Every year as part of Provo’s Independence Day celebration there’s a hot air balloon launch. We usually try to get there around 6:30 a.m. when the balloons are starting to be filled. There are about 25 balloons and around 25,000 people there to watch. It’s all really busy but a lot of fun.

70 mm, 1/80 sec at f/8, ISO 800
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/100 sec at f/8, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Every year as part of Provo’s Independence Day celebration there’s a hot air balloon launch. We usually try to get there around 6:30 a.m. when the balloons are starting to be filled. There are about 25 balloons and around 25,000 people there to watch. It’s all really busy but a lot of fun.

70 mm, 1/80 sec at f/8, ISO 800
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/100 sec at f/8, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Last week our family took a walk along the Provo River Trail (the same trail I took the canoe photo) and this old fence with the private property sign caught my eye.

45 mm, 1/400 sec at f/4, ISO 100
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Last week our family took a walk along the Provo River Trail (the same trail I took the canoe photo) and this old fence with the private property sign caught my eye.

45 mm, 1/400 sec at f/4, ISO 100
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Since I finished all of my photography classes I’ve been terrible about going out and taking pictures. I’m going to try and be better about photographing, but I’m also going to be posting my more casual snapshots just to try and keep things on the blog a little fresher. So here’s the first of my snapshot posts:

Our youngest turned one year old recently. She loves to look at books and to be read to.

70 mm, 1/125 sec at f/4, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Since I finished all of my photography classes I’ve been terrible about going out and taking pictures. I’m going to try and be better about photographing, but I’m also going to be posting my more casual snapshots just to try and keep things on the blog a little fresher. So here’s the first of my snapshot posts:

Our youngest turned one year old recently. She loves to look at books and to be read to.

70 mm, 1/125 sec at f/4, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Back in December the Provo Tabernacle burned down. It is a beautiful, historic building in the center of our town. The day after the fire consumed most of the interior of the Tabernacle, I walked around shot a few photos. Even the weather seemed to fit the somber mood.

70 mm, 1/160 sec at f/8, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/160 sec at f/8, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

34 mm, 1/160 sec at f/8, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/100 sec at f/8, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

67 mm, 1/100 sec at f/8, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Back in December the Provo Tabernacle burned down. It is a beautiful, historic building in the center of our town. The day after the fire consumed most of the interior of the Tabernacle, I walked around shot a few photos. Even the weather seemed to fit the somber mood.

70 mm, 1/160 sec at f/8, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/160 sec at f/8, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

34 mm, 1/160 sec at f/8, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/100 sec at f/8, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

67 mm, 1/100 sec at f/8, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Here are some more shots from my Nostalgia photo project. I’m really happy with the two most recent ones, Lego and Barbies.

70 mm, 1/1000 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/3200 sec at f/3.2, ISO 200
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/40 sec at f/2.8, ISO 1600
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/60 sec at f/2.8, ISO 1600
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Here are some more shots from my Nostalgia photo project. I’m really happy with the two most recent ones, Lego and Barbies.

70 mm, 1/1000 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/3200 sec at f/3.2, ISO 200
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/40 sec at f/2.8, ISO 1600
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/60 sec at f/2.8, ISO 1600
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

For my Fine Art Photography class I had to come up with a project to work on throughout the semester. I chose to use the idea of nostalgia by sending out a multiple-choice survey of what people’s favorite childhood memories were. Once I got the results back I made photographs of the top choice in each of the categories. Here are some of the images from the series:

25 mm, 1/400 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

68 mm, 1/160 sec at f/8, ISO 100
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

38 mm, 1/100 sec at f/2.8, ISO 800
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

54 mm, 1/100 sec at f/2.8, ISO 1600
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

For my Fine Art Photography class I had to come up with a project to work on throughout the semester. I chose to use the idea of nostalgia by sending out a multiple-choice survey of what people’s favorite childhood memories were. Once I got the results back I made photographs of the top choice in each of the categories. Here are some of the images from the series:

25 mm, 1/400 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

68 mm, 1/160 sec at f/8, ISO 100
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

38 mm, 1/100 sec at f/2.8, ISO 800
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

54 mm, 1/100 sec at f/2.8, ISO 1600
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Back in August we were visiting family in Sacramento, CA. While we were there we made a day trip to San Francisco. Here are a couple of shots that I liked from the beach:

25 mm, 1/250 sec at f/8, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

28 mm, 1/200 sec at f/11, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Back in August we were visiting family in Sacramento, CA. While we were there we made a day trip to San Francisco. Here are a couple of shots that I liked from the beach:

25 mm, 1/250 sec at f/8, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

28 mm, 1/200 sec at f/11, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Here’s the second post from our Yellowstone trip. These photos are a bit more muted in their color pallet than the ones from yesterday’s post. Some because of how I chose to process them and others because that’s how they naturally appeared.
I may do one more post on Yellowstone. We’ll see…

70 mm, 1/6400 sec at f/4, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM

70 mm, 1/6400 sec at f/8, ISO 1600
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM

24 mm, 1/80 sec at f/11, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

24 mm, 1/100 sec at f/8, ISO 800
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

24 mm, 1/400 sec at f/11, ISO 200
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Here’s the second post from our Yellowstone trip. These photos are a bit more muted in their color pallet than the ones from yesterday’s post. Some because of how I chose to process them and others because that’s how they naturally appeared.
I may do one more post on Yellowstone. We’ll see…

70 mm, 1/6400 sec at f/4, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM

70 mm, 1/6400 sec at f/8, ISO 1600
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM

24 mm, 1/80 sec at f/11, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

24 mm, 1/100 sec at f/8, ISO 800
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

24 mm, 1/400 sec at f/11, ISO 200
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

We just got back from our fist trip to Yellowstone. Our good friends go every year and invited us to come along this time. We all had a lot of fun and some excitement too. At one point an elk tried to charge our kids and that same evening someone thought it would be cool to spray bear spray in the hotel we were staying at, so we all had to wait in the lobby while the paramedics aired out the building.
Yellowstone was beautiful and interesting with its colors, geysers, and wildlife. I took a ton of photos and decided to start by posting some of the ones that showed off the amazing colors we saw.

24 mm, 1/100 sec at f/11, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/400 sec at f/22, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM

24 mm, 1/320 sec at f/11, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

24 mm, 1/640 sec at f/11, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

We just got back from our fist trip to Yellowstone. Our good friends go every year and invited us to come along this time. We all had a lot of fun and some excitement too. At one point an elk tried to charge our kids and that same evening someone thought it would be cool to spray bear spray in the hotel we were staying at, so we all had to wait in the lobby while the paramedics aired out the building.
Yellowstone was beautiful and interesting with its colors, geysers, and wildlife. I took a ton of photos and decided to start by posting some of the ones that showed off the amazing colors we saw.

24 mm, 1/100 sec at f/11, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/400 sec at f/22, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM

24 mm, 1/320 sec at f/11, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

24 mm, 1/640 sec at f/11, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

The Provo River Parkway is close to our house but we’ve never checked it out. This past weekend we decided to take a family walk to explore some of the trail. We only covered about a mile but we enjoyed what we saw. There was a lot of beautiful trees and plants, and of course the river, but I always seem to be drawn to old junk, so even though there wasn’t a ton of that kind of stuff that’s what I tended to photograph. Here are some of our findings:

70 mm, 1/80 sec at f/5.6, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/50 sec at f/5.6, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

24 mm, 1/40 sec at f/11, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

24 mm, 1/500 sec at f/5.6, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/800 sec at f/2.8, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/1250 sec at f/2.8, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/1600 sec at f/2.8, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

The Provo River Parkway is close to our house but we’ve never checked it out. This past weekend we decided to take a family walk to explore some of the trail. We only covered about a mile but we enjoyed what we saw. There was a lot of beautiful trees and plants, and of course the river, but I always seem to be drawn to old junk, so even though there wasn’t a ton of that kind of stuff that’s what I tended to photograph. Here are some of our findings:

70 mm, 1/80 sec at f/5.6, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/50 sec at f/5.6, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

24 mm, 1/40 sec at f/11, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

24 mm, 1/500 sec at f/5.6, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/800 sec at f/2.8, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/1250 sec at f/2.8, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

70 mm, 1/1600 sec at f/2.8, ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM