Slickrock and Shadow

Yoga Pose Silhouette from the massive Redwall Cavern Yoga, photography, limestone, water and sand all mix together nicely at Redwall Cavern, Grand Canyon.  Here in the largest sandbox on the planet, the sound of the river permeates everything.  Sand between my toes gives off warmth.  It feel like the center of a natural perfect universe.  These feelings inspire contemplation and some personal stretching to reach towards the natural within.  MyKaela assumes the Natarajasana, Lord of the Dance, pose with grace and understated power.  Beautiful.  Peaceful. Photographing silhouettes is easy if you follow two simple rules: 1.  Expose for the background. 2.  Focus on the foreground. Easy, right? It is, in manual mode.  Camera modes automatically assume you want to expose and  focus on the same object.  You as a photographer need to take over the exposure part and let the camera still do the focusing.  This is a...

Groom and Bride at their engagement session I had a great time shooting an engagement session with two wonderful people:  Mark and Missy.  We shot here in downtown St. George.  Although Mark had a broken foot at the time, he was a great sport and happily tried anything asked of him.  Aren't they beautiful?

Bikini and Sailboat:  Postcard-Perfect Photo from Sandy Cay, British Virgin Islands I would like to step back from vacation location information and focus on what makes a good photograph.  Everyone would like their vacation photographs to capture how beautiful that beach is or how clear and blue are the waters.  So many times vacation photographs fall short.  I see this all the time as friends will share their pictures with words such as "It looks so much better in real life" or "You had to be there."  Although nothing is as good as being there, I like my photographs to come very close. Sandy Cay is a national park in the British Virgin Islands.  This small island was donated by the Rockefeller family and is an absolute treasure to visit.  You truly get a sense of Paradise found.  That is what I was hoping to convey in this photograph.  I isolated a lone sailboat with a beautiful woman walking into the water.  These 2 are balanced...