Family Photographs at the Temple Quarry in Little Cottonwood Canyon

Well that's quite the long title. As I am writing this I sure hope it fits. Well, yesterday Fall was out in all it's glorious splendor. There's nothing better than fall. It's my absolute favorite season. It's great for photography, it's not blazing hot, it's nice to go cycling outside, and of course Football. But I digress. I took a great family up to the Temple Quarry trail up Little Cottonwood Canyon in Salt Lake. This is a little gem that is not too well known among the general public (I am assuming this because everyone that I have taken there have never been there before). It is somewhat difficult to find if you have never been there before. So here are some directions.

Take I-215 until you come to the ski resort exits and head towards the mouth of the canyon (There are signs to guide you).
Instead of going up big cottonwood canyon, continue south on the road to head to little cottonwood canyon.
The road will fork twice. Keep left for the first fork (there is a big sign for La Caille at the first fork).
At the second "Fork" you will head right and then immediately make a left (it's not really a fork from this direction, more like a divergence).
There is a sign that says "Temple Quarry Trail Head". You pretty much park there and head down into the quarry.

Not only is this place great for photography, but also quite interesting just to walk around. Here is where all the granite for the Salt Lake Temple was quarried and then hauled to Temple Square to be finished. There are still a lot of remnants left over from this historical time period, if you know what to look for. It's also a great place to spot mountain goats, because on the south side of the canyon are amazing granite cliffs that are usually teaming with mountain goats. Unfortunately, we didn't see any yesterday, but I always look, and now that I have a 400 mm lens, I can hopefully get some great shoots.

 This is the Marsing Family, some good friends of mine. A lot of this post is so they can see some of their portraits before I mail them their disk of images. I live in Cache Valley, and they are a little bit farther south. So Salt Lake was a good place to meet up for pics. I hope you guys like em. The kids were awesome and it was the best weather we could ask for. It wasn't cold at all and the leaves had already begun to turn colors. Like I said before, I love Fall and I can't wait to take more photos.

New Pictures

It has been over three months since I posted (with the exception of the last one that I did three minutes ago).  I know that all twelve of you that follow my blog are anxiously awaiting each and every new post and wish that I would do one every other day, but alas my time is spent pursuing many passions.  To update my blog sometimes falleth quite short on my list of to do's.  I haven't been idle I can tell you that much.  First bit of news, I have been accepted to Utah State University's Masters of Fine Arts program (MFA for short).  My wife and I will soon be moving to Logan where all our dreams come true (that is Logan right?).  I'll post a little bit of my portfolio that I submitted later (probably after I have graduated at the rate that I am going).  But since all of our family is here in Salt Lake and we will probably still be coming down once a month or more I can still do any photography necessary in SL or in Logan.  Let's call this an expansion of the photography business.  So my wife and I have been very busy trying to sell our house and make all the necessary arrangements and that is why the blog was neglected.  

Anyway, this blog has some senior pictures (bet you didn't know I did those either did ya), some families, and a wedding I did this spring and one I did last summer but forgot to post (I don't know how that happened).  Anyway, enjoy and if you like what you see, leave a comment.

Family Picture Special!

For those of you who want family pictures out there I have decided to do a "Holiday Special". It will be good until the end of this year. I figure this is the time of year that is busiest for family pictures as most families are together around the holidays. 

I will be charging $200 and that includes a 16 x 20. I will retouch the large image and you will still receive the negatives (digital files) to do any other prints that you'd like.  During the photo shoot I will also do all the family breakdowns as well.

If you would like larger than a 16 x 20:

for $240 you would get a 20 x 24

for $280 you would get a 24 x 30

You do need to let me know when booking which package you would like. I do on location shoots and can do either indoor or outside pictures. If you have any other questions please contact me at

andrew_klc@hotmail.com

More of Summer

Here are some more summer pics. I had a hard time narrowing it down but here you go!