Under The Golden Gate

This Christmas has gone by quick. We left Provo buried under 8 - 10 inches of snow and found warmth in sunny California. From north to south we've seen Redding, Benicia, San Francisco, Huntington Beach, Yucaipa and San Diego.

Rock Star

On The Lighter Side

I work in the Brimhall Building at BYU for The Daily Universe. I just discovered that the ad/design supervisor Warren Bingham has a web cam that looks outside of his office. RJ the paper's night/shift manager and copy desk supervisor and I had some fun putting our mugs on the web. So here is to my 60 seconds of fame. If you ever want to be famous like me, just go looking for the legos on the other side of the window, the camera is hidden inside of them.

Before and After

Here is a before and after image that I have spent an hour working on. Recently I have been blown away by Ashton's HDR images that he's been doing. If you haven't seen them check them out. click here!

Texture

So I was walking back to the news room after taking some pictures of christmas trees in the library and I saw this tree. I used some sharpening and blurring to help focus the viewers attention inside of the frame, but I feel the image is lifeless.

It's funny but often I will think to myself, this is going to be an awesome photo and it turns out flat and then when I least expect it, I come up with something good.

What do you think?

Thursday Afternoon

Today I was feeling a little overworked and frustrated with my internet publishing class. Consequently, I skipped it and went and made some photographs. I took a Sinar 4x5 large format camera as well as my Cannon 40D. It was a good day. I spent 2 hours in the darkroom processing negatives and I think that I got a few great ones. I love the zone system. Here is a photo from my 40D that I submitted as a feature for tomorrows paper.

The Third

Since I often have to do portrait assignments for my classes, it is nice to always have a beautiful model to help me out. Thanks Brit.

Two of the Three Things I Love

Driving my 1984 Toyota and taking pictures are two of the three things I love most. The third was sitting next to me in the passenger seat.

Reflections

On The Outside

Sometimes it is just nice to open the front door and look outside and take a breath of fresh air. There is a lot to be said about who we are on the outside and who we are on the inside.

Best Friends

This past week Brittany has been studying at Burt Silverman's painting and drawing workshop in upstate new york. Needless to say, I miss her and have been thinking about her all week. Tomorrow she comes home and I can't hardly wait to see here again.