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Albion Basin at Sunrise

July 11, 2011

Albion Basin, at the end of Little Cottonwood Canyon in Utah, is currently still sitting under almost two feet of snow. It’s been a fabulous year for skiing and Albion Basin is part of the Alta Ski Resort, though in the summer it is free for hiking, camping, and other outdoor activities. When in bloom, the wildflowers are fantastic.

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Joined Google+

July 6, 2011

Well, now I can feel like one of the chosen intellectuals because I have at long last joined Google+. You’ll notice the Google+ icon beneath the search field in the top-right of the website and I have added the +1 button to sit alongside those from Twitter and Facebook at the end of most posts.

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Subway Crack

July 2, 2011

This photograph was taken on a trip to Zion National Park where I hiked the famed Subway backcountry trail. Shortly before reaching the Subway, the canyon opens up a bit and the river runs into various cracks – this one being the largest of the cracks.

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Climbing back into the saddle

July 2, 2011

It has been far too long since I have posted anything to this site. Life, when one has a family, job, and volunteer obligations, can get fairly busy but I don’t think that is why I have neglected photography. Certainly, the ski season impacts the frequency of photography outings but I just haven’t been motivated to shoot for some time. I’m not sure why but the bug has re-bitten me as of late and I am going to get back into the swing of photography. I miss the joy of a sunrise on a cold morning, for example. I hope to follow through on my rededication.

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Mobile Site – Or Not

December 4, 2010

I have been kicking around the idea of implementing a version of the website optimized for the smaller screens of mobile devices (e.g., iPhones, Android devices) but, after setting it up and doing extensive testing, I have decided not to implement a mobile theme. The main reason for using a mobile-optimized site is to get a quick website so folks on 3G connections (or slower) don’t have to wait too long for the page to load. However, with the use of caching, that reason is no longer relevant. The other reason for utilizing a mobile theme is to make text easier to read on the smaller screens of mobile devices. After testing the new theme on an iPhone and Droid X, I don’t think the larger text is worth the loss in web design options. There just aren’t enough options on a mobile-themed site to make the site draw in a viewer, and the text on the regular site isn’t that small on those smaller screens. I definitely prefer the regular version of the site – even on smaller screens. As a result of all this, I have decided to forgo a mobile version of the site at this time. If you are using a [...]

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Reflection on Boat

December 1, 2010

The reflection of water on the hull of a boat in San Francisco, California

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Golden Gate Bridge at Night

November 29, 2010

The Golden Gate Bridge at night as seen from Fort Point Historic Site – San Francisco, California

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Golden Gate Bridge at Dusk

November 24, 2010

This was my favorite shot from the trip and was taken from the same location as the sunset version, though the difficulty of shooting without a boat in the frame was even more difficult due to the 44 second exposure. For some reason I like the muted color of the bridge, the purple and blue colors in the sky, the lights on the bridge, and the creamy look of the waves in the foreground.

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Golden Gate Bridge at Sunset

November 23, 2010

We had spectacular weather for our visit to San Francisco and I can’t miss attempts at photographing the landmark of the city – the Golden Gate Bridge. I figured, due to Fort Point’s vantage point underneath the bridge at the south side, I could get some nice shots of the bridge in addition to photographing the fort. Fortunately nature cooperated, providing great side lighting in the fort during the afternoon and nice sunset lighting on the Golden Gate Bridge as the sun went down.

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Subjective Results of Installing W3 Total Cache Plugin

November 22, 2010

In an effort to improve my website’s performance as traffic has increased, I researched WordPress caching plugins, settling on W3 Total Cache and implementing it on the site. It made a tremendous improvement to the site’s performance, reducing page generation times by 94%!

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