Temple square @ Christmas

Took the kids to Temple square to enjoy the lights. Kids did great, thankfully it wasn't too cold. People were standing in line to take this shot, thought since everyone else was taking it, I might as well too. Hopefully the full frame sensor and a 14mm lens brought something new to the shot.
Hand held, ISO 3200, F2.8, 1/160 sec. No post picture work to remove grain or artifacting from using High ISO. Love the D700.

Final Hunt of 2009

The 2009 huntin season is now over. We closed out the year with a couple of great buck. Mac and Johnny Gebbers where a pleasure to hunt with again. We had a riot! We recovered this deer after wounding it the day before. We trailed it for well over a mile and it took 8 1/2 hours to track it down.

Took these shots with a Canon G10, a very nice point and shoot camera I picked up because my big SLR is just heavy.

Johnny made it happen on this buck, after one of our other hunters missed it days before. Mac, Johnny's dad, helped radio us in on the awesome buck, Thanks Mac.

Not a bad buck for the last day. Definitely a go home happy buck.

New Kiddy pics

We took this years family pictures at the Lagoon trail last week. It's one of our kids favorite spots because of all the animals.
It's hard to get the little ones to hold still for more than a few shots, but luckily we got a few keepers
F 3.2, 1/160 sec, ISO 250

Michelle held the frightened Paxton up on the rock, while Paxtons older brother and sisters danced around to keep his attention off of falling off the rock.

F 3.5, 1/100 sec, ISO 500

Sage is a natural, she did wonderful as usual and it's easy to see why the camera loves Sage!

F 3.2, 1/160 sec, ISO 320

Hunter is ham for sure, He was very patient even though taking family pictures is not on his top 10 list.

F 2.8, 1/320, ISO 200

Jade normally does very well, but she was not feeling the camera on this outing. This is one of only a few shots we got of her the whole evening.

F 4, 1/60, ISO 320

Dahln & Angel Sept 29, 2009 Engagements

I was able to help Dahln and Angel with their engagement pictures. These shots where taken at the famous Lagoon train. It was a little early of Fall colors, but we liked how they turned out.

Deer Hunt

Another great deer hunt ended with success. Great friends, good weather, and amazing deer numbers made for a another memorable hunt in the hills.
Bob and his wife Dorthy came out on this hunt, even though he is fighting colen cancer. He stopped his Kemo theropy a couple of weeks prior to the hunt so he could have enough strength for this hunt. He pulled it off and made a great 310 yard shot on this great deer. Our Prayers are with him and his family.

Vern Is Bob's Brother-in-law and they are life long hunting partners. Vern was so excited when Bob got a deer, It was an honor to hunt with such good people. After passing a lot of bucks and missing some bigger bucks due to equiptment failure, Vern and I took this 28 1/2 inch buck the last hour of his hunt.

Last Elk hunt of the year

Another good hunt, this one was in Northern Utah. Luckily we had some cooler weather and found some great bulls. Everyone in camp was awesome, we had a ball and even ended early!!
Joe and I located this bull on the second day and Jed helped us bed it. We waited 5 1/2 hours through wind, rain, and snow, for it to stand up and feed, when it did Joe made a great shot and we got it all on video. My range finder was dead, we guessed it at 350 and it worked.

Joe with his 344 7/8 bull, it rained the whole time we where taking photos. We where able to get the Ranger within 50 yards.

I helped Russ and his hunter Don on this hunt. Chris Munford spotted this bull the night before and we relocated it the next morning. After missing a rushed shot, I was able to relocate the bull bedded down in some thick quakies. I got Russ and Don in on and they waited 3 hours till it stood up and Don put it right back on the ground.

Don's 320 bull, 320 yard shot. Matt Wayment helped too.

Kory and Bob where having a slow hunt, so I took them out on another ranch. I had found this bull the night before and we where able to get Bob right in on it. Bob has some kidney issues but he made a sweet shot and was able to get on the bull fast before it got away. He didn't want to take a shot over 200 yards, but he got the job done at 310 yards. We got it all on video.

Kory and Bob with Bob's 329 3/8 bull. It died less then 20 feet above a main road. One shot and the hunt was over.

Yellowstone 2009

Yellowstone was amazing once again this year. We saw elk, bison, coyote, osprey, ealges, deer, goats, and big horn sheep. The kids got in close to some rutting elk, it was awesome. We drove home through the Tetons and it was beautiful!!! (f5.6, 1/320, iso 200, 340mm) Midday this bunch of elk was still out.

(f5.6, 1/200, iso 1600, 370mm) This 7X8 was a little skidish but gave us a good look before he ran off with his cows.

( f5.6, 1/125, iso 200, 400mm) Hide and go seek was a hit while we waited for a road to open up that was temporarily shut down because of a fire.

(f5.6, 1/125, iso 200, 370mm) Sage took this game rather serious for a moment or two.

(f5.6, 1/200, iso 1250, 400mm) McKay and I called this bull into 30 yards even after we busted the cows.

(f5.6, 1/500, iso 200, 400mm) This coyote just grabbed a mouse and ate it. I just missed the grab in between shots, oh if I had only caught him in the air jumping!!!

(f5.3, 1/250 iso 400, 260mm) Not many deer in Yellowstone, but we found this one. Hunter and I got 20 yards away from this curious buck.

Huntin Season Begins

Huntin Season is finally here, it is such an amzing time of year. With the leafs changing colors, temperatures dropping, and Elk bugling, this season is far to short, unless you ask my wife Michelle!


I guided Tyler on this Trophy Hunt and we had a ball. This bull has such an amazing front end. 170 yard shot with a rife.



I guided James on this sweet archery bull. Patience paid off at a water hole and we got some great footage of this bull coming into water with a whole harem of cow. 42 yard shot with a bow.

Tyler Guided Larry on this hunt, since I had tagged out I went along to video and got some great footage of this huge bull. Ben Peterson also helped assist. Packing this beast out at night was brutal!! 462 yard shot with a rifle.

Bloomington Idaho extravaganza

f/16, 1.3, ISO 200, 31MM, shot through a 2 stop curcular polarizer. Bloomington river.

f/5, 1/1250, ISO 200, 340mm. This dog got away from it's owner and was never seen again, at least by us.

f/20, 1/160, ISO 640, 180mm. Caught this little critter hanging out under a leaf.

f/20, 1/200, ISO 640, 180mm. More Macro fun in camp, the sack on this spiders haunch is full of babies, kind of creepy.

f/5, 1/1000, ISO 200, 340mm

Rodeo Season

Snagged this shot at the Ogden Rodeo. Michelle and Moe where nice enough to let Matt Draper and I leave and get down close to the arena. It was awesome!
f2.8, 1/400, ISO 1600, +.33 over exposed

Call's Fort Public night

f9, 1/1600, iso 200 - fun back lit shot

f2.8, 1/320, iso 200 Brian Mercer off the ski jump

f2.8, 1/60, iso 200 Call's Fort Ski Lake

f2.8, 1/50, iso 280 Dock @ Call's Fort

DOP and Polarizers

A bit of planning went into this picture. I experimented as I went and ended up with a few keepers.

Controlling Depth of Field can be hard but rewarding. Filters can be a hastle, but worth the extra effort.

I used a Polarizer and played with the DOP with these two shots. -0.67 f16 0.3 vs -0.67 f2.8 1/100

This is an example of without a Polarizing filter, and with a 2 stop curcular Polarizing Filter -0.67 f16 1/4 vs -0.67 f16 0.3

Here is an example of Extreme Depth of Field (DOF) f32 1/15 vs f3.5 1/1000

Wildlife

I may not have a large stock pile of wildlife pictures, but in the future I hope to get some great shots of my favorite animals. Here ara a few shots of what I do have.