Sage turned 8!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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