Category: Outdoors

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

Hiking the Y

Saturday, 24 April 2010, 12:00pm

Hiking the Y. About a year or two before Yasmin was set to graduate from Brigham Young University, my mom made it a personal goal to hike the Y mountain that overlooks the BYU campus. This is often a tradition that BYU students take when they first come to campus. My mom made it a goal to be physical fit enough to climb the mountain. After months of training, organizing a hiking club in California and preparing for this day, she successfully met her goal. It was a very fun morning and it was a great way to celebrate Yasmin graduating from college. I’ve included a few pictures from our hike.

Spring Portraits 2010

Friday, 23 April 2010, 12:30pm

Spring Portraits 2010. After the Friday Graduation ceremonies for Yasmin we went outside to grab some fresh air and the weather was interesting to grab some photographs of Charlie and Shaheen. I was using my flash and really like these photographs. These were taken outside the BYU Marriott Center on the South East side.

Fishing Deer Creek Reservoir

Sunday, 11 April 2010, 5:36pm

This weekend I was able to head up Provo Canyon and go fishing at Deer Creek Reservoir. It was a little cold but otherwise a gorgeous morning. The sky was mostly clear with some high clouds and the sunrise really made the mountains look great. I went fishing with some good friends and while we didn’t catch any fish, we did have a really good time.

My favorite picture of the set is the three fishing poles sitting on the dock with Mt. Timpanogos in the background.

Farook Khan