apples

fruitshare in the avenues. volunteers pick and keep some too.
it's a slideshow.

standing tall

gov. herbert on the campaign trail with former nba player shawn bradley now running for utah house.

xc

quick legged runners on probably one of the last warm days this year.
slideshow.

weather

of which we've had a lot lately

booster class

where the kids go that just came to the country so they can catch up quickly. this one with mrs. martinez was awesome.

philpot

wants pelosi fired.

nickelback. three songs and out.

stephanie and lucy on the front steps

balloons

a saturday when everybody wanted to release some...

take yer country back

morgan philpot and mike lee on tour for votes

herriman reseed

abandoned smelter tintic mine with snorkel pool adventure

ausflug with micha, jason, mark and britnee.

quiet and numerous

Several thousand lgbt supporters formed a chain around Temple Square to protest recent remarks by LDS apostle Boyd K. Packer that same-sex attraction is "impure and "unnatural." (click on image for more photos)

choir of the madeleine

last one for today.

sonia lopez...

...was described in my photo assignment as a female rapper. but when i got there, she was this sweet girl who sings about love and breakups and other very emotional things in life with this amazing voice. she practices sitting on her bed and I thought it kind of represented her innocence and music career that is still in its infancy. she loved those roses in front of her house. so that's where we set up for a little more glamorous shot.

tabernacle

can't go wrong with the beautiful interior at abravanel hall. and anthony "toby" tolokan, the utah symphony's new vice president of artistic planning, also was a very nice and patient man, both of which tend to help my portraits.

mr. ombach and the german guilt

sometimes germans are weird when it comes to taking blame for their history, even though they weren't alive back then. so after watching the play of anne frank that featured some terrifying ss men vhis vherrie harsh gerrrrrrman accents and then talking to mr ombach whose good family hid jews in amsterdam during the war, it was hard for me to tell him that I was german, too. he noticed, and after the day was over he reassured me that I was in fact a "good kraut, not a bad kraut." phew, that made me feel better.

herriman fire

grew unexpectedly from a plume of smoke in the valley to some crazy mayhem that lasted through most of the night. here, Baylee Boulden, 6, rubs her eye that's irritated from all the smoke. She and her family were outside and watching, with interest but unphased. A few hours later the fire was burning in their backyard and they, with a ton of other residents had to immediately evacuate. I don't think anyone expected that. Not them, not law enforcement, not me.

they won again...

rsl gettin' love from fans

taking the blame

ntl. guard and herriman fire eval. meeting

indian summer

featsh hunt.

our gov and lt gov + mrs.s

Doctors United Against ObamaCare. That's right!

9/11....2010

the story of eight.

electro- what? - fish?

when we want to survey fish in a river we shock them with a few volts and, voila, they come float'n to the surface...
electrofishing in the green by flaming gorge. this is a slideshow below.

hopefully someone will shoot at you

decoy set up in some random spot near flaming gorge to possibly fine those who truly think this thing is real - and stupidly, illegally, try shooting it.

dew tour

downtown sl. neck-breaking crazy stuff that's very cool to watch.

the first 'away' assignment i went to for the trib was the wild horse roundup near baker, nev.
being in germany, a roundup with 'real' wild horses was only stuff i could fantasize about. so going to baker was great. here they were...for real. this is a slideshow below.

get ready for the bloggy bonanza!

a month of quite eventful shooting at the trib. here we go...

mormon media leaders for NYT

For a story on how the LDS-owned media influences the immigration debate in Utah. Click here to read.