Salt Lake City Tattoo Convention

I recently went down to the Salt Lake City Tattoo Convention to write and take photos. I really didn't expect to come across such a huge international event like this on my first month in Utah. Enjoy the photos below and you can click here to see a full gallery and read more about the weekend.

 

 

Tournament Basketball

As the final games of the college basketball season wrap-up, I've gone through and pulled a few of the tournament photos that I shot over the last month for the Standard-Examiner. These photos are from the first day of the NCAA tournament in Salt Lake City and from the College Insider Tournament in Ogden. Full galleries can be found at the link below each photo.

Weber State University vs Oral Roberts University

Harvard vs University of New Mexico

University of Arizona vs Belmont

University of Arizona vs Belmont

 

Gonzaga vs Southern University

Easter Rendezvous

This past weekend was the Easter Rendezvous at Fort Buenaventura in Ogden. The annual gathering is at the site of an early trading lcation and today is one of the first events of the year for mountain men reenactors around the region. I was only able to stop by just after the set-up and before the main events began, but I did get a few photos. Enjoy.

 

 

 

 

Anti-Discrimination Rally

Last week in Utah, SB 262 - a bill that would outlaw housing and employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity - died in the final days of the latest Senate session. Supporters of the bill held a rally on the state capitol steps two days later where they celebrated how far the bill had come and to motivate people for future measures. I shot a few photos at the capitol. Enjoy.

 

Demonstrators in support of SB 262, a bill banning employment and housing discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, gather on the steps of the Utah State Capitol on Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2013, two days after the bill died before coming to a vote in the Utah State Senate. The rally was planned and organized before the fate of the bill was known.

Over 100 supporters of an LGBT anti-discrimination bill held signs and flags at a rally on the steps of the Utah State Capitol on Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2013. Despite the failure of the bill to reach the senate floor, the mood of the rally was positive.

 

Senator Steve Urquhart (R-St. George) addressed a crowd at the Utah State Capitol during a rally in support of LGBT anti-discrimination measures on Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2013. Sen. Urquhart had sponsored the recent anti-discrimination bill which died in the Senate just after being passed out of committee.

 

Demonstrators in support of SB 262 listen to speakers from the steps of the Utah State Capitol on Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2013. The bill never made it to a vote on the Senate floor, but it did make it out of committee; something that demonstrators saw as a sign of progress after failed attempts over the last six years.

 

Jeanetta Williams, President of the Salt Lake Branch of the NAACP, and Archie Archuleta, President of the Utah Coalition of La Raza, right, spoke at a rally in support of SB 262 at the Utah State Capitol on Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2013, two days after the bill died before coming to a vote in the Utah State Senate. Williams and Archuleta compared the struggle for LGBT equality to past struggles for racial equality.

Basketball off the Court



 While prepping for the upcoming NCAA tournament in Salt Lake City, I was going through some photos from the last tournament I shot here: the Utah High School Championship. Manyof the on-court photos ran in the paper and online, but here are some of the off-court moments as well.

 

Spring Fashion Shoot

 I recently shot my first fashion shoot for the Standard-Examiner as part of a spring fashion preview for Her's Magazine. The general theme was for "mash-up" of different styles so we held the shoot at a local demolition derby garage. A few of the photos are below. Enjoy.

 

 

 

 

 

Antelope Island

I made my first visit to Antelope Island yesterday since moving to Utah a few weeks ago. I climbed Frary Peak in an attempt to find some big horn sheep. I never found them, but it was still a beautiful climb, including the pair of bison that were waiting on the ridge near the top. Enjoy the photos.