Mecworks

I made two photographs on my way back from Salt Lake City last night. I was leaving a friend’s house after dropping off some items for the SLLUG meeting tomorrow night. While descending the avenues, I passed by Memory Grove near 9th Avenue where I stopped for an amazing sunset.

Here are several. The first two are the pictures I made last night and were made on my Nikon D300 camera. The first is looking out at Antelope Island to the West with my Nikon AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8 G ED lens and the second is a view of the Utah state capital and the sunset taken with my Nikon 10.5mm f/2.8 DX Fisheye. (All images Copyright © Marc Christensen, All rights reserved.)

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Sometimes you just can’t believe what you just did…and neither can anyone else.

Revisiting your photography archives, weeks, months or even years later will help you find great shots overlooked in the initial review.

A lesson we often learn in life the hard way is that contentment from everyday objects is fairly ephemeral. Things come and go, ice cream cones occasionally end up on the side walk. As we learn from one of the greatest movies ever made, The Princes Bride, we all must “Get used to appointment”. On the other hand, there are times in life when we are presented with opportunities and happiness which we should grab immediately, like when I found I had taken this picture of Matthew and Nate, taken nearly 3 years ago while browsing my photo archives.

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So, we’re all over at my parents for family dinner this past Sunday night. Most of the family that lives in Utah is there with the exception of my brother Spencer who is home with a stomach flu. We’re barbecuing hamburgers, hot dogs and chicken along with all together way too much other good food to eat and…we’re all stuffed. I look outside and see one of my nieces Sara, drawing on the sidewalk with chalk and grab my camera…I can’t miss this opportunity.  So that she can get low enough to the ground, Sara is sort of doing the splits.

Click on “All Sizes” for a larger version on Flickr.

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