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I took these utah headshots with Kelsey a couple of days ago. It was quite fun. You can view larger photos on my wedding photography site: Kelsey

These are a couple of photos of the St George Temple that I’ve added to my LDS temple photo collection. You can order prints of these temple photos here: Link

Here’s my first photo wordpress theme: photo wordpress theme - which is a photo portfolio theme for photographers.

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I’ve been reading a few books on photography lately that hopefully will help me improve my photo skills, and just to learn more about other great photographers. Here’s a few that I’ve read this past week:

Annie Leibovitz at Work by Annie Leibovit
This book is awesome if you’re a fan of Annie Leibovit’s work. The book details some of the production and story line of some of her most famous photographs, like the Demi Moore pregnant photo, the John Lennon and Yoko photo, and many others. Great book if you’re into her photography.

A Photographer’s Life: 1990-2005 by Annie Leibovit
I wasn’t as impressed with this book as much as I was with the previous one, Annie Leibovitz at work. I was hoping to see more of her professional work, which is so good, but I should have paid more attention to the title. In that sense, this book delivers as it portrays many of Annie’s personal photographs of herself and her family, which is what the book is supposed to be about. If you’re looking for her professional body of work, you might want to skip this one.

One of the facts of life when using a computer for your work is that computers crash. That can be a real problem if you depend on your computer for your work. The only way to manage those crashes is to get a backup system. And right now, there are some great sites that allow online backup.

If you’re looking for a site that allows you to do online backup, here’s a few that I’ve used and would recommend. The awesome thing is that some of these sites offer to backup all your data for less than $5 a month!

I’ve used quite a few backup hard drives that costs $100-$300 of bucks a piece, but now I can use these sites to backup all my stuff on my computer, and it’s always available online no matter where I go, or what computer I have.

Here are 5 online backup sites I would recommend.

Flickr.com

I’ve used this site for quite some time, but only recently have I used it to back up photos and data. The coolest feature is that flickr also doubles as a social network where you can connect with many talented photographers.

SugarSync.com

I love this site. Sugarsync does something that no other site does, it syncs all your data across any computer that you have! I have 3 macs in my house, and now with sugarsync, I don’t have to save and send my files via email to work on my laptop, I just use this site and I can get access to my files whenever. And it works as a online backup, too! Awesome.

Mozy.com

The main reason I use mozy is because it has unlimited storage. I take a lot of photos of family, and I finally have a place where I can store it all.

Photoshelter.com

I had used photoshelter for months, until I found sugarsync.com. But it was a great service, and it’s specifically marketed to photographers. You can also setup an account where you can sell your photos as well as back them up. I switched services because there wasn’t enough storage space, unlike Mozy and Sugarsync, that allow 100s of gigs worth of data to backup.

Backblaze.com

Backblaze is a new service, and I haven’t tried this one out yet, but it looks promising. I love the design and I love the user interface a bit more than Mozy. It’s not available yet for mac, but I’m excited to try it out. Prices start at unlimited storage for $5/month.