Casey Cook Photography

Rob & Lily

2012-01-01T21:02:00.001-07:00

This is from a set I did for family on Thanksgiving Day. Yep, I'm that far behind in my editing :(

Happy Thanksgiving

2011-11-24T20:37:00.001-07:00

Cinemagraphs (not mine)

2011-10-28T20:23:00.000-06:00

Cinemagraphs are animated gifs on steroids. I really see a futre for these in mobile app advertising, or even as ads on electronic bill boards. Check some out here.

Dale Young Nature Park

2011-09-07T12:52:00.000-06:00

I took the family to the Daly Young Nature Park just to get out of the house for an hour or so:

Fun at Hogle Zoo

2011-08-28T01:14:00.002-06:00

We took the kids to the zoo and even though it was very hot we had a lot of fun. One of the highlights for me was the bird show

Testing the logo waters

2011-08-25T19:53:00.003-06:00

So, I've taken a little hiatus from taking pictures to dabble in the logo realm. Here are a few of my creations:

Fun In A Tree

2011-08-11T23:00:00.005-06:00

While at the park celebrating my son's birthday the kids decided to take turns climbing up in a tree close by. I wish I had a reflector with me, but even without one I think they turned out ok:

Fun At The Bay

2011-08-08T13:40:00.004-06:00

Over the weekend we took the kids to Mantua Bay to have some fun swimming. I took the camera with me of course and came away with two images that I really liked.

The first one is of my nephew who was playing in the sand when a butterfly came out of nowhere and almost landed on his finger:

The other one is of my niece. She was munching on a cookie watching everyone play before joining back in on the fun:

Christensen Family

2011-07-22T12:52:00.004-06:00

Meet the Christensen's:

Independence Day 2011

2011-07-05T13:38:00.003-06:00

This year was a great Independence Day, check it out:

JJ Garden Center

2011-05-10T20:57:00.003-06:00

This weekend we took our kids to JJ GardenCenter it was a lot of fun. We go there every year and I'm still amazed at the size of the place. I have no idea what the names of the flowers are, but here are some pics:

Fire Station Sneak Peek

2011-04-10T11:27:00.001-06:00

Shoot at the Fire Station

2011-04-10T00:14:00.000-06:00

I'd like to thank the Brigham City Fire Department for allowing me to do a photoshoot at the Fire Station today. I had two groups totaling 22 people. They even let me use some of their lights. I'll post some pictures of the shoot as soon as I can, but for now I'm going to get some sleep.

Pre-Prom

2011-03-16T22:37:00.004-06:00

I had the opportunity to shoot some pre-prom pictures and it was a blast. I'm still in the process of editing, but here's what I have so far:

Click here to see more of the set.

Money Money Money

2011-03-06T00:15:00.003-07:00

Too bad it's all coins.

See the rest of the set here: Coins

The setup wasn't that tricky. I picked up a bunch of black fabric and some black card stock for like $6. I used the fabric as the background and I made a flag out of the card stock for my dummy flash.

New Lens Test Shots

2011-02-28T20:48:00.003-07:00

So, I took the new lens out for a test drive at one of my favorite spots, Willard Bay. I like to stop there because 1. it's convenient and 2. It changes a lot so you never know what you're going to get to shoot.

New Lens 35mm 1.8

2011-02-25T16:06:00.002-07:00

Yesterday I picked up an AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G lens and I'm really excited to try it out over the weekend. The reason I got the lens is because of it's low light capabilities, and superior image qualities. I plan on using it for landscape, portraits, and for projects like the water drops, or Smoke photography. I'll post some sample pictures when I can, but for now here's a stock pic of what the lens looks like:

Smoke

2011-02-19T03:15:00.003-07:00

It's been too long since I've taken any pictures so tonight I decided to try my luck at smoke photography. This was a simple setup: tripod, off camera flash, remote, incense, lighter. I had to play around with the amount of smoke that I was using to get the right balance.

Willard Bay Sunset 4

2011-01-25T11:55:00.001-07:00

Sunset4, originally uploaded by Casey Cook Photography.

This is the last image from this series. For this one I decided to get a really low angle on an ice chunk with the sunset in the background. In order to do this I had to lay prone on the sand. I didn't want to get sand all over my clothes and camera gear so I took my coat off and laid it out on the sand. I didn't get dirty, but I almost froze!

Willard Bay Sunset 3

2011-01-23T18:11:00.001-07:00

Sunset1, originally uploaded by Casey Cook Photography.

Another picture from the Bay. What a fun time it was sitting there through each phase of twilight deciding how best to capture it. At second glance I wish I had made the trees more predominant in the pictures. Perhaps I'll have to try and re-shoot it this week.

Willard Bay Sunset 2

2011-01-22T10:34:00.001-07:00

Sunset2, originally uploaded by Casey Cook Photography.

This is the second image in the series I took at Willard Bay. I'm really glad that I showed up there ahead of time so I could get ready. I just wished I had remembered the tripod.

Willard Bay Sunset

2011-01-21T15:12:00.001-07:00

Sunset3, originally uploaded by Casey Cook Photography.

I stopped by Willard Bay on the way home hoping that I'd see a nice sunset. I wasn't disappointed. I thought I'd try and make an HDR image out of some of the pics I took. Still new to the process. It was so cold that pretty soon my fingers weren't working properly and it was hard to hit the buttons on the camera.

Awesome Time-Lapse of NYC

2011-01-19T11:57:00.002-07:00

This is probably the best time-lapse video I've seen. It’s by Josh Owens from Mindrelic enjoy:

NYC - Mindrelic Timelapse from Mindrelic on Vimeo.

Terra

2010-12-12T14:50:00.001-07:00

Terra_Web_2, originally uploaded by Casey Cook Photography.

Just finished editing some pictures of a recent photo shoot with Terra. She was such a good sport even though she was freezing, and had a broken finger. You can see more on my Flickr Photostream, or on the Casey Cook Photography Facebook page.

Down the Barrel 2.0

2010-12-09T15:13:00.001-07:00

Down the Barrel 2.0, originally uploaded by Casey Cook Photography.

Similar picture, different perspective. A few months ago I posted a similar picture, and was asked if I had take a shot in the series with the focus on the end of the barrel, so I went into the archives and dug it up.