Family Life in the High Desert

This first picture was taken on the east side of my daughters neighborhood.  The second picture is desaturated.  Which picture Do YOU like best?

Teenage Beauty

I recently had the opportunity to photograph a beautiful, young willing model. We used a few locations but an old abandoned school was the best light. I had fun, hope she did too.

The lower picture is my personal fav.

Port Arthur, Tasmania

These are more pics of Port Arthur. It was a photographer's Dream location. I have photographed a few people lately but my heart is still with landscape photography.

This is my fav picture of them all.

December Trip "Down Under"

In December my husband, sister and brother-in-law took a trip to New Zealand and Australia. This first picture was the highlight of the trip for me. This was taken at Port Arthur in Tasmania. It is part of the ruins of a penal colony. It ceased operation in about 1844 or something like that, but those in Australia recognized the value of preserving the past and it is a wonderful place to visit. It was a place for "secondary offenders"...meaning those who came from England for primary offenses (crimes) went to Australia mainland and if they committed another crime, they were sent to Port Arthur. This is the 12 Apostles. It is located off the coast not far from Melbourne Australia. There are only 10 Apostles now (two have fallen away into the sea)

A nice dinner cruise out from Aukland, New Zealand.

This is Tasman Arch (in Tasmania, Duh). I didn't think it was that amazing but I have received a lot of comments about this pic so I decided to include it.

These are Lupin. On our rush to get to a nature cruise in Milford Sound in Tasmania we passed fields and fields of these wildflowers. On the way back we stoped and took in the beauty..

couple up

M & M poses for a spring photo. Do the color's look right? What do you think?

Innocence

This pic turned out pretty good. It looks pretty natural. Working with children who are very used to having their picture taken tend to give fake smiles. This little one really got into the modeling. I am open to any comments or feedback on improvements.

Zions National Park

I had great fun recently at Zions. I took the opportunity to take a class from the Zion Canyon Filed Institute. I learned from Michael Plyler, who is a very talented photographer (in black and white). he uses a box camera. That was fun to watch him work. He took us to places that I didn't even know existed in and around the park for some great photo opportunity. I plan to go back as soon as I can work it in. There are a couple other classes through the summer that he teaches. I am going to try to go but who knows what the summer will bring. Here are some examples of the areas we took. Michael gave us help on composition and working with the existing light. Sometimes we get boring skies, but we make the best of it. Michael kept reminding us that a bad day of photography is still better than the best day at work. By the end of the 3 day class I was feeling guilty because I was enjoying myself so much. Please leave me come comments and constructive criticism. :)