The first SLR I ever had a chance to use regularly was kitted out with one and only one lens: a 50mm 1.8 lens. And for every camera body I have owned since then, I also picked up a 50mm lens to go with it, even after mere mortals could afford zoom lenses. Before we [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Print-a-week Challenge
Practice generates a pile o’ prints
A group of fool-hardy undaunted folks are getting together tomorrow to start work on the spring 2010 PhotocampUtah. On my wish list for the next round is a display of prints contributed by the campers. So imagine my dismay when I met up with a Photowalker last week who confessed [...]
Photowalking Wrap-up: Red Butte Gardens
Some photographers can’t be deterred. Despite the 100+ degree heat and the back-to-school mania of last weekend, fifteen intrepid photowalkers met up at Red Butte Garden for a couple hours of companionable picture-making.
Bridespotting at Red Buttee
The garden was hosting a wedding at the same time. I felt so bad for the bride because of the [...]
Christmas in August
Christmas in August
Sometimes good things take a while. For Christmas, I signed up R for a pair of cowboy boots from Walker Custom Boots in Spring City, Utah. We went down and he picked out the leather and the stitching pattern, and Don built a last (model of his feet). Don says he doesn’t [...]
Speedweek 2009
Sunrise at the starting line
Either the bike or its rider is called Butch-couldn’t really hear over the engines that were revving up at the start line of Speedweek. Bryan Jones and I drove out early on Sunday the 9th to ogle the shiny metal and make some pictures.
Alone in the pits
At our third round [...]
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