I sure am glad I didn't have to drive in it

I put a UV filter on my lens. Does it make a difference?

Nikon D40, Nikon 18-55mm, 1/400 sec, f10, ISO 200

Fall is Here

Nikon D40, Nikon 18-55mm, 1/400 sec, f13, ISO 200

After the Storm

Nikon D40, Nikon 18-55mm, 1/250 sec, f8, ISO 200

September 29 brought the first snow to the Salt Lake valley. It was slushy rain/snow mix but it was still snow. While none of the snow remains, the backyard is still wet. I captured these water drops on the clothesline in the morning sun.

Picnic Anyone?

Nikon D40, Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G, 1/30 sec, f/9, ISO 720, +2 macro filter.

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I photographed this in my driveway right after coming home from the bus one night. I was really intrigued by this as I passed by. Not so much that the cracker was covered in ants, but the fact that they were still there, and one of the boys hadn't found them and reduced them to crumpled exoskeletons and crumbs. Shortly after I captured this photo, the boys and the Kocherhans girls came to see what I was doing. It was a mad scramble... every ant for himself!

Sunset on Decora

Nikon D40, Nikon 55-200 f/4-5.6G, 1/125 sec, f/5.6, Exp comp -1.3, ISO 1600

Sunflower

Nikon D40, Nikon 18-55mm, 1/80 sec, f5, ISO 200

About the Neighborhood

Here is a link to demographic data about Oquirrh Shadows.

Welcome to the Shadow Project

Three amateur photographers have given themselves a challenge: Record the Oquirrh Shadows neighborhood. Oquirrh Shadows is a 1 square mile development in the northwest corner of West Jordan, UT and is home to approximately 10,000 residents.

The rules of the project are simple. Photograph anything in, or from, Oquirrh Shadows. If you photograph from outside of the neighborhood, you must be photographing something, or someone inside the neighborhood. If you photograph something outside the neighborhood, you must be within the neighborhood.

We will post our efforts here, so check back.