Thanksgiving Point Tulips

These are the tulips down at Thanksgiving Point during their annual Tulip Festival.  I was hoping to get some more shots, but the "bloom-o-meter" said only 28% of the bulbs had blossomed when I was there.  I like the second one a lot.  The wind was blowing, and I loved how these three tulips were bending together.  I think it's so visually interesting.

Antelope Island Sunsets

Antelope Island is such a great place for sunset pictures. It's like a mock beach here in Utah since I can't be in San Diego all the time, where I'd really like to be! Thanks again for all of your kind comments. I'm happy to know other people are enjoying my photos besides myself!

Seaport Village

My company sent me to a conference in Sunny San Diego back in February, a week before my wife's due date mind you, where I was able to capture these shots.  They put us up in the Marriott, which is right next to a really neat place called Seaport Village.  It's right on the harbor, and there's a bunch of what looks like old beach houses that are now shops.  I didn't have a lot of free time, but what free time I had I spent in Seaport Village taking pictures. 

Antelope Island Hot Air Balloon Festival

I went to the Hot Air Balloon Festival out at Antelope Island back in the early Fall and these are a few of my favorites from that event.  This Hot Air Balloon Festival was like Sundance for Photographers.  It was hard to get a shot without another camera in it.  It was great though.  Great light, good weather, and willing subjects, including the buffalo!

Salt Lake Temple

Here are two non-traditional pictures of the Salt Lake Temple.  The first abstract one is the reflection of the temple in the reflection pool (imagine that).

Out of Categories

So I've run out of ideas for groups of pictures to clump together.  Maybe more will come later.  But for now I think I'll post only one or two pictures at once and take a little more time to tell the story behind the pictures.

Thank you for your comments, and especially your compliments.  It means a lot coming from my friends and family whom I love and respect.  I know it's kind of a shot in the dark, but if you ever see a picture you think you would like a print of, let me know, I'd be happy to send you the file.  I believe art really should be shared more.  Of course, if I ever make money off of my photography, my view on that might change :0

My Favorite Wedding Shot

I'm no professional, and I haven't shot many weddings, but this is definitely my favorite that I have captured while shooting the few weddings that I have.  I know it's not one the bride and groom would choose to hang above their mantle because you can hardly tell that they are there, but I like it for the story it tells.  I shot this at my brother's wedding in Oregon.  He was married in an old Mennanite church.  This was the first time he had seen his bride in her dress, and everyone cleared the room to let them have a private moment, except for me of course.  I snuck up on the balcony, snapped on a fisheye lens, and was lucky enough to get the shot.  Sometimes I feel like the pictures I shoot are more like a gift to me.  On rare occassions, I get to share in intimate moments and capture true emotion in faces and moments in time that might never repeat themselves, and that is truly a gift.