Sloane's Smile - Eye Teeth Coming in First

No posing just an infectious smile!  Her eye teeth are coming in before her front teeth, sort of a vampire like look.  Stand her up against the blue wall, have her mother get her attention and she breaks into spontaneous enthusiasm.  No posed stiff expression here!

Sloane is Almost One Year Old - She is a Pistol!

Sloane is almost one year old (Feb 11th).  What a doll.  The primary touch-up was to remove black specks of dirt around her mouth.  Like her siblings, she is blessed with a great set of very dark eyelashes!  No problem getting her to show excitement.  Getting her hold still is another thing.  Get the shutter speed up.

Allison Steals the M&M's Intended as Posing Bribes

Allison helps herself to the bribe M&M's.  Caught one piece of candy in the air.  Look at those eyelashes!  

Emma Deming

Portrait of Emma.  She likes this hat, although it is not a favorite of her mother.  The key light is a large window to the right with a reflector to fill from the opposite side. 

Front of the Provo Tabernacle Burns on December 17th, 2011

This is the front door of the Tabernacle which faces east to University Avenue in Provo.  The rubble of the roof and balcony block the doorway and then flames continue.  The pretty stained glass windows are visible in the photograph.  The four cornered spires of the Provo tabernacle are modeled after the Assembly Hall on Temple Square in Salt Lake City.  The LDS church no longer constructs building of this nature.  It was originally the large meeting house for all of Utah County and has served place for both church and cultural events since is was completed in the 1860's.

Still Burning North Wall of the Tabernacle

The wooden rubble is still actively burning some 12 hours after the fires started and after many hours of dousing water on the building.  The pews, including a large balcony on three sides of the  of the large meeting room were all constructed of wood.  The wooden roof, balcony and pews meant there was a large amount of combustible material which continued to burn for hours. 

This fireman, Glassford, is photographing the burning rubble through the doorway in the north wall.  Hot spots would continually erupt so the fire department would direct water to hold down the flames. 

Three Renderings of the South Wall of the Tabernacle

Color photograph of a stream of water directed at the south wall of the building.  The temperatures were below freezing so the hose water covered trees with a heavy coating of ice.  The second floor stained glass windows have been destroyed. 

Monochrome rendering of the above image which has been pre-filtered using a blue filter so that the orange brick goes dark and the visibility of the stream of water is enhanced.

Second monochrome rendering using an orange filter.  So the brick appears light and the smoke covered bricks above the windows appears dark.  All B&W rendering are done in CS5 using Nik Silvereffects Pro. 

Provo Tabernacle from the East

The largely destroyed eastern facing front of the Tabernacle.  A B&W rendering shows the smoke still rising from the building center.  By this time the roof and wooden structure inside the building had collapsed in heaps which were still on fire.  The tabernacle was built and owed by the LDS church.  Initial construction was begun in the 1860's with several upgrades over the years.  The building was still in use both for church and community activities to this date.  

Provo Tabernacle Desroyed by Fire

Photograph of the still burning Provo Tabernacle at around 1:30 pm on the 17th of December, 2011.  The building had been burning almost 12 hours since early morning.  The Provo Fire department was pouring water on from multiple directions and the wooden interior of the building was still actively burning.