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

Spooky Snowmobile ride

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

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.