Leavitt’s Wedding
These are some of my recent photos that were shot for a friend. Shot on location at Rexburg Temple, Bremerton Naval Park (close to Seattle), and Idaho falls, ID.
Base Jumpers
This Last week I got to go on a rather cool shoot. I went with Garrett Smith of http://hammersincphoto.com up echo canyon. I got to shoot an extreme sport that I have not shot ever before. The sport is base jumping. For those that do not know what that is, It is jumping from any structure with a parachute to aid your landing. It was an excellent journey. Garrett and I had set off about an hour before the athletes just so we could spot out some angles and try to find the trail. Since it was our first time to that area, we did not know where the trails were at. We wandered around for about fifty minutes before we found the trail to the top of the cliff. The cliff is four hundred and fifty feet tall. The shots that I got were from the top of the cliff. Garrett not only being a pro photographer is as well a pro climber. He rigged up a rappel to descend about fifty feet below the exit point. I was sitting two feet from the edge of the drop. The legs of my tripod were six inches away from the edge. I had to be mentally strong and not focus on the fact that I am not tied down to the earth, nor do I have a parachute to slow down my fall.
The jumpers showed up at the top of the cliff we told them our game plan. We had everything setup, lights were ready, cameras were focused, and everyone was cold and ready to jump and get back into their cars. They each called their drops counting off from five, four, three, two, one, and away they went. My heart rate was skyrocketing just watching the first one descend toward the landing zone which was lit up my three glow sticks. It was an amazing experience. I now have a new goal on the bucket list. I will do some base jumping before I croak.
