Proline Imagery

Simply Mac Racing

2011-10-17T16:47:00.001-07:00

I am a member of the Simply Mac Race Team, and we recently took some tome to try and nail some quality cycling shots. Joel Rackham, Austin Scott, and Katie Scott were the stars of the shoot. ENVY Composites is one of our sponsers, so we tried to shoot some action shots of their wheels, kind of cool.

D700, 1/250 sec, f/10, ISO 200, 14mm

D700, 1/250 Sec, f/10, ISO 200, 14mm

D700, 1/250 Sec, f/10, ISO 200, 14mm

D700, 1/1600 Sec, f/3.2, ISO 200, 130mm

A few Bridal shots of Maggie

2011-06-05T13:08:00.000-07:00

I shot these a while ago, but forgot to get them posted, here are a few shots of some bridals I did for Maggie.

D700, 1/200 Sec, f/3.5, ISO 250, 130mm

D700, 1/1250 Sec, f/1.8, ISO 200, 50mm

D700, 1/400 Sec, f/2.8, ISO 160, 116mm

D700, 1/400 sec, f/3.2, ISO 200, 26mm

D700, 1/250 sec, f/4, ISO 320, 14mm

D700, 1/200 sec, f/4, ISO 320, 110mm

Sleddin Faves

2011-04-19T16:27:00.000-07:00

Figured I should post some of my favorite sleddin pics before all the snow melts. The first 3 shots were taken on the annual Polaris Photo shoot for the model year 2012 sleds. While the big dogs were performing, I was able to bring my camera and take advantage of the talent at hand. Todd Williams was kind enough to allow me to shoot along side of him, It's always a treat to learn from such a master.
The last two pics, are from the 2011 Jackson Hole Hill Climb. With my injured shoulder, I may be done riding for the year.......we shall see.

D700, 1/1000 sec, f/13, ISO 200, 60mm
Randy Sherman on 2012 Assault

D700, 1/400 sec, f/11, ISO 200, 66mm
Randy Sherman on 2012 Assault

D700, 1/500 sec, f/16, ISO 200 40mm
Randy Sherman on 2012 Assault

D700, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, ISO 200, 120mm
Keith Curtis at 2011 Jackson Hole Hill Climb

D700, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, ISO 200, 340mm
Cole Willford at 2011 Jackson Hole Hill Climb

Canyonlands 2011

2011-04-15T08:53:00.000-07:00

Had a nice escape from the snow last weekend when we took the kids down to Southern Utah, it was still a little cold, and we had to endure some wind, but at least it was dry. Here are a few pics.

D700, 1/160 sec., f/11, ISO 200, 19mm

D700, 1/200 sec., f/13, ISO 200, 24mm

D700, 1/200 sec., f/13, ISO 200, 16mm

D700, 1/160 sec., f/13, ISO 200, 14mm

D700, 1/200 sec., f/8, ISO 200, 14mm

D700, 1/160 sec., f/14, ISO 200, 14mm

D700, 1/160 sec., f/13, ISO 200, 14mm

Jackson Hole Hill Climb 2011

2011-04-01T21:32:00.000-07:00

Last week end I was able to attend the 2011 World Championship Hill Climb Race in Jackson Hole Wyoming. Todd Williams, who is a phenomenal photographer based out of New York, helped me get a media pass so I could shoot the race with him. It was an awesome experience to say the least. We got assignments from Polaris, HMK, Holz, & OSM magazine, to shoot specific riders. Since the event, the Montana Tibune has used some of my images. Boondockers and some sponsered Ski-Doo racers have expressed interest to Todd about using some of our stuff. Kind of cool!! Here are a few of my favorites.

Even though it's an Arctic Cat, this is one of my favorites.
Kyle Tapio, on a model year 2012 Arctic Cat HCR Race sled.
D700, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, ISO 200, 340mm

Keith Curtis won King in 2 classes and won King of Kings to take top honors at the event.
I rode with Keith on on the Polaris photo shoot this year, he is not only an amazing rider, but a super nice guy.
D700, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, ISO 200, 145mm

Another shot of Keith attacking the hill
D700, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, ISO 200, 70mm

Erin Beukelman, another Polaris rider, has a long list of sponsors including Holz.
D700, 1/400 sec, f/10, ISO 200 95mm

Vinnie Clark is also sponsored by Holz, and did very well this weekend.
D700, 1/500 sec, f/11, ISO 200 200mm

Vacation Withdrawals

2011-03-14T10:38:00.001-07:00

Here are a few more shots of our cruise.

D700, 1/160 Sec, f/1.4, ISO 1000, 50mm
This is a shop on the Boat

D700, 1/80 Sec, f/2.8, ISO 1000, 50mm
Pretty cool Architecture on the boat

D700, 1/60 Sec, f/2.8, ISO 1000, 24mm
Kind of random, but this car was parked in the middle of the boardwalk

D700, 1/160 Sec, f/2.8, ISO 1250, 14mm
another car angle

D700, 1/200 Sec, f/10, ISO 200, 70mm
McKay and the classic sunglass reflection shot

D700, 1/125 Sec, f/2.8, ISO 400, 14mm
The whole middle part of the boat was open on every level, this level was called the Boardwalk, it was way cool.

Eastern Caribbean Cruise

2011-03-03T23:00:00.000-08:00

Michelle and I recently took a voyage on a big boat called the Allure. Not sure where they got the name, but it was quite the ship. The boat was held together by over 1,400 miles of welds, that right 1,400 miles of welded metal, that's a boat load of welds! Here are a few seascape shots from our explorations.

D700, 1/250 Sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm
Neet beach on St. Martin

D700, 1/400 sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm
This is as close as I got to a sunset shot

D700, 1/100 sec, f/18, ISO 200, 14mm
friendly little lizard, got good GoPro video of him too. Our ocean vessel is the one on the right.

D700, 1/160 sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm
Marina on St. Martin

D700, 1/200 sec, f/10, ISO 200, 24mm
Trunk Bay on St. John

D700, 1/200 sec, f/14, ISO 200, 24mm
Cool overlook on St. John

D700, 1/250 sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm
St. Martin beach

D700, 1/250 sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm
A short walk from the ship landed us here

D700, 1/250 sec, f/13, ISO 200, 24mm
Here is our ship

D700, 1/2500 sec, f/3.2, ISO 200, 27mm
How could I not throw in one last shot of my little buddy

Another Uintah Photo Opportunity

2011-02-12T23:54:00.000-08:00

On Friday a small group of us set out to get some Great GoPro shots, and some Stellar Stills up in the Uintahs. It was beautiful weather and even though we didn't cover a ton of ground, we had a ball, playing with our cameras. Good thing Brant stepped up to the plate. We all wanted to be taking photos, instead of the other way around, it was pretty funny. Matt hucked some knarly stuff too, it's amazing what dudes will pull for a quick photo. Enjoy.

Matt sends it off a big jump.
D700, 1/400 sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm

Brant with some attitude
D700, 1/400 sec, f/16, ISO 320, 14mm

Brant Drops a cornus
D700, 1/400 sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm

Big air Brant strikes again
D700, 1/400 sec, f/16, ISO 250, 14mm

Brant with another all air shot
D700, 1/400 sec, f/16, ISO 200, 16mm

These are some outakes from the same ride

2011-02-05T14:36:00.000-08:00

Tried some different processes on some different shots from our ride on Thursday.

D700, 1/320 sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm
Steve sends if off the cornus again.

D700, 1/320 sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm
Steve in his element

D700, 1/320 sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm
How can ya not like Derek

D700, 1/320 sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm
Steve launches his Polaris

Uintah Sled shoot

2011-02-03T23:31:00.000-08:00

Me and a few of the boys went for a nice rip up in the Uintahs today. Hard to beat blue skies and a break from work.

Kody steps up and sends it off a cornus.
D700, 1/320 sec., f/16, ISO 200 15mm

Derek want in on the action and drops too.
D700, 1/320 sec., f/16, ISO 200, 14mm

Derek just can't get enough.
D700, 1/320 sec., f/16, ISO 200, 15mm

Steve put on quite the show.
D700, 1/320 sec., f/16, ISO 200, 14mm

Steve at showtime
D700, 1/320 sec., f/16, ISO 200, 14mm

Disney World Fireworks

2011-01-30T15:21:00.000-08:00

For Christmas last year, we surprised our kids with trip to Disney World. We experienced record cold temps the week we were there, but that didn't slow us down at all. We still stayed out for the fire works each night.

D300s, 1/30 sec, f/4.0, ISO 2000, 18mm

D300s, 1/40 sec, f/3.5, ISO 2000, 18mm

D300s, 1/40 sec, f/3.5, ISO 2000, 18mm

D300s, 1/40 sec, f3.5, ISO 2000, 18mm

Road side elk

2011-01-22T09:16:00.000-08:00

On my way home from Jackson Hole Wyoming the other day, I noticed this herd of elk trotting along side the highway. So I pulled ahead of them, Jumped out, set up my camera, and fired away. It was snowing quite hard but it kind of added something cool to the photos.

D300s, 1/640 sec, f/4.8, ISO 200, 340mm

D300s, 1/1250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 320, 340mm (Cropped)

D300s, 1/1250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 320, 340mm

2010 Hunts

2011-01-20T13:41:00.000-08:00

Here are a few shots from my 2010 Huntin excursions.

Guided Lynn in Southern Utah

Guided Robert in Northern Utah

Guided Dan In Northern Utah

Guided Dan in Northern Utah

Guided Clayton in Northern Utah

Spotted this bull for Tyler and his hunter Ron

Spotted this deer for Josh and his hunter Pete

Spotted this deer for Rick P. and his hunter

Look, I'm alive

2011-01-14T21:15:00.001-08:00

It has been over half a year since I have posted anything on this blog. In the last couple of weeks, I have been able to spend a lot of time up in the hills snowmobiling. Here are a few of the photos of the scenic views in the areas we have been riding. I can't post any of the shots of the new 2012 snowmobiles for a couple of months, but when I can, I'll be posting some of my favorite snowmobile shots that I have ever shot.

F/18, 1/200 sec, ISO 200, 14mm

F/18, 1/200 sec, ISO 200, 14mm

F/11, 1/400 sec, ISO 200, 70mm

F/10, 1/500 sec, ISO 200, 14mm

F/11, 1/400 sec, ISO 200, 20mm

F/16, 1/200 sec, ISO 200, 70mm

F/18, 1/200 sec, ISO 200, 14mm

F/16, 1/200 sec, ISO 200, 82mm

Memorial Day @ Temple Mountain

2010-06-22T21:12:00.000-07:00

I know it has a been a while back, but I forgot to post the rest of the pictures from our trip to Southern Utah Near Temple Mountain. Dabbled around a bit with some nighttime photography and long exposure stuff, kind of fun. Enjoy.

D700, 0.8 sec, f/18, ISO 200, 32mm

D700, 1/40 sec, f/20, ISO 200, 24mm
Same location as shot above, just in the morning instead of evening.

D700, 1/125 sec, f/18, ISO 200, 14mm

D700, 58 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400, 14mm

D700, 14 sec, f/2.8, ISO 400, 14mm

D700, 17min. 42sec., f/4, ISO 200, 14mm

D700, 3 sec, f/22, ISO 200, 32mm

D700, 1 sec, f/18, ISO 200, 40mm

D700, 0.6 sec, f/20, ISO 200, 24mm

D700, 1/30 sec, f/18, ISO 200, 16mm

Strottner Engagement pics round 2

2010-06-14T09:18:00.001-07:00

It was sill raining on round 2, but I think we still got some keepers. Our first location attempt was at Lagoon, but with the recent hurricane, it looked like a war zone, so we went to the Garden Park Ward in Salt Lake City.

D700, 1/160 sec, f/2.8, ISO 320, 70mm

D700, 1/250 sec, f/2.8, ISO 320, 116mm

D700, 1/200 sec, f/2.8, ISO 320, 56mm

D700, 1/500 sec, f/2.8, ISO 800, 160mm

Strottner Engagement pics

2010-06-11T23:13:00.000-07:00

Despite the gloomy skies and over the abundance of rain falling from the heavy cloud cover, this photo shoot turned out great. It never stopped raining the whole time we where there. We took these shots at Wheeler Farms. Ashley and Zac had a good attitude and we where able to get a good variety of shots. Enjoy.

D700, 1/250 sec, f/2.8, ISO 500, 60mm

D700, 1/640 sec, f/2.8, ISO 500, 44mm

D700, 1/100 sec, f2.8, ISO 200, 70mm

D700, 1/80 sec, f2.8, ISO 200, 70mm, fill flash

D700, 1/60 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200, 32mm, fill flash

D700, 1/80 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200, 70mm, fill flash

Temple Mountain HDR

2010-06-01T16:41:00.001-07:00

Here are a few HDR shots of our Memorial Day trip to Temple Mountain.

D700, 9 frame HDR shot, f/18, ISO 200, Photomatix

D700, 5 frame HDR shot, f/22, ISO 200, Photomatix

D700, 7 frame HDR shot, f/20, ISO 200, Photomatix

D700, 9 frame HDR shot, f/20, ISO 200, Photomatix

D700, 9 frame HDR shot, f/18, ISO 200, Photomatix

More Bike Armor

2010-05-22T22:09:00.001-07:00

These are the results from the second round of Bike Armor pics. These are promotional shots of a road bike for Bike Armor. I really think the red helps the product logo pop.

D700, f/9, 1/200 sec, ISO 200, 35mm, 3 hot shoe flash heads

D700, f/4, 1/160 sec, ISO 200, 82mm, 3 hot shoe flash heads

D700, f/9, 1/250 sec, ISO 200, 200mm, 3 hot shoe flash heads

D700, f/11, 1/160 sec, ISO 200, 90mm, 3 hot shoe flash heads

D700, f/9, 1/200 sec, ISO 200, 24mm, 3 hot shoe flash heads

Sage turned 8!

2010-05-19T09:54:00.000-07:00

Sage turned 8 years old and is ready to be baptized. Sage and Michelle picked out the perfect white dress for this special day, and here are some shots of Sage modeling it at Layton Park.

D700, f/3.5, 1/500 sec, ISO 200, 62mm, Silver reflector

D700, f/2.8, 1/640 sec, ISO 200, 200mm

D700, f/3.5, 1/640 sec, ISO 200, 105mm

D700, f/2.8, 1/500 sec, ISO 200, 200mm, Silver reflector

D700, f/2.8, 1/500 sec, ISO 200, 135mm, Silver reflector

D700, f/2.8, 1/800 sec, ISO 200, 86mm, Silver reflector

D700, f/2.8, 1/2500 sec, ISO 200, 120mm, Silver reflector

D700, f/2.8, 1/1250 sec, ISO 200, 170mm, fill flash

BIke Armor

2010-05-12T10:16:00.000-07:00

Took a shot at some product photography for a product called Bike Armor. It's fun yet challenging because the product is made to appear invisible. I tried to isolate the various parts of the bike, where the Bike Armor is applied, by centralizing the focus by blurring the the outer rim and adding a vignette. If was fun bouncing light every where in the white room that I used. It worked well to get as many reflections as I could. I used 2 SB-800 and 1 SB-900. The first SB-800 I blasted on the back wall to help with the white back drop and elimanate any shadows form the other lights. The second SB-800 I bounced off the closest wall, and the third light, my SB-900 I shot trough a collapsable diffusion reflector, (because I'm to cheap for a soft box). I moved this light around to light up the specific parts of the bike I wanted to feature. I used my cameras wireless feature to control the out puts of the 2 different groups of lights. Maybe it all worked, maybe it didn't, but it was kind of fun.

D700, f/7.1, 1/160 sec., 38mm, ISO 200, 3 strobes

D700, f/4, 1/125 sec., 95mm, ISO 200, 3 strobes

D700, f/2.8, 1/250 sec., 116mm, ISO 200, 3 strobes

Finally Spring

2010-05-03T19:22:00.000-07:00

Though it keeps raining and snowing, I think spring is finally here. Had some time on Sunday to do some shooting, shot some tulips and some kids....That sounds bad, but you know what I mean. Some of these shots, where shot inverted. By that, I mean I hung my camera upside down off the underneath side of my tripod to get a different more interesting angle.

D700, 1/80 sec, f/22, ISO 320, 14mm

D700, 1/15 sec, f18, ISO 200, 24mm

D700, 1/10 sec, f/20, ISO 320, 15mm

D700, 1/40 sec, f/22, ISO 320, 14mm

D300s, 1/800 sec, f/3, ISO 200, 105mm

D300s, 1/320 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200, 105mm

Fairview

2010-04-28T16:52:00.000-07:00

Took a while to post these shots, a couple of weeks ago I had some friends from Minnesota come out to go Snowmobiling. We had a ball. I met Dan Skallet years ago on the Annual Polaris Photo shoots. Dan and his buddy Justin Klett come out once a year to play in the mountains of Utah.
I actually attempted to go riding up American Fork on Tuesday, but when we got to the parking lot, there was not enough snow to go for a ride, so I turned around and drove home, after a quick stop @ Cabelas. Zeb and Andrew drove around to the Heber side so they could see if there was enough snow to ride on over there.
These shots are from a couple weeks ago.

D700, f/16, 1/400 sec, ISO 200, 14mm
Justin airs it out on the 09 Dragon

D700, f/16, 1/400 sec, ISO 200, 14mm
Dan tries his best on the rental Arctic Cat, what it lacked in power was made up for with Dan over abundance of skill.

D700, f/16, 1/400 sec, ISO 200, 14mm
Justin Klett hit's it again.

D700, f/16, 1/400 sec ISO 400, 20mm
Justin big air Klett on my loaner sled.

D700, f/16, 1/400 sec ISO 200, 14mm
Justin with some serious hang time.

Bryce Canyon

2010-04-14T22:11:00.000-07:00

After 2 days in Zions the kids where pretty wore out, so we headed to Bryce Canyon to check out the sights. It was pretty spectacular to say the least, I can't believe I had never been there before, it was awesome!

D700, 1/250 sec, f/16, 14mm, ISO 200

D700, 1/160 sec, f/18, 14mm, ISO 200

D700, 1/400 sec, f/13, 19mm, ISO 200

D700, 1/320 sec, f/14, 14mm, ISO 200

D700, 1/160 sec, f/20, 24mm, ISO 200

Zions National Park

2010-04-12T23:58:00.000-07:00

We spent Spring Break in Zions with the Family this year. The kids did amazing, we did a lot of hiking and exploring. Neither Michelle nor I had ever been to Zions before, so we took our kids down there for their Spring Break. Here are a few of my favorite shots.

Emerald pools hike
D700, 1/125 sec, f/16, 14mm, ISO 200

D700, 1/125 sec, f/16, 14mm, ISO 200

Slot canyons and tunnels are common in Zions
D700, 1/40 sec, f/2.8, 24mm, ISO 1600

Here are some hieroglyphics we found near the road on hike we did.
D700, 1/60 sec, f/4, 32mm, ISO 200

I"m kind of a sucker for a cool reflection shot, here is a creative shot of Matt Drapers new truck.
D700, 1/100 sec, f/16, 14mm, ISO 200

We found this bird nest on the side wall of slot canyon on our last hike in Zions.
D700, 1/40 sec, f/2.8, 38mm, ISO 200

Jackson Hole Hill Climb

2010-03-29T12:50:00.000-07:00

Jackson Hole hosts the World Championship Snowmobile Hillclimb every year. Matt, Derek, Brant, and I took a road trip and attended the event. On Friday we attempted to go riding up in the Greys Rivers area but the weather did not cooperate. It was snowing and it had been a while since they had received any new snow, therefore what snow we found was hard. We still had fun in the trees though but ended up cutting the ride short to spend more time up at the Races in Jackson that afternoon. On Saturday we spent the whole day on the hill, it was awesome!!

Russ Tapio of Battle Ground Washington got bucked off here, but was able to hop back on and continue up the hill.
D700, f/6.3, 1/640 sec, 165mm, ISO 200

Cole Willford of Fruita Colorado
D700, f/6.3, 1/1250 sec, 340mm, ISO 200

Carson Ellingford of Evanston Wyoming
D700, f/4.8, 1/800 sec, 185mm, ISO 200

Nick and Mike Zollinger from Logan both share this sled, not sure who is featured here.
D700, f/5.6, 1/800 sec, 200mm, ISO 200

Ryan and Darin Gould from Teton City Idaho both share this sled, not sure who is featured here.
D700, f/4.5, 1/2000 sec, 200mm, ISO 200

The dudes from Octane Addictions put on quite the show, Heath Frisby was stellar.
D700, f/4.8, 1/800 sec, 300mm, ISO 2000

D700, f/2.8, 1/500 sec, 200mm, ISO 3200

Sleddin @ Tony's

2010-03-13T11:36:00.000-08:00

Me and the boys have had some extremely cloudy rides this year. It was nice to finally enjoy some good old fashion sunny weather for a change. As usual Brian put on quite the show. Brad and Jeremy actually stepped it up too. We started out with 13 sleds, within the hour 2 bugged out due to equipment failure, later we hooked up with Zeb and his posse as well as the Petersons and their gang. It seemed like we knew every person on the hill that day, it was pretty funny. Small world.

Here is Brad catching some sweet air! I'm not sure why, but I like all the snow in between him and the camera.
D700, f/18, 1/400 sec, ISO 200, 14mm

The technology on the top of his helmet is actually a sophisticated helmet cam. We are all looking forward to see what he got.
D700, f/14, 1/400 sec, ISO 200, 22mm

Brian found a sweet jump and had a ball hitting it , until the craters in his landing area became to big. Ouch
D700, f/14, 1/400 sec, ISO 200, 22mm

D700, f/18, 1/400 sec, ISO 200, 14mm

D700, f/18, 1/400 sec, ISO 200, 24mm

D700, f/18, 1/400 sec, ISO 200, 14mm

Mo Black & White

2010-03-10T21:35:00.001-08:00

Not sure what inspired the recent yearning to turn everything into a black and white photo, but it's kind of cool. I have been surprised which ones I think have worked and what ones have failed. I like B&W because it accentuates the shapes in the image, which would other wise be lost in color, or at least over looked.

G10, f/4, 1/160 sec, ISO 80, 6.1mm

D700, f/18, 0.4 sec, ISO 200, 240mm

Black & White Kauai

2010-03-09T23:08:00.000-08:00

I just can't get enough of Kauai, someday I'll move on, but not yet!! Michelle went to bed early tonight so I decided to try my hand at some black and white conversions. All these shots were done in Lightroom, using the greyscale conversion tool.

D700, f/18, 5 sec, ISO 200, 18mm

D700, f/20, 1 sec, ISO 200, 35mm

D700, f/20, 5 sec, ISO 200, 14mm

D700, f/18, 1/60 sec, ISO 200, 14mm

D700, f/14, 40 sec, ISO 200, 14mm

Spooky Snowmobile ride

2010-02-28T15:48:00.000-08:00

Had a little scare on Friday when we went for a part day snowmobile ride up Bountiful. At the beginning of our ride we dropped into the head of Heartscrabble and to make a long story short I was caught in an avalanche as I was re-entering the bowl. When the slab broke loose all around me, I was not able to maneuver at all, and was rushed straight down hill into a band of dense pine trees. Looking ahead of the slide, I was not able to see a line threw the trees, it was not a good feeling. I was able to beat the moving snow to the tree line and then bailed off my sled, and scrambled to the lee side of a large tree. Thank goodness my friends were watching and were there in seconds. I was pretty shook up, but, it was a good reminder for all of those present that we need to be more careful. Needless to say I was very content with just taking pictures the rest of day. Luckily my sled sustained only minor injuries and my emotional damage should heal in time. Here are some pics from the days events.

D700, f/14, 1/400 sec, ISO 200, 18mm

D700, f/14, 1/400 sec, ISO 200, 18mm

D700, f/16, 1/320 sec, ISO 200, 14mm

This is where my sled stopped, right at the leading edge of the slide.

This is a look from where the slide came from

This is a shot from the adjacent slope, of the slide.

Kauai, Seascapes

2010-02-24T19:52:00.000-08:00

I got up every morning at 5:30 or 6:00 to enjoy the sunrise, at was absolutely amazing!!

D700, f/22, 1.6 sec, ISO 100, 31mm
This is probably one of favorite shots of the trip, this was shot threw a 8 stop neutral density filter, 2 stop circular polarizer, and a 2 stop split neutral density filter to block out the sky. Very little if anything was done in post.

D700, f/13, 48 sec, ISO 200, 14mm
It was pretty much dark during this exposure, no post lightening at all, but it took 48 sec during the exposure.

D700, f/20, 0.6 sec, ISO 200, 35mm
To slow the shutter down enough to blur out the water, I again had to shoot through my 8 stop filter, 2 stop polarizer, and 2 stop split filter. This is one reason mornings and evenings are so wonderful.

D700, f/20, 6 sec, ISO 200, 14mm

D700, f/18, 0.4 sec, ISO 200, 24mm

D700, f/22, 1/80 sec, ISO 200, 14mm

D700, f/18, 1/200 sec, ISO 200, 70mm

D700, f/20, 0.6 sec, ISO 400, 18mm

D700, f/20, 2 sec, ISO 200, 14mm

D700, f/18, 30 sec, ISO 200, 14mm

D700, f/18, 1/125 sec, ISO 200, 14mm
This was the first time I really wished I had a wider angle lens, I don't like the crop with the horizon in the middle, but I couldn't bring my self so crop out the sky or the see. Thus the last photo in the post.

Kauai, Sunsets

2010-02-23T23:31:00.000-08:00

We were usually very busy in the late afternoons and evenings but we still found time to enjoy a couple of cool sunsets. Michelle was even kind enough to allow me to photograph a few sunsets while she was getting ready, it worked out great.

D700, f/7.1, 40 sec, ISO 250, 21mm
This shot was taken pretty much after dark

D700, f/13, 30 sec, ISO 200, 24mm

D700, f/16, 1/15, ISO 200, 14mm

D700, f/2.8, 3 sec, ISO 200, 16mm
Grand Hyatt

Kauai, Whales

2010-02-23T00:31:00.000-08:00

I had no idea Kauai was going to be so awesome, I took just over 2,800 photos during our vacation. One of the things I was most excited about, was the new underwater housing I got for our Canon G10. It proved to be well worth the money. Catching a photo of a whale in action, while being thrown around by the sea is no easy feet, especially if you want that photo to be in focus! It was a lot harder than I thought.

D700, f/7.1, 1/500 sec, ISO 200, 270mm
This was a male whale attempting to get the attention of nearby female.

D700, f/7.1, 1/800 sec, ISO 200, 270mm
Here a calf partially breaches just after her mother, to bad I missed the mom, she came right out of the water!

G10, f/2.8, 1/60 sec, ISO 80, 6.1mm
It may not look like much, but this is the mother and calf that swam right under our boat. By the time I swithed cameras, and pushed my little G10 under the water for some luck shots, we had drifted farther away. According to my camera, this whale was 70 yards away. I had no idea what to do, I just pointed it in the general direction, and hoped for the best.

Cool or Creepy

2010-02-01T07:52:00.000-08:00

I had this great idea, but i'm not sure if it flopped or not. I had visions of it being so cool, but I'm doubting the outcome. I originally made this banner for our family blog, but i'm not sure it is cool enough? Maybe it's the text, maybe it's the layout, i don't know. but I spent so much time creating it, I wanted to post it somewhere. It was fun taking pictures of the kids, they really got into it. It was pretty easy, one off camera strobe hard left of subject triggered wirelessly from camera flash. Anyhow cool or creepy, you decide.

Farmington Bay

2010-01-28T19:28:00.000-08:00

I surprised Hunter today and took him out to see some Bald Eagles, He had a riot! He used my spotting scope while I took some photos. Somehow I need to figure out how to get a real long lens. Hunter would get so excited every time he spotted an eagle, he was even doing an awesome job of panning the spotting scope all by himself and making some impressive finds. Here are some shots we got today.

Birding

2010-01-26T20:06:00.001-08:00

Went out to Farmington Bay this afternoon with Troy Parkin. We saw a ton of bald eagles, but they were so far away. Got this shot right off the side of the road. Overcast light made it hard at these distances but these shots turned out good enough to share.

I had no idea this bald eagle had a fish in it's claws, till I zoomed way in on my monitor. This shot is way cropped in, this the lack in image quality.

Januaary 25, Snakecreek

2010-01-25T20:49:00.000-08:00

Had a very interesting ride today, my sled was not running up to par, but we finally had some killer deep snow. Unfortunately we spent more time than usual on the roads, the moguls turned out to be more like small hills and valleys. We had a fun large group today, 14 sled total. We only had one minor casualty, a broken shock, but no lame ducks. We all got our cardio in for the day, that's for sure. My back may never be the same. No extreme shots today, this shot is very ironic, the only groomed trail we saw, was just out of bounds on the Snowbird ski resort. We were not allowed to cross the border.

The Little Man

2010-01-24T07:50:00.001-08:00

The little man has been climbing up on everything, he thinks it's so funny. It's scary when he climbs up the gate blocking the stairs and knocks it over. It's pretty much a 50/50 if he goes backwards onto the floor, or forward and goes for a ride down the stairs. Poor kid! He sure is growing fast!!

Winter Scape Panoramas

2010-01-18T15:46:00.000-08:00

Inspired by Matt Draper, here are a few panorama images. 5-6 Images were stitched together in Photoshop, Lightroom was used for color correction, sharpening, and vignetting. I took these shots while helping with the MY11 Polaris Assault Camp extravaganza on Jan 14-16. We need way more snow, but there is never a lack of sweet pictures to be had in the high country.

Here is a view of Timp from the East.

Valley Fog can be very cool, if you are not in it.

MY11 Polaris shoot

2010-01-11T11:53:00.000-08:00

Lots of cool pictures and video to be had in the back country. It has been a while since I have had the opportunity to pull out the camera in the mountains. Can't wait till we get more snow.

Here are some cool trees.

D700, 1/1250 sec @ f/16 ISO 640

This Mega Camera was used on the Polaris shoot.

This remote controlled chopper is a really expensive video camera. It is piloted by two fellers. the first one flies the chopper, while the second one controls the tail of the chopper and the video camera. It was quite impressive to watch it in action, I can't wait to see the footage this Hilo captured.

Here the assistant get the Hilo ready for action. This is extreme RC at it's best.

Temple square @ Christmas

2009-12-21T22:44:00.000-08:00

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

2009-11-12T07:47:00.000-08:00

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

2009-10-30T16:04:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-27T13:08:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-23T21:36:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-10T13:50:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-29T00:23:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-18T07:58:00.000-07:00

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

2009-08-10T12:44:00.000-07:00

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

2009-07-28T22:34:00.000-07:00

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

2009-07-18T22:39:00.000-07:00

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

2009-07-14T00:17:00.000-07:00

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

2009-07-07T20:29:00.000-07:00

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.