Temple Square

My wife have a tradition for make at least one trip to temple square every year. Well this year we made it down there twice. She knows that the first trip is for us, but the second trip the camera comes too. These are my favorite..

Nebeker Family

My wife's aunt called me looking to get some family pics done, of course I willingly obliged. This was by far the EASIEST family shoot I have done with little kids. They were all very willing to cooperate and get it done. Took us less than 45 minutes to get it all done and they turned out great!

Fall

Yet another great day for the wife and I.. not. After a family function in Layton we decided to take the very long way home and go up and through East Canyon so i could snag a few pictures. Well long story short I took a wrong turn and wound up on I-84. So we worked our way back and got into Parley's Canyon. I saw the exit for Lamb's Canyon and got an idea so I quickly exited and work my way up the canyon. After driving a short distance I found a spot to park and walked over to the creek for some pictures. It was very very cold and neither of us were dressed for the occasion so I had to be quick. Luckily for me, I didn't have to lose any sunglasses, skin or blood for these ones. Enjoy.

Big Cottonwood

Oh what a day this was.. I was trying to get pictures of the changing leaves over the river, but the leaves were not quite there. I didn't want to go home empty handed so i decided to still get a few shots. We parked by the switch-back in the canyon and walked over to the river. I found a spot a little ways down stream that would suit my needs, but was a paid to get to. I had to climb down an embankment while holding my camera on the tripod. The worst part, the bushes had thorns. I got to my spot and set up my tripod with the back two legs in the dirt and the front resting on a boulder with a flat face that slid towards the water. I got finished setting up and went to take a shot, forgetting I had a hat on. What I also forgot was that my hat was holding my $85 pair of Electric Technician sunglasses. I took of my hat and turned it around flinging them straight into the river where they were quickly swept off. At this point, I was LIVID, my wife quickly calmed me down and reassured me we could go by another pair after we finished. Luckily, my shots turned out great!

Cost of great pictures: Blood, Skin and really expensive sunglasses.

Great Salt Lake

After taking the picture for "Herman's Sunset", I decided I wanted to venture back out to the Great Salt Lake and get some more pictures for me. With the water so low we had to hike a good ways away from Saltair to get to the waters edge. We went around sundown again since the first trip was so beautiful. At first I didn't see much and began to get disappointed. I started looking around more and noticed the really long shadows everything on the ground were casting. The long shadows combined with the deep ridges from where the water once was looked stunning to me. So I grabbed this quick shot and moved on so I could get my sunset shot before I missed it.

Between taking shots of the sunset I moved from spot to spot often, staring at the ground every time I moved (mostly because it was still very wet). I noticed a foot print in the sand surrounded by some different shaped ridges. It made me think about the good times I had in California with my friends and how much I missed it. I grabbed a shot of it, mostly as a reminder of good times.

After walking down the shoreline for about an hour I figured I was done, deciding this was my best shot.

But, before walking back to the car I noticed another little tide pool that suited my wants more. I waited a little longer for the sun to set more to get more red out of the shot. I am very glad I waited, here is the final result of my shoot.

Herman's Sunset

On August 8th, 2010 the world lost a great man, Herman Lassche Jr. He was my wife's grandfather. I took this picture shortly after his death as a tribute to him. I tried for a couple hours to get just the shot I wanted, but when I put them on my computer, the very first shot was the only one I needed. We love you Herman, and we all miss you dearly.

Hatch Family