Heywood you mind?

Early Lake Mead

2010-08-15T21:03:00.000-06:00

On the Right Track in Arizona

2010-08-14T14:27:00.000-06:00

Grandma Heywood & Indie

2010-07-18T20:50:00.002-06:00

Eric's Baptism

2010-02-16T19:34:00.000-07:00

Eric & Kacie's Wedding

2010-02-11T20:36:00.000-07:00

Bryan & Bobbie's Sepia Toned Wedding

2010-02-03T10:22:00.000-07:00

Pre-wedding and Post-wedding Sepia

2010-01-31T19:24:00.000-07:00

Daniel & Karleigh's Wedding

2010-01-28T20:07:00.002-07:00

I decided to convert some photos to sepia tone from Daniel & Karleigh's wedding, way back when.

Ahhhhhh ... the Casa Blanca pool

2010-01-25T09:45:00.000-07:00

Reading Time

2010-01-23T07:08:00.000-07:00

New Photo Blog!

2010-01-19T20:29:00.001-07:00

Since almost all new posts to this blog have been (Fine Art) photos I've created, I've now created a blog devoted only to the Fine Art photography. You can find the new blog here. (The above photo is not representative of the photos you'll see at the new blog.)

Untitled

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Hills of Moroni off in the Distance

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Sanpete Valley

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California Coast

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The birds in this image are pelicans.

3 Bros

2010-01-16T13:50:00.002-07:00

This was a hike some of us undertook when Bryan was on leave from the army in May of 2006 somehere near Hanksville, Utah.

Left to right: Brett, Bryan, Eric

2010-01-15T09:41:00.015-07:00

January 2nd I slept in til 5:30 or so, waited for some daylight and headed off with my Leica D-Lux 4 into the farmlands and pastures on the south side of Moroni - the same fields I like to jog through when it's not winter here in Sanpete County. As I was out and about some low-lying fog rolled through.

Some of my favorite pictures I've ever taken had fog in them. Anyway, here are some I'm working on - and share with you.

Plantation Slave Quarters, South Carolina

2009-12-07T20:12:00.002-07:00

South Carolina

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Maple Canyon

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Maple Canyon

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Maple Canyon

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Maple Canyon, UT

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Maple Canyon, UT

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Maple Canyon, UT

2009-11-27T05:57:00.000-07:00

Aspens, Nebo Loop

2009-11-26T06:02:00.000-07:00

Nebo Loop Rainstorm

2009-11-25T08:40:00.001-07:00

Payson Canyon

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Circular Congregational Church, Charleston, SC

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Charleston Doorway

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Charleston, SC

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Uinta Pond

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Circular Congregational Church Window, Charleston, SC

2009-11-20T10:02:00.000-07:00

Somewhere Between Salt Lake and Chicago

2009-11-20T09:29:00.001-07:00

Once Someone's Home

2009-11-20T09:26:00.000-07:00

Uinta Aspens

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Uinta Aspen Grove

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Bryan Scouting for Elk in the Uintas

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Utah Pastureland

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Leaves

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Three Aspens

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Moroni

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Sanpitch River

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Young Bull Moose, Uintah Mountains

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Moroni

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Skyline Drive - 11,000 feet high

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Mt. Pleasant, UT

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Mt. Pleasant - Truck

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Sanpete Valley

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Petroglyphs - Capitol Reef

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Maple Canyon, UT

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Mt Pleasant, UT

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Fort Jackson, South Carolina

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Trinity Episcopal Church Window - Columbia, South Carolina

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Old Mining Operation - Idaho Springs, CO

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O'Hare International Airport

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Trinity Episcopal Cathedral - Columbia, South Carolina

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Church Cemetery, South Carolina

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Brett & Sherrie, Manti Temple

2009-10-31T10:41:00.002-06:00

Mount Timpaogos Temple

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Capitol Reef

2009-10-31T08:48:00.003-06:00

2009 Spike Elk Hunt - Part Deux

2009-10-29T10:38:00.021-06:00

The saga continues. Here is Dave glassing for elk on the second to the last day of the hunt. He bagged his four days earlier, so he's just out helping me.

Here is the Weatherby .300 magnum that did the deed on the last day.

Here's Dave listening to a spike bugle.

Dave glassing for elk.

Sunrise on the last day of the hunt, near Mt Nebo.

Looking west from Permission Point.

Looking east from Permission Point.

Looking southwest from Permission Point.

The stand of aspens on the hilltop in the right of this photo is where my spike went down.

There are thirty elk in the stand of trees you see here. Without binoculars I couldn't see them either.

Zoomed out view of same. That's Mt Nebo off in the distance just shy of 12,000 feet. I'm sitting atop a ridge at about 8,000 feet. This was my view when I took the shot.

With this yearling bull weighing in at probably 500 pounds I finally found a mammal that weighs more than me.

Just to the right of the middle of the three trees seen here, and on top of the ridge is where I sat for an hour or more looking for a good shot. Finally, from an estimated 400 yards plus I squeezed the trigger and dropped him like a rock. Only took one shot.

2009 Spike Elk Hunt

2009-10-27T19:25:00.007-06:00

Joe, Dave, and I all had spike (yearling bull) tags this year. The hunt lasts ten days. Eric came with us on three or four of these hunts and Daniel came out for three hours or so on Day Eleven to help pack out meat. The view below is looking down Mayfield Canyon. From the vantage point this photo was taken (elevation: 10,700 feet) we could see a lot of country and "glassed" much of it from here in search of elk.

In the photo above, Dave & I spotted a herd about a mile or so distant. We decided to drive as close as we could and stalk them. It was way cool, but no spikes in the herd.

Shepherd's camp trailers that slide off the road. Bummer (a little sheep humor).

Happy Hunter Dave on a very windy and very cold ridge.

Aspens.

On the far right of the ridge
in the right photo (known as Black Mountain), I sat above three herds of elk (about 35 total) hoping to see a spike. No spike, but a very cool experience.

These next four photos (left, and below) show Dave "glassing" for elk. This is within a half mile of where Joe got his elk earlier in the day.

Joe's truck near where he harvested his spike.

Second to last day of the hunt. This is the spot where a few years ago, Dave took some shots with a borrowed rifle at a spike standing on the ridge on the right. He now has his own, a 7mm, and gets his elk every time. In the center of this photo is a little nob of a hill where Dave, Joe, Eric, and I spotted a buck across the canyon and to the north (right) and Dave used his trusty 7mm to harvest it. We packed it out after dark up the wooded canyon seen here.

Mount Timpanogos Temple

2009-10-12T09:19:00.002-06:00

Manti la Sal National Forest

2009-09-24T04:16:00.002-06:00

Lake Mead

2009-09-23T14:17:00.001-06:00

Old Bank Vault Mechanism - Mt Pleasant, UT

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Manti Temple

2009-09-21T17:12:00.002-06:00

The Leaning Shed

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Three Versions of Spring City Cemetery

2009-09-17T20:38:00.006-06:00

Moroni Sky

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Listened to a photography podcast today that inspired me to do more with my trigger finger than ... well ... pull a trigger.

Enjoy.

My Eternal Companion's New Ride

2009-09-06T08:20:00.018-06:00

She now has two vehicles and I still have a bicycle.

Full backseat.
Four full sized doors.

Back seat folds down to make interior storage.
Bedliner.
Drive options.
Transmission temp gauge.

Check out these additional gauges. No idiot light here.
Set the interior temp (in centigrade?!?) and that's it.
It even has a cassette deck!

My new Leica D-LUX 4

2009-08-24T16:02:00.008-06:00

For you photo nerds out there, here are some straight-from-the-camera, unretouched-in-any-way (except for resizing) photos from my new point & shoot. The whole camera - including battery and memory card - weighs in at 9 1/2 ounces! These are just hand held shots while exploring some of the capabilities of the camera.

Click the photos to enlarge.

New Leica D-LUX 4

2009-08-24T15:41:00.010-06:00

Here are some more.

Another Too Funny

2009-04-23T10:10:00.002-06:00

Another home video [see Too Funny below], if you haven't seen this from the Modrell blog, go see it now. Here's the background, on April 20, Peter an Kelly posted about "the biggest Target that I have ever seen. They have a special escalator for the shopping cart for bringing [the cart] downstairs to the parking garage. I am not sure of the weight limit, so I did not try going for a ride..."

Seaborne & Roach

2009-04-20T08:25:00.002-06:00

These little episodes remind me of the Sonic commercials. Funny as heck, but cleaner than heck. There are currently four episodes with more to come. The first one is right here:

Too funny...

2009-04-20T08:03:00.002-06:00

If you haven't been to Cindie's blog and watched the video of Eric attempting to break a bathroom mirror, you must click here.

I love small-town commercials...

2009-04-18T07:24:00.000-06:00

Heywood Family Reunion 2009

2009-04-16T09:33:00.003-06:00

The dates are Thursday, July 16 through Saturday, July 18, with the July 16 participants having the opportunity of attending a 7:10 p.m. Dodger game against the Astros. Checking the ticket price list this will set you back between 9 and 650 bucks (and, for comparison, ticket prices for Yankee home games range between 14 and 2625 smackers!!). My personal choice will be the "All You Can Eat Pavilion" seat for $25! Can you say, 'unlimited Dodger Dogs?!?!?!?' Woohoo!

More info as I receive it.

Laugh of the Day

2009-04-08T07:07:00.006-06:00

If this had happened at any other newspaper I would be suspicious...

The phone call Rich Evans got Monday morning wasn't good news. It was an employee at Brigham Young University's The Daily Universe , where Evans is the editorial manager. There was a typo on the front page. "It was the worst possible mistake," Evans recalled. The error? A caption on a photo from this weekend's LDS General Conference stated that "Members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostates and other general authorities raise their hands in a sustaining vote Saturday morning.

- as reported in the Salt Lake Tribune

Happy B-day, Erin

2009-04-07T09:41:00.002-06:00

Erin was on vacation on her birthday this year (yesterday), but some of us will be gathered in Moab this coming weekend (including the birthday girl) and I can smell the cake already!

Finally, a new post!

2009-03-30T20:52:00.007-06:00

I recently had some slides scanned on a Tango Drum Scanner. Here are some of the digital results. I'm still working on some (not shown) to get them just how I want them. Of course, to really appreciate the beauty of a photograph, one must see it in print - not just on a computer screen; but you'll have to stop by the house for that. Call first. I currently have 8x10 proofs. The next step is to have 16x20s or 24x30s or larger made. Anyway, here are the digital results. I hope you enjoy them.

New Blog Reminder

2009-03-17T08:48:00.004-06:00

If you missed a previous post announcing my new blog - an ongoing collection of gospel insights - please visit.

and my soul hungered...

Instructions for Use

2009-03-05T11:19:00.002-07:00

So we bought a couple of "Mini LED Camp Lanterns" that were made in China. Here are exact quote excerpts from the step-by-step instructions:

#2: "Ensure batteries are full of power."
#4: "Ensure to turn off the lantern when un-use."

How does this work?

2009-02-26T22:04:00.001-07:00

OK. Try this and tell me how it's done!

Soda Quitters Rules

2009-02-23T07:22:00.003-07:00

If you haven't already, you have to go over to Paul & Lynda's Family Times and read about their proposed Soda Quitters Rules for their family. Good stuff.

New Blog

2009-02-18T10:25:00.002-07:00

My blog has become a hodgepodge of family stuff, rants, political things, interesting life happenings, and gospel related topics. Well I've decided to spin off the gospel related topics into their own blog. I realize that some readers of my current blog will never find their way over to the new gospel related blog - especially on a regular basis - but that's the chance I'm taking in trying to focus.
You can visit the new blog at

http://andmysoulhungered.blogspot.com/

Arches National Park

2009-02-17T09:49:00.011-07:00

How did you celebrate President's Day? What? You didn't know why you were off Monday?

This is how some of the fam celebrated...

By visiting Joe & Brandi and kids in Moab, and driving through, hiking on, and picnicing our way through Arches.

Nick Vujicic has no arms or legs but...

2009-02-12T10:56:00.002-07:00

David sent this to some of us. It's worth posting for all to see.

February Birthdays

2009-02-11T08:35:00.002-07:00

If you missed Bryan's birthday this month (Happy Birthday Bryan!), you may also miss Jadon's (the 13th) and Luke's (the 16th).

Are We Ailing from Too Much Deregulation?

2009-02-11T08:27:00.002-07:00

"Many journalists claim that the U.S. economy since the late 1970s has been very free, with little regulation; that this absence of regulation has caused markets to fail." In this Cato Institute article, David R. Henderson makes the case that, "on all these counts, the reports are false," and that just the opposite is true. Specifically, that "(1) we have not had a period of light regulation, (2) deregulation didn't fail, and (3) regulation makes things worse."

Whichever side you come down on, it's fascinating reading (although, I'm sure, not as fascinating as the "Twilight" series!).

As background notes:

(1) David R. Henderson is a research fellow with the Hoover Institution and an associate professor of economics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He was previously the senior economist for energy policy and health policy with President Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers. He is the editor of The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics.
(2) Wikipedia describes the Cato Institute as follows: "The Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Institute's stated mission is "to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets, and peace" by striving 'to achieve greater involvement of the intelligent, lay public in questions of (public) policy and the proper role of government.' "

The Far Side by Gary Larson

2009-02-10T11:11:00.001-07:00

Answers to Prayer

2009-02-09T10:37:00.003-07:00

"Sometimes answers to prayer are not recognized because we are too intent on wanting confirmation of our own desires. We fail to see that the Lord would have us do something else. Be careful to seek His will. I confess I don't know how to make a correct decision except where there is righteousness and trust in a Heavenly Father. . . . If there is unrepented sin, we are left to our own devices to flounder and struggle on our own. We can be rescued through our own repentance. When we seek inspiration to help make decisions, the Lord gives gentle promptings. These require us to think, to exercise faith, to work, to struggle at times, and to act. Seldom does the whole answer to a decisively important matter or complex problem come all at once. More often, it comes a piece at a time, without the end in sight. . . . [This] counsel about prayer is true. I have tested it thoroughly in the laboratory of my own personal life. I have discovered that what sometimes seems an impenetrable barrier to communication is a giant step to be taken in trust. If you seek His help, be sure your life is clean, your motives are worthy, and you're willing to do what He asks—for He will answer your prayers. He is your loving Father; you are His beloved child. He loves you perfectly and wants to help you."

- Richard G. Scott, Ensign, Nov. 1989, 32

More Panoramas

2009-02-08T12:54:00.004-07:00

Due to popular demand (hey, my brother is popular!),
here are a couple more "panos" of the Grand Canyon.

New Artwork for Our Home

2009-02-07T09:20:00.003-07:00

We wanted some original artwork on the walls of our home. Here is a recent acquisition. This Sanpete Valley scene was created by (number seven son) Eric with oils over an acrylic wash on 8x19 board. As you can see, we are very pleased.

Learning Apple's Aperture

2009-02-06T11:06:00.006-07:00

This post will bore the non-photographers right into sleepy-time...

So, even though I bought Apple's Aperture software program last summer, I am just now getting around to learning it. For the uninitiated, Aperture is Apple's software that allows you to import, manage, and enhance your photos in the post-production workflow. Well it's got a pretty steep learning curve. It's similar enough to Photoshop (which I knew just the basics of) that I can do some rudimentary things with it so far.

As a side note, there were some group photos I took at Brett & Sherrie's wedding that had two light sources: incandescent spots from the ceiling and then the on-camera flash. Daniel warned me as I was setting up about the ceiling lights and I erroneously told him the flash would overpower those and we'd be fine photographically. Well, I was wrong. In post-production, I just couldn't get the color temperatures to jive. Brett & Sherrie still don't have finals of those group shots, so those are my first photographic priority. What I learn from messing around like this will, I hope, allow me to jive those color temperatures and get them off my back (just kidding, Sherrie).

I had imported some photos Daniel and I had taken last summer up in the mountains to the east of us here in Moroni, and decided to do some "learning" with them. The photo here is one of them. I just cropped it and did some minor color correction. Hope you like it.

Delicate Arch

2009-01-31T09:15:00.002-07:00

Check this out.

The Far Side - by Gary Larson

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2009-01-26T07:36:00.001-07:00

Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

Don't appreciate the beauty around you? Just watch this...

2009-01-23T08:06:00.003-07:00

túrána hott kurdís by hasta la otra méxico! from Till Credner on Vimeo.

Still need to come up with a good new year's resolution? Consider one appropriate for 2009, the International Year of Astronomy; just look up -- experience, learn, and enjoy the changing sky. This 4-minute, time-lapse video is composed from a series of 7,000 images highlighting much of what you could see. Arcing through the sky in a stately reflection of planet Earth's own rotation are Moon, Sun and stars. But the sequence also features satellites and meteors streaking overhead, clouds moving along the horizon changing in a beautiful iridescence, and beaming crepuscular rays.

[after clicking the "Play" triangle, if you click on the "HD is off" button that appears, and then click on the words "High Definition" that will appear, you can watch this in High Def and with a bigger viewing window]

Music: túrána hott kurdís by hasta la otra méxico!

Time lapse video: The Sky in Motion by Till Credner, AlltheSky.com