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The Salt Flats photo shoot
Last Saturday we went out with a small group of photographers and girls from the University of Utah’s ballet team.
We were really excited to get out to the salt flats, but as fate would have it, there was an accident on the freeway that basically turned I-80 into a parking lot. It took us over 3 hours to go 5 miles, Ahhhh. Well what are we to do while we sit in our car for that long with our cameras burning holes in our back packs….. Yep, that’s right I-80 photo-shoot time. Thanks Joanne and Sarah for jumping out and letting us get our cameras rolling.After the fun on I-80 we finally made it to the Salt Flats. We made it in time to catch a few min of good sunlight. It would have been a great day to shoot out on the salt flats because of all the rain, there was a quarter of an inch of water which works nicely to give a sweet reflection. Hopefully next time we won’t get stopped on the freeway for so long….
Well Enjoy the pictures.
The full album can be found here.
Draper Utah Temple & Photowalking Day
Saturday was a photography day! First I got up early to get some shots of the new Draper Temple. I am really happy with the results I got. Getting there before the sun comes up is key. It was a really cloudy and rainy morning which made it a little miserable. I constantly had to keep my lens clear of spots. To help increase the blue in the sky I set my white balance to tungsten. This gives the white balance a cooler (temperature) look.
After that I met up with Luke Isley and went up Big Cottonwood Canyon. I can not remember any time I have ever been up that canyon. I have gone up Little Cottonwood a lot. But we found a spot near the road and hiked about 10 min off the road to get some stream shots. I used my polarized filter to keep glare to a minimum. I shot at a slow shutter speed to give the water the silky look. I also have a ND filter that I can put on, but didn’t need to because of the overcast day which made it dark enough to get the longer exposure I was looking for.
Then we had a photography meet up with the Photowalking Utah group. It was at a greenery called Cactus and Tropicals. We had a really great time taking photos with a great group of people.
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Taken in a lightbox