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Weekly Photo Challenge: Down

While contemplating various ways of participating in this week’s The Daily Post at WordPress.com weekly photo challenge, I decided a family trip on President’s Day to Boondocks for a little bowling … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Down

Flags at Washington Monument

In honor of President’s Day, I thought I would share this photo from a trip to Washington, D.C, in February 2009. Before the trip, I rented a fish-eye lens from … Continue reading Flags at Washington Monument

Depth of field in food photography

My wife makes one delicious apple crisp. The recipe is simple, and with a few substitutions, it’s dairy free because my youngest son has a dairy allergy. I must note that … Continue reading Depth of field in food photography

Weekly CTE Photo Challenge – G is for Game

The CTE photo challenge letter for this week was G. I had a few ideas in mind, but Game is the one I landed on. I thought of games like … Continue reading Weekly CTE Photo Challenge – G is for Game

UTA’s Trax in downtown Salt Lake

I’ve seen many shots where the moving subject is clear and crisp, and the non-moving objects around it are blurred. Well, this was one of my first attempts to take … Continue reading UTA’s Trax in downtown Salt Lake

Valentine’s Day Bokeh Photography

I had never even heard of bokeh photography, and when I saw some bokeh photos from DailySnaps: 2012 blog last month , I thought I knew how to do it. So a few … Continue reading Valentine’s Day Bokeh Photography

Star-spangled Bottles

This photo has been years in the making. I thought of the concept a few years ago, spent a few months buying Jones Soda so I could collect the bottles, … Continue reading Star-spangled Bottles

HD Hero2 v. Jimmy-rigging for Hawaii

When I found out my wife and I were taking an extended family trip to St. Thomas, I really wanted to be able to take underwater photos; but not with … Continue reading HD Hero2 v. Jimmy-rigging for Hawaii

Capturing the splash

I’ve seen a lot of photos of water splashes and thought, “why don’t I try?” So, here is one of the shots I ended up with after about two hours … Continue reading Capturing the splash