Photography

Carly’s Senior Pictures

May 23, 2011
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One of my students asked me to take her senior pictures for her. I was extremely nervous because I take mostly pictures of plants and mountains, not really people. We took her pictures at Gardner Village in West Jordan. These are my top 9 favorite photos. (I only took about 350 or so.) This is [...]

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Images From the Road

May 13, 2011
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I recently drove from Riverton, Utah to Riverton, Wyoming for a job interview. Of course I had my iPhone on me and I snapped pictures from my car. Yes, I was driving, but hey, I was careful. The long road ahead. Sheep being herded on the road. I loved it! Baaaaa! Red Canyon I drove [...]

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The Number One Reason to Shoot on Manual

May 10, 2011
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You have the control. The number 2 reason: you are actually smarter than your camera. For example: My mother and I recently went to look at the hugest fish you will ever see in your whole life. Seriously. They were like 8 foot long Sturgeon. Anyways. I wanted to get a picture of my mom [...]

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Oregon Waterfalls

May 7, 2011
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While I was home for spring break a few weeks ago, we had one really good day where the sun was actually shining.  So, me and my mother went for a drive to the waterfalls that are on the Scenic Highway along the Columbia River Gorge.  Here are my best shots from the day. This [...]

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The dangers of cooking while taking photos

April 11, 2011
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I think that speaks for itself. But I must say that I’m glad I haven’t completely damaged my camera just yet. Two new, yummy cheesy and minty recipes to come this week. That doesn’t sound right. One is cheesy and the other minty!

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I feel a little famous!

April 9, 2011
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Recently a friend of mine emailed me to ask how to do a recipe I posted. I felt like a famous chef! Here is a pic she sent me of her husband.   He is making my Spicy Beef Enchiladas.  And they made them for a dinner party they were having – pretty brave to [...]

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April Snow

April 3, 2011
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I woke up bright and early this morning to snow outside.  It was 8 am and I couldn’t sleep any longer.  (That is what happens when you give up caffeine I guess).  When I saw that it had snowed, I was just so excited.  This whole winter I have wanted to take pictures of the [...]

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The Poetry of Fly Fisherman and a 10-2 Rhythm

November 1, 2010
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One of my favorite books and movies is A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean.  The writing is simple and beautiful.  His writing as a gentle poetic quality to it.  I just love it! While taking photo’s the other week in the canyon, I came across a fly fisherman.  I sat entranced by his [...]

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An Experiment in Capturing Water

October 20, 2010
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As I’m learning more and more about aperture and shutter speed and shooting on manual, I like to go out and experiment. One thing that I read about was capturing water. You could take a perfectly sharp photo of a creek like this. Or you could stretch out your exposure time by adjusting your shutter [...]

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Stealth Portraits

October 19, 2010
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I hardly ever take pictures of people.  One of the main reasons is that I don’t really have too many people around me who are screaming “take pictures of me please!”  Because of that, I shy away from taking pictures of people.  But the other day I read this great blog post about taking portrait [...]

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Aspen Trees

October 17, 2010
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Today, I’m just going to show you the Aspen Trees that I photographed on my little jaunt down the canyon on Friday.  At first I was a little upset that there were so many Aspen trees because they mostly turn a bright yellow when they turn.  But as I went on with the drive, I [...]

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A little preview

October 15, 2010
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Today I spent four blissful hours driving through Utah’s canyons and stopping whenever I wanted to so that I could admire the scenery or snap a picture (or 268). This was my favorite. It is SOOC (straight out of the camera) with no editing. I can’t wait to share with you over the next few [...]

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PW Assignment – Edit her photo

October 13, 2010
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The Pioneer Woman challenged her readers to edit a photo she took. This is her original photo: And here is my edit: All I did was crop the photo and boost the color, change the curve of color, adjusted the hot and cold areas. I didn’t do much. I tried to add a warm layer [...]

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Sunset at Antelope Island

September 19, 2010
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So, Teresa and I went to Antelope Island last Saturday to take some sunset shots. We had a few glitches in our plans. First, there weren’t any clouds, which made us sad. But the pictures turned out pretty okay. Second, we didn’t get up to the point where we wanted to shoot our shots in [...]

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The Great Salt Lake at Sunset

July 29, 2010
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My friend Holly took me to the Great Salt Lake late on Tuesday night. There is a great spot where you can park and walk out onto the lake and there is an old train car. We had these great plans to go out at sunset and take some beautiful shot of the light reflecting [...]

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5:30 AM, Haiku, Photos, and a Sunrise

June 28, 2010
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Last night I didn’t sleep.  No really.  I never fell asleep.  Finally around 4:30 I got up and started writing.  As I was writing, I noticed the sun coming up and my room getting lighter and lighter.  I thought I would go and watch the sun rise, while I wrote outside.  I wrote a whole [...]

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Sunset Thunderstorm

June 7, 2010
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Last night the Salt Lake Valley had a short burst of a thunderstorm.  As I looked out my window, I noticed this beautiful diffused golden light, as can only happen with the sunset and clouds.  I grabbed my camera and took some quick shots before my camera got too wet.  Here are the views.  I [...]

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The Path of the Pioneers

June 6, 2010
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Did you know that Casper, Wyoming is the breaking off point for all the pioneer trails?  Honestly, I didn’t either until I went there last week.  Christi and I went to the Pioneer Trails Interpretive Center in Casper and then on the way home we stopped at Independence Rock and Martin’s Cove.  I loved it! [...]

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CoffeeShop Actions in PSE

May 19, 2010

As promised . . . Here are some of the other actions in PSE that I got for free from CoffeeShop. Did I mention they are free? And completely beautiful. And amazing. And easy. And are slowly making me really like photoshop because someone else has done all the hard work for me. Here is [...]

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