Entries from Ann-alog: a pixel remix tagged with 'Sanpete County'
Ten more from 2009
Winter feeding in Sanpete County On New Year's Eve at just before 10 pm, I hit a milestone in the two-plus year goal of establishing a workflow for cataloguing, ranking and labeling my RAW files: all of 2008 and...
Branding and marketing Highway 89
Test run of my 89 brand Last year, when I was regrouping over the loss my promised publishing contract, I took a day off and went to Mt. Pleasant to see my friend Reed Thomas's ranch in the winter....
Christmas in August
Christmas in August Sometimes good things take a while. For Christmas, I signed up R for a pair of cowboy boots from Walker Custom Boots in Spring City, Utah. We went down and he picked out the leather and...
Breakfast for two
Breakfast after the Sanpitch Cowboy Expo photo clinic After she spent the early morning riding in the arena for our photo clinic, one of the rodeo royalty got her breakfast from the cook shack. Her horse was apparently hungry...
Cowboy Expo Photo Clinic Wrap-up
Rounding the barrel About 25 photographers participated in Saturday's Sanpitch Cowboy Expo photo clinic, despite the 7 am start. Friends on the organizing committee arranged for the Mt. Pleasant rodeo royalty and other friends to bring their horses and...
Behind the scenes-Fairfield, Utah
Mule-power From a recent trip to Sanpete County, driver at the helm of a mule-drawn wagon. Notice the escapee at the end of the dirt road? We didn't catch him....
Three Days Old
Three day old foal Even though I'm about done shooting for Highway 89 project, I can't seem to get away from Sanpete County. We went down to Spring City Heritage Day, and on the way, met up with a...
I cannot explain this: zebras in Sanpete County
I found some zebras yesterday in a Sanpete County pasture Sanpete County, about 100 miles from Salt Lake City, is famous for many kinds of animals: Rambouillet sheep breeding in the 1920s, the turkey farms of the 1940s and...
2009: go get'em
Moving cattle, Mt. Pleasant UT My ranching friends in Mt. Pleasant moved some cattle around the day I got my brand made; they are planning a celebration for the National Day of the American Cowboy and we wanted some...
Striking the decisive moment
Shaping the handle of my brand Henri Cartier-Bresson talked about the "decisive moment" when all the elements of a photo come together. This image is from my brand-making session last Friday. Which one better tells the story of Dan...
Brand-maker
Sparks from the welder's flame I read plenty about the new Internet economy and social media. Plenty of self-styled experts are expounding on the importance of branding my identity, etc., etc., etc. How do they monetize harping and nagging...
Let it snow-kite - Fairview, Utah
Airborne above Skyline Drive Utah is well-known for its skiing and snowboading, but did you know it also has a world-class snow-kiting venue? Combining wind, snow, and speed, these athletes fly in in all directions. Snow-kiting lets you ski...
Top of the Crop - Mt. Pleasant, Utah
Mares and foals from Reed Thomas Quarterhorses People ask me how I get myself into situations like a herd of horses heading my way at full gallop. Tuesday's first appointment is a good example about how I go about...
Mormon Miracle Pageant - Manti, Utah
The Lamoni Queen Isn't Jacqueline beautiful in her costume? I went down to Sanpete County yesterday for the project and met some wonderful people in Manti. A few facts on the Mormon Miracle Pageant: 600+ performers (the town has...
Working on the timing - Snow-kiting in Fairview UT
Photographing a sport I know nothing about means committing to some effort and practice time to learning the intricacies of its timing. I went out Saturday, a beautiful blue-sky afternoon on the slope, wandered about, and made a bunch...
Snow-kiting at Skyline - Sanpete County
Snow-kiting at Skyline Drive - Sanpete County, Utah 16 days, that's as long as I let R have the peace of his home before I organized a daytrip. In my defense, let me say that I wanted to breathe...
Live Nativity - Fairview, Utah
Admiring the baby during a rest break The LDS stake (several small congregations) in our neighborhood hosts a live nativity evey year. For one night. Not 6 days a week for a month. The folks in Fairview have committed...
Cottonwoods in the fog - Jackson, Wyoming
Fog rising from the Snake River south of Jackson, Wyoming Snow forecast for Utah tonight, time to get out of town again. We had snow in Jackson a couple weeks ago too. On our way out of that town,...
Sheep driving on Highway 89 - Sanpete County, Utah
Sheep moving to winter pasture in Sanpete County The phone rang at 7:00 am this morning - it was Tina in Sanpete County calling to tell me that her husband Wade would be moving sheep would on the highway...
