Today two of my sisters (Kami and Kimberly) and myself went up Weber Canyon to get the Christmas tree.  Yeah, it was a little big, but it worked out well.

I was over at my cousin’s house today, and the evening side lighting coming in from the blinds was very warm and beautiful…

This night shot was a four minute exposure of the barn gate.  I always thought the lights in the barn looked pretty cool, so I tried to replicate what I see with my camera.

Today I drove home for Thanksgiving Break.  We get the entire week off.  It’s a good thing too because I can sure use some time off from school!

This is my Friend Duston.  He is from the same place as I am from (Star Valley), and we go on motorbike rides together and are in the same major here at school.  I took this photo as we were on our way to go do some computer work.

Tonight I went to the Teton Dam to do some photography. Since I didn’t happen to go home to Star Valley this weekend, I decided to take some photos of the surrounding area.  Click “Read the rest of this entry“  for all of the photos.

The Teton Dam broke in 1976, destroying many homes in Eastern Idaho.  Rexburg, Idaho (where I go to school) has a museum dedicated to the event.  More information on the Teton Dam catastrophe can be found at Wikipedia

Today I went to the Teton Dam (what’s left of it) and took some photos.  This is an HDR of a most beautiful sunset.

My friend Bernt Jenkins came home to Star Valley over the weekend, bringing two very kind Russian friends of his with him.  I went home to see them and to do a few other things too (namely get out of Rexburg for the weekend).  We went on a dirt bike ride in the morning and the girls got pretty muddy—but they had a lot of fun.  We then went to Jackson Hole and to Jenny Lake.  On Sunday I had my birthday meal with the extended family (a tradition we’ve had in our family for as long as I can remember).  Turned out to be a great weekend.

Although some may hate rain and bad weather, I know of two groups of people that love it.  Farmers (if they have their hay in, as we do), and photographers.  Although I am not much of a photographer, I have tried to make the most of it.  here are just a few shots I was able to take.  Most are from today, one is from last night.

My sister Katie graduated from BYU-Idaho last Friday night (18th), which also happened to be the night of the full moon.  I took advantage of the drive home by stopping by the dam on Palisades and taking a few photos.  My sister was with me and it was late (after midnight) so I wasn’t able to stay as long as I would have liked to have and gotten the exposures I wanted, but it was still fun to take a few moonlight photos.  Photos were taken between midnight and One o’clock with an Olympus E-3 DSLR.  The shots are around a eight to fifteen minute exposures.  Moonlight photography is something that really needs a lot of practice to know what the proper exposures should be, so if you are interested in it my best advise is just get a good tripod and get out and practice.