Rain's Family + Kiona

One of my favorite things to do with Rain is to visit her mom and dad and photograph them as they all play together.  Taking pictures of them is 50% anticipation, 50% luck, and 100% just enjoying the time.

This time though, there was an addition to the pack: Kiona.  She's a silver lab.  Quite rare, and quite beautiful as you'll see in the pictures.  Kiona is only 9 months old but already bigger than Rain.

Their owners are planning on having a litter next year with Kiona and Koda (Rain's dad).  Perhaps Rain will get a sister or brother?  Lol, I wish...

(All the shots were taken on my D7000 + f1.4 35mm at 1.4 and a varying shutter speed of 1/1000 or more.)

Spring

Back to familiar shooting grounds: Provo Bay.

Spring is here, which means a lot of the canyon roads will be opening up.  Which means a lot of hiking :)  But first, we'll have to get Rain back on preventative meds.

4 shot panorama down at Provo Bay.  Shot with 35mm 1.8 at f8 and 1/60 shutter speed about 30 minutes before sunset.  Postwork in Photoshop: image stitched and sharpened; cyans and yellows slightly deepened; split into triptych with black border; b&w applied to middle image; contrast increased on mountain in b&w image.