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Monthly Archive for June, 2009

The Weather

We all are subject to the weather.  When I was flying Airliners, knowing and understanding weather was a very important part of the job.  Many an aircraft accident was due to poor evaluation of or unexpected weather phenomenon.  Weather plays an important part in landscape photography.  Clouds add interest to the sky and create lighting [...]

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Job Application

A young lady contacted me through my website the other day.  She was in the MBA program at Brigham Young University.  Preparing to send out job applications she decided she wanted a professional portrait made.  A wise decision I think.  We all want to look professional in front of our clients or in this case [...]

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The Vacation is Over.

Last week my family and I spent about a week up in the mountains above Heber, Utah.  To say the least it was a great time. The weather didn’t always cooperate, but no worries, we were in a comfortable cabin with a fireplace and satellite TV.   On many an early morning I would shove myself out [...]

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Four out of Seven Ain’t Bad!

I was on my way to my Business Networking International meeting this morning and running on time.  As I entered the roundabout in town I saw a new poster hanging on the fence that borders one side of the road.  The poster had the images of seven girls running for Alpine Junior Miss being held [...]

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Under the Wire

After a busy day yesterday my daughter and I jumped on the Tandem Bike and headed out for a ride.  We had just picked it up from the bike shop after having broken one of the chains.  Anyway we roamed the neighborhood, not an easy task living in the foothills!  It has been a while since I have ridden a [...]

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Who would I vote for?

Yesterday I received a phone call asking me to do my third photo session for a Alpine Junior Miss applicant.  I set up a time for the afternoon and prepared for the shoot.  After her daughter arrived I gave her some basic instructions and I began making images.  The session went quickly for me, but [...]

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The other day I received a phone call from a mother who introduced herself as a friend of my wife.  Her daughter was participating in the Alpine Junior Miss and needed photographs of her for the competition.  Having just photographed a young lady for the same competition I was no stranger to this and had [...]

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Back Before Nine

Five in the morning is early for most people these days, but I’m usually up between then and six. Not this morning!  It took a minute for the sound of the alarm to register and another minute to find the clock and turn it off.  I rolled out of bed and began putting myself together in [...]

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