Lunch Time Photography

I work at NUVI, here in this building:

Future NUVI Headquarters
Lehi, UT

Okay, so I actually currently work in a different building up the street (this building might still be a little windy inside), but this will be NUVI's building some time next year. Pretty beautiful location! There's a nice view of the mountains and it's right next to Thanksgiving Point and the beautiful gardens they have to offer.

My wife gave me one of the greatest birthday presents of all time this year: a Canon EOS Rebel T5. I've been wanting a DSLR camera for quite some time now, but we're poor so we hadn't made the leap until this summer. Now, we're still starting off on the low end of things (still poor), but that's just fine with me! It's the perfect camera for what I need right now, which is just-for-fun photography - and pictures of my baby boy, of course - while I learn how to be a decent photographer.

And boy has it been fun! I've been spending many of my lunch breaks at work out on walks, camera in hand, trying to find interesting and beautiful things to capture on film SD card.

Here (and the one above) are some of my favorites so far, some with stories and some with just the picture.

Flight of the Bumblebee
Thanksgiving Park, Lehi, UT

It was my second day at the Lehi office and I was walking around this new area, trying to find something interesting to take pictures of. I saw this little patch of flowers in the parking lot and thought "I wonder if I can get a cool close up shot of a bee." So I did. But it was a terrifying experience! Through the lens the bees looked as big as my head, and a couple times they flew right at the camera and I may or may not have jumped backwards. I came up with a nice photo, but I won't be trying that again any time soon!

Resting Dragonfly
Thanksgiving Point Gardens, Lehi, UT

Did you know that dragonflies are absurdly fast? After the success I had with the bee I thought I'd try to catch a dragonfly mid-flight as well. Yeah, that's just not going to happen for me. But I got this one resting, and that's pretty cool too.

A Nice Flower
Thanksgiving Point Gardens, Lehi, UT

There's a Storm Coming
Outlets at Traverse Mountain, Lehi, UT

So I went to the Nike store at the Outlets at Traverse Mountain to use the last of my Nike gift card. At least I tried to. Turns out I forgot it. So instead I just ate my lunch in the parking lot and watched the dark clouds come my way. And then there was some lightning! Which of course stopped every time I pulled out my camera. But I think this photo still turned out to be pretty cool because of its depth and the various dimension it has.

Another Nice Flower
Thanksgiving Point Gardens, Lehi, UT

There you go! Just my favorites so far. Since you read to the bottom, you're probably bored, enjoyed my photography, or related to me in some way, but whatever the case you should go follow my photography account on Instagram: @pictim.