WEEK TWENTY FOUR:

Monday, January 25
Someone's project of some kind apparently. It has been on "display," outside of the Fine Arts building for quite some time now. I quite like it, though I'm not sure of it's exact function and I'm pretty sure it had something a little more than just sitting there.


Tuesday, January 26
I'm always looking for a good pattern. I knew my beverages wouldn't let me down. Thanks guys.

Wednesday, January 27
My main squeeze, if you will. I don't even want to talk about this one, because what I was going for totally didn't work. Whatever.

Thursday, January 28
After my seminar class on Thursday, I came home to see that a neighbor had dropped off this toy/contraption for the little one. She was in love with it. Almost as much as my shoes.

Friday, January 29
Little Miss C and I took a drive out West toward Treemonton on Friday afternoon to get out of the house and hopefully see the sun shining somewhere. We were unsuccessful in seeing the sun, but I did see this patter of power lines going off into the distance and was fond of it.

Saturday, January 30

My friend Tony's Bel Air he's restoring. Looks like a lot of work. I hope he has the patience for it, because I know I sure wouldn't. Good luck Tony.

Sunday, January 31
I wanted to document my required texts as of late.

WEEK TWENTY THREE:

Monday, January 18
Thanks to my sister-in-law Corrie's birthday, I was able to enjoy some sushi on Monday. Oh sushi, where were you during my youth? I'm so glad I found you...even if it was so late in life.

Tuesday, January 19
Greenhouse up on campus. I used a small filter effect on this.

Wednesday, January 20
I had to take shots of eyes to use for my Drawing II class and so I used this shot for my photo for this day.
I wanted to do some experimenting with different filters on this shot and I ended up with this one.

Thursday, January 21
I snapped this shot after my seminar class. It was a really foggy night and was a great night for an outside shot. Also, the fogginess and the snow on the ground made for a dramatic black and white image.

Friday, January 22
This semester I'm taking a basic printmaking class and I LOVE it! Every time I go to class, it just feels like I'm going to Rad Craft Night. Even though it's early in the game and really basic stuff so far, it's really interesting to see the process of how to make a simple print.
On Friday I was in the print studio working on getting the right amount of ink on my print, in order to produce the values of light and dark that I was looking for.

Saturday, January 23
This is what the average Rad Craft Night looks like from an aerial view.

Sunday, January 24
After church and Cambria's afternoon nap and snack we decided to go for a drive and to stop by and see the ducks at First Dam and of course, she loved it.

WEEK TWENTY TWO

Monday, January 11
First day back in class. Felt good.

Tuesday, January 12
Another Threadless picture.

Wednesday, January 13
It's funny that the older I get, the more pictures are in my books...I thought it was the other way around ;-)
For the first time ever, I can honestly say I love my textbooks!

Thursday, January 14
Admittedly a last minute photo, though I was pleased with it.
I think I'm going to start experimenting more with lighting for portraits, etc.

Friday, January 15
Frost has been EVERYWHERE lately! And not just in the morning, but throughout almost the entire day in some spots. It's crazy and awesome. It's like a smoggy winter wonderland up in Logan right now.

Saturday, January 16
I couldn't help but take another frost shot, I just think it looks so cool. I really like this image because on this day, the frost actually began to melt with the sun and you could tell which side the sun was shining from in the photograph.

Sunday, January 17
A shot of Logan from Wellsville at Hallie's mom's and step dad's house. The gross air is pretty thick right now. The other day I was only walked outside for around 20-30 minutes and my throat and lungs had a slight burning sensation the rest of the day. We've got some storms that are supposed to be coming in this week and hopefully they will clear all the bad air out for a while.

WEEK TWENTY ONE:

Monday, January 4
Ok, this week I shot a lot of photos of Little Ms. C, so what? Deal with it. I also have two night pictures of the local ice rink. I shot it during the day last week with the intention of getting a night shot this week. The first shot for this week wasn't my favorite and later in the week, I stumbled upon a better view and so I shot it again.
Bath time. One of the best times of the day for the Little Ms. She LOVES water...and her bath toys.

Tuesday, January 5
Image one of the ice rink at night. Truly I like the tree in the background more than anything in the foreground.

Wednesday, January 6
Something about this sign and the building itself draws me to this. I also wanted to use the sign and structure to test out some Photoshop effects I've been messing with lately. What do you think?

Thursday, January 7
And here's the second night shot of the rink. I prefer this one.

Friday, January 8
I shot the backdrop for this image on this date and the multiples of "C," are from another day. Lately I've been really into trying new things with combining my photography with different designs and effects.

Saturday, January 9
First time sledding. She wasn't really into it at all. I think she just wondered why we would want her to be so cold. The pose she's striking here out of shock to her system, is classic. It's as if she's saying, "Are you kidding me? Pick me up and let's get inside." Right after I took this, she started pointing to my mother-in-laws' house for us to take her in. Better luck next time I guess.

Sunday, January 10
This image will get double usage. Not only is it my shot for today (obviously), I also plan to submit it to Threadless.com to see if they'll use it in their advertising for the Threadless shirt Hallie is wearing. If they do, I get some $!

WEEK TWENTY:

Monday, December 28
Frozen pipes=no water in the kitchen for almost two days.

Tuesday, December 29
After years of hearing about how they used to freeze over Merlin Olsen park for ice skating in the winter, but never experiencing it, they finally did it again! I've yet to touch a skate to the ice, but alas, I hope to soon.
Sometime this coming week I plan to get a night shot of all the ice skaters.

Wednesday, December 30
The photo I had planned on taking this day didn't work out due to the overnight snow, so this is what I ended up with and actually quite like it.

Thursday, December 31
New Year's Eve! Well, not really. To be honest, after finally getting the little one down for the night, talking with the sitter (thanks Grandma Pam) and heading out to a party, I didn't feel like turning around and heading back home to grab the camera. This shot was actually shot on New Year's Day, but it is what I would have shot on New Year's Eve, so I'm counting it and there's nothing you can do about it.
The shot itself only somewhat worked. My glorious idea was to simulate a party popper shooting out of my good friend's mouth, but in retrospect, I should have set my aperture differently to bring the confetti in to focus better. Live and learn (hopefully, right?).

Friday, January 1
What better way to celebrate the new year, then by having a RAD Craft Night and making t-shirts and/or any craft you can dream up?

Saturday, January 2
Friends.
The holidays are not only a great time of year to see family, but also the friends that come back home for the holidays.
We had a dinner at our place to get everyone together since our friends Austin, Jessica and Andy were in from out of town. It was fabulous. Absolutely fabulous.

Sunday, January 3
The two ladies in my life. I'm one lucky guy.

WEEK NINETEEN:

Monday, December 21
We really wanted a Christmas tree this year (as every year), but knew Cambria would destroy it and anything we tried to decorate it with. In the end we still got one. To avoid having to constantly say "No," or "Don't touch," etc, we got a small tree, put it on our back patio and could view it through our sliding glass doors. It was very nice. Thanks Pam and Guy.
This is a shot of the tree lights (in case you were wondering).

Tuesday, December 22
This is a shot of Hallie's dads' train around his Christmas tree. Awesome. The train not only blows it's horn, but also puffs out smoke!

Wednesday, December 23
We went to A Candlelight Christmas at This is the Place Heritage Park and it was the perfect Christmas activity. If you were thinking about doing this, but didn't, you definitely should next year, it was so much fun, in spite of all the crazy snow.
Here is the monument (part of anyway) outside in front.

Thursday, December 24
For the past few years we have made a tradition of having a Christmas party on Christmas Eve at Hallie's dad and step mom's house with that part of our family and we look forward to it every year. At some point, we declare it Christmas and open all our gifts. This is my favorite shot of Cambria from the night. This gift was almost bigger than her, but she doesn't seem to mind much!

Friday, December 25
Christmas!
So how do you avoid a cliche Christmas picture on Christmas day? I'd already taken enough cliche Christmas images for the season by the time Christmas finally rolled around, so these decorations at my parents house caught my eye. I liked the way the sunny Christmas day silhouetted them. And yes, there is a Photoshop effect used in this photo.

Saturday, December 26
We stopped by our friends, Jeremy and Emily's, to see the new addition to their family, and them of course too. While we were there we wanted to snap a shot of Cambria and their daughter together, and wow, it sure was funny. In all the shots, either Cambria or Penny is crying and the other one is fine, except for the last shot where they were both hysterically balling. Why? We don't know, but it was pretty dang funny. This one was my favorite. Cambria looks so terrified and is in the beginning stages of crying and Penny is as calm and happy as can be.

Sunday, December 27
Wilkins Christmas portrait.
Since Cambria "came into the picture," we have started taking a family photo around Christmas with my parents. This is one of the shots we took. Probably not the one we would use for anything, but I like Cambria in this shot and how entertained she is by my mom's earring instead of the camera.

WEEK EIGHTEEN:

Monday, December 14
Hallie's been craft-crazy the last few months (I think it's awesome) and here is another example of what she's been up to:

Tuesday, December 15
Those who know me well know that that I have a fetish for belt buckles.
Anyone get what I'm referencing here? Jesse, I know you will. Dusty, if you're still out there, I know you would.

Wednesday, December 16
Old St. Nick payed Logan an early visit on Wednesday night...

Thursday, December 17
This little one finds a new way to crack me up everyday.

Friday, December 18
This is the view right outside our front window...well, up about 10 feet or so on the roof that is.

Saturday, December 19
Tyler.
If you don't know him, you should.

Sunday, December 20
Wellsville winter wonderland.

WEEK SEVENTEEN

Monday, December 7
When I first began to seriously get into photography, I almost strictly shot in black and white and since then, I've almost exclusively shot in color. Funny. Anyway, I think with it being snowy and cold out as of late, I've been in a monochromatic frame of mind and getting back to my roots.

Tuesday, December 8
Remember my found object sculpture from last week's photos? Well, here it is salvaged and in another more sensible, usable form. One of my friends in my sculpture class pointed out that my project would make an awesome clock and I agreed, so here is our new clock! I'm pretty stoked on it, except I wish the hands didn't blend into the background so easily. Maybe I'll swap them out for different hands someday soon.

Wednesday, December 9
Ever had a burger here? You should.

Thursday, December 10
Blake.
Taking this photo spontaneously turned into half a night of messing with lighting and multiple exposure shots and all just for fun. In the end I chose the shot that started it all. A great portrait. Nice hat, great expression, awesome sweater.
Thanks.

Friday, December 11
One tough cookie. While Hallie was at work, Cambria and I went out and ran a couple errands. In preparation for said errands, I was in charge of prepping Mrs. C for the bone-chilling Logan air we had earlier this week. She's a stylish chick with attitude, so I dressed her to fit her personality. I've never seen a kid that could simultaneously look tough and adorable, but then again, I guess I'm pretty biased.

Saturday, December 12
I randomly drove by this on Friday and knew it would be my photo for the next day. Originally, I wanted this to be an HDR image, but I'm still learning more about HDR and from what I've read so far, Photoshop isn't pick of the litter when it comes to creating HDR images, and I'm not about to buy a program right now just because I think it'd be fun to create HDR photos. At any rate, I slightly tweaked a few things to give it a look reminiscent of an HDR image (or at least the HDR images that I've seen and liked).

Sunday, December 13
We had a mild-to-medium snow storm last night and as I was looking out our sliding glass door on the back of our home, I became fixated on a grouping of branches. As I looked deeply into them, I thought of Jackson Pollock's "Lavender Mist." What do you think?