Fhotoshop Philters

The more that I use Photoshop, the more I realize that it is just one big huge complex toy. Honestly, it's like the ultimate video game, except instead of trying to beat Bowser and save the Princess, you are challenged to create some adventure of your own.

Paul Adams would always make fun of the illustrative filter applications in his 210 class. Since then I was afraid to use them. I just thought that they had no real purpose. Boy was I wrong. A little less flattering than the Low Key photo of my friend Brian Francis, however I think it has a lot more punch.

Middle Key

Thanks to master shredder Chris Mann for being a killer model for me. For those of you who don't know Chris, he is perhaps the coolest kid to have ever lived on 400 East Street. Due to the nature of the internet, the colors are kind of flat compared to the original/final print.

Portraits of a happy couple

This is my buddy Blake and his fiance Hilary. Blake and I grew up together in Palo Cedro together I was honored to take his engagement photos. Since I have been in Val Brinkerhoff's Advanced Color and Classical Portrait Lighting classes I feel like I've learned a lot mistakes that I've been making in the past. Here's to the happy couple.

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.

San Diego Wedding

Brittany's sister Nicole was married to Skyler King this past weekend in San Diego CA. It was a beautiful wedding at the San Diego LDS Temple. I thought that since I was there, I would take the opportunity to try out a few "wedding" shots.

Jeff and Whitney

Jeff and I served as missionaries in Guatemala together and he asked me to take some pictures of him and his faince Whitney. Posing is my greatest challenge.

Reflections

I have always been fascinated by taking pictures of reflections. I think that it mimics the nature of a photograph, which is after all a reflection. In fact, everything that we see is a reflection because in order to actually see, light has to be reflected off the object and to our eyes. Interesting concept to let you mind gnaw on for a while.

Derek and Max

I met Derek over the summer at Stores online. We were co-workers and now we are in the same LDS student ward. This is a picture of Derek and his son Max.

Self Portrait

This is a portrait of myself that I took for my Black and White photography class. I used Kodak 35mm color negative film, then for the assignment, printed it on black and white silver gelatin paper. For this image I scanned the negative, then edited it in photoshop.

Trevor and Candy

My Wife

Ken and Kristina

This is a family portrait that I took for Ken and Kristina, my wife's aunt and uncle. It was a lot of fun. Wilson, their oldest son got his hands on a stick and would not let it go. He even brought it home with him all the way to to Farmington.