Monthly Archives: December 2009

Short-eared Owl

Short-eared owl
We went out to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge on Sunday with a mound of optics and warm clothes. We counted 20 species, not bad for dead-of-winter car birding, with almost no open water to speak of. Not a tundra swan to be found, where we have often seen thousands roosting on the ice [...]

Branding and marketing Highway 89

Test run of my 89 brand
Last year, when I was regrouping over the loss my promised publishing contract, I took a day off and went to Mt. Pleasant to see my friend Reed Thomas‘s ranch in the winter. I made some photos that day, one of which we used for the Cowboy Expo and [...]

Can’t take these people anywhere-PWU at Temple Square

Scott and Nate, my camera, Scott’s 14-24mm lens
I stood to the side last night and watched Rich giving his low-light tips before Photowalking Utah set out for our third annual event at Temple Square, and I thought, “what have we done?” Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that we would grow and serve [...]

Combine flash and holiday lights for fun portraits

(D70, 18 mm, ISO ??, f6.3, 2.0 sec)
Here’s a fun technique for shooting at the annual Christmas at Temple Square photowalk tomorrow, or for evenings out with friends and family during the holiday season. And best of all, besides the look, is that you can’t do it on the tripod you really didn’t want to [...]

Books in Stock!

1620 pounds of paper
And safely under cover behind the palace gates.

Andy
And how could Andy not leave with a copy? The run to Phoenix on Highway 89 is one of his favorite roads too.
Now to put on my shipping clerk uniform. Orders are shipping today. Get your copy here

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