The View From Here

2010 Bean Museum Photo Contest

andrew — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:07:28 +0000

I entered the 2010 Bean Museum Photo Contest and Exhibition again this year and was happy to receive Second Place on “A Tangerine Blue” in the landscape category. I also got an Honorable Mention for “Multitude at White Rock.” It is always fun to go and see other local photographers’ work. It is a pro/amateur contest, so any of you out there that are interested in photography should try it out next year!

Springville Museum’s 85th Annual Salon

andrew — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:38:52 +0000

For the second year in a row, I had a photograph accepted into the Springville Museum of Art’s 85th Annual Spring Salon. It’s always great to have photographs on display. The show was even more competitive this year: only 253 works out of the 1,102 entries were accepted. It is a great show–everyone should go check it out. It runs through July 5th. The photograph in this year’s salon is “Ashen Flame”.

My New Blog

andrew — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:17:05 +0000

Welcome to my new blog! Now that my website is officially up and running, I have decided to begin a new type of blog that won’t be updated only when I have a new image scanned and edited. This blog will be a place for me to relate news, photography trips, and general happenings related to photography. I hope you will come back and visit often.

Below are some new LDS temple photos, and the photos (with descriptions) that I had on my previous blog. (Remember to click on all photos to see a larger version.)

New (and old) Temple Pics

andrew — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:50:10 +0000

I have decided to build my LDS temple portfolio to try to sell to local galleries. I have three scanned and edited so far, with more waiting in the wings.

“Partake of the Tree”

Mt. Timpanogos Temple

Jenn and I went together to take this picture on one of our dates. Just when I was about to take the picture, a woman parked right in front of the temple (in my shot), and rushed inside. We had to wait ten minutes for her to return to her car before I could get the shot. The light was magical when I was ready to take it. It faded a bit, but I think I was still able to capture what I wanted.

“Cloud of Fire”

Provo Temple

Jenn has been begging me to get a shot of the Provo Temple (where we were married), since the one we have on our wall (that we bought years ago) isn’t very good.

“Ascend”

Salt Lake Temple

My sister-in-law asked me to take a picture for her of the Salt Lake Temple (where she was married) that was different from other temple pictures. The only day I could go up there just happened to be a day when 50 people were getting married. I had a hard time finding the shot I wanted because people were in every shot. I eventually found this area of the temple that did not have as many visitors. I really liked the lines and the simplicity–the stairs leading into the temple, with just the lip of the doorway showing, and the symbolism of the three windows going up.

Ashen Flame

andrew — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:40:07 +0000

This is the first scanned image from my very productive Mt. Whitney trip. Jenn’s parents made my day when they said they wanted this picture for their entryway and said they would pay for the scan and everything! The image is of a dead Bristlecone Pine tree in the White Mountains of California. These trees live up to five thousand years and the oldest known tree on the planet is in a grove just a few miles from this location. These trees are really inspirational. If grown at lower elevations (this was around 11-12,000 feet) they don’t live nearly as long. But up high, the winds, lower nutrient soil, and lower air pressure slow down their metabolisms, which makes them live so long. Also, the wood from these high trees rots very slowly so their legacy will continue for thousands of more years. Adversity makes them strong! This tree was probably 3000+ years old when Jesus walked the earth.

On another note, the mountains in the distance are the Sierra Nevadas rising to around 14,000 feet and the valley between (about 70 miles north west of Death Valley) amazingly falls to 2000 feet. The mountains were magenta because of a very nice effect caused by the heavy smoke that was in the air from the wildfires. Anyway, I think I’ll be working on this edit for a while to try and get it just right. Hope you like it.

Solar Migrations

andrew — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:38:56 +0000

This image was taken on the Nebo Loop near Payson Lakes, in spring. I didn’t realize this before, but apparently young new aspen leaves can be just as yellow as fall color aspens are.

Indigo Twilight

andrew — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:37:27 +0000

I took this from West Mountain (south end of Utah Lake) just after sunset. I was frantically trying to get everything set up before the high pink clouds disappeared. I had to use a 10 sec exposure and literally during the last two seconds of exposure the pink clouds were gone. Remember to click on the image to see a larger version.

Celestial Array

andrew — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:35:10 +0000

This photo was taken from West Mountain near Spanish Fork. I had anticipated a shot with large clouds over the snow capped mountains (I think it’s Spanish Fork Peak) below — I did this to give perspective for the clouds above. I waited there for several hours for the perfect composition.

Subterrestrial

andrew — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:33:05 +0000

I took this picture on the same trip to Arches as the picture below this one. If you looked in exactly the opposite direction you would see Delicate Arch right in front of you. Everyone there is always so distracted by the Arch that most people don’t notice this view. It was a real sight; I was the only serious photographer there at the time and to everyone’s surprise, I pointed the camera in the opposite direction. Very fun.

Among the Clouds

andrew — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:31:56 +0000

Click on the photo for a larger (better) version. This shot was taken on the same Arches trip in 2005.