My wife

My wonderful wife and I are having our first baby - a little boy due in January! She has been bugging me for a while to take some pictures of her pregnant so that she can use them in her baby journal. Well, we finally got some time yesterday to go up to the Sundance area and take some pictures. The black shirt made it difficult to really emphasize her tummy, but I tried it out with some back lighting and then cross lighted her with a 40" silver reflector with some on camera flash for fill - I think it worked ok.

In The Trees

Here are some shots from a recent trip to the Sundance area. Utah has wonderful variety of color to shoot in the autumn and my favorite has to be aspens. This was a "scouting" run in preparation for the fall color change, so the leaves hadn't turned yet, so I went with (surprise) black and white.

I tried to emphasizes the light play among the trees by increasing the contrast and using a negative clarity adjustment in Adobe Lightroom to soften the light. The great thing about this area is that these shots are literally right on the side of the road - the Sundance wilderness area is truly amazing - one of my
favorite places in Utah.

At The Beach

Here are a couple more pics from my trip to Dillon Beach, CA. Most of the photos that I have been posting are treated using a duo or tritone effect to give them some warmth. The wind made for some great textures in the sand.
























The tides combined with the unique slope of the beach made for some interesting sand formations once the tide went out.

Trip to Northern California

Went out to visit my family in California last weekend with my wife. We spent a couple of days on the coast at Dillon Beach which is a source of many fond childhood memories. It had been 20 years or so since I had been there and of course the wind was terrible and it was colder than I remember, but it was still nice to share it with Susan and my family. Took some pics on the beach and in the town of Tomales, CA on the way home. Tomales is this great little town located a bit further inland on Route 1. Here are some of my favorites from the trip.