Jackson Hole 2010: Fall Colors

Monday, 4 October 2010, 5:00am

Fall Colors in Teton National Park. Just some additional fall color photographs taken from Willow Flats Overlook and up along the road toward Jackson Lake Overlook. It was getting later in the afternoon and some clouds were slowly rolling in from the North West making for some great photographs. Enjoy.

Jackson Hole 2010

Sunday, 3 October 2010, 8:02pm

Jackson Hole 2010. We decided to take a weekend trip up to Jackson, Wyoming and enjoy Teton National Park. I brought along my camera and was able to capture some great photographs and the beautiful fall colors. We left Friday afternoon and got into the Teton Village after 9pm and crashed for the night. Saturday was spent running around Teton National Park and capturing pictures. We watched the sunset at Oxbow Bend and went back into town. Sunday we enjoyed the sunrise and made our way back to Salt Lake.

I managed to take over 1000+ pictures and have many to share. I used my Nikon D300 and my AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED lens for most of the photographs. My Canon SD780 IS captured a few. The tripod was used for a majority of the shots. The photographs were prepared using Aperture 3. I used Photomatix Pro for the HDR picture. Enjoy the pictures. There are many more coming…


Right after entering Teton National Park from the south entrance.


Looking through the trees near Jenny Lake.


Decided to have a little fun with HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography.


Charlie looking forward to a day full of adventure.


Charlie & Farook at Jenny Lake.

Fall Colors

Sunday, 26 September 2010, 10:32pm

Fall Colors. We decided to go for a drive this afternoon up Big Cottonwood Canyon and I brought along the camera. It has been a few weeks since I broke out the Nikon D300 and I was struggling a little to compose and capture some images tonight. I didn’t use my tripod and was running around without much patience to really grab a great shot. The drive was really nice. The weather was fantastic and the colors are beautiful. Enjoy.


NIKON D300, AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED, ISO 800, 55.0mm, f/2.8, 1/2500


NIKON D300, AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED, ISO 560, 24.0mm, f/2.8, 1/4000


NIKON D300, AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED, ISO 800, 24.0mm, f/2.8, 1/4000


NIKON D300, AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED, ISO 800, 24.0mm, f/2.8, 1/3200


NIKON D300, AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED, ISO 800, 50.0mm, f/2.8, 1/1600


NIKON D300, AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED, ISO 800, 24.0mm, f/2.8, 1/500

Big Cottonwood Canyon

Saturday, 4 September 2010, 6:30am

Big Cottonwood Canyon. A few weeks ago Charlie and I decided to drive up Big Cottonwood Canyon to enjoy our Sunday afternoon. It was the 11th of July and it was a warm day down in Salt Lake valley and it was really nice to be able to drive up the canyon and enjoy the cooler weather and beauty of the mountains. The canyon is actually a really fun drive and probably about 15 to 20 cooler than the valley. I snapped a few pictures from my camera and really like how this one turned out. Enjoy.


Canon PowerShot SD780 IS on 11 July 2010 at 6:17pm

Farook Khan

Ice Cream Cookie Cake

Sunday, 29 August 2010, 6:30am

Ice Cream Cookie Cake. Back toward the end of May, we held a little get together at the house and Charlie decided to home make an Ice Cream Cookie Cake using his special Williams-Sonoma Sandwich Cookie Pans that he secretly purchased and hid somewhere in the house. Everything in the cake was home made including the vanilla ice cream. We probably should have left it in the freezer a little bit longer but that didn’t effect the taste at all. It was delicious. The cake was very rich and super delicious. Enjoy.


Charlie’s Ice Cream Cookie Cake: Canon PowerShot SD780 IS taken on 24 May 2010, 5:47pm

Farook Khan

Salt Lake Sunset

Sunday, 22 August 2010, 3:01pm

Salt Lake Sunset. Today is my last day of summer before school starts up again tomorrow. It has been a fun summer with lots of fun activities and great memories. A few weeks ago while visiting some friends, we were able to watch the sunset and I was able to capture this picture with my little point-and-shoot camera. My goal is to carry my Nikon more frequently so I can take some better pictures. It was a beautiful warm summer evening and the colors were amazing.


Taken on a Canon SD780IS on Monday, 16 August 2010

Farook Khan

Utah Symphony at Deer Valley

Sunday, 8 August 2010, 8:30am

Utah Symphony at Deer Valley. Friday night we decided to drive up to Deer Valley and see the Utah Symphony perform many fantastic pieces of music. It is part of the Deer Valley Music Festival that they hold every summer. The weather was perfect with large clouds and a cool breeze during the performance. Off in the distance you could watch the lightning storms. We brought a cooler with a few bottles of wine and a small selection of different cheeses.

These are the amazing pieces that were performed:

  • Overture to Fuillaume Tell (“William Tell”) – Gioacnino Rossini
  • La Primavera No. 1 from The Four Seasons – Antonio Vivaldi
  • Selections for Ochestra from Porgy & Bess – George Gershwin/Bennett
  • The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkure – Richard Wagner/Hutchenrugter
  • Symphony No. 5 in C Minor – Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Finlandia – Jean Sibelius
  • Kanon in D – Johann Pachelbel
  • Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah
  • 1812 Overture Solennelle – Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky

There is a lot more information at the festival’s website www.deervalleymusicfestival.com or the Utah Symphony’s wesbite www.utahsymphony.org.

I managed to take a few pictures with my iPhone and this happens to be one of the best photographs that I have ever taken on my iPhone. Enjoy.

Farook Khan

Evening Walk

Sunday, 1 August 2010, 6:30am

Evening Walk! I set a goal to try to walk Jake at least five times a week and for the most part I have been meeting my goal. I have been using a really cool iPhone App called Run Keeper. It uses GPS to track your exercise (walk, run, hike) and generates cool maps and graphs with your pace, speed and duration. Check out my profile at http://runkeeper.com/user/farookkhan

I took this picture before heading out on a walk and it is a little out of focus but I really like it. This was actually taken back in May but I thought I would share it.

Farook Khan