My Lunchroom

 

I spend most of my lunch hours up in Big Cottonwood Canyon taking pictures.  Some of my shots never turn out and some are just way to bright since it’s the middle of the day and we all know you shouldn’t do Photo’s in the middle of the day.  But many times it’s just about getting up and away from everything.  Not worrying about the stress of everything down below and just relaxing. 

This picture I took today and I haven’t edited yet.  But i liked it enough to get it up on here and will probably edit it later this weekend. 

If your in the Big Cottonwood area some time come join me for a lunch time photowalk.  There’s nothing like being up here and relaxing by the river.  :) 

Making Pictures

--This is one of the first pictures I took from Sketch to reality.  

I figured I would get this blog started off with a great comment from a great photographer and speaker.  I got to hear Scott Bourne (blog|Twitter) speak last year in SLC and it had a wonderful effect on my photography. 

He posted a wonderful blog post today which I’m going to steal a paragraph from. 

“For me, all that matters now, all that has ever mattered, all that will ever matter going forward is the picture. What someone thinks of it, how they interpret it, whether or not they think it’s real, fake, art or science – none of that is in my control. I can’t control what anyone else thinks, nor do I want to or would I try. My images are simply representative of what I personally happen to think of a given moment in time. “   --Scott Bourne Photofocus.com

AMEN!  That’s all I really want to say.  Right now as a photographer I take pictures because I want to make a beautiful image or I want to remember a moment.  I do it because I love it and I am trying to “Make” that photo that I have in my head. 

Now I’m off to go sketch a picture that I have stuck in my head.  Thanks Scott.  :)