ACS Photography

Mt. Timpanogos snow covered

2011-02-02T20:37:00.000-08:00

Tons of snow covering Mt. Timpanogos. There was one shot I really wanted to snap on this outing but was unable to due to the lack of suitable snow boots to get to the right location. Maybe next time?

Clearing the Snow Storm

2011-02-02T20:22:00.000-08:00

Lots of snow falling in throughout the US right now. This shot was taken almost exactly a year ago and reminds me of what many may be facing now. Good luck with the snow removal.

California

2010-07-17T20:54:00.000-07:00

I miss living in CA. Great weather, great people, and the beach. Swam in the ocean for the first time tonight in what seems like forever. Will soon take the surf board out for a long overdue session. This shot, if I were to make a collage of what makes me think of California, would be included. Hopefully some surf shots to come soon.

Fishing Shots

2010-05-25T19:36:00.000-07:00

Went fishing a few days ago with my brother and his sons, these are a few shots of our catch. Daylight was fading fast so some of these were tricky.

Super Moto at Five Mile

2010-05-18T21:25:00.000-07:00

My brother has two motor bikes, and happens to be a very nice guy. We went riding together for a few hours Saturday. Perfect weather, perfect conditions. Of course had to take the camera.

Shanell Graduation/Senior Shots

2010-05-17T20:57:00.000-07:00

This was a fun shoot my sister helped me with the hair and rain control. If you could have seen her off camera, it was hilarious. Made it easy for Shanell to smile.

Supercross Salt Lake

2010-05-02T19:35:00.000-07:00

My brother won sweet tickets to Supercross in SLC yesterday. Snowed, hailed, and rained on us, I had no weather equipment so the camera stayed in my bag most the night. Here are some of the shots when I dared take the camera out.

Product shots - hair accessories.

2010-03-28T21:07:00.000-07:00

Took some shots for a hair accessory website. These are just a few.

Corcoran California Train stop

2010-03-28T20:43:00.000-07:00

A few months back I was touring the central valley in California and came across some interesting fixtures. The shot of the train below was scary. I was using a 12mm lens so I was much closer to the train that it looks and it was going fast. I realized too late that I was pinned against the fence. Rocks flew everywhere as it buzzed by.

Swing Time

2010-03-23T06:08:00.000-07:00

This is not the highest quality photo, the sharpest, clearest, or best composition that I have ever seen or taken, but as far as portraying pure 100% emotion, this hits the nail on the head. You can't help but feel exactly what Simon is experiencing the first time he was on a swing alone when you see this photo. Sheer joy. Reminds me of the simple pleasure a dog must feel when putting it's head out a car window. The caption to this photo should be Weeeeeeee!

Simon Growing.

2010-03-18T21:59:00.000-07:00

Simon continues to grow, and seems to be learning new things everyday. He is moving everywhere which means you have to keep an eye on him.

Mt. Timpanogos in White

2010-03-07T09:45:00.000-08:00

Woke up early enough to take some shots of Mt. Timpanogos covered in snow after the last big snow. Wish I had a wider angle lens, I had a few angles and ideas that would have been 100 x better with a 10 or 12 mm lens. The lake is still frozen over, and started to crawl with ice fisherman by the time I left. I should have taken gloves, my fingers were brittle, frozen and had no feeling as I walked back to my car. Being out on a frozen lake is bizarre, listening to all the pops and creaks as the ice reacts to the sun coming up. Its pretty eery.

Apartment Project.

2009-11-14T13:22:00.000-08:00

I recently had the opportunity to take various architectural shots of different apartment complexes. I rented a Nikon 12-24 lens for the job and discovered I need to buy one now. Wide angle is great.

Family Photos

2009-10-19T22:32:00.000-07:00

Had the chance to shoot family portraits last week for some friends. These are some of my favorites from the portrait session. I had a chance to work on some additional lighting for this photo session. I used some umbrellas and some wireless triggers for my speedlights. Wireless flash triggers do come in handy.

Mt. Timpanogos, finally hiked.

2009-08-14T19:03:00.000-07:00

Finally climbed Timp, I gave my dad a days notice and we both climbed through the night. Next time I need to bring more than granola bars.

Senior class photos, now booking sessions.

2009-08-12T11:12:00.000-07:00

Now is the time to start planning your senior class portraits. Affordable and professional, contact me to book a session.

Simon

2009-08-10T23:27:00.000-07:00

Simon asleep.

California Wedding shots

2009-08-08T16:16:00.000-07:00

Traveled to California a while back to photograph a wedding. This was one of the best locations I've been to for a wedding. A farm house with large grass lawns nestled in the middle of acres of orchards. The couple and family were fun to photograph. Fun event indeed.

Studio Shoot

2009-08-07T12:51:00.000-07:00

Some of my favorite shots from a studio session. I usually really like Black and White photos so I added one here, but with such great red hair its hard to like B&W better. Of course I'm partial, my wife's red hair is the best.

Hair Cut for the boys

2009-07-19T00:51:00.000-07:00

You can tell one of the twins just woke up before his hair cut.

1st Birthday

2009-07-15T21:28:00.001-07:00

This guy is so funny and all over the place, makes it tricky to get a shot, but its great watching him go.

Late comer from winter...going through the archives

2009-07-14T22:31:00.000-07:00

Looks like the Salt Flats doesn't it, this is the coolest place to shoot, sad I didn't go back.

Repost - Mt. Timpanogos Temple, and Mountain.

2009-07-14T21:26:00.000-07:00

Thought I'd repost some things on the blog, some of my favorite shots, after trimming them during some blog maintenance. Love the blur of the steam from the power plant and the night shots of the Mt. Timpanogos Temple.

Simon Arrived

2009-07-09T21:47:00.000-07:00

My son is here, born June 28. Took this shot with right had while he was in my left arm. I think the camera was actually behind my head, by my right ear, to be far enough away to focus. I took it blind and its one of my favorites.

Light in the forrest

2009-07-06T11:21:00.000-07:00

Here is a cool shot of some late sun coming through the trees. What crop do you like best?

Water study

2009-07-05T22:49:00.000-07:00

This is about an 8 second shutter shot, would have been better with a better lens. I'm saving for a 18-200mm nikkor. one day...

Corvette, My Dad's new car.

2009-07-05T22:33:00.000-07:00

This is VERY fun to drive.
I want one, convertible is a blast.

Lots of snow in AF Canyon

2009-07-05T21:58:00.001-07:00

Took a Sunday drive to enjoy the perfect weather in the canyon.

Mt Timpanogos

2009-06-16T16:19:00.004-07:00

Shot of Mt Timpanogos, Summer is here finally.

Utah Big Horn Sheep / Rams

2009-06-14T21:12:00.001-07:00

Went on a quick nearby hike with my wife and literally ran into these guys. I couldn't take my camera out fast enough to get a good shot, this is what I ended up with.

Mountain Bike View

2009-06-14T21:07:00.001-07:00

I went on a mountain bike ride recently and this was my view. Not possible (or safe) to take my camera along for the ride, as I crashed more than once. My Cell phone has a 3 megapixel camera and does a decent job in a pinch.

Bull Elk(s)...?

2009-02-18T21:36:00.000-08:00

Got very close to these giants, it was amazing to see them so close.

50mm shots

2009-01-22T20:49:00.000-08:00

1.8 is great.

Center Street

2008-11-27T21:45:00.000-08:00

Downtown Center street, Love this shot. Made while riding in the back of a car, quick shot out the window at a red light.

Mountain Scenic

2008-11-09T20:18:00.000-08:00

Some shots of Fall and winter from the last few weeks.

Denver Zoo

2008-09-25T16:55:00.000-07:00

Mix of random shots taken at the Denver Zoo.

Yosemite Parte Dois

2008-09-10T14:01:00.001-07:00

Decided to post some additional photos of Yosemite that were taken this summer. I corrected some color etc on most of them, I need a Polarizing filter bad, would help a lot in the sun. This was a family trip so there weren't as many early/late day shooting opportunities. I can always go back though. The photo of the Jeffery Pine (dead tree on its side) was added earlier, but I like this version better. As previously mentioned Ansel Adams made the tree famous when it was alive, but was first photographed by Carleton Watkins back in 1867. Ansel Adams gallery

SJC Train station

2008-09-10T10:24:00.000-07:00

Here is a shot a took months ago, thought it turned out well with some minor processing.

Yosemite

2008-08-04T11:55:00.000-07:00

Took a ton of photos while on our trip to Yosemite, some that I am pretty pleased with. The pictures below is not what I wanted, there were kids walking all over the shot and made it difficult to shoot, but I did what I could. The shots are at the top of Sentinel Dome looking away from the main Yosemite valley, (south east perhaps?) The tree is the famous Jeffery Pine that Ansel Adams made famous but was first photographed by Carleton Watkins back in 1867.

SLC Temple and Rock Canyon & Stream

2008-07-23T13:01:00.000-07:00

Last month while in UT for the Wasatch Back relay race from Logan to Park City, I had a chance to take a variety of photos. The Salt Lake City temple, no doubt has been photographed hundreds of thousands of times, probably millions, but with a clear day and a decent camera I was determined to at least take some for myself that where print and display worthy, hopefully some of these will be on our walls in a short time. We also hiked Rock Canyon, something we never though of doing while living in UT, but coming back as a visitor, random things are entertaining and enjoyable, things that would have been boring as a student as some may think.

Sister's Family Photos

2008-07-07T13:46:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago my sister wanted me to take some family shots with their new baby, these are some of my favorites. I messed around with some photoshop processing on some, not too fancy it was very quick.

San Clemente Pier @ Night

2008-06-14T20:26:00.000-07:00

Playing around with some night shots. I didn't have a tripod so I had to rest my camera on a picnic table and set the self timer to eliminate camera shake.

Dana Point Harbor

HDR

2008-06-04T12:40:00.000-07:00

HDR - High Dynamic Range, is quite the option to get some great shadows and highlights merged into a nice looking photo. Do a google/flickr search and you shall find HDR images aplenty, some of which are completely bizarre and way overdone. Others are very amazing in the detail they can bring out. Ryan McGinnis runs an awesome photoblog that I have followed for a year or so, and he produces some fine work. Go to his blog and search HDR and you will find many great examples of his HDR art. He also published a tutorial on how to create them in Photoshop CS2, the link is here.
Example 1
Example 2
Great NYC HDR shots

Playing with more processing + Misc Designs

2008-05-30T13:35:00.000-07:00

So here are three more shots of photos I've sent through photoshop, the two resulting images are far too overprocessed, but the original shot wasn't much to work with, taken out a car windo going 50 mph, and the first weekend with my camera= not knowing what I was doing. Anyway, just some options to play around with in the future with photoshop.

These Illustrations are two that I have created recently. The soldier is for a t-shirt for my sisters family reunion with her inlaws, the second car image will be uploaded to istock when I'm done with it.

Post Processing

2008-05-19T12:35:00.000-07:00

I need to get a streamlined post processing work flow for my images. Currently I tweak them one by one, and that takes anywhere from 2 - 10 minutes per photo. The first image is the photo straight out of the camera, the second one is after it has made its way through my photoshop routine.

Wow those two shots look a lot alike. Blogger must alter the coloring when they are uploaded? The two files from Photoshop look drastically different. I'll see if these next two show any difference? First one is straight out of camera, second is after photoshoping some things.

iStock Acceptance.

2008-05-14T14:30:00.000-07:00

Got the acceptance email today, only took them a day. Now i'll re-upload the three shots below and hopefully they will start selling like they're hot.

Applying for iStock

2008-05-13T16:52:00.001-07:00

These are the three images that I'm using to apply for iStock

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2008-01-10T21:33:00.000-08:00

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