Ideally, at least two-thirds of the people motion-blurring their way up the stairs to Vivint Smart Home Arena would have been wearing some kind of Utah Jazz jersey, but for this shot I just had to be satisfied with a few well-placed pedestrians and a couple of right turns from the vehicles on the street.
One of my all-time favorite photographs is a shot from LIFE magazine showing a drive-in movie theater in Utah. For years I'd wanted to do a shoot at one of the most iconic places of my own childhood, and finally in May of 2018 I spent an evening at the Redwood Drive-In out in West Valley, Utah, getting the raw materials for this modest photo illustration. As much fun as it was to take pictures, though, it was almost more meaningful to just stand there in the theater and feel what I felt so many times as a kid growing up in the 1980s, wishing I had some cherry Twizzlers and some Mr. Salty pretzel twists to complete the experience.
Salt Lake City's Park Cafe is a favorite in my family. Located in an old converted home on the south end of Liberty Park, I'm a huge fan of their bacon, hash browns, and chile verde chili. My nieces tend to go for their pancakes.
