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I took 3 of my girls out to take pictures the other day. I continue to learn more and more about taking pictures. I am continually amazed at how the simplest of structures can make for a nice picture. For these pitcures I found a couple of old barns (we had to trudge through some snow to get to them but as you can tell, they made a nice backdrop), an old bridge and railroad tracks.

This was a series of pictures that I did for a Christmas present. Two of these pictures were recently accepted into the Pentax Photo Gallery (my first attempt at having pictures accepted). This was a fun gift to put together. Now if I can only find the prints that I had made I could get the gifts to the people that I had made this for.

In White

In White, originally uploaded by ida_flyer.

I have always wanted to capture the Aspens in the fall time. I have always loved the white bark with the colors of the surrounding leaves of the other trees and shrubs. I applied a Lightroom preset to soften up the picture a little bit.

This Old House

This Old House, originally uploaded by ida_flyer.

I spent some time around this old homestead taking a series of different angles and such. This is one of my favorites that I took that day. I will post some others that I also liked.

Retired, originally uploaded by ida_flyer.

One more that I took away from the Homestead house. This was some old farm equipment that was sitting behind the house. I love the contrast between the ground and the darkening skies.

Forgotten, originally uploaded by ida_flyer.

Old wooden shutters on the old homestead house. I applied a Lightroom preset to add the texture to the siding of the house.

Family Pics 2009

I had a chance to take my new camera out (Pentax K20D) and take some pictures of my family and my beautiful wife. I am having fun taking pictures with this new camera and there is so much to learn about it. My wife sure makes a nice subject to take pictures of.

Salt Lake Temple

Salt Lake Temple, originally uploaded by ida_flyer.

I have always wanted to take a picture of the Salt Lake temple at night. After leaving the hospital one night I was able to take a couple of pictures of it. Unfortunately I didn’t have my tripod with me so I did the best with what I could do.

Took this picture without a tripod. ISO 400 1/8 second f/4.0. Plus it was about 20 degrees outside so I was shaking on top of trying to hold my camera as still as possible. Next time I will be using a tripod.