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Eclipse Destress

My son, Hudson, helped me create the first three photos with a stress ball. I shot the other of the actual 2017 lunar eclipse two in St. George, Utah.

Ultralights and Paramotors in Flight

While traveling along the Mayor’s Loop we spotted some awesome aircraft about to take off. We stopped at the St. James park and watched them take off and fly through the sky. The man wearing the backpack (Jake flying a Blackhawk 125 cc paramotor) said it weighed about 40-50 pounds. He told us he has a pilot’s license and has flown planes before, but paramotors are his favorite way to fly. We spoke to them (Jake and Craig) after they […]

Benny’s Golden Ears

Benjamin “Benny” my parent’s golden retriever is one-year-old now. He is still digging holes and eating things he shouldn’t. Everyone he meets falls in love with him, and he loves the attention.

Pine Valley, Utah Sledding Street

Icy Sledding Trip

We took a car trip to snow covered mountains nearby. Hiking a steep asphalt road with an icy crust left us laughing all the way down the hill. Pine Valley, Utah sits on the United States’ largest laccolith.

Stogie the Rhodesian Ridgeback

Meet Stogie, the mighty Rhodesian Ridgeback from Holladay, Utah. According to Wikipedia, “The Rhodesian ridgeback is a dog breed developed in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. Its European forebears can be traced to the early pioneers of the Cape Colony of southern Africa, who crossed their dogs with the semi-domesticated, ridged hunting dogs of the Khoikhoi. The Rhodesian Ridgeback has also previously been known as Van Rooyen’s lion dog or the African lion hound or African lion dog—simba inja in Ndebele, shumba imbwa in Shona—because of its ability to keep a lion at bay while awaiting its master’s arrival to make the kill. […]

Your eyes are the windows to your soul

Shooting someone’s eye is very personal and requires much patience. Have a place for your model to rest their head or try to stabilize it. Try not to blink!

Into Darkness – Night Photography / Star Trails

4. Into Darkness Due Thursday by 3:15 pm Points 100 Submitting a file upload File Types jpg New moon is Oct. 1st. That means you have a unique opportunity for a few days on either side of that date to photograph dark skies and stars. In the spirit of pre-visualizing, planning, and executing your photographs, your assignment is: 1. Find a landmark you’d like to photograph with stars and/or star trails behind it. 2. Download Stellarium from www.stellarium.org and use […]