one more aggie

utah tea party people for NYT

During the interviews I loved hearing how these people got into politics. whether you agree with them or not, the tea party has been quite the movement and I guess I was struck by how normal everyone was. Family moms, business owners, a young and inspired lady. dudes and dudettes, basically. it interested me and I guess with the photos I wanted to show that they're not shiny people sitting in big offices. but like everyone else, they're trying to make a difference.

did he know

Utah State University basketball coach Stew Morrill watches his team during practice at the University of Arizona McKale Center during the NCAA tournament, in Tucson, Ariz. He wasn't too impressed with their performance then and I doubt he was impressed when they lost against Kansas State the day after.

kid, ducks, calls

Tate Douglas, is a duck and geese caller. Sounds like a real duck that's quacking at the top of his lungs into an amplifier. So loud neighbors called the cops once.

lent

The people were nice and the light was nice and the music was great but for the life of me I couldn't find a good angle to shoot from inside. So I left. Taize Vespers at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, West Valley. Shot through the rainy glass doors from the outside in.

we thought winter was over. and then, one morning....

telefon kamera

Though late, I finally traded in my ancient flip phone for an iphone. This week I tried the hipstamatic and I find it astounding that you can point it at almost anything and get an interesting looking photo out of it. it's nice to shoot for fun again without having to carry around that big fat clunker I use for work. here's a few days worth...

granite hot springs for NYT

the only way to get to the springs near jackson, wyo. is to take a snowmobile, skis or dogs on a 10-mile trek. it was somewhere around -20 degrees out and the plastic buckles on my camera bag broke off when i tried to close it. duct tape crumbled into little pieces and i looked like a suicide bomber with camera batteries wrapped in pocket heaters strapped to various parts of my body. it was beautiful and magical and I only wish I would've had a chance to jump in the water...story here

DeChristopher trial + rally for NYT

belly galore

dancers on stage

refreshing to hear leaders of faith talk about immigrants as people, not as those green things with antennae that descend upon us from outer space, as politicians like to call them...

funding cuts deep

they have to cut money somewhere and once again those who are economically the most fragile and socially the least powerful will end up on the chopping block. federal funding for head start, below, and other social programs in utah currently is up in the air.

carving the owl quest

hs hoops

distracted
from game action
me

city library hula hoop

vietnamese new year hula hoop

florence welch for nyt

Drill Team Champs

exhausted.

Nicole Simoneau, 22, a junior at Utah State University, carries her son Kemper, 1, across campus during gymnastics practice in Logan, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. After having the child, Simoneau returned to competitive gymnastics soon after.