I'm At Work, So No Pictures On This Post...

But, there will be some posted in the very near future. As soon as I can get some free time at my apartment. No, the pictures aren't anything special, they are just some shots of a few little adventures I've gone on in the past month or so.

First, I've got some snapshots from my most recent trip down the Snake River with my Ward. There won't be as many shots as previous river trip posts for one very sad reason. During this year's trip, a small drop of water somehow snuck into my camera and fogged up the inside of the lens making most of the pictures I took either blurry or super bright or both. But, I do have a few to post. Remember, my river trip pictures aren't going to look nearly as good as my other work for two reasons. One: I'm not using my nice DSLR on the river trip. Instead I'm using my waterproof point and shoot camera. (It's a Pentax W60 in case you're wondering.) Two: I'm taking pictures while I'm riding on a raft down a river, so it's harder to actually frame a good picture.

Second, I've got some pictures from inside Timpanogas Cave as well as some from the hike up. I went there with my family just last week. It was truly amazing inside the cave. I'm not sure how well the pictures turned out, but just looking at them on my camera, some turned out pretty good. It was my first time using my new flash, which was nice to have inside the cave. My only problem with some of the in-the-cave shots is that the awesome colors and textures lose some of their lustre when they are only lit by a flash, but I'll try to find some good ones. If anything, I'll post some of the landscape shots I took of American Fork Canyon on the hike up to the cave.

Now, down to business. I don't know how many people actually read this blog, but if you follow it, you are probably well aware of the fact that I had a hard drive crash in which I lost all of my old photos. While there are ways to recover a hard drive, they are all well beyond what I can afford right now. So, I'm asking for people to be my models as I try to rebuild my lost portfolio. I need individuals as well as couples and maybe even a family or two. (I haven't decided if I want to pursue family photography, but I'm sure I want to get a couple under my belt.) I'm not going to charge you for the session, since you'd be doing it as a favor to me. You'll still get a dvd with the images on it, just like you would if I was charging you. It's a good deal, if I do say so myself.

If you're interested in having your picture taken by me, just leave a comment and I'll get back to you.

A Tragic Accident

Well, it might be a few days (weeks?) before I can post any new pictures. I finally have internet at my apartment, so that's not the problem. What is the problem? Well, it's tragic. My hard drive crashed recently and I've lost every photo I've ever taken since I first owned a camera. There was about 30 gig of pictures on that hard drive, and now they are all lost. I've called around to a few places to find out if it would be recoverable, and it is, but it's going to cost me quite a large chunk of change, which I don't have right now. (The cheapest hard drive recovery place is $1600.00. The rest are all charging around $2500.00) But, those pictures were my life, and I'm working hard to get the money to recover it. So, in the meantime, bear with me while I take new pictures to post and try to get the old ones back.

By the way, if any of you that read this have any pictures I've ever taken of, or for, you, please let me know. If it's possible, I'd like to get them from you so that, in case I can't ever get that hard drive fixed, I can still have some of my old work back. I'd really appreciate your help with this.