the salt flats & photography

i'm taking a photography class from a little sussy, aka nicole hill. i have found i'm a hands on learner, at least when it comes to photography. i don't understand the foreign language that is spoken in the books i've read. maybe it's because i haven't put a whole lot of time & effort into it. needless to say i've had a lot of questions. thank goodness for a brother that is so willing to help, thanks kirk. he suggested that we go out to the salt flats. i have never been there before. i honestly thought they were by the great salt lake. man was i wrong! we had a boring drive out to the salt flats with the all to often, "when are we going to be there" from my kids. todd & i had fun joking & laughing about things along the way, like the little towns with no services. what's up with that? the salt flats were freezing! i'm so glad i had a winter coat. the wind was crazy. poor bay fell in the rocky area before we even made it onto the ice, i mean salt & cut her hand open. tyson thought for sure it was frozen ice, not frozen salt. he was very cautious & kept asking susan if we would be ok. it didn't take him long to be running all over.
i had a good lesson from kirk & was very happy with the overall outcome of the day. man do i have a lot to learn. i'm excited to be learning though. the photos above were basically taken for my assignment, but anytime i can get pictures of my kids i don't care what the reason is. these photos are straight out of my camera, no editing yet. (i started writing this before my class last night & i was so nervous to have my work critiqued in front of the whole class. i was sick about it. nicole was very impressed & happy with my photos. what a relief!)
thanks todd for being so supportive of me & spending the day just hanging out with me. you are the best!