Blog | Alex Strickland

Had another shoot for Gold’s Gym last weekend. Went into this one with much more confidence, though with about 30 “models” on hand, it was confusing at times. Definitely channeled my good friends Lido and Jessica when thinking about lights, hope it worked.

Had an opportunity to do a little commercial work for Gold’s Gym this week to promote their personal training offerings. Not only is it one of the first commercial jobs I’d ever done, I haven’t shot anything but landscapes for three months. So yeah, I was a little nervous. Keep in mind these are a bit of a rough edit since I had 12 hours (including sleep) to cull a few from the herd.

Hiked in to some hot springs a ways south of the city today with some friends. he closer you got to the spring, the crazier blue and milky the water became. It was a great time, but I don’t know if I’ll ever get the sulfur smell off me.

The red rock deserts of southern Utah are some of the most un-Earth-like places I’ve ever been. Ironically, for a place defined (literally) by the color of its rocks, I was really thinking in black and white this weekend. Some post-processing vignetting has been added, just because I like it. I have a lot to learn about desert light.

Right above downtown is a crazy downhill called Bobsled. Why, you ask? Because there’s not a single straight line on the whole thing.

Nothing special, just a few foliage shots from a driving tour nearby.

Leaving Montana’s not easy, but moving to Utah’s a heckuva lot better than moving to Nebraska. Big mountains, great scenery and some decent restaurants are making Salt Lake a nice place to be. Here’s a couple from up around Alta ski resort, just 20 minutes or so from my house.

It’s been 3 weeks now since I left Montana for Salt Lake City (hence the longer-than-usual update delay), but I’ve just now found the time to look back a bit. Things were a blur as I raced to get out of town, but the last 24 hours I was in Montana I tried , as much as time allowed, to make a final few images that captured a little bit of the place. As usual, it took no talent, as my favorite place in the world put on quite a show for me before I left.