Summer Highlights

As the summer wraps up, I've been going through some of work I've shot for the Standard-Examiner over the last few months. Below are a few of my favorite shots that haven't made it onto the blog yet in other posts.

Michaelangelo Romero, left, Steve Wardle, center, and Karl Rice wait backstage before Romero and Wardle's performance (as Lady Delish and Steve Hi-Weigh) during the drag show at the Ogden Pride Festival at the Ogden Amphitheater on Saturday, August 1, 2015. The celebration was Ogden's first LGBT pride festival.
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The sun sets over Lindquist Field as the Raptors take on the Helena Brewers on Monday, August 17, 2015.
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Rev. Brandee Mimitzraiem cries during a prayer vigil on Friday, June 19, 2015 for the men and women killed at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. Rev. Mimiztraiem hosted the service with fellow ministers and members of the community at the Embry Chapel AME Church in Ogden.
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Gary Smetana tears out a bathtub while working on renovating a home along Grant St. in Ogden with the Genesis Project on Friday, June 19, 2015. Members of the Genesis Project, a church based in Central Ogden, volunteered on projects around the city during a five-day service project.
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Wide Look at Baseball

I covered a fair number of Ogden Raptors games for the Standard-Examiner this summer. On a recent game against the Helena Brewers, I decided to change things up a bit and only shoot the game with a wide angle lens (specifically a 16-35 mm/f 2.8). It was a fun challenge. Here are some of the results.

The Raptors played the Helena Brewers at Lindquist Field on Wednesday, August 19, 2015.
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Ogden third baseman Faustino Oguisten watches the first inning from the dugout as the Raptors play the Helena Brewers at Lindquist Field on Wednesday, August 19, 2015.
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The Raptors played the Helena Brewers at Lindquist Field on Wednesday, August 19, 2015.
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The Ogden Raptors congratulate Scott De Jong after he scores Ogden's second run during a home game against the Helena Brewers at Lindquist Field on Wednesday, August 19, 2015.
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Summer Snow

OK, it isn't really snow, but the wind last night in Ogden Valley was kicking up so many seed pods that it looked like a snow storm in 70 degree weather.

©Benjamin Zack, 2015

A Utah Summer in Video

I spent a lot more of this summer making videos than ever before. I've together a few of my favorites below from wildlife to rodeos to rainbows. It has been a busy Utah summer. Enjoy:

Mutton Bustin at the Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo.

Golden Eagle Research in the West Desert

Rainbow Gathering in the Uinta Mountains

Daughter honors father with difficult hike to 1977 Davis crash site

Looking for bats on Antelope Island

Summer Feature

I went out hunting yesterday to try and find a photo to go with a story one the heat wave predicted for Utah later in the week. After several failed attempts of shooting on the rivers, I came across some folks at Farr's Ice Cream and got this image.