Salt Lake County Kickin’ Candidate Kick-off

Salt Lake County Kickin’ Candidate Kick-off, originally uploaded by calanan.

A coupla' two-tree snaps from my coverage of the Salt Lake County Democrats "Kickin’ Candidate Kick-off" held at the Teamsters Union Hall in Salt Lake City, UT.

Photo above is UT Senator Ross Romero and his son at the raffle table.

Here are some favorites from the evening...








And here's a link to the gallery over on my Flickr account.

Favorite photo of the day:

"aaron + allie" by Sara Baldwin [northern library]

Coverage of Erin Westenskow Berrett's Gallery Opening

This past Friday I had the opportunity to photograph the gallery opening of Salt Lake City painter Erin Westenskow Berrett at Kayo Gallery (177 E 300 S). This was my first time attending SLC's monthly Gallery Stroll and I had a great time talking with Erin and Shilo (Kayo Gallery's owner) and their friends and family.





The subject of Erin's paintings were pairs of shoes and boots rendered in warm ochre tones, each roughly 2'x 2'. I liked Erin's choice to light her scenes in a harsh and direct manner, which as a photographer I found quite visually-interesting.






In covering the opening I shot both interactions between Erin and her guests...







...as well as photos of the gallery patrons admiring Erin's work.





I also shot a few images of the gallery itself to give a sense of place and to provide to Kayo Gallery for use on their web site.





More photos can be found here on my Flickr account.

Also, a great interview of Erin and Shilo by KUTV's Gavin Sheehan can be found here in Gavin's Underground.

Finally a big thanks to friend and fellow photographer Bryan Jones for asking me to cover this event on his behalf.