Look, I'm alive

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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