Happy Halloween Everyone!!

Do you know what today is? Yes, it’s Halloween, but that’s not the important thing. Today is the end of the Benefit the Habans Sale!

I’d like to personally thank everyone who purchased some prints to help out Jami and little Kason in a time of need. With everyone’s help, we were able to raise just under $300! Woot!

So, thank you, everyone, again.

Sincerely,

Jeremy

Well, it’s time I joined the 21st Century!

While I was at work (my other work, working very hard of course!) I decided I wanted to make my site easily accessible on your mobile phone. So, when I got home from work I did a search for “custom mobile sites.” Hundreds of options came up. The first 5 links I clicked on were useful sites that would build you these beautiful mobile sites with all the bells and whistles you can think of.

Then I looked at their prices…

Starting at about $500 just for a mobile site… I’ll pass. (If anyone knows of a cheaper site, let me know.)

So, I opened up my Dreamweaver and started playing around. Found a format I liked and went with it. The hardest and most time consuming task, was creating the buttons. I had to do it all in Photoshop, which took some more playing and learning, but I got it.

So, here is what the site should hopefully look like when you view it with a mobile device.

Main Menu

Like I said, very simple, but it gets the information out. There are a total of 4 pages, so pretty straight forward and such.

Let me know what you think!

EDIT!!!::: I just added a ‘Blog’ button, cause now you can view my blog, on your mobile device! WOOT!!

Yesterday (Sunday, October 4th) I decided to take one of the drives that Arizona Highways Fall Edition suggested. It was located up in the White Mountains by Sunrise Ski Resort.

Apparently, my teachers were correct… I can’t understand and follow directions. Haha! I misread the driving directions and ended up in the middle of nowhere. Almost getting lost. And almost running out of gas.

Here is where I took the “Skull” photograph (well, in this area).

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Here is the “Skull” photo….

HDR (High Dynamic Range)

I was originally going to spend the night out there to get the Sunrise and Sunset, but after the little adventure I went on, I was upset, tired, hungry, and my butt really hurt from being in the car so much on such a bumpy road. So… I came home with only one, maybe two, keep able shots. Oh goody…

Hopefully I’ll get a chance to get some fall color pictures here soon. If not, I’ll have to wait till next year.

A month ago at the Water Wheel campground area, just North of Payson, Arizona, a wild fire started… forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people.

The cause: Humans.

During the popular time for camping in the Mogollon Rim area, thousands of people travel North from the valley to get away from the heat. Payson becomes a busy town with lots of traffic and lots of action. Camping spots along the Rim and Highway 260 quickly fill up. The smell of campfire smoke is in the air. The sound of laughter, and ATV’s zooming around, fill the air. It’s a wonderful time that almost everyone enjoys.

Sadly, for those who do enjoy camping, campers are no longer allowed to camp… or even visit the popular Water Wheel 15 miles North of Payson. Someone who started a campfire, didn’t follow the “Too hot to touch, too hot to leave” rule. They left without checking the fire to make sure it was properly out.

[To check to see if the fire is ok to leave, stick your hand in the ashes. If it's too hot to touch, it's too hot to leave.]

The fire broke lose, and away it went. It started so quickly, and so sudden, there were a couple vehicles left to burn… one of them being a brand new Toyota truck!

If that one person had properly checked that campfire, 773 acres of beautiful forest land… would still be able to be admired. People would still be able to enjoy the cool refreshing water at Water Wheel. But noooo… people don’t think about checking the fire. They always assume the fire is out because they poured a bottle of water on it. Well guess what. It’s not out!! You should always dump at least, 2 gallons of water on the fire before you leave.

Below is the aftermath of what happens when people don’t properly check the campfire before they leave. Whoever you are… I hope you’re happy.

All lit with only moon light.

Last last Saturday (the 19th of September) I had the wonderful pleasure of doing Miss Emily Hills Senior Portraits.

Emily spent her Junior year of high school over in Sweden as a Rotary Foreign Exchange Student. So, it has been over a year since I’d seen Emily… it was quite the reunion. Haha! I also did her sisters Wedding.

So, that’s what this picture is for. I was going for the idea of Emily “jumping” between Sweden and the US. Does it work? Yes? No?

So anyways, we did a few shots at the local high school, but then it got too dark for me to get any good shots (because I’m horrible at flash), so we postponed the session till the next day. The next day we met at Payson’s Green Valley Lake and finished the shoot there. Green Valley made for a beautiful setting, which gave us some awesome shots… all because of the subject, of course.

Here are a few select pictures from the session. If you’d like to view the rest, you can go here.

Thanks for reading/looking! And thank you, Emily, for such a great session.

Jeremy – Sur-Real Photography