As 2019 draws to a close, I’ve been thinking back on the work I’ve made through the year. We’ve done a fair bit of traveling, with a trip to Twin Falls, and Zion Nation Park. My project with Tommy keeps rolling, though it has slowed some since winter hit. I’d hoped to work on a few other projects, including the 10,000 Steps work, but I think I’m going to have to wait until next spring/summer to do anything. In all it’s been a pretty good year.
Bear River and Clay Slough
I've gone out several times over the past weeks, around Benson, and the Cutler Marsh, and I'm feeling like I'm really getting to know the Bear River and Cache Valley on a deeper level, though there's still so much more to discover.
I also bought a 6x9 medium format rangefinder recently, and it's been fun getting back into film photography, even though I haven't gotten any of the film developed yet. It's been nice to have to slow down and not take the "shotgun approach" that digital can allow you to take. I've noticed I approach the photographed scene just slightly differently with film. I'm sure the focal length of the lens and the fact that it's a rangefinder with no light meter has something to do with this change.
Here are some photos from the last few outings.
Tree Blown by the Breeze, Bear River, Benson, Utah, 2016
Bear River, Benson, Utah, 2016
Irrigation Pump House, Clay Slough, Utah, 2016
Clay Slough, Utah, 2016
Culvert, Clay Slough, Utah, 2016
Parking Lot and Sign Post, Clay Slough, Utah, 2016
Benson
On Saturday evening we drove out to Benson again so I could photograph. Here are a some of the evening's fruits:
Cottonwoods, Ditch, Benson, Utah, 2016
Cottowoods, Bear River, Benson, Utah, 2016
Cottonwoods, Benson, Utah, 2016
Cattails, Benson, Utah, 2016
Live and Fallen Cottonwood Trees, Benson, Utah, 2016
Cottonwood Trees on the Banks of Bear River, Benson, Utah, 2016
Newton Dam and Cutler Marsh
It's been a while since I went out specifically to photograph, but this afternoon a rain storm rolled through the valley and left behind some pretty dramatic clouds and I couldn't not go out and photograph them.
I'd never been out to Newton Dam before, so that's where I ended up. I've heard that there are Musky out there that I'm going to have to go try and catch once I get the necessary tackle for landing such a toothy fish. Anyway, here are some of the photographs I came away with:
Tree Swing, Newton Dam, Utah, 2012
Cut Bank, Newton Dam, Utah, 2012
Graffiti Angler Sign, Newton Dam, Utah, 2012
After some time at Newton Dam, I swung by Cutler Marsh and made a few more photographs:
Cutler Marsh, Utah, 2012
Reeds, Cutler Marsh, Utah, 2012
Can Winter Be Done?
I was okay with the rain we were getting today, but it soon turned to snow. By the time I got off work, there was a fresh coating of the white stuff on the ground. I'd left this morning planning on going photographing a bit this evening, and at 5 o'clock, I was still set on that plan despite the snow that had fallen and was still continuing to come down. I didn't come away with as many photographs as I would have liked, since I had to fight snow getting on my lens almost the whole time, but I did get these two that I really like (especially the second):
