Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 6th, 2010
I have over 12,000 hours of flying time in jet aircraft. Some of it up-side-down. Executing spins, barrel rolls, and stalls are no big deal to me. But put me on the side of a tall bridge or a skyscraper and wow doggie! Yesterday and today I’ve been and will be up at the top [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 2nd, 2010
After a long day yesterday I sat down to relax and catch a little Shark Week on TBS. I love those shots of Great Whites jumping out of the water as they chase seals in the waters off South Africa. My son came in telling me I needed to take a look at the clouds outside. My [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 22nd, 2010
The Alpine Community Theater put on The Wizard of Oz this past week. Prior to the dress rehearsals I photographed the cast. We didn’t have a lot of time due to the number of images that needed to be shot so I elected to photograph the groups on stage with the theater lights. That way [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 20th, 2010
I’ll be photographing a wedding on July 30. This one will be a bit nostalgic for me. I photographed the bride’s parent’s wedding many moons ago. Her dad was a college roommate of mine. I have a lot of memories from those days when her mother and father were just dating. They were married in Washington DC [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 6th, 2010
“Turning your loved ones into works of art” is Ted York Photography’s motto or catch phrase. I didn’t make it up. It came from comments my clients made as they viewed their finished portraits for the first time. It is important to me to deliver a work of art to each client. I can see myself [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 1st, 2010
I know there are a lot of you soccer and rugby players out there, but to me, baseball is still the great American sport. It brings back memories of growing up and my hero Sandy Koufax. My family cheered for the San Francisco Giants, while I – the lone renegade – cheered for the Los [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2010
As one of the official photographers for the Mike Lee Senatorial campaign I was asked to cover the celebration party last Tuesday evening. Mike Lee supporters gathered at Noah’s in South Jordon to watch the votes come in for the primary election. Everyone was on pins an needles at the beginning of the event, not sure [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 21st, 2010
Last Monday I taught a class for photographers under the Professional Photographers of America’s Super Monday program. I decided I would like to photograph a family for the class and asked one of my clients and former neighbors if they would mind posing for me. I had not photographed them for several years and two [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14th, 2010
My daughter’s dance instructor asked me if I would photograph her dance students during their dress rehearsal for their upcoming recital. I don’t usually do event groups because it is not in keeping with the image I’m portraying to my clients, but I couldn’t turn her down – after all – my daughter is involved. I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 11th, 2010
I learned a new technique while studying with another international award winning photographer. Prior to the seminar I was contacted by someone wanting to create an advertising piece for a video project. When I returned home from the class I had the perfect idea to put spice in their ad. The night we scheduled the shoot our crew and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 1st, 2010
I had a couple of Clients talking to me about having their family portraits made this spring. I have access to a cherry orchard near my Utah residential gallery. The blossoms are beautiful in the spring and it is a wonderful location to in which to create portraits. Just one problem as of late; the weather [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 23rd, 2010
A grandmother brought her grandson over the other day for a portrait. I had to think this one through for a moment. The baby was about 6 months old. He was to big for the newborn look and not old enough to sit up in some of the props that I normally use. I decided [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 22nd, 2010
In my last blog I talked about my trip to some of the red rock country of Utah. I wanted to expand on that with a story of what happened at the end of the day. The weather did not really cooperate with us. We had anything from thin to thick cloud cover the entire [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 21st, 2010
My dad was a military officer so we moved across country many times through out my childhood. Between moving and vacations we spent a lot of time traversing the western United States. At that time I looked at the miles of desert scenery as boring miles of nothing. But what I did not appreciate at [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 14th, 2010
Since I’m a state delegate this year I’ve been attending various political rallies as candidates via for position as we lead up to the 2010 elections. Today I attended a rally at Noah’s in Lindon, Utah for Mike Lee. Mike addressed the attendees and then broke for questions and some lunch. I found it very [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 8th, 2010
I photographed a teen this afternoon. Having graduated high school, he is heading out to college shortly and his mother wanted some images of him. I’m actually in the process of creating images of all the children in the family and we needed to get this one done ASAP. I found this young man quite easy [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 29th, 2010
A month or so ago I photographed a family. While I was setting up I asked one of their daughters to sit on the couch I was using so I could adjust the lights. When I was processing their images I was intrigued by the test image of her. Today I had the family bring her [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 26th, 2010
I know – its snowing outside, but trust me when I say the flowers are around the corner. It won’t belong and Springtime will be in full swing. The fruit trees will begin blooming and the leaves will start to appear. Flowers will be rising from the ground. The time will be short so book [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 15th, 2010
In my last blog I featured some images of a young girl and promised to feature her sister in the next blog – well here I am. Her parents adopted a beautiful baby some time ago. I was honored to photograph her, now at the age of two. As any two-year-old would be, she was [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 12th, 2010
Yesterday a couple brought their children over for some head shots. I got carried away. This eight-year-old was darling. The first thing I had to do was help her relax. I had her stand up and shake her arms as we laughed about it. It did help! She was fun to pose and I could see [...]