Keniz – College Graduate Portraits

Keniz – College Graduate Portraits

Kenzi is just a natural beauty.  I loved how great she was when I asked her to do something and she just boom did it better than i imagined it.  It was so neat shooting her up against these neat cabin windows up at Sky Mountain Lodge in Victor, Idaho.  The reflections...
Michael Bair – Senior Portraits

Michael Bair – Senior Portraits

I had a great time with Michael a couple of weeks ago taking his senior pictures at a gorgeous park on the Snake River in Idaho Fall, Idaho.  The lighting was just perfect, and Michael was such a natural.  We got there around 6pm and headed out by 7pm.  Poor Michael,...
Water Droplets

Water Droplets

This is really my first time getting to do water droplet macro photos.  I had a blast playing with these stubborn little water droplets this last week.  I took most of these on a photography excursion I went on for a class. The neatest thing about this shoot of water...
A Little Splash of Color – Macro

A Little Splash of Color – Macro

Oh my goodness!  I think I have found my new pass time for the next few months!  Shooting macro (really close shots) is so neat.  For these macros, I didn’t have access to any macro tubes, so I just used my zoom lens.  It was especially fun once I started to add just...
Flora & Fauna – Macro

Flora & Fauna – Macro

After learning how to use water drops in my macro shots, I really couldn’t help myself – I just had to add a few.  For most of these I used my zoom lens, the medium sized, and/or large sized macro tubes.  I had some incredible insect macro shots from my summer break,...
Still Life Macro

Still Life Macro

Still life macros were both really exciting and a little frustrating for me – believe it or not.  Although the subject didn’t move by almost anything but me, I had a hard time getting my creative eye on at first.  Once I started to see how to adjust my off camera...
Movie Poster

Movie Poster

This project was really fun for me.  I had a bunch of unedited images of a cute little barn sitting near a small pond.  And I took some SQIBB (Studio Quality Invisible Black Background) photos of myself. It’s always just a little bit difficult to take portraits of...
Balancing Light

Balancing Light

While on the BYU-Idaho Comm 316 excursion to the Sky Mountain Lodge near the Jackson, Wyoming area, we were given the assignment to experiment with balancing and controlling light sources.  For this post, I want to show you what a reflector is able to do and what you...
Balancing Light – Long Exposures

Balancing Light – Long Exposures

While o the BYU-Idaho Comm 316 photo excursion last week, I was able to borrow Sister Esplins filter, which allows you to be able to take bulb (very long) exposures during the day.  This first image is what I got from using the ND filter for about one minute during...
F.A.P.O.S. – Night Fine Art

F.A.P.O.S. – Night Fine Art

For all of you wondering what on earth FAPOS is, let me explain.  FAPOS is Caryn Esplin’s well loved acronym for Fine Art Photo Opportunity Stops (see http://comm316.carynesplin.com/projects/fine-art-photography/).   All of these Fine Art photos are from an...
F.A.P.O.S. – Victor Idaho Fine Art

F.A.P.O.S. – Victor Idaho Fine Art

For all of you wondering what on earth FAPOS is, let me explain.  FAPOS is Caryn Esplin’s well loved acronym for Fine Art Photo Opportunity Stops (see http://comm316.carynesplin.com/projects/fine-art-photography/).   All of these Fine Art photos are from an...
Gideon & Summer| Iowa Couples Photographer

Gideon & Summer| Iowa Couples Photographer

Ok, I might just be bias or something, but I’m pretty sure these two are the funniest, cutest, most lovable couple I know!  It was such a great time to be able to photograph Gideon and Summer.  They are both getting ready to serve missions here pretty soon, and...