Yellowstone Part 1

Bacterial Mats of Grand Prismatic Spring

Gas station in West Yellowstone

Misty dew on Fountain Paint Pots board walk

Bison along Firehole River

Castle Geyser in Old Faithful Geyser Basin

The greatest attraction of the trip for most was this last photo of Castle Geyser.  We sat and watched it go off for over an hour straight!  It produced the most beautiful rainbow with the full spectrum.  There were a lot of opportunities to shoot buffalo and other wondrous thermal features.  The first photo is of Grand Prismatic Spring, 2 years ago when Jentri and I went people had written in the beautiful bacterial mats destroying them.  I was glad to see that all of the writing had disappeared.  Such vandalism is horrible!

Kings in Yellowstone

This is but the first installment of many of our vacation to the great national park of Yellowstone.  Yellowstone is an amazing park that no matter how many times I visit it leaves me in awe.  It was our nation's first national park, and the largest thermally active area in the world.  There was a lot of great opportunities for amazing photos.  Fortunately, I was able to go through the park with the majority of my family, so I had to shoot as we went along.  I was not able to sit around and wait for the show or good lighting.  None the less, I was able to capture some of the beauty that is Yellowstone.

Kylan Baby Announcements

These are our baby announcements that my wife designed.

Studio Finals

So, here are the photos in my final portfolio for my Intro to Studio class.  This last week has been crazy with all of my final projects coming due.  With weather getting nicer and the sunshine actually showing it's face I'm itching to get outside and shoot some photos outdoors instead of being stuck in a dark room.

This is my texture photo.

This is my "box" shaped photo.

My glass photo.

Here is my metal photo. This one was by far the hardest!

My casual 3/4 portrait.

And my 3/4 formal portrait.

I am glad that this class is over and will breathe a deep sigh of relief once I hand this portfolio in.  I have learned so very much from this class and have enjoyed every bit of it.