Sky Fleming Photography

My Park can Beat up Your Park.

2012-01-24T21:30:00.000-08:00

Lewisville Park is neat. Bordering on neat-o. And, lucky for you, I am tired tonight so you get pictures with out a story. Enjoy. I will add one thing: I like taking pictures of mushrooms.

Nephew #1

2011-12-22T21:29:00.000-08:00

It's Official. I now have my first and only nephew. Gage is his name and grinning at stuff is his game. These pics are from a few weeks after he was brand spankin' new. He is 2... maybe 3... I dunno, Several months old now and looks only a little like he does in these pictures. Now that you know what he looks like wave if you see him on the street.

Gage holding Grandpas hand.

Oh hi.

Portland's Japanese Garden

2011-12-20T20:52:00.000-08:00

I visited the Japanese Garden in Portland a mere three months ago. It is an amazing few acres of classic Japanese style gardens in the middle of busy Portland. A beautiful place to wander, even in the rain like I did. I fear I didn't do it justice.

Gilbert Peak

2011-12-10T11:47:00.001-08:00

Ah Gilbert Peak. You vex me so. How I hate thee.

Don't climb Gilbert Peak. Just don't. It is a lot of work and it is sketchy.

Gilbert is the 3rd tallest peak in Utah at 13,448' above sea level. It is tall enough to make me never want to climb Mt. Everest. But, the view is pretty fantastic.

The puppies were tuckered right out.

Only half way and Cort already hates the peak.

Excellent views.

Now we just have to figure out how to get down.

Oh look! We found a crazy steep scary route down the mountain. Fun.

We went up the left side and came down the right face. Both were bad ideas.

The view was almost worth it.

The Bartons

2011-12-10T11:00:00.001-08:00

That's right I said THE Bartons. Last August (yep I'm five months behind on posts...) the Barton Fam invited me to their cool cabin in the woods to take some family photos. They are an awesome family who fed me some awesome food.

2011-11-22T21:11:00.001-08:00

I got a new car. I think it's pretty. That is all.

2011-10-13T19:58:00.001-07:00

Now boys and girls it is time for artsy, photographer like pictures from my road trip with my aunt and uncle. You will at no point in this post be forced to look at any pictures of any of my motorcycles. So fear not you can enjoy in peace.

First stop is lovely, flat Pendleton, OR.

Then just north of the Gorge in Washington we ran into a woman on a golf cart.

Not that odd. Until you see her passengers.

My uncle getting too close to the seals in Astoria, OR.

Pacific City, OR.

I love beaches. I love giant rocks.

Fishermen would back their trailered boats as fast as they could into the surf. Then slam on the breaks flinging the boats into the sea. Then they gas it back up the beach to park their trucks and sprint back to the boat before it washes out to sea. I was LOLing during this entire process.

Beautiful orange sand stone cliffs also at Pacific City.

Cool little mushrooms on the trail to Munson Falls.

Munson Creek

Taking off from PDX on a clear day and you can see some cool peaks.

Pacific City Panorama.

Pendleton, OR. It really is that flat. Kansas like.

2011-09-24T17:23:00.000-07:00

In September I went on a motorcycle road trip with my aunt and uncle. We crossed several states and hundreds of miles and I took a lot of pictures. I will get to those pictures in the next post. This post is just a pile of pictures of my loverly bike I took on the trip. I knew that's what you were looking for.

Here is our first stop in Twin Falls.

This is what mine and my uncles bikes look like in Idaho.

Lovely flat Pendleton Oregon.

This is about half way through the Columbia River Gorge on the Washington side.

The road to Ft. Stevens, Oregon.

The beautiful coast just north of Pacific City, Oregon.

The dirt road to Munson Creek Falls.

A new one for Justin & Sarah

2011-09-10T17:27:00.000-07:00

Justin and Sarah have a little boy named Porter. They had such a good time with him they thought another would make things even better. The new one they named Briggs. Then they asked me to take pics of their new additions and the family as a whole. I said I'm on my way and these pictures are the result.

This is Porter. Fact: He is cute.

This is Briggs. He is also cute but lazy.

He just laid there the whole time.

Chill-axing.

A lil behind the scenes action. It isn't all fake smiles and awkward poses. There is also Hair pulling and kiss avoidance.

It's Gracie, not Daisy.

2011-09-06T19:06:00.000-07:00

That's right. I said Gracie.

Let me tell you a funny story.

I'm an idiot.

Wait it gets even better. I went to Justin and Paulette's to take pics of cute lil' Gracie. I knew her name was Gracie. I guarantee the two of them said her name sixty times each. I probably said her name (Gracie unless you too are an idiot) thirty times. Then I went home and put the pictures on a DVD. I was confused on her name for some reason so I sent a text to her uncle to confirm, and yep her name was still Gracie. So I immediately wrote Daisy on the DVD of pictures I gave them.

You read right, DAISY!!! I wrote Daisy. Not Gracie, DAISY!

Lucky for me Justin and Paulette are too nice and pretended it was funny. Any who, enjoy the pictures.

So Many Stevensons

2011-08-17T15:58:00.000-07:00

Seriously there are a lot of them. The good news is, they like my pictures enough to let me take pictures of them. Without further me-making-things-up-to-say, the pictures.

Washington visit

2011-07-30T16:50:00.000-07:00

I am about to embark on a road trip from Utah to Washington aboard my short-trip-only, windy-roads-loving, freeway-hating motorcycle. So in the spirit of Washington I am posting some pics from my last trip up there. These are from four months ago so I am falling farther behind with my picture posts. I'll work on catching up. it is my mid-year resolution.

Hilo loves his leash

Seal pile.

This electrical box thinks he's people.

John & Jade. May 19th 2011

2011-07-11T20:14:00.000-07:00

Well I have been slacking again. At least I'm only two months behind now.
Anyway, I was lucky to be asked to photograph the wedding of Jade and her fiance John. It was a great wedding at The Chantilly Mansion and a beautiful ceremony. Thanks to John and Jade, I had the chance to be a part of it.

Father of the bride.

The First Kiss.

Another First Kiss?

I'm even bigger time now.

2011-06-19T16:11:00.000-07:00

My foto was used on the main page of the Ski Utah home page. It is a sweet pic of a rail sliding snowboarder at Snow Basin. Unfortunately they did not credit me.... or Face Shots Photography for the pic... But trust me. I was there. I saw it happen. Please see the celebrity building photo below and follow this link for more of my awe inspiring shots!
P.S. Mucho graci to Face Shots for letting me be on the mountain so much this year.

Cycle Salt Lake Century

2011-05-22T18:57:00.000-07:00

Well Hello! This weekend I went to work for Zazoosh as a photographer at the Cycle Salt Lake Century race. It was a lot of fun and a lot of pictures. The only problem is Zazoosh owns all the pictures I took of the race. But I can show you a few I took for my self.

My first post was in Woods Cross and I had to be there pretty early (for a Saturday.)
I had a little Monster for breakfast.

At 10 I moved to my next post on the causeway to Antelope Island.
While there I saw this Indian woman who thinks the Great Salt Lake is neat-o.

There were a few bugs on the causeway...

I Knoll more then you!

2011-05-09T18:29:00.001-07:00

Here are a few of the compilations I put together from our second trip to the Knolls.

This hill really is this steep. I won't even drive down it and 140 and Pete shot up it like rockets.

I already Knoll.

2011-04-22T20:36:00.001-07:00

Sorry it has been so long kids. I worked at Snowbasin this winter, for Face Shots Photography, until I ate it snowboarding and landed on my camera. This "landing" forced the camera into a spot between my ribs that is way to small for a camera.

This was sad.

Sad, because, the Snowbasin gig was the coolest I had ever had and now I couldn't stand up for any period of time.

Anyways, I have sense had my ribs put back and can now stand for minutes on end. So I took my shiny new dirt bike out to the Knolls to ride. Luckily when I got there my front tire was almost flat so I just took pictures instead. If you need more pics you can find them HERE!

Lets start with the best. Below is a four shot sequence that I lucked into.
In them Chris almost wheelies over...

Then saves it...

Then un-saves it...

Then celebrates with a hand stand...Brad gettin' some.

140 making it.

Chris, 140 and Brad.

The Little Subie That could

2011-01-23T17:48:00.000-08:00

This winter I have been working for Face Shots Photography. We do portraits and action shots at Snowbasin Ski Resort. It is a great time and a fantastic excuse to snowboard every weekend. Last weekend I followed a this sweet little Subaru up the road to the resort. I knew, when it threw sparks at a few very minimal bumps in the road, it was something special. I found it in the parking lot on my way out. I am a sucker for a nice, clean, low car with a custom, personal touches. This lowered Subie belongs to Taylor and the previously mentioned personal touches are all over it. Nice work Taylor.

Ben and Sarah

2011-01-20T17:13:00.000-08:00

Highway 47

2010-12-01T17:51:00.000-08:00

Oh, Highway 47.

Highway 47 is a sweet stretch of road running from the Oregon coast back toward Portland. I unfortunately wasn't on a motorcycle but I will return on a bike. I found 47 by chance wandering around not paying attention to my GSP. It is beautiful and worth a look.

Bridges. I love them.

One spider.

Cannon Beach

2010-11-02T18:46:00.000-07:00

I still love Cannon Beach. Every where you look things are amazing. I had to go back, and this time I spent a while hiking. It was worth it.

Even the rocks are awesome.

And the wildlife in all it's blue and white striped glory.

Brooke

2010-09-20T18:32:00.000-07:00

My pal Brooke was in town a few weeks ago and she needed some photos taken. So naturally I was her first (cheapest?) choice.

I met Brooke when she started dating my best friend Brad. Back then I knew she was way too hot for him. Brooke felt sorry for Brad and married him anyway. And, as lucky would have it, she has become one of my best friends too.

She is a great kid from an awesome family and she is now raising an awesome family of her own. So here is Brooke. Even after three kids she is still to hot for Brad!

Dave, Sheri and the boys.

2010-09-14T20:54:00.000-07:00

A few weeks back I sat down with Dave & Sheri. Well, we didn't sit and they brought their sons but it felt like a respectable interview for a second there, huh? Anyway. I will finish my sleepy eyed rambling, go to bed and let you enjoy the pics.

Dog sitting

2010-08-30T20:48:00.000-07:00

My aunt and uncle went out of town a few weekends back and I was the luck one they asked to take care of their babies. I'm not talking about their kids,(Leaving kids with me is irresponsible. I can't even keep myself from getting hurt) I watch their dogs. All three of them. They have two Rhodesian ridge backs, Ginger and Akila; and a chihuahua named Smokey.
At first the dogs were a little reluctant when they saw me but after Smokey got over his initial bought of floor-peeing excitement we were fast friends. Here are a few pics I snapped while I was there.

Ginger

Smokey

Akila

Smokey

Akila

Ginger

Akila

Smokey

Lake Allsup

2010-08-02T18:08:00.000-07:00

Ah backpacking. Take some time off work, put 50 pounds on your back, walk for 5 hours, get eaten by bugs, sleep on the ground and hope nothing big eats you in the night. I really love it and wish I went more often.
On this trip we walked in to Lake Allsup in the High Uintas of Utah. We camped at 10,600 feet and then hiked up over 12,000 feet. We saw long horn sheep bouncing around with their kids on the edge of a cliff; had out camp raided by a giant porcupine; scared off a badger and had a bull moose eye ball us from across a 15 foot river.
Lucky for you I am tired or I would go into detail about the size of blisters caused by hiking in wet shoes.

This is the upper bowl. over that edge is the lake, a few hundred feet down.

The lake is the little blue thing 3/4 on the left.

Elephant head flowers

Cort needed a breather.

Flowers everywhere.

Erik is not sure why he came.

They only look lost.

Inside a little snow cave under the glacier.

Did I mention the flowers?

Seriously, lots of flowers.

This is a long exposure of the big dipper taken at about 11:30 at night in a nearly full moon.

Cort and I taking a water sample.

Wood and I.

Packed to go.

Ode to Joy

2010-07-27T21:43:00.000-07:00

Tonight as I showered some unusually sticky thirty-year-old motorcycle grease off I was exceptionally thankful for my little bottle of Joy. And I come out smelling lemon fresh!

Here is part of the reason I the grease was extra sticky tonight. I am working on the wiring of my new project bike. The thirty-year-old tape I peeled of the forty-six miles of wire had degraded into sticky black goo. This goo then attached itself to my arms all the way to my elbows. Thankfully before the parasite could take over Joy came to the rescue and the parasite died... or did it. Yeah, it probably did. Probably. you can follow along with the build by clicking here.

On another note; Dough has been limping around for a week now and today was the first that the swelling has gone down enough for me to see what was going on. From the looks of the wound I am going to guess bear-knife-fighting. I told her she shouldn't do it but old habits die hard.

I bought it.

2010-07-13T21:41:00.000-07:00

I think I'm over the heart ache of selling the V-Star. I found solace in a older, dirtier and bluer Yamaha 650. Here is a sneak peak at the new beauty. It is dark so this is all you get. Enjoy.

Last ride...

2010-07-11T20:35:00.000-07:00

Finally sold the hog. Now I need a new project.... Any suggestions?

VIP for the win

2010-06-29T19:54:00.000-07:00

My weekend was awesome.

How was yours?

I'm gonna stop you before you can tell me; because, no matter what you did my weekend still wins.
Allow me to illuminate. My friend 210 works at HeatShrink.com. HeatShrink.com is a sponsor at Miller Motorsports Park. This means that 210 had a few extra tickets to the Lucas Oil Off-Road truck races this past weekend. And, as luck would have it, 210's boss, Ray, is cool and let 210 invite a few of his friends along. And, as even more luck would have it these were VIP tickets with a lot of perks. Including, but not limited to, lunching with Mario Andretti!!! (Yes, all three exclamations are necessary.) I also saw motocrossers Brian Degan and Twitch who drive trucks in the series.
So with my all access VIP pass in hand me and my camera went where ever we pleased. Enjoy my freedom in the pictures below.

And if you want to see more you can look at all of my pictures here. (There is even a blurry picture of me and Mario Andretti.!!!)

What a pretty weld.

Bill's Bone Yard

2010-06-19T09:45:00.000-07:00

I am a fan of salvage yards. But it's just garbage you say? Nay nay, it is big stacks of possible coolness. Today I went to Bill's Bone yard. Bill's is all bike and very cool. Have a look-see for yourself.

St. Anthony's Idaho

2010-06-10T20:04:00.001-07:00

Ah the dunes.

Sand dunes that is.

St. Anthony Sand Dunes in Idaho.
It was not our best trip, but it was a trip. Let me give you a break down:
9 hours of driving
4 broken motorcycles
60 gallons of diesel
3ish hours of sleep

So enjoy the pictures.

View from the top of Choke Cherry
(click it for mo' bigger. (It's worth it.))
10 minutes out and 210 wrecked twice.

Pete's burnt clutch.

Our white-trash 140.

Removing Pete's bike.

It's just like Saving Private Ryan.

Extracting the 140 mobile.

Celebrating the demises.

"Prob' the flux-capasitor."

Spares. All spares.

210 workin' it.

Who wouldn't want to be here?

Buy Matt's bike!

2010-05-27T18:36:00.000-07:00

My friend Matt is trying to sell his bike. 'tis the season I guess. It is a really cool bike and you can't help but look sexy riding it. To see if i couldn't help him sell the little guy I took some pics that I hope turned out well. So if any of you are interested click here to see Matt's add and get his contact info. Or drop me a line and I'll make sure he knows your interested.

Roscoe the Fink

2010-04-22T17:48:00.000-07:00

I'm finally getting around to posting the pics of Roscoe striping my bike. He did a killer job and he has a personality to go along with his killer 'stache. Take a look at some more of his work here, and for your own sake call him to get something striped.

That is called focus ladies and gents.

I even made him put some lines on my exhaust.

Waiting

2010-03-30T19:20:00.000-07:00

While waiting for the pinstriper to show up I took a few pics around my friend Matt's garage. My pinstriper is Roscoe from Hepcat Pinstriping. I will get some pics of him laying some lines and his work up soon.

Matt

Dew

This is a wooden puzzle I got for Christmas. It's even harder then it looks.

Take your ______ to work day.

2010-03-15T21:39:00.000-07:00

I filled that blank in the title with my camera. And, as it was Saturday my "to work" was full of interesting things too look at but not much to talk about.

Looks like a good amount of oxygen.

I worked at a greenhouse for 10+ years and of all the 1000's of plants I have weeded, watered, fertilized, picked up and delivered, English Daisies are still my fave.

Matt's shiny new oil filter.

Or is it his tiny new hand bag?

Here is my new project. I don't own this unfortunately. It's Cort's '81 XS650. He may or may not make it as cool as it could be.

Photoshop

2010-03-13T09:45:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I want to see things that aren't there. These rock pictures I took at Lake Powell in 2007. The cliffs seemed like they needed something else so I added to them.

Record Breaking

2010-02-24T21:53:00.000-08:00

Too day was a record breaking day for my little blog. Today I had 245 page views!!!(My previous record is somewhere around 3. My mom and grandmothers use this site to verify that I am still alive and to prove to there friends that I am, in fact, literate.)

How did I break this record? It was all thanks to Chris at BIKEEXIF.com. BIKEEXIF is a very cool website by Chris from his home in Sydney, Australia. He posts about; as he says, "new and classic cafe racers, customs, vintage motorbikes, retro track weapons and style icons."

I sent Chris a message a few weeks back telling him what a great site he had and that many of the bikes he posts each day have help inspire me to make my little V-Star what it has(and is continuing to) become. To my surprise, he responded and asked me a few questions and wanted to see some pics. A few weeks past and I didn't think much of it until Chris e-mailed and said my bike would be featured the next day!!! How cool is that. I am surprised and very honored to be on BIKEEXIF and want to say thanks to Chris for taking the time to talk with me. I also wanna thank Matt for all the help on the moto itself. (Now someone buy this bike so I can build another!)

Everyone of you should now go to his site and have a look around. Do it for me. You owe me anyway.

Here is a video of my first ride after paint and lowering. It has no seat and no fender at this point and it was just about 20 degrees F. I think me and Matt put about 10 miles on it that day.

Drifting at Miller Motorsports Park

2010-02-15T20:48:00.000-08:00

Finally time to drift again. Unfortunately neither of my cars are set-up to drift right now so I didn't drive. But that means more pictures for you.
This event was put on by Trackside Drift with a lot of help from drivers at driftutah.net.

A lil' snow on the track never hurt anyone.

Mikey(blue car) and Yasha(white car) in some tandem action.

I love this pic but I am so mad that I didn't get the focus. Ggggrrr....
I'm in Mikey's car during some tandem against Yasha.

Done... now what?

2010-02-06T17:42:00.000-08:00

I finally got my bobber finished and now I'm bored. It did turn out pretty good. I tuned it and it runs like a champ. But watch the pipes if you are riding in shorts. I have two new scars.

I need a new project. So if one of you will please buy this so I can start again I would appreciate it. If you would like to see a build up on this one click HERE! And if you have any how-to questions let me know.

Fancy crown valve covers.

3 wrecks, 1 roll-over, a blown enigine.

2010-01-31T19:03:00.000-08:00

It's not quite riding season yet where I live so we had to drive a few hours to Sand Hollow near St. George. It was a fun three day ride and a nice break from winter.

Choices. Choices.

And more choices.

For the love of fog!

2010-01-23T17:55:00.001-08:00

I am a fog fan. I love it in fact. One of my favorite things is to wake up to a foggy morning when you can only see 10 feet in front of you and everything is wearing a new coat of white.
But fog at night... That's a bonus. I love to go find a road that no one else is on and drive around feeling like the only person for miles.
Fog makes things sneaky, mysterious and brand new. You never know what's in the fog. Everything is waiting to be discovered.
Next time it's foggy go out and feel the mystery. Come on. Don't be afraid. Mystery won't bite. (Unless it's a mysterious cougar. The author takes no responsibility if you are bitten by a mysterious cougar in the fog.)

I've been busy

2010-01-02T22:54:00.000-08:00

I've been a lil' busy with projects that are not photos. Here's a peak at one of them. Turning a 2001 Yamaha V-Star into a bobber.

Snowbird

2009-11-09T19:03:00.000-08:00

Fall is defiantly my favorite season. Well, it's at least in my top 3. I can finally go outside without sweating, I get to wear argyle sweaters and who doesn't love driving on wet roads?!
Fall also means I get to go stay at my fam's condo in Snowbird up Little Cotton Wood Canyon. Unfortunately my whole family lives out of state now and couldn't come back to stay this year so I had the whole place to my self. Sad. ;)

Here is the view from my room.
This is half way up looking down on SLC.

On my week off.

2009-10-06T21:02:00.000-07:00

I took a little trip last week to see my parents (The Kip and The Vida) and my sister and her husband(Trout and Jer-Bear(I bet he hates that I called him that.).) They all live in Washington; just across the border from Portland.
We we lucky that Jer-Bear's parents let us stay in their beach house on Long Beach most of the time and it was crazy cool.
I am going to warn you now; I took a lot of pictures and I am posting a lot of them. Enjoy.

Me and The Kip found this nice pier while wandering in Portland.

That looks like The Kip on the end of the pier.

Trout on Cannon Beach, Oregon.

The Hay Stacks on Cannon Beach.

Is it just me or does he look like he knows more about life then I do?

There are a lot of pictures of the Hay Stack because I love it so.

We stopped at Fort Stephens. An old coastal fort that opened during the Civil War.
It has seen better days.

This is what a wrecked ship looks like.

And here is me and a wrecked ship.

My new desktop wallpaper.

Then we stopped at the free museum in Long Beach. It was free for a reason.
I hope no one puts a price tag on my stuffed head after I die.

I'm pretty sure this is real.

The Kip, the moon and me.

Light house of Cannon Beach.

More Hay Stacks.

The Kip and The Vida.
(Dear Mom, This picture is your own fault for never facing the camera when I try and take your picture.)

He kept a very close watch on me.

This time I didn't get in trouble for taking the dog's picture.

What a great place for a chair.

This little girl was the only one on the beach tough enough to brave the cold water. She spent a few minutes trying to convince The Kip into joining her but he wasn't falling for it.

Did you say farmers market?

2009-09-26T12:34:00.000-07:00

Yes, yes I did say farmers market.

My good friends, Tiff and Harmony, let me go with them to the farmers market at Pioneer park in Salt Lake City. I sneezed a lot, my pocket smells like lavender and I got yelled at for taking pictures of a dog. (We think it must have been stolen. (That's the only real explanation.))

I did make it home intact with a pile of fresh raspberry's, honey on the comb, hummus, tasty Swiss cheese and a slight stomach ache from eating too many of the afore mentioned raspberry's. (Afore is a word no matter what spell check tells me. stupid spell check.)

Tiff is about to enjoy something or get her tonsils checked.

Yes I do own some of these. Yes they are as good as they look.

Dog. (Not the one I was yelled at for.)

So many mushrooms.

These cuff links are made out of old type writer keys. How sweet is that! Makes me wish I fancy dressed more so I would need a pair or two.

Don't take candy from strangers Billy...
Unless they are painted gold. Then they must be legit.

Happy 222nd Birthday

2009-09-17T21:10:00.001-07:00

It is the 222nd anniversary of the signing of The Constitution of the United States. If you haven't, now is a great time to read it. You can get a free online copy here.

2009-09-15T20:18:00.000-07:00

My friends Ryan and Britt tied the knot and they asked me to take some pictures of the day for them. I said yes. Because I said yes you get to she pictures of their day. They had the ceremony at a friends house and it was beautiful . Very understated and very elegant. I am happy I got to be a part of it.

Sometimes you have to stop and pet the dogs.

The aisle. I think this is really cool.

I haven't done many weddings but this is still near the
top of my list for coolest cakes.

Ah the food.

busy

2009-09-14T20:19:00.000-07:00

I know it's been a bit and I apologize. I have been over at CaptureMyUtah.com submitting pics. If you have the time please follow the link, be a peach, and vote for my pics.

Fanks.

More Trout please

2009-09-02T19:58:00.000-07:00

Here you will find my second to last installment of pics from my sisters wedding. (She had a reception here in Utah full of pictures. I will get to it so settle down.)

If you were there, (which you weren't cause I didn't see you and I was there the whole time taking pictures and your not in any of them) you would know, that it was about 36,000 degrees and upwards of 340% humidity. The wedding party rose to the occasion and weathered the heat storm with no ill effects. (This was no small feat. Several on lookers had to be escorted to the shade by a special team of Marines that I just made up as none of that actually happened, but it was hot.)

But I digress, it was hot and my sister still pulled of "beautiful" without a hitch. Enjoy these pics with my apologize for the text you just had to read. It has been a long day and I have am tired.

Flower Girl

Normally I will prosecute this amount of cheese-balliness to the fullest extent of the law, but,
with Jeremy looking on it made for a good pic.

Again a lil' cheese-balling was worth it.

Heading down the Isle.

This is called kissing. I have heard good things.

Now this is a truly rare sight. My parents pretending to be chickens.

First dance

Jeremy wasn't about to take his eyes off the food just to look at the camera.

Ryan & Britt wedding Teaser

2009-08-12T21:13:00.001-07:00

You know what this is about.

R & B

2009-08-08T22:27:00.000-07:00

Tonight I attended/photographed Ryan and Britt's wedding. More on that later. Right now I am here to finally post some more of their engagement photos. Dig it.

Trout's wedding (the things)

2009-08-06T19:22:00.000-07:00

These picture are mostly just the stuff of the wedding. The flowers were really cool and done by Flowers Washougal out of Washougal Washington. The cake was created by Alia at Peace Love Dessert out of Vancouver Washington. They both did a great job and added the extra touches to the day.

Make-up

The Cake (post cut)

The pre-cut cake.

First taste.

The Critton Estate

Yep, those are Brooke and Jeremy's initials in rose petals. The 'C' is for Critton, Trout's new last name.

The get away car.

Food.

The bouquet.

The tent, tables and flowers.

The tent these tables are under were set up by a company that set tents for the Navy when they have functions on the near by port. The workers told me that this is the largest tent they have ever done. Pretty pretty princess 1, Navy 0. Take that navy.

The head table.

Pretty Pretty Princess (teaser)

2009-07-26T18:44:00.001-07:00

Just a preview.

Finally.... Brooke's Bridals.

2009-07-17T18:06:00.001-07:00

Last month me, The Kip, The Vida and Trout (that's Brooke) spent several hours driving around the back roads of Portland until I saw just the right spots. It can only be the perfect spot when your doing the bridal pictures for your very own lil' sis.

I know it was a long haul but I think the pay off was worth it. Good work team.

And I finally got the go ahead to post my favs from last month.

Here is the actual text conversation we had:
Sky:
I'm posting more of your bridal pics. try and stop me.
Brooke:
Aaaaaaarrrgghhrghh........ Fine.

It was an epic battle of wills but I feel it was worth it.

Sky:
Enjoy!

I had to share a bathroom with this attitude for 18 years.

Anything for the shot.

She even looks great cramed in the back of a car.

Junk yards are fun!

2009-07-12T13:30:00.000-07:00

While in Washington taking my sisters bridal pictures I found a sweet salvage yard full of all classic American cars. I didn't have much time so me and The Kip only spent two hours wandering around.
There was a lot to look at. I'm glad someone is hanging on to this American steel.
I also through in some photos I took on the plane ride. Enjoy.

This one needs to be seen bigger.

What a quality lil' Cloud

Another new friend

2009-06-29T18:27:00.000-07:00

I make friends pretty easy.

Ryan & Britt Engagements preview

2009-06-28T21:41:00.000-07:00

Not only did I get to drift for a solid 8 hours on Saturday but I got to take engagement photos for two of the main people who make Utah drifting possible. I have known Ryan and Britt for dang near three years now and they are great kids.
Luckily they had some strings to pull and got us on the main track at Miller Motorsports park to take some pics.
Thanks for letting me be your photographer.

Brooke Trout Bridal Preveiw

2009-06-24T16:46:00.000-07:00

My lil' sis is getting married and she asked me to do her bridals for her. I am honored she thought me worth as she is a princess and everything for this wedding WILL be perfect. So I flew up to Washington and spent a day taking some snaps of my gorgeous sister.

Here is a taste.

Holy more drifting Batman.

2009-06-18T19:48:00.001-07:00

Yes more drifting. This went down at Rocky Mountain Raceway last Friday.

Yes that is my argyle beauty in the center.
The skull and cross bones on the tire is your first and only warning.

Don't let Mike's peaceful face fool you. He is actually going about 40 MPH sideways at me.

Look at him go.

Jon trying to kiss the cone.

mmm... they smoke so pretty.

Happy B-day to B-rad

2009-06-18T19:17:00.000-07:00

My friend Brad turned 30 this week and I just happen to have a few good photos of him. Happy b-day lil' guy.

The healing power of argyle.

2009-06-10T17:17:00.000-07:00

My 240sx has a small vacuum leak that keeps it from idling properly. I need to remove the intake manifold and beef up the gasket that is in there. But, rather then do that I spent my Saturday painting my exhaust pipe and hood argyle. I haven't noticed any significant gains in horsepower yet and the idle is still barely happening, but, I think the argyle has made things better.
(I'm sorry to any of my guests that tuned in to discover the claimed "healing power of argyle". It has no true healing powers. Unless making things sexy is a healing power? (It is.))

May 29th Video is done!!

2009-06-03T16:21:00.000-07:00

My car was dead the night of the drift event so I filmed. I finally got it all put together and now you all are being forced to watch it. Burn!

Drift Enterprise @ RMR May 29 '09 from Sky Fleming on Vimeo.

Drifting at RMR on the 29th

2009-05-30T16:22:00.000-07:00

Brandon and Mike getting close on the bank.

Even Bruce Lee came out to show his support.

Brandon makes contact.

That shadow looks just like me.

Josh took Candyce for her first slide.

New friend

2009-05-21T10:58:00.000-07:00

This Bumble bee ran into me today and we hit it off right away.

Yep, that's my elbow and that's a bumble bee.

This spider didn't have the same luck. My Mom and Dad found out I had a new car and thought I might need a new key chain to go with it. I think they picked a winner. Thanks ma & pa.

I love you Mom!

2009-05-10T11:30:00.000-07:00

Hi mom. I got you some virtual flowers for mothers day. Hope you and dad are good. Feel free to show these off. They are real flowers from my yard but I have specially treated them so they will last forever on the internet.
I hope you are happy and that you get to spend sometime out in the sun today enjoying some real flowers. I love you and am so greatful for everything you do for me. Happy mothers day.

Rain Check

2009-05-02T14:39:00.000-07:00

Our first event was at RMR this weekend and it rained...
We waited around for about an hour hoping they would let us run in the rain but no dice. So we got a rain check and then went to eat.

My 240 waiting for some new shoes.

Still waiting...

Alex and Brandon debating the benefits of genuine Nismo parts.

Waiting...

Vinyl on Mikey's car.

This place never closes.

Waiting...

Slacking

2009-04-29T21:35:00.001-07:00

I have been slacking on the photos and the posting. Sorry. I bought the little red 240SX in the pictures below and have been trying to turn it into my new drift car.
I thought I had better get a different car to drift because I have already ruined 2nd gear, a clutch and flywheel in the RX8. Even with the warranty I will end up paying about $1500. And the new 240SX only cost $1000 to buy. Ha-ha.
I think it is almost ready to slide now. It still has a few bugs to work out. I am going to give it a go this Friday at Rocky Mountain Raceway for their Midnight Drift series that's sponsored by Drift Enterprise. I am also the photographer for Drift enterprise. If your local you should come watch and I'll take you for a slide around the track.

Helmet Cam near death.

2009-04-18T08:21:00.000-07:00

I took my GoPro helmet cam drifting at the last event and it fell off the car and was run over. I might have failed to clean my car properly... but lets not point fingers. In any case GoPro makes such a hard core Sky proof camera that it recorded the whole thing. The case and the suction cup were ruined but my camera is in good shape and ready for a new adventure.