More of this family here.

Christmas is coming, find out more about getting your familys photos taken here.

Some friends and I heard about an [cool looking old something] about thirty minutes from town so we went out to take a look.

It’s a angst riddled graffiti covered abandon something. Since it’s on the side of a small mountain I’m assuming that it’s related to mining in some fashion. No idea thoug

I’ve been experimenting with split toning again. Some of these photos are regular black & white, while others are blue & yellow. I like the effect for some photos, but I’m not sure when to do it and when not to.

One thing I like about places like this is the concrete. I love shooting concrete. When done well concrete adds a great background for any photo. It lends itself well to both color and black & white. If I could I would marry concrete and have little half-Trevor half-concrete children.

Katrina isn’t as hard as she wants you to think she is. (But she’s still pretty hard).

Before this trip Katrina and Lynn didn’t know each other, but at one point I made them hug. This shot was taken during the awkward post hug stage.

Milo is small, dirty and kind of smells. He’s the dog of a friend. The first time I saw him I knew I had to take his picture.

His tongue hangs out the right side of his mouth because he’s had a stroke, his front legs are wider then his back legs and he runs out of breath walking across the room. I’m pretty sure the only thing keeping him alive is love.

He’s absolutely adorable.

For an online article in Square I shot T.J. Tregeagle at the American Fork Skatepark, the other day I realized that I never posted them, so here they are.

This top photo is one of my favorites. I was looking at Erik Seo’s action photography and I noticed some of his sepia work. He really does a good job with the technique so I decided I’d try it out. I’m not sure if it really makes a big difference, but it’s interesting to at least give it a go.

Some photos only work in color, some in black & white. I think this one works both ways.

This bowl is about 12ft, huge.

Have a good two years Kamalei.

If you’re like me and your musical interests have dabbled in both ska and hardcore – then you still might not like this band. But it’s an interesting idea none the less. A Billion Ernies is a hardcore/ska band.

I originally started listening to Iron Horse as a joke, but it turns out I really like bluegrass Modest Mouse covers. Of particular liking is Trailer Trash.

Speaking of Modest Mouse, my favorite song by anyone is So Much Beauty in Dirt.

I Met the Walrus is a fantastic animated short set to an interview Jerry Levitan made with John Lennon. Jerry was 14 at the time and John was staying in hotel beds to promote peace.

Also worth checking out is the mp3 on kidsandexplosions.com.

I’ve been listening to TED talks a lot lately. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment & Design, but the core function of the conference is to talk about ideas. Some talks I really like are Evelyn Glennie shows how to listen, Dan Dennett on our consciousness (further listening on the subject on Radiolab), Tom Honey on God and the tsunami, Ben Dunlap talks about a passionate life, Bob Thurman says we can be Buddhas and Chris Anderson on tech’s long tail.

Ok last thing. I like Jake Chessum’s bio page. Interesting execution.

About a month ago there was worry that my friend Charlotte was going to have some medical problems. Treatment would require surgery and a lot of time in bed. So I decided that she’d need something to cheer her up after the bad news.

It was at this time that I’d been thinking about stuffed animals some and wanted to try my hand at making one. I saw this guy on Jason Sho Green’s website and thought that looked like a good template to start out on.

So Melvin was born. He’s made of love, cotton and the power of imagination (bonus: this is an answer to the quiz that I made about Melvin for her). Because my sewing machine’s motor in burnt out, he is also made of season 2 of Arrested Development.

It has since turned out that Char’s going to be just fine, but tragedy did strike another. I had to use white watercolor paint for the eyes and while Melvin was posing in a tree he fell in to a river. The white paint bled pretty bad in one eye.

So I think the moral to this story is that if you get sick and I like you enough, I make you something.

Sounds good.

These photos are technically good, but like all my skate photography they suffer from the same problem: lack of gnar.

Taking pictures of you and your bros skating a ditch is really fun, don’t get me wrong. But if I want to take some photos that are going to get noticed I need to start meeting some better skaters.

I have an interview with Slug Magazine on Friday. Slug covers music, skate and the alternate lifestyle (all things fun to shoot). The position is unpaid, but it’d be nice to get in touch with more skaters & bands + getting published more can’t hurt anything.

Wish me luck.

*also if you roll your mouse over the images now you’ll find fun little comments. Yep, that’s me. Always tryin’ to make this blog better. Holla.

The rule of thirds is a photography rule derived from the golden ratio. The idea is that if you trisect a photograph both horizontally and vertically, the points where the lines intersect are the most pleasing to the viewer.

For portraits, eyes are what attract the viewers attention. It’s a safe bet to place the eyes along one of the power points.

The beginning photographers instinct might be to center the model in the frame, or at least not cut off the top of his head. But when the image is viewed with the rule of thirds superimposed over, it can be seen that the focus of this image is the eyes.

In this photo the focus is on the head. With the rule of thirds over the image we can see that his head is squarely in the bottom right point.

So that’s the rule of thirds. It’s a simple idea, but when used appropriately it can produce powerful results. Next time you’re taking pictures take two shots of the same thing, one with the rule of thirds in mind, one without and compare the two.

Further reading:
The golden ratio and aesthetics
Rule of thirds at Digital Photography School