Black-Eyed Susan
June 16, 2010 by Cody · Leave a Comment
I was digging through my old photos when I ran across a shot I took in 2005. I had completely forgotten about this photo and it really struck me as probably one of my strongest photos. I haven’t the foggiest idea why I let this one slip through the cracks but it happened. It goes to show you the importance of not deleting your photos (storage is really quite cheap) and the fact that your opinion of a photo can change over time. The photo was taken at the Memorial Grove Park in Salt Lake City, Utah. I had stopped by there to shoot flowers after returning from a photo trip up Little Cottonwood Canyon. The skies were overcast and I hadn’t really tried to shoot flowers before so I gave it a shot. I remember what struck me about these flowers was their bright yellow petals and the purple flowers providing ground cover underneath them.
Salt Lake Temple at Dusk
January 8, 2010 by Cody · Leave a Comment
This photo was taken on a trip to the Salt Lake Temple to shoot the autumn leaves with the temple in the background. Like usual, the original purpose for my visit was a complete waste of time as the leaves weren’t peaking at all, but the skies were looking pretty good. After looking for several different angles of the temple with the pool in the foreground, I ended up walking to this spot while on my way to a different location. I liked the angle of the temple with the clouds as they seemingly swirled around the spires of the temple, so I threw my wide angle lens on the camera and got close to the reflecting pool (I was practically up against it when taking the shot). I really liked the color of the dusk sky against the lit spires on the temple, though the barrel distortion of the wide angle lens is evident in the spires. Of course, I wouldn’t have been able to capture the excellent clouds around the temple without that wide angle lens.
Utah State Capitol
December 22, 2009 by Cody · Leave a Comment
This shot was taken in the neighborhood at the foot of Ensign Peak. My initial framing was a wide angle shot that included the Salt Lake Temple on the right and the Wasatch Mountain Range on the left, but I was really unhappy with how they were turning out. They just weren’t compelling enough, didn’t have good lines, and were too busy. I switched to my telephoto lens and began to take shots that really focused on the capitol building and State Street (the long street leading away from the capitol building). I continued shooting as the sun went down and ended up with this shot. I really like how State Street leads away from the capitol building, leading the viewer’s eye into the frame.
Main Street Sidewalk in Salt Lake City
December 22, 2009 by Cody · Leave a Comment
This is the only photo from my slide film days that I actually like. I took a mountain of awful photos during that time and somehow ended up with this one, but even a stopped clock is right twice per day, right? This shot was on Main Street in Salt Lake City, Utah along Temple Square, just east of the Salt Lake Temple. The sidewalk is no longer there, having been replaced when the parkway along Main Street was constructed. I was at the location to shoot the temple and was unhappy with what I’d done to this point. I looked down and noticed the rough texture of the sidewalk so I got on my belly (yes, right in the middle of the sidewalk, with people walking around me) to frame the shot. I liked how the red of the fire hydrant contrasted with the grays of the sidewalk and took the shot. This was one of the transparencies that I really enjoyed when I viewed it on the light box.
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