The above is one of my favorite pictures I have ever taken. The dark qualities of the trees, the glistening ground cover. The mountains in the distance, the people nearer. It takes me somewhere else. 

We walked along the trail, and Tyler spotted a moose about thirty feet in front of us, a bull with very large antlers. A cow started of towards our left. For a moment we thought they were going to pull a Jurassic Park velociraptor on us. We retreated. Until a boy scout troop came prancing along, bumbling forward disregarding our warnings. 

Well enough. The moose didn't charge and we managed to make some photographs. 

More on the Fourth ( I love the fourth).

My professor, Brother Carter. He's a good story. 

Garret, Ford, Girl. 

We partook of barbecue out back, on the shady side of the shed, opposite the rabbits. The food was good; the rabbits were fluffy. Then we jumped off of bridges. I didn't jump that day, but I had a good float. 

 I love this trombone.

Fourth of July

Fourth of July. Yes, I captured these photographs sometime ago; I've said it once and I'll say it again, sometimes I hoard pictures. That' right. This was the first time I pulled out my Nikkormatt for about one year. For some reason I always want to photograph the Fourth. 

This is my brother, Greg. Taken in Snow Canyon, outside of the lava caves.



Nikkormatt FT 50mm Prime 35mm film

My Sister

This is my sister Abbie. She speaks for herself.




Nikkormatt FT 50mm prime 

Milo Simons

Milo Simons is the newest member of my family. My sister-in-law, Rachael, asked me if I could take some photographs of the boy a couple months ago. I could not, for I was not available due to the great distance between us. But just last week my family rendezvoused in Milo's abode in Lehi and from there vacationed down to St. George, hence the distance gap between us lessened and so I became available to photograph the boy. I photogaphed Milo, and these are the results. 

I enjoy this look. I mellow the blacks and highlights, and add I certain tint with white balance adjustments. This one has a green tint. 

The delights of outsourcing my negative scanning– the scanners rarely get all the photos cropped correctly– notice the large vertical bar. Its these kind of things that make me love film photography. 

We drove down to a nearby nature park and sauntered down the trails till we found the appropriate spot. We chose a nice shady spot near the creek. It was a good spot, but it seems that it may have been too dark, or that I had my shutter speed down too low. I did what I could but they still have a lot of black in them, but I like the way they came out: the serendipitous delights of film. We changed location and the second set came out noticeably brighter. This is my first shoot focusing on a newborn, I hope you enjoy it. 

All of these captured by my Nikkormat FT through my 50mm prime 1.4 lens on 35mm Kodak Gold 200 film.