Jer & Min Photography

Last night my son Gage was crying and my wife was trying to comfort him.  I was in the process of getting a couple of photos of my other son Toby when I turned around and saw my wife.  It amazes me just how much love someone can express with their body language.  As I saw my wife holding Gage and soothing him I snapped the shutter.

Last Saturday we went down to the Discovery Gateway for a PKU fair.  While there we were able to meet and talk to many people experiencing the same challenges we are.  It is always encouraging to see how well everyone is doing managing this condition.

As part of the fair everyone was given free admission to the Discovery Childrens Museum.  This is the second year we have participated in this activity and as last year, we had a great time.

The company I work for is in the process of building a new garage.  It has been quite a fun project to observe.  Ray, the owner of the construction company, has absolutely no fear of heights.  I have seen him walking up the trusses seemingly unaware that I’m down below about to sick up.

Construction is now to the point that there is a solid roof on top and I can now photograph him without getting queasy.  Tonight I did just that.  I took about 80 shots of him as the sun was setting behind the building.  It was an enjoyable experience.

This blog and my photostream on flickr may go quiet for a couple days, I’m taking a trip to San Francisco to attend Adobe Max.  I’m looking forward to it, it should be a lot of fun.

I love sunrises, but the best part of the sunrise to me is what the light shines on.  This morning on my way to work, I noticed the sun shining on the ski mountains of Park City and pulled over for some shots.

For some reason, our kids think that each breadstick needs to be an unique shape.  These breadsticks are for Gage using his special ingredients.  He loved them.

As I’ve mentioned, I’ve been working on a photo challenge to shoot manual labor.  Doing so has been quite a task.  I’ve had to think about it each day looking for opportunities to capture something semi-interesting.  It has been very good for me.  An additional benefit happened to me today.  I specifically shot images of someone I did not know in a manner that it was very obvious that he was my subject.  I even spoke to him for a moment about what I was doing.  He was cool with it.

Sometimes I feel I have to strain really hard to find a good subject or to find good light.  Other days, it is so obvious that I couldn’t miss it.  October 31 was one of those days.  The light from the sunrise was so amazingly beautiful that all I had to do was point my camera in the general direction to get what I considered some beautiful light.  The subject could have been better, but it was changing fast.

No post processing has been done to these shots other than to crop.

We drive on I-84 from Echo to Ogden every time we visit my in-laws in Blackfoot, ID or my sisters in Logan, UT.  Along the way we pass a little place near Morgan, UT call Taggart.  From the exit for Taggart you can barely see the tops of the handful of houses that reside there.  One building in Taggart is Taggart Grill.  We recently stopped there and ate having passed it many times before.  While expensive, the food was really good and we enjoyed our time there.  It is amazing the things that are right in front of you that you miss year after year.

As I mentioned earlier, I’m participating in PhotoChallenge.org‘s November Challenge.  The subject of this challenge is Manual Labor.  I spent the day travelling to visit family and along the way passed many examples of manual labor that I didn’t photograph.  Truth be told, I chickened out  on photoing strangers.  This will be good for me.

When we arrived in Morgan, UT I saw my brother-in-law replacing the weather stripping on my Mom’s car.  I started taking pictures of him and his efforts when I noticed that his reflection was showing up in the front window of the car.  It seemed to make a good enough photo that I chose to publish it for my first entry.

Reflecting

Our kids had a very fun Halloween this year.  Brinci dressed up like Hannah Montana, Toby dressed up like Batman, and Gage dressed up as a rooster.  We had very limited time for photos as the kids only wanted to go out and trick-or-treat.  I don’t blame them and did they every take home the loot.

Congrats to Min, she made Toby’s and Gage’s costumes.  She did a great job!