While I get caught up on life after being gone for a week, I’m going to take the easy way out and share a quick image-in-use snapshot for today’s post. Enjoy your Tuesday!

Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 24-105 f/4L lens – 20 seconds, f/8, ISO 200

Canon G7 – 1/500 second, f/5.6, ISO 100

Today is a day for recuperation after a 26 hour marathon drive from Salt Lake City to Houston on Sunday/Monday. I made the trip as a co-driver to help a friend who is moving back here. After some rest today, I will continue on to College Station tomorrow to spend a few days with my son before flying home.

Today’s image is a quick oneI shot this morning while taking a walk around a nearby park. Even though I was tempted to try and capture some Stock Images on the outing, I mostly ended up taking touristy snaps.

Blog updates will most likely be sporadic this week, but next week things should get back to normal.

Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 24-105 f/L lens – 1/250 second, f/4, ISO 100

Photo by Nicole Young

I’m pleased to say that last night’s Basics of Exposure mini-clinic at the Salt Lake City library was a success. Over 60 photographers listened in on my 90 minute presentation about the subject. It is always great to meet new people that share my passion and last night was no exception.

I have made my Powerpoint presentation available for download for anyone who would like to recap the session. It, along with some of my other presentations, can be found at leggnet.com/presentation.

As a humorous aside, while a few of us were chatting in the library lobby after the class, Niki spotted one of my images in use – the same image that I had just used as a background for the slides in my presentation. Too funny!

The third session of my 2009 Photography Mini-Clinic series is being held tonight at the Salt Lake City library. So why did I post a picture of a water spigot? Since the subject of the class is the “Basics of Exposure”, one of the analogies I use to teach exposure is water moving through a pipe. If you want to learn more you’ll just have to come :)

The clinic is free to anyone who wants to attend. For all of the details, visit the announcement post by clicking here.

Canon 30D, Canon 24-105 f/4L lens – 1/1600 second, f/4, ISO 100

I’ve just completed the editing, keywording and uploading of images from my most recent stock photo shoot. The location for the session was a local dentist office with a goal of creating realistic images of dental professionals at work. To help me keep things real the both the owner of the dental office and one of the dental assistants were available during the shoot. Shannon, the dental assistant, also participated as one of the models and did an outstanding job as evidenced by the image above.

In this behind-the-scenes image of models Nate and Sarah portraying dentist and patient you can see Courtney (the office owner) watching the scene to ensure accuracy. It was great to have her help. She completely understood the importance of keeping the images realistic.

As always, big props go out to the people that made this shoot possible. Without great locations and models, I absolutely could not do what I do. Thanks to Courtney for access to the location; Shannon, Kati, Sarah, Saylor, Mark, Nate & Harry for modeling; Tori for assisting and lastly Huge Props to Jenn for introducing me to Courtney!

The set of images from this outing can be found in my iStock portfolio once they clear inspection by clicking here.

The June event for Photowalking Utah has been set, and this one is going to be a Star Studded Outing. Here’s the info from the announcement over at PhotowalkingUtah.com:

Saturday June 13th, 2009, Photowalking Utah will be at Stansbury Park (near Tooele) for Star Trail Shots.

The Salt Lake Astronomical Society will be hosting a Star Party at the Stansbury Park Observatory in the evening. Members of SLAS and other enthusiasts bring out their telescopes for the public to look through in addition to the telescopes at the observatory. Check out Saturns Rings or Jupiters Moons while you wait for your Star Trails Bulb shot to complete.

We will be meeting out there at 9:00pm, where I will introduce you to the Vice President of the SLAS. This should also give us enough time so we can be set up by 9:30. Around 10:00pm is about when the stars should really start to shine. Typically the star parties last until 11:00pm, but the ending time for this is still TDB.

You can find Maps to the Observatory on SLAS’s website:
slas.us/maps/SPOCMAP.HTM
slas.us/images/MAPS/SPOC_Map.gif (printable)

Once again, the details:
* Stansbury Park Observatory (Not Island)
* June 13th (Saturday)
* 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm (ish)

As always, these events are free of charge and open to photographers of all skill levels. For up-to-the-minute information and to let us know that you’re attending, go to the Photowalking Utah Flickr group by clicking here.

Canon Rebel XT, Canon 24-105 f/4L lens – 339 seconds, f/4, ISO 100

I had heard about one of my images being used on the Mother’s Day advertisement for Seagull Book, but I hadn’t seen it. My friend (and fellow iStock contributor) Jacom Stephens received a copy and was kind enough to send it over. This is a great use of the image and I’m happy to see it used in this context.

p.s. The model in the image might look a little familiar.