Children's Portraits - Katie (aka Katarina) turns 3!

Katie has been coming for portraits since she was 6 months old! And she is always such a display of fun, beauty, personality, and an array of emotions. This shoot was similar! She starts out very shy - hardly can look at me, and at some point, she breaks out and talks a blue streak and entertains to beat the band!

She is the subject of a special section on my newest website, the Watch Me Grow section.

Slideshow here....

Optimists Basketball in Summit County - What a Great Season!

Tonight is the last game of the season for my son's 5th grade Optimist's Basketball season - Beaton Photography sponsored the team, so I tried to bring my camera and document a few great plays of the season!

Lighting is often difficult in these gymnasiums, and especially adjusting white balance. But I used the Nikon D700 with my Nikkor 70 to 200mm lens. No flash and usually ISO's of 2000 captured most of these images. Sports photography is interesting as it captures a moment in time, and sometimes makes the players look a little silly - or at least not in great basketball form. Sorry about that boys! You look better than that in person!

All photos can be viewed online....

















Thanks to all the volunteer coaches and referees that make the basketball program. And thanks to a few good volunteers, like my Heather & Kirk, for volunteering to keep score!

We LOVE Keystone Science School!

I have spent the last two days at Keystone Science School, chaperoning my son's 5th grade class, and trying to capture as many images as I could to "document" the week in photos. I also played a little with lenses and settings best for snow photos.

A full slideshow of the week is online here.....

And I don't do video, but this Making an Avalanche is the closest to video that I've done for awhile! Just 30 seconds & fun!

I learned a lot about snow that I didn't know.... I think I enjoyed it as much as the kids!

And a few of my favorite photos....

Almost time for the Romp to Stomp 2010

I've had the privilege of photographing two Tubbs Romp to Stomp events over the last couple years, and this year will photograph two more.

This Saturday Feb 6th I'll be photographing the Utah Romp to Stomp at Mountain Dell Golf Course between Salt Lake City and Park City.

And March 6th I'll be photogrpahing the Frisco Romp to Stomp for the 3rd year in a row!

You can sign up for either event online at the Tubbs Romp to Stomp website and you can even sign up as a "snowed in snowshoer" if you can't make the event but still want to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

If you want to donate directly to a participant - I recommend donating to Kristen Harris - a beautiful young mother of two that I met at last year's romp, and she was participating just 10 days after her lumpectomy! She's doing great & hoping to raise even more money this year - please help!

Some fun photos from past events and a great slideshow...

Children's Portraits - Eyelash shots!

I love taking children's photos - babies, toddlers, and kids of all ages. In the last year or so, I have found myself getting this shot of almost every child I photograph!

Initially it started because we always have toys to interest kids, so they are ALWAYS looking down. Rather than spend more time trying to coerce them into looking at the camera, I have started to enjoy this time - maybe a pause in the action, when they are happy and engaged, and I start focusing on those eyelashes! Maybe this will become the Beaton Photography Signature Shot? Here are a few recent "eyelash" shots!