Christmas Card

Dear Friends & Family,
Sophia Megan Wood was born August 15, 2007, To Matt and Nicole Wood. Our first Grand Baby!
Tippi was born in September. She is half poodle Half Chihuahua. Matt & Nicole are wonderful parents to little Sophia.
Maggie and Sina live in Bountiful, they have 3 dogs a cat and
a fish. Shannon works at the Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum in Salt Lake.
Ricky is a senior at Bountiful High, and enjoys his Drama Class.
Lance is a junior at Bountiful High, and plays the Saxophone in the band.
Aliyah is in 7th grade and loves singing playing the clarinet, and playing basketball.
Carla and I are enjoying the kids, the new puppy, and our life in Bountiful.
We are so grateful for all of you and for everything you do for us.
We wish you all happy holidays and a wonderful New Year!


Love,


Rick, Carla & the kids

Mad about the wait

Roger Malcolm, 51, is arrested at Sapp Brothers Truck Stop in Salt Lake City after he shot and killed security guard Verne Jenkins in the throat. Malcolm was upset he had to wait in line to buy a pack of gum.

BYU doesn't lose

I had no idea what happened when I shot this burst of photos after Freshman Eathyn Manumaleuna blocked the UCLA field goal attempt with no time remaining. giving BYU a 17-16 victory in the Las Vegas Bowl.
(55) Manumaleuna's block gave BYU a 17-16 victory in the Las Vegas Bowl. I sent four photos of Manumaleuna celebrating. The Tribune photo editor chose a mug shot of the games Hero.

Viewmont Head shaving

Viewmont high shaved their heads after making their fund raising goal. I only found one student that had hair long enough that it would not grow back in a week or two.

Tree cutting in the Uintas

mostly multimedia

Bison Round up, Antelope Island.



Between getting a new Director of Photography at the Tribune and our new focus on multimedia, I haven't taken many photos this past month. I have posted a couple of my recent video assignments below. Ute Basketball coach Jim Boylen is always fun to shoot.

BYU vs. Utah

I was assigned to shoot a video of the big Utah vs. BYU football game, but told not to shoot any action I wasn't very excited about it, until I saw the guy with the rubber cougar mask.

Black Friday Shopping in Salt Lake

Black Friday shopping at the Target in Centerville

Bilal Hussein

Bilal Hussein is back in the news. Matt LaPlante and I met Bilal at the government center in Ramadi in October 2005. We were told by some of the American soldiers that they may not be legitimate journalists. Although he seemed legitimate (he had the same press credentials from the press center in Baghdad that we had) I had no idea at the time, that Bilal was a photographer, or that he was part of the Associate Press Iraq photo team that would later win the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography.
You can read about Bilal here: http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003678589