More Equador Portraits

Here are just a few more portraits from Ecuador I shot while volunteering with a non-profit foundation called FEVI.



Man weaving at center of the world - Shot with a Hasselblad 500cm 80mm lens



Elderly Man - Quito Ecuador - Shot with a Hasselblad 500cm 80mm lens


Woman at the Elderly Center - Esmeraldas Ecuador - Shot with a Hasselblad 500cm 80mm lens


Woman at the Elderly Center - Esmeraldas Ecuador - Shot with a Hasselblad 500cm 80mm lens

Woman at the Elderly Center - Esmeraldas Ecuador - Shot with a Hasselblad 500cm 80mm lens




Woman Spinning - Center of the World - Shot with a Hasselblad 500cm 80mm lens


Mops at the Basilica - Quito Ecuador - Shot with a Hasselblad 500cm 80mm lens

Portraits of Ecuador - Children

Rich or poor, it seems the children of the world for the most part are happy. I very much enjoyed photographing the kids playing soccer and trying my best to speak to them in my broken spanish. The foundation FEVI spends much of their attention helping the children of Ecuador, after all they are the future.


Young Boy No. - Portraits of Ecuador - Shot with a Hasselblad 500cm, 150mm Carl Zeiss lens, Tmax 400.


Young Girl No. - Portraits of Ecuador - Shot with a Hasselblad 500cm, 150mm Carl Zeiss lens, Tmax 400.


Young Boy No. 2 - Portraits of Ecuador - Shot with a Hasselblad 500cm, 150mm Carl Zeiss lens, Tmax 400.


Young Girl No. 2 - Portraits of Ecuador - Shot with a Hasselblad 500cm, 150mm Carl Zeiss lens, Tmax 400.


Young Boy No. 3 - Portraits of Ecuador - Shot with a Hasselblad 500cm, 150mm Carl Zeiss lens, Tmax 400.


Young Girl No. 3 - Portraits of Ecuador - Shot with a Hasselblad 500cm, 150mm Carl Zeiss lens, Tmax 400.


Two Boys - Portraits of Ecuador - Shot with a Hasselblad 500cm, 150mm Carl Zeiss lens, Tmax 400.

Quito Ecuador - Basilica

Images of Quito Ecuador and the Basilica. The largest church in South America.

Sua Ecuador

A few more photos of Sua Ecuador.




It had just started to rain as I approched the owner of this small fishing boat, he was fixing his nets and asked if I could photograph him. He said he'd rather not, but that I could photograph his son. Shot with Hasselblad 500cm 80mm 1:2.8 lens, Kodak Tmax 400.


Young boy and his fish. Shot with Hasselblad 500cm 80mm 1:2.8 lens, Kodak Tmax 400.



These fishermen were dragging a Thrasher shark caught earlier that morning.

More Portraits from Ecuador

I have well over a hundred medium format negatives that I need to scan in and with my very busy schedule I can only do a few at a time.

Here are a couple more portraits I took while visiting Ecuador with the non-profit organization FEVI .


This man was selling his beautiful paintings at a market in Quito Ecuador. He was a little confused that I wanted to take his photo. I found him to be full of character.

Ecuador Photos No. 1

April 11th through 20th my wife and I along with my parents and my younger brother joined up with some others from Provo to do some volunteer work in Ecuador. The foundation we were helping was FEVI. The foundation was started in Ecuador by a woman named Maria. The purpose is to help stuggling communities with education, sanitation, and becoming self-sufficient. Needless to say the experience was remarkable.

I obviously took advantage of the situation to snap a few photos of the people, the beautiful country, and anything else that caught my eye. I had with me my Hasselblad 500cm and three lenses. I shot all black and white film - Kodak Tmax 400.

Here are a few.

Two of the mornings I was there I woke up early with my father to take the local transit to a small fishing town called Sua. I was fortunate to capture some beautiful images of the ocean and some local fishermen.





Some of the local fishermen still use old wooden canoes to net fish. The men will leave at 5am and return around 7am with their catch.



As I was walking in the shallow water seeking out the old boats to photograph, I noticed a few people carrying something. I walked towards them to see what it was and was surprised to find a Sea Turtle. I photographed them then approched to inquire as to what they were planning on doing with the beautiful specimen. They were planning on eating it. I later found out that in Ecuador as in most of the world it is illegal to kill endanged species. I suppose in a poor costal town like Sua, either the people didn't realize what they were doing, or didn't care because the laws regarding endangered animals aren't enforced.







I am fasinated with the culture and the people of Ecuador. When ever I saw anyone that I found interesting I approched and asked if I could photograph them in my broken spanish. Most of the people were happy to let me, some required a dollar. Many of which I happily paid. Very much worth the shot.

More portraits from Sugar Pine Ranch Rally

Here's just a few more portraits I wanted to add to this thing.

Sugar Pine Ranch Rally

I spent Labor Day weekend riding my Sportster to Mancos, CO. A small town just out side Durango. Mancos is the home of the Sugar Pine Ranch Rally, a few small business', a couple homes and not much else. The rally was fun. I met up with an old friend who drove up from Arizona and enjoyed camping, BBQs and music. I also took about 25 more portraits for my American Biker Project.

More Sturgis Portraits

Here's a few more photos from Sturgis 2007.

Sturgis Portraits

I finally processed the photos I took at Sturgis Bike Rally. I had to get up at 6am this morning to do at school before my class started. I'm excited about a lot of the photos I got, however I noticed some of them have some minor motion blur. As if my shutter speed wasn't fast enough. I find that weird because I never shoot hand-held below 1/60th of a second and with a 80mm lens on a medium format camera that should be plenty. So I'm a bit annoyed with that.








A friend of mine told me, after seeing some of these portraits:
"Each face holds a certain strength and yet an underlying vulnerability"
I thought that to be very true and observant. The eyes give a lot away in a person.

With each one of these portraits I had to ask them to remove their sun glasses. It difficult to capture a true portrait when the subject is hiding.

Sturgis 2007

Sturgis, SD 2007. I have never seen so many motorcycles, holy crap. I was a little disappointed at how many non-bikers/tourists were there, but it was still pretty fun.
I left American Fork at 6:30pm and drove all night. I stopped once to take a cat-nap.






I took about 50 portraits of bikers to add to my project portfolio. I plan on processing the film next week. This week I'm off to Chicago.