Kelsey's Bridals - Preview!

Hi there! I just wanted to post a quick picture as I'm going through these photos of Kelsey. She was AMAZING! She was up for anything and super fun! More to come tomorrow.

Zach+Kelsey

Helloooo! It's been too long. So I had a blast on Friday photographing Kelsey's Bridals (Zach and Kelsey are getting married in September!). Zach and his Mom came along and we did a mini engagement session just for a few pics of them together.

Super cute couple that were totally up for anything...and Kelsey's Bridal pics are soon to come! Enjoy the weekend!

First Baptist Church - Boise

There are times when you turn around and see something beautiful and before you have a chance to think twice about it, it's gone. I got lucky with this one. Had my camera on, lens hood off...I came down some really steep ladder/stairs from the steeple of the First Baptist Church in Boise, and turned around and saw this beautiful lady in the light of the window, framed perfectly by a beam of light. I had only a split second of a chance before she started walking away, and luckily got this one shot. I was on location for a bride scouting out the church where the wedding ceremony will be. The wonderful ladies there that helped me were fabulous. Gave me the "grand tour", from basement to the steeple, which was so beautiful. There was a lower brick room, below the steeple balcony with circular windows (see below) and a very steep ladder that came up out a latched door in the ceiling to the steeple.

The church had these beautiful tall windows that let in gorgeous light.

I closed all but one to get this next shot of the pews.

What a beautiful church! I honestly had so much fun making new friends and being able to see such an incredible building. Have a great weekend!

Matt & Sarah - COLOR!

I'm back again for the color images of Matt and Sarah's Wedding. Congratulations you two and thanks again for the great wedding!

Matt & Sarah's Wedding - Black and White

SUPER fun couple! And what a great wedding. Matt and Sarah are AWESOME! I convinced them to come with me downtown between the luncheon and the reception to do a city photo shoot and we had a blast. They were such a great couple to photograph, and up for anything. Here are some of my favorite black and white images from the wedding.

We found some really fun spots downtown. We just parked the cars and walked through the city as cars continually drove by honking their horns and yelling out, "CONGRATULATIONS!!".

PS!!! This post marks the 100th post with my Photo Blog!

Also, make sure you see tomorrow's COLOR post of Matt and Sarah's Wedding.

Salt Lake City Temple

While on our way down to our family reunion in Altamont UT, we stopped in Salt Lake City to photograph the LDS Temple. There was an incredible storm passing through Salt Lake that created the some amazing and dramatic light. The sun mixed with the storm cast this beautiful golden light, while also creating some incredibly dark blue skies. It was a beautiful evening. Hope you enjoy the photos!

I'M BACK!

WOW! It's been a little more than two weeks since I've blogged. Much too long. So I've been up in McCall with some family, and then down in Altamont Utah, population somewhere around 43.5, for a family reunion. Luisa and I had so much fun with the family though. So today, I just wanted to post some pictures that I took while in McCall. Most of these are either in parks around the Payette Lake, or just there in the harbor of McCall.

My wife said that this one reminder her of a heart monitor, or a sound wave.

I got the photo idea below from my brother Buck, who came with me on this shoot. He was having a blast with the fisheye lens.

Coopers

Had a really fun shoot yesterday at a beautiful house! The Coopers are great friends of ours and it was great to photograph their family. Kyle even surprised his family with a golden retriever puppy that was honestly adorable. My wife was hooked. These are just a few from the shoot...enjoy!

The other evening as the sun was going down, the sky was beautiful, so I really wanted to do some more tests with my SB-900. After much begging (literally) I finally got Luisa to come outside and stand in front my camera. I had interrupted her during a good book, so this had to be quick.

Took about 10 shots, and really liked this one, straight out of camera.

Shot with a Nikon D3s on a 50 mm 1.4 lens, shot at ISO 640, f/6.3 and 1/30 of a second. Flash was high camera left shot through an umbrella with no gels on it.

Boise - Idaho State Capitol

Here are some fun pictures I've taken recently of the State Capitol in downtown Boise. It was such an ugly day until the sun started to go down and light became perfect for some evening shots.

This one is a Panorama consisting of about 10 vertical shots.

...and this is from inside looking straight up toward the dome.

Below is a 25 second long exposure. You can see the cars that passed on either side of me.