The Great Storm

View from my place of the last big storm that came through. These were taken with a point-and-shoot camera and no Photoshop took place. I think this storm was among the darkest and most threatening I have seen in Utah. Reminded me of home.

I love

image from:
squashedbug.co.uk

"I'm convinced that a return to the basics is needed"- Blue Scholars, Southside Revival

I just have to put some things out there. Things like the fact that I love tradition, handmade, the return that I am seeing of our generation to classic and slow like cooking meals at home and homemade gifts. I love that we are savoring history and embracing new ideas at the same time, that we are reverencing old ways and trying to correct wrongs done by "new" ways (now old) by returning to the earth and organic and natural. I love our initiative as a generation to stand up for what we are passionate about, but to do it in a personal way without waving picket signs and being in people's faces. I love that we are shying away from the idea of the "disposable society"- that we run to thrift shops, that we reuse old things to make our apartments and houses comfy, that we are dedicated to our canvas shopping bags. I love that we are taking time to take photographs, to remember stories, to cherish friendships and reconnecting through honest communication rather than giving it solely over to texts and tweets and such. I love that we are starting to appreciate letterpress, handwritten letters, and our grandmother's sewing machine. I love that we are looking for food that is heirloom, food within our region, food within season, food grown from our own balconies. I love that we haven't been afraid to hold on to our childhood and relish the things that went along with it (slip and slides, cake, parties, crazy dancing, toys, riding bikes, for example).

There's so much I love and am grateful for in our generation. Thank you!

Photography Fun

Today I got to help out Stacy from Three Winks Studio shoot a wedding. It was just the temple portion, but it was good fun. Scott Jarvie showed up and let me use his gear and even stayed close by to offer tips and tricks (while he took photos of us taking pictures in return)! It was a great time and a lot of fun to work with both of these very talented people.

Sweet!

I received an email today from Amy Atlas, one of the premier party planners and dessert designers of NYC, asking me if I would mind sending her some pictures from my website so she could feature me on her blog. Of course I was happy to oblige! Amy is someone who's work I have admired since discovering her a little more than a year ago. She has been featured in some of the country's biggest magazines and has an amazing style.

I love her reference to the Grateful Dead in the post about Sugared Magnolia as well! =)

Thanks, Amy!

Here's the feature!

Tomorrow

I was asked to cater the Grand Opening of a very cool business here in downtown Salt Lake City called BetaLoft. It's a place where entrepreneurs and work-at-homes can create podcasts, do web-conferences, collaborate together, or simply work with others around. I asked Megan to help me out with it, and we're coming up with some great things. Come see us tomorrow if you are in SLC- the party kicks off at 5 pm but we probably will be set up at 5:30 as they are open for business until 5. It's all au gratis!

Address: 357 West 200 South Suite 201, Salt Lake City, UT, 84101

A Vanity Post

It's been a tough day today. Possibilities that were quickly offered and nearly realized were killed in double time. Easy come, easy go, I guess. (By the way, did that honestly ever console anyone?)

This post doesn't have anything to do with that. It has to do with my name, which I never hear and never see and no one ever sings about. Added to it being a tough day, it gives more meaning to the fact that this little photograph actually made me smile for a second.


from Tim Irving's Etsy Shop