I had a lot of fun spending time with my friend Melonie and her soon-to-be husband Chris in the run-up to their 2011 marriage. This photo from their reception at the Eldridge Manor in Bountiful is a favorite, but I think the highlight of the experience was interviewing them on camera up at Woodland Park in Farmington for their wedding video. They're a great couple.
Between the serene woman with the plump cheeks behind the window, the globs of chocolate in front of her, the American flag on the window, and of course, the eager young boys with the matching haircuts, I've always felt like this image, taken at the Mrs. Cavanaughs Chocolate Factory in North Salt Lake City, managed to channel the ghost of Norman Rockwell.
Over the years I've taken all sorts of pictures at various parades in south Davis County, most often at the annual Days of '47 Parade in Bountiful, commemorating Utah's Pioneer Day holiday. It's pretty rare to find something out of the ordinary, but this image of a young girl skipping along in the middle of the street, only yards in front of the military procession at the beginning of the parade, makes for a compelling image. It almost seems like a weird riff on the famous Tank Man image from Tianamen Square. Fortunately this circumstance was considerably less confrontational.
