Neil K Photography: January 2008

These are also from a class assignment. This one is about portraying racism and criminal nature. We had to read a poem about being guilty of something that we can't change/control. It specifically speaks of being oil in water. Well, I shot oil in water and it wasn't that interesting. So, I tried vinegar in oil and it made for some great color. The poem also speaks about being a bleeding wound of history, so I thought the red color of the vinegar more appropriate.

I took Steph over to Farmington Bay on Sunday. We saw six or seven bald eagles, and then a beautiful sunset. The clouds were very cool so I couldn't pass them by. Stay tuned for some bald eagle shots in the future. The man I met there last time said they poison the ponds in a couple of weeks to kill the carp. Last year they had between two and three hundred bald eagles come in for the buffet. I'm looking forward to it.

These images I shot for a school assignment on depth. We had to use certain methods to increase the sense of depth in our photographs. So, I placed some glasses between camera and subject. I really like the way they turned out. Kind of a false sense of reality.

The other day I came across a professional photographer's website, and one of his recommended spots is only five minutes from our house (Farmington Bay). So I went out there to shoot, and what do you know I meet the guy. He let me shoot with some of his high-end equipment for a little while. Nice guy. Anyway, these are all from my camera. I love the barn owl shot, I think it turned out pretty well. I have some others of him (the owl) hunting which are pretty good, just a little blurry (not the highest quality lens). The hawk was eating something I watched him catch only a couple of minutes before.

At the end of our run the other night I noticed the moon was out, and quite bright. So, I had to shoot it. I really like how it turned out.

This is another one from last Fall. I really liked it. In fact, it's the first artistic photograph that I've hung up in our house.

This is a shot from a nature preserve about 10 minutes from our house. The mountains in the background are actually Antelope Island, the biggest island in the Great Salt Lake.

Here are a couple of shots from Christmas. This first one was taken right outside of Amarillo on our way to Dallas. The bright spot up top is the moon.



These two I really liked. In the first one Sebastian is stuffing a cracker overloaded with cheese into Steph's mouth. This was the only one where Mia was looking directly into the camera.

These first two were taken about six months before the last one. The first two were up Little Cottonwood Canyon, and the last one was just down the street from our house on Farmington Trail.

Here are lots of Fall color shots from all over. These were all shot in either Little Cottonwood, Big Cottonwood or Farmington Canyon. I'm so blessed to be so close to so many beautiful places.

These are from the botanical gardens just down the street from our house as well. It was 12 degrees out when I was taking these, hence the iced over pond. For the last two shots I was bobbing up and down on the ice to create the ripple effect.

These are from late September, early October. All of them were up Farmington Canyon.

These are from a trail just down the street from our house. Mom and Dad were with us on these. I can't decide if I like the sign one in color or black and white more.