No Aspirin Required

Shot another concert in Salt Lake recently. This one was at a benefit for The Children's Home Society up at the Post Theater on the University of Utah campus. The featured act was Heather's Headache, a band out of DC that features The Cheetahman's brother-in-law on lead guitar.

It was also significant because they played a similar benefit last year, and that event was the first concert I ever covered. Eventually it all comes full circle...

Spring Snowstorm: Images from Spring 2011 LDS General Conference

Every six months the LDS church hosts a series of globally televised conference sessions out of their headquarters in Salt Lake City, UT. Some people lovingly refer to it as, "Mormon Woodstock," and even though there aren't any searing guitar covers of the national anthem by Jimi Hendrix or blatant displays of public nudity, it is a fantastic photo opportunity.

Usually I'll go downtown in the hopes of catching some interesting shot that juxtaposes the attendees filing past one of the many local street preachers who gather on corners to preach Hell, fire and damnation. But today, the weather must have dampened the preachers' spirits, because only a few of them showed up to torment the faithful. Instead, the early April snowfall yielded the most compelling images:

Tiny Lights

Made a few runs to Temple Square over the holidays...trying to take advantage of the great photo opportunities. After a while, I would inevitably start goofing around, trying to find a new way to interpret a heavily-covered subject.

Here are a few of the shots I came up with:

On another night I drove up to the Bountiful Temple to see what I could find up there. Just like in Salt Lake, fatigue and frigid temperatures started to impact the results:

She & Him

Last night I caught the final act of the 2010 Twilight Concert Series down in Pioneer Park.  She & Him is the creative team of M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel.  Because of class, I wasn't able to get down to the park until almost 8:30, which meant all my shots had to be taken sniper-style from the midst of the 20,000 person crowd.  Still, I think I managed to take advantage of some of the obstructing shadows.

Diversifying the Portfolio (Again)

Yesterday morning I covered the second annual 4.01K run in downtown Salt Lake. According to the Facebook page, the purpose of the event is to network, build synergy, and to run through Salt Lake City in a suit.

The event starts at the top of Capitol Hill and makes its way down State Street to the Gallivan Center, where the route takes a hard turn to the west. Just past the Farmer's Market, the runners turn north and make their way to the finish at the Gateway fountain.

People running in suits + adults playing in fountains + confused onlookers = good photo op.

Hey Jude

Last week my buddy Randy's brother-in-law was in town with his band for a special charity gig at The State Room in Salt Lake City.  The event was a fundraiser for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.  I dropped by with my camera in tow and snagged some shots of Heather's Headache in action, as well as their sweet Marvin Gaye-covering opening act, The Vibrant Sound.

Observe...