On the way home...

Luisa and I were forced to eventually head home from our wonderful little winter wonderland up in the mountains. We took the "elk" way home though, visiting a place near Donnelly where the elk come for the winter, being fed by the locals. We had a great drive home!

My poor wife...again.

My sweet wife does VERY well with putting up with me, especially when I say something like, "OH, the light right there is gorgeous! Will you stand there a moment?". She's always willing and often replies with a look that say's I'm probably crazy. But here are a few shots that she's allowed me (kinda...ok well not really...well actually kinda with blatant disproval) to post on the blog.

Snowy Mountains!

So this Christmas Luisa and I have decided to spend our Holiday up in the mountains of Donnelly Idaho near McCall! It's GORGEOUS up here, but it comes with some very cold temperatures. But what has been so fun has been our chance to try out my new camera. It's been a blast and the jump to a full frame sensor has been a fantastic one. Here are some pictures that I've taken while being up here in the beautiful country side. I really like the black and whites, but the colors are gorgeous as well.

On our way up along the road...

Our view from our lodge...the sky was amazing!

Stars off our balcony that night...

And some fun tree shots...

So far, I can not believe the dynamic range of the camera and the sharpness of a new fisheye lens. We're

having too much fun and I'll be sure to post some more pictures!

Barn

Here is a fun HDR shot of a barn near Luisa's work.

Thanksgiving!

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving! We spent the day with my brother and his wife and their family. I just wanted to post a few pictures that I had fun with while things were getting ready. What a great day!

Hicks Family

Here are some quick shots from a shoot today. Fun fun!!!

My Support...

I'm sorry it's been so long since I've posted. I am working on some photos right now but just wanted to post a picture of my sweet wife. She is by my side in whatever I'm doing, no matter what. Without her support, my photography would not be possible.

The Mason Family!

What an amazing and fun family!!! We had a blast! We went to this new park that I had never been to, and planned on going to a bridge later in the day but we had so much fun in the park that we stayed there the whole evening. The fall colors were gorgeous, and there were quite a few photographers, but I don't think anyone was having as much fun as we were. This family was great, fun, relaxed and completely natural in front of the camera. Here are some favorites from the shoot.

The Campbell Family!

What a great family! We had so much fun shooting at three different locations around Boise. Here are just a few samples of their shoot. The kids were adorable, and sometimes a bit hard to hold their attention. But they did amazing!

A couple more...

Luisa was kinda enough to let me test out the light before Josh and Lacey came out and I like this picture. You can actually see her holding my 50 mm lens.

Josh and Lacey's Wedding!!!

These last few days have been too much fun! Luisa and I drove down to American Fork UT to go to some our awesome friends, Josh and Lacey's wedding. It was such a fun time. I wasn't the "photographer" which was actually the funnest part. I got to enjoy the whole trip and wedding without being stressed out about pictures. It was perfect. I loved taking "background" photographs because I was able to do things that I usually wouldn't do. I was able to experiment with new techniques, styles and angles, enabling myself to step outside of my normal comfort zone without the pressure of being the wedding photographer. While I would normally be shooting group formals, I was able to shoot people watching and much more candid shots. I think my favorite thing was almost hiding beind people, as if I wasn't there, and then shooting over people's heads at whatever the scene played out, hopefully creating the sense, that as you view the photograph, you almost feel like you're there in between the crowd. It was a blast, and Josh and Lacey were the coolest, most chill and fun bride and groom in the world. The wedding was an absolute blast. So here are some of my favorite shots. Hope you enjoy!

Which ones best?

Here is the same image edited in three different versions, color, black and white, and kind of a vintage washed out look. I want to ask YOUR opinion! Which one do you like best? Leave a comment or email me and tell me what you think. Thanks so much!!!

Tree Graveyard

So this last week my parents came out to visit us in Idaho. We had a blast, and we went up and stayed in a cabin in Donnelly Idaho for a few nights. So one morning, my Mom and I got up before sunrise to head down to bottom of the now dried up lake. We had a blast...it was cold, foggy, and you'd sink up to your shins in freezing mud (or water). But the whole place was eerie even. It looked like something you'd see in a movie. So here are some of my favorite pics from the shoot. Many of these are HDR's to allow me to capture both the foreground and background.

These last two are my favorites. This first one is straight out of the camera, meaning no edits

were made at all to this photo. The second one I think it my favorite though.

Mom took this one of me taking pictures in the water.

Gracie...

Here's a fun profile picture of cute Gracie. The light was beautiful and my wife insisted that the sepia looked the best.