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Bison Roundup

Chen — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:26:50 +0000

This morning I went to Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake to take photos of an annual bison roundup, as well as the school children who come to the island to learn more about bison. All of the children have mental or physical disabilities, but they were really fun to work with. They behaved really well, and I was able to get some good photos of them.

In addition, it was just a fun experience for me to see bison at a super close distance. They were treated just like the cows or the bulls that I have seen in the rodeos except that the bison were a lot stronger and bigger and more dangerous. I heard some pretty sad and crazy stories today about some people who have gotten hurt by the bison because they were either not careful or just being stupid.

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Snow, First Time For the City, First Time For Me

Chen — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:08:01 +0000

Last night, the temperature dropped significantly here, Salt Lake Valley. The result, snow! It was the first snow of the fall in Salt Lake City, and more importantly, it was my first time to see snow. Seeing the snow was amazing, but the experience was really cold! My editors knew that I have not seen snow yet, so they sent me to cover today’s weather photo assignment. Of course, I eagerly accepted. I was sent to the Little Cottonwood Canyon in Sandy, UT. Also, I was able to take my wife with me to the assignment. We were so amazed to see the snow flakes hitting my windshield as we drove up the canyon. As we were driving, we saw a girl running along side the road. Since it’s snowing, we stopped and asked if she wanted a ride, but she declined and wanted to keep running. Well, in that case, I took out my camera and took some photos of her as part of my assignment.

As we were driving to the next town, the snow started falling stronger. It was harder to drive and to take photos because I could not find anybody who was outside in the cold. So I decided to turn around and go back. As we started to drive back, I saw two women shoveling the snow in front of a building. It was such good timing for me to take photos for the assignment. In brief, I turned in my assignment and very happy about the day.

Yellowstone National Park One-day Visit

Chen — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:46:44 +0000

Mary Beth and I spent this weekend at the Yellowstone National Park, but really, I only visit the park for one day. Of course, there’s no way we could see the entire park because it takes about an hour to get from one attraction area to another. However, we did see the Old Faithful Geyser and the world-famous waterfall, Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. It was an absolutely breathtaking place. I highly recommend you going.

Visiting Antelope Island State Park in the Great Salt Lake

Chen — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:48:14 +0000

Today Mary Beth and I went to visit Antelope Island State Park in the Great Salt Lake. It is an unique and beautiful island. It seems that this is the place where the water and sky connect. Here are some photos I took while we were at the park.

First Picture in UT

Chen — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:00:34 +0000

My first picture taken in Utah after moving from Fla..