Thanksgiving

Some pics of my kids and my cousin's kids at Michael and Jeannie's. Good times!

Jack's encounter with an Escalator

We took the kids to the Church history museum a few days ago and Jack had never been on an escalator at least that he recalled. He was scared out of his mind. He finally decided to get on and when we got to the top every kid's worst nightmare happened. His shoelace got caught and was sucking his shoe into the stairs. I saved him from going to wherever kids go when they get sucked into one of those things but he was terrified. He sat there and stared at the escalator for at least 10 minutes. We went away for a minute and I turned around and he had gone back to stare a little longer. It was hilarious. All I had was my cell phone camera but it was better than nothing.

Moulton Family

This little girl was so cute and well behaved. Cute family!!

Logan Temple

Last night I was shooting some bridals for Caroline. They turned out great and I wish I could show them to you but you will have to wait till after the wedding. I am forbidden to permit the groom to see them. So we will have to make do with just one image that I got last night of the Logan Temple.
The lighting was fantastic. When I was in college I worked at the Logan temple on the grounds crew for some three years. I enjoyed my experience there very much and still am very close to the crew. They are a fun bunch. My good friend Lance Thurston decided to join the Army while we were working together raking leaves. He is a great man and I believe he is currently in Afganistan. He has been in Iraq already. I hope he is doing well. Anyway, I thought this was a good shot.

Hallow's Eve

My Mother-in-Law commented today that we didn't bring our kids over on Halloween to see their costumes. I told her they were dressed in the same outfits they are every other day, princess attire. Maddi eats, sleeps and drinks the Little Mermaid. She has been Ariel everyday for the last two years. Sami alternates princesses. Jack was a one time Lion who was unafraid to walk into just about every house we knocked on and without hesitation head for the kitchen or to greet the family dog. We had to pull him out of more than one home. We scored big though, big!! This is the best year for candy I have seen since 87'. Sami had to empty one bucket so she kid get a refill. We scored some full size candy bars and even some $5 McDonald gift certificates after getting pulled into an elderely woman's house to chat in her living room for 25 minutes. She was wonderful! My wife and I talked about her after because she was so cool. I said, "Who is going to replace these old belles?" We both agreed that there are so many amazing young people but that the World War 2 generation is leaving some huge shoes to fill. So I leave you with a challenge, hug a grandparent this week.

Mark and Hillarie Wedding

If you haven't noticed I haven't been posting much lately. I have been so busy this time of year that I haven't had time to do much of anything outside of essentials. So it has been a while since I shot Mark and Hillarie's wedding but I am now posting some images cause I have some time to breathe. There were plenty of kids running around to take pictures of at this wedding. I think the Wests had like 21 grandkids or something like that. Both incredible families and I am glad I had the priviledge of being a part of this, thanks.

A photo of me!!

This is a rare sight! Rarely do I ever have a picture taken of myself. Usually I only get pictures of myself in the mirror. Thanks to Janet Andersen who is a photographer out of Pheonix, Arizona and like my second mom I have a photo of myself. She is my mom's best friend. To explain: My mom, Janet and my sister Maggie all invited themselves to come to Ireland and "help" me. Maggie works at the airlines so they got there for fairly cheap. Melanie wasn't able to come and I missed her dearly the whole time. Janet had never been out of the country so she took at least 100,000 pictures. Anyway, thanks to Janet for getting a photo of me. My only complaint is it doesn't show my beautiful eyes and my cut chin.

Cliffs of Insanity

Three days ago I was hanging my head over the cliffs of insanity (think Princess Bride). They are more formally known as the Cliffs of Moher. This last couple weeks has felt like insanity but Ireland was a huge bright spot for me. Prior to leaving my computer broke down and I couldn't get anything done like I hoped. We had a blast in Ireland. It has put a spell over me. It was just like imagined only better. It seems like it is always spring time over there. It rains a lot and everything is green, green, green. It is true there are rock walls as far as the eye can see. They are covered with moss and vines and such. Driving was an experience. I have driven in a lot of different countries but this was the most awkward. Everything is backwards. My stick shift was on my left and the oncoming traffic on my right. There were only three times I accidentally drove on the wrong side of the road and luckily there was no oncoming traffic. In the end I got really good at it though.

Megan and Andrew were so fun to work with. We drove all over the place and visited some awesome places that Megan had chosen. She has been a medical student over there for four years and met Andrew there at chruch. Andrew is Irish and studies at CCU (Cork University). CCU looks like Hogwarts. They live in Cork which is the 2nd largest city in Ireland (Dublin is the first). Ireland is home to 4 million people. We are half way there in Utah at 2 million something people. Megan was gracious enough to accomodate my entourage in her apartment while she went and stayed at a friends house. Her apartment was smack dab in the middle of Cork city center. It made it really fun to walk right into the downtown scene. The first night we were there we walked right into an Irish Folk Festival. We jumped right into the dancing and swinging. We danced "the Seige if Ennis" which it turns out is the same dance that Megan and Andrew will be asking guests to participate in at their wedding (Dec 20 at the Salt Lake Temple). It involved a lot of swinging partners around in circles. Fantastic!! I haven't danced like that since my sister and I found ourselves in the middle of a hippie drum circle in Montreal.
There seem to be as many castles in Ireland as there are Walmarts in America. Eating an Irish breakfast with Andrew's family was a highlight. Irish pancakes, rashers (bacon), eggs, toast and really good milk was put out for us. It was delish! Lemon juice from fresh lemons and sugar was great on the Irish pancakes.
Megan and Andrew took us to some choice places. The first night we met at CCU and took some shots there in the rain. We drove that night to Charlesfort in Kinsale. It was foggy like in the movies. I slipped on some jagged rocks on the rocky beach and smashed my favorite lens against a rock. Yup, it is broke but I think I can repair it. The glass is still good but it doesn't focus or zoom.
Some favorite spots we shot at were Clonakilty at the light house and the Dingle Peninsula. The Dingle Peninsula is where the beginning of Far and Away was filmed. Beautiful!!
Anyway, thanks again Megan and Andrew for your hospitality and for the memorable experience!! See you soon! Tog e Boge!!

This is my second blog post in ten minutes but I wanted to post these cause I shot it more than a week ago and I won't have a chance to post it for a while. I am going to have to post again on this one because there is much much more.... you may recognize these two from an earlier post. We had to split up one photo shoot into two sessions because Eric is out of the country often. We had some serious adventures.

Bingham Copper Mine- Kennecott

What a day today!! I mean that this whole week has been crazy busy. Tuesday and Wednesday I shot Mark and Hillarie's wedding (I will post soon) Today I drove to Midway at 6:00 am for an engagement shoot. I barely had time for lunch and went straight to a gig at Kennecott Copper Mine. What a crazy experience up there. They have the largest dump truck in the world (not shown). Anyway, I will have more to post later. I haven't even hardly had time to pack to go to Ireland in the morning. All I really need is a rain coat and my camera anyway. The day after I get home I wake up and go straight to St. George to shoot a wedding. Anyway, if you need anything call 435-881-9160 or email me while I am gone. P.S. Those fall colors are up above the Copper Mine. It is amazing up there.