. There is still alot of snow on the ground and not much is growing, or out moving where I live. However, I started the car this morning with grey skies above and snow flurries coming and going. I was determined to take a photo of something though. I had no idea what it would be but I got out into the countryside and stopped the car, got out and just started taking photos. Here is one of those photos.
The snow that had been coming down early in the morning while the skies were still greay was now melting and evaporating. It was great to be out when the sun decided it was going to grace the skies and make them blue. The water evaporating gave me the inspirationg to kneel down and get a shot of the cars driving through the mist.

So, just get out there you never know what you will find!

Ice Climbing

I was up Provo Canyon in Utah a few years ago watching people cliimb the ice on and around Bridal Veil Falls. This was a good winter for it. Water seemed to have come out of every crack in the mountain and frozen on it's way down to the bottom. There was tons of Ice and alot of Ice Climbers.

I love this picture because it shows the vastness of the ice and smallness of the man climbing it. Still he just kept focused on what he was doing and climbed.

August of 2006 Kings Peak, Utah

My wife and I took a Backpacking Course at the University. As a class we did a 3day and 2night backpack trip to Kings Peak.

I didn't take my tripod with me because it would weigh too much. So I used a steady rock to set my camera on and then take the shot. Sunsets tend to come and go very quickly. You need to be set up and ready to get the shot that you want.

Let me know what you think. or If you have any questions ask away.

The Beginning

Here goes folks.

This is a new blog dedicated strictly to my photography. Well, there may be some other subjects that pop up here from time to time.

One of the goals of this site is to get feedback (Constructive Criticism) on my photography. Most people are afraid to leave comments or too busy to leave comments. If you are here looking at this take a moment to comment on the photos in each post. Tell me what you think about the photos.

For example: I like the colors. I think you should have put more of them in the picture. I wish my photographer was a good as you.

This is not a place to be cruel though. If offensive or otherwise rude comments are found then I will have to start up comment moderation. That is something I don't want to do. So please be kind. Constructive Criticism is what I am looking for.

So keep an eye on this page and soon there will be photos to critique.

Don't forget if you are looking to either have a portrait done or to purchase anything you see here on my blog leave your email address in the comments and I will contact you.