At the Long Course

At the Long Course, originally uploaded by calanan.

Speed Week 2008 (Saturday, 23 August 2008)
Bonneville Speedway/Bonneville Salt Flats
Wendover, UT

Tokina 12-24mm f/4

We took a drive out to the Bonneville Salt Flats this weekend to catch a little bit of Speed Week 2008, where vehicles attempt to break world land speed records. Some of my favorite photos from the day:

Steve and Rosemary


Manray and Ray at the starting line


Our base camp


Some of the vehicles













[ More photos from the day, in slideshow format ]

Buckwheat Zydeco

Buckwheat Zydeco, originally uploaded by calanan.

I think this one is my favorite shot from the whole festival. That is all. :)

Buckwheat Zydeco

Snowbird 2008 Rock & Blues Festival
August 1st and 2nd
Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort
Salt Lake City, UT

Tokina 12-24mm f/4

Paul Thorn Band

Paul Thorn Band, originally uploaded by calanan.

Paul Thorn Band

Snowbird 2008 Rock & Blues Festival
August 1st and 2nd
Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort
Salt Lake City, UT

Tokina 12-24mm f/4

I'm almost done! I'm at the end of the processing of my photos from the Snowbird (UT) 2008 Rock & Blues Festival, I had to take ~1 week off to host my visiting in-laws but I now have my nose to the Photoshop grindstone and should be done with the photos by tomorrow.

As for the visit by Manray's parents, we had a fantastic time hosting them for their first visit to Utah and showed them some amazing places in both the valley and in southern Utah, the drive on UT-12 being the highlight of their trip. More on that later...

SLC Zombie Walk 2008

SLC Zombie Walk 2008, originally uploaded by calanan.

p.s. There was a Sarah Nielson sighting, too!

SLC Zombie Walk 2008

SLC Zombie Walk 2008, originally uploaded by calanan.

Quick update...Manray and I watched the 1st Annual Zombie Walk here in SLC today. Here are some of my favorites from the Flickr set.







Zombie Walk SLC www.myspace.com/zombiesinslc

About the walk community.kutv.com/blogs/games/archive/2008/08/08/3283013...

Sorry I haven't been updating!

Bettye LaVette, originally uploaded by calanan.

I was fortunate to be hired to photograph a local rock & blues festival this past weekend and between it and the post-processing my free time has been consumed - not that I'm complaining. The music was phenomenal and I'm very pleased with how my photos turned out.

FYI, here was the lineup:

Snowbird 2008 Rock & Blues Festival
August 1st and 2nd
Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort
Salt Lake City, UT

Friday August 1st - Doors open at 5pm

* The Hipwaders - Free Kids Show (5:00pm on the Plaza Deck)
* Andrew Goldring (6:00pm)
* Iguanas (7:00pm)
* The Subdudes (8:15pm)
* Bettye LaVette (9:45pm)

Saturday August 2nd - Doors open at 12pm

* The Hipwaders - Free Kids Show (12 noon on the Plaza Deck)
* Junior Giant (1:00pm)
* Legendary Porch Pounders (2:00pm)
* The Soul Survivors (3:00pm)
* Ruthie Foster (4:00pm)
* Paul Thorn Band (5:30pm)
* Buckwheat Zydeco (7:00pm)
* Keb Mo' Band (9:00pm)

The photo above is of Bettye LaVette, who I'm ashamed I had not heard of before the festival but instantly became my favorite act. How she isn't more well-known is beyond me!

Here's the gallery into which I'm uploading photos:


Snowbird 2008 Rock & Blues Festival

More soon...

Manny

Manny, originally uploaded by calanan.

500 S and 1300 E
Salt Lake City, UT

Sigma 30mm f/1.4

Like Manray, things are looking up.

Blogposts have been infrequent these days but for good reason. I've been receiving paid gigs as of late, including a family portrait session and today and tomorrow I'm shooting the 2008 Snowbird Rock & Blues Festival.

Wish me luck!