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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Ogden Valley Balloon Festival

Stormy weather threatened to cancel the festivities, but sunshine and calm winds prevailed and I was able to make it to the annual Ogden Valley Balloon Festival for the first time this summer. Here are a few highlights.

Shannon White flies his hot air balloon, Mountain Breeze, over Pineview Reservoir during the Ogden Valley Balloon Festival on Friday, August 14, 2015. White and his wife live in Colorado and have been coming to the Ogden Valley Balloon Festival since 2003.
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Pineview Reservoir and the Ogden Valley is visible from a hot air ballon during the Ogden Valley Balloon Festival on Friday, August 14, 2015.
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The early morning sun shines through Moonshine, a hot air balloon from Utah during the Ogden Valley Balloon Festival on Friday, August 14, 2015. Moonshine was the first balloon to go up after weather delayed the launch.
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Tour of Utah

The Tour of Utah bike race passed through Ogden again this summer. Here are my favorite shots from the second stage of the international bike race.

The main pack of cyclists begins their climb up Ogden Canyon on during the second stage of the Tour of Utah on Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Tuesday's race started in Tremonton and circled around Pineview Reservoir before finishing in downtown Ogden.
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Cyclists race around the corner at 25th St. and Washington Blvd. during the women's race in the second stage of the Tour of Utah in downtown Ogden on Tuesday, August 4, 2015.
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Back Country Horsemen

One of my favorite assignments this summer involved heading into the Northern Wasatch Mountains with the local chapter of the Back Country Horsemen. Here are a few photos from the trip up Ben Lomond.

Larry Housley coils rope after packing supplies up Ben Lomond Peak on Thursday, July 10, 2015. Members of the Wasatch Front Chapter of the Back Country Horsemen Association carried gear into remote areas of the Northern Wasatch Range in order to supply aide stations for an upcoming race.
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Larry Housley has a beer and rests with his horse, Bubba, after packing supplies up Ben Lomond Peak on Thursday, July 10, 2015. Housley and a second rider with the Back Country Horsemen Association rode two saddle horses and brought three additional packhorses loaded with gear in preparation for an upcoming ultramarathon.
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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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