What’s Gotta Stay

Serenity: repose – a disposition free from stress or emotion
This was the scene I enjoyed every night on my recent family vacation to San Clemente, CA. Pure relaxation.

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This last weekend I had the opportunity to return as a photographer for the “Big Blue Bash,” an annual event held by the Salt Lake Chapter of the Cougar Club. My good friend Kelly Branan invited me along last year to co-shoot, and we repeated shooting this event together. It’s always a pleasure hanging out [...]

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Having just completed a 12 hour drive and arriving on the beach with camera in hand, I was like a kid unleashed on a candy store with too many choices. I took a lot of “snapshots” but it was fun getting out and shooting for fun, which I haven’t really done in awhile. I grew [...]

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This last week I had a wonderfully relaxing time on vacation with my wife’s family, including all their wonderful little kids. We had a beautiful house on a bluff overlooking San Clemente beach. We were fortunate to be all in one house as though the location made a wonderful place to visit, the real point [...]

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There’s no restraining my lab when he gets near water. He has to get in there.

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Last night I had a few neighbors come out to a nearby field for some portrait practice & instruction on camera usage. It started as mom wanting just a few photos of her camera avoiding son, but I figured I would invite a few others to come along for practice and instruction as we played [...]

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This last weekend I had the opportunity to make portraits of the wonderful Rapoza kids. Lately I have been doing many photo sessions in the American Fork Canyon with the beautiful trees & mountain scenes. We used a couple of locations and took a number of shots with all the kids and of course singles [...]

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This little one had just barely joined this world, having hatched barely before my being there. Huddled down in the rocks, I would have completely missed seeing this nest due to the perfect camoflague with the colors of the rocks. This little guy was obeying his insticts as well as mama telling him to hunker [...]

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The city I live in, Pleasant Grove, Utah, has an annual week long celebration called Strawberry Days. It is a good old fashioned, small town agrarian festival full of family activities from baby contests to a PRCA rodeo. Downtown is transformed to a carnival that the kids enjoy hitting each year, full of booths, heart [...]

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This last weekend I had a great time in sunny Phoenix, Arizona with the responsibility of photographing a wonderful wedding. I have a ton of photos to work through, pick the best and do the processing to make them look as good as possible. I figured I’d share a couple of photos for a “sneak [...]

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