St.George

I wish I had taken more pictures to better document the beauty of the St.George desert. Connor and the Allens were kind enough to invite me to spend the weekend before Christmas in the slightly warmer Southern end of the state. I can't wait to go back in March with a little more dedication to my camera.

xxx.

Shooting

There's nothing quite like quality family(/friend/neighbor) time.

xxx.

Lumberjacks

There's something very empowering about felling a tree and enjoying the warmth it provides.

xxx.

Chicago

I had the very good fortune to travel to Chicago over the Halloween weekend with my fellow editors of the Review. It didn't even take a full day for me to fall in love with Chicago. The architecture was absolutely incredible. The entire city (or the pleasant parts that I explored anyway) emits a sophisticated, dark, serious mood. It's perfect. 

While I was there I visited the Onion offices, ate deep dish, ate at my first pub, listened to lots of writing lectures, and spent as much time on the streets as I possibly could. 

xxx.

ps. That photo of the very disgruntled gentleman with the mustache was a total (wonderful) accident.

Halloween

I was a very last minute Bunnicula 

(my uncle's nickname for me for as long as I can recall).

xxx.

Orange

Of course we had to spend at least one evening taking photos of/with the beautiful turning leaves. It may be cliche to do so, but they really are lovely. I'm grateful that I live in a place where I get to experience fall.

xxx.

The Perfect Sandwich

Falling.

Connor and I end up doing a lot of spur of the moment photo experiments, like this one, falling. It's fun to work with flash fall off, it allows for some really cool, stark images. See more after the break. 

xxx.

The New Electric Sound

 Last Saturday I headed down to Velour, Provo's most prestigious music venue, to listen to my good friends Brandon and Mark of The Moth & The Flame. My affection for their music is another blog post all together, but I was also able to hear The New Electric Sound for the first time. I'm pretty neutral about most of their music, but this video, and this song are great, especially as a whole. Provo, Utah is really putting itself on the map for producing talented, creative young people. 

xxx.