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A home in the neighborhood next door. Sarajevo, Bosnia.

Croatia. Contest. Comment.

Split, Croatia.

I am coming back from the Balkans (and various other adventures) soon. I tried to extend the date for another month, but as money is our masters, it was going to be too pricey to extend the trip another month. Not exactly worth it. However, that means I will be back in the States and ready for some picture taking for all your wedding, family, business, needs. Next time though, I am buying a one way ticket. Since I am coming back, we're going to play my favorite game: a giveaway. The deadline is the day I get back to Utah: June 22. Same rules as last time, just different pictures to choose from, actually any picture you desire is yours. You have the whole blog to choose from as well as previous sittings, and my website. Matted and 11x14.

There are multiple ways that you can enter, and so, you can have multiple entries. So do them all (multiple times), and you have a better chance of winning. If you haven't won yet, don't be ashamed to enter again, or if you have one, still enter.

#1: The Comment. Comment on this post. Any topic, but if you need one, the topic: Summer. It can be your favorite summer activity, food, holiday, feeling, no matter. Jut summer. I like summer, and so should you.

#2: The New Media. Post about this contest on your blog. Or twitter about it. If you twitter about it, just use @brighteyedphoto so I can track it. If you post it on your blog, however, be sure to e-mail me or comment about it so I know because that is harder to follow. If you want to spice up the blog post to draw attention, use one of my photos, and I am ok with that for contest purposes.

#3: Something in Return. Book a sitting with me for when I return for you, your family, your business, whatever. Or you don't feel like it, order a print from my site, if there's a new print you like and not on there, e-mail me, and I'll make sure you can get it.

Do all 3! Enter a million times, win a print.

Balcony supported from below

I originally photographed this building because I liked the why everything was stacked on top of one another, the way that it seemed to be a strictly vertical heap of windows and electrical boxes with clothing and satellite dishes in between. And then I noticed the balcony, supported by the neighbors below, who put up poles to keep the laundry from crashing in on below.

Skylines of Sarajevo

I found a man near my house who works at the Kodak store and will develop and scan my negatives for like 3USD. Amazing. So, I will actually be posting things from Sarajevo now!

These are different skylines of the city. The fields out by my house, the different church buildings downtown, and some more modern apartments out to the north of town.

Get ready for more pictures, and maybe, just maybe, I can get back to daily blogging again.

The Historic Columbia River Highway, Oregon

The first planned scenic highway in the US, this road goes up to Crown Point (the last image) and then back down through turnoffs for a ton of waterfalls, including the most famous (and full of tourists), Multnomah Falls. There are other places to hike all around it, including my favorite, the Oneonta Gorge. There's also a place to camp close to the end of the loop, Ainsworth State Park, and it is great with places to hike into camp but also hook up sites, where I stayed on my drive back. And both are right off the 84, so it's not difficult to get to.

Art Deco Boardwalk

It snowed all weekend, which has resulted in me looking through pictures I took in Miami a month ago, more specifically that middle image which told the temperature and then comparing it to the snow outside. I had forgotten that I took so many pictures of the buildings there. They were really neat with a specific style. I have a million, so I'm sure you'll be seeing more soon, especially if this weather keeps up.

Oh and in case you were wondering: today is my birthday and I am now 22.

Large Format at 2am

Wells Fargo Parking Garage, 2am, 4x5 camera.

Three Childhood Friends

Earlier this month one of my best friends from growing up came into town. I hadn't seen her in over a year because she moved to England and that makes things just a little difficult for us to really hang out. We spent the day in Salt Lake with another good friend of ours and just played around. I obviously took lots of dumb pictures of us that nobody on the blog cares to see, but here are a few shots from the day that I felt were blog worthy.

Provo at Night

The Oldest Cathedral in the New World

Night Photography--take two!

A little break from the Dominican Republic images and back to San Antonio!

The Open Window.

Mission San Jose
San Antonio, TX