Photoblog - Daniel Hopkins Photography

Photoblog

A new original photo posted every day or so.

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Looking to the Heavens
While this world is amazing, it is only the beginning - there is much beyond!
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Blooming Spring
"Fair are the meadows,
Fairer the woodlands,
Robed in the flowers of blooming spring;
Jesus is fairer,
Jesus is purer.
He makes the sorrowing spirit sing."
—"Beautiful Savior", verse 2
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Hands Up!
Reflections and a good natured couple captured in the pouring rain on BYU campus in Provo, Utah.
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Elements of Winter
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Philadelphia Temple, Window Detail
I love the vibrant colors of these windows, contrasted with the grey stone.
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Greater Blessings
"God does rain down upon all His children all the blessings He can—all the blessings that love and law and justice and mercy will permit. And He commands us to be likewise generous...Nevertheless, God’s greater blessings are conditioned on obedience."
— Elder D. Todd Christofferson, "Abide in My Love", October 2016
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Pastel Atmosphere
Sometimes I like the more subtle shades of the sky even more than the dramatic ones.
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Shorelines
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During Sunset after Leaf Fall
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Complimentary Colors
This might be my favorite of nature's color schemes.
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Downtown Dallas
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Going Somewhere
Light trails in Dallas, Texas.
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Tremendous Significance
"I feel today in this great state, and all this vast territory, there is no building of such tremendous significance as will be the building we begin this day." —President Gordon B. Hinckley, at the groundbreaking of the Dallas Texas Temple, the first LDS Temple in Texas.
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Water and Air
There is a whole lot of each on this planet...and both are vital to our being alive! There are people moving through both the water and the air in this photo (an airplane and a boat). Can you find them?

This water and air are just outside Chicago, Illinois.
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The Moody Earth
This hillside next to the beach in San Francisco seemed to showcase some of the moods of the earth - the vibrant foliage contrasted with the muted colors in the fog. I love nature!
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Walls of Rock
Walls of colored rock - just one of the many natural wonders in Yellowstone National Park. Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
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Worlds Beyond
There are innumerable worlds out there beyond ours. Seeing the Milky Way reminds me of that. I'm excited to photograph our galaxy again this summer!

This was taken from Payson Lakes, Utah, last summer.
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Let There Be Light
Sunrise this morning at the Mount Timpanogos LDS Temple.

"And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day."
—Genesis 1:3-5
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Salty Water at 1/1600th of a Second
I love shooting waves. The shape and the movement of the water intrigues me.
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Leaving as the Lights Came On
After a brief but memorable visit to the historic and beautiful city of Boston, Massachusetts, I left just as the lights came on. :)
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Make It A Great Day
A late friend of mine used to tell me, "make it a great day". There is a power within us to create the day and even the life we desire. This incredible sunrise over the mountains reminds me of this idea. The power to act and to create is in our hands!
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People Watching
I shot this during my first experience with street photography. It was really quite enjoyable, and the perfect evening light didn't hurt a bit. :)

Photographed in an outdoor mall in Salt Lake City.
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Day and Night In His Temple
"...they [are] before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them."
— Revelation 7:13-17

The Mesa Arizona LDS Temple, late on a hot summer night.
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Oregon
The iconic Mt. Hood as seen from Portland, Oregon. I love the Northwest US!
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The Open Road
I love the open road. This was taken while driving through Nebraska with my family back in 2015. That was a wonderful road trip!
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Great Blue Heron
What a magnificent animal. I accidentally startled this Great Blue Heron at Dana Point, California, but was able to capture it before it flew away.
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Midnight Sun Rising
This month's full moon rising from the east. The brilliant moon is only reflecting the light from our sun.
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Intersection on a Winter Night
Top-down photo of an intersection on a winter night (last month). I love the perspective that aerial photography gives me!
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Rainy Hills
"Come over the hills and far with me,
And be my love in the rain." — Robert Frost, "A Line-storm Song"
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Founded Upon A Rock
"Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock."
—Matthew 7:24-25

Building our lives upon the Rock of Jesus Christ means that we not only hear and believe, but that we act on His teachings. Only then will we successfully weather the storms.
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Tower Fall
Yellowstone National Park's Tower Fall late on a summer afternoon.

Technical info: I stopped down the aperture all the way to get the water blurred while keeping the photo exposed properly in the sunshine, without the use of an ND filter.
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Dragon Skin
Beautiful color and patterns on the trunk of a palmetto tree in Central Florida.
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Watercolors
Colored light reflecting on the colored water of Utah Lake tonight.
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Portrait of a Pelican
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Latourell Falls
Latourell Falls - one of the many beautiful waterfalls in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge.
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Coexistence
The hard lines and shapes of architecture contrasted with the organic patterns of nature are an inspiration to me.
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Hayride
An autumn hayride through a pumpkin patch, from the air.
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Juxtaposition
New York City has a personality of its own. I love its juxtaposition of the historic and the modern, of 100-year-old bridges and new skyscrapers, of the old and of the new.
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Comes the Light
Sunlight streaming through snow-covered branches on a winter morning. This one looked best straight out of the camera without any processing.
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Reflecting on the Hudson
The view of Lower Manhattan from across the Hudson River is certainly different now than it was in 1609 when Henry Hudson first explored it.
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Lighting Our Way
"Our Savior's love shines like the sun with perfect light,
As from above it breaks thru clouds of strife.
Lighting our way, it leads us back into his sight,
Where we may stay to share eternal life."
"Our Savior's Love" — Edward L. Hart
https://www.lds.org/music/library/hymns/our-saviors-love)
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H2O at 5 degrees
Detail from the Ice Castles in Midway, Utah. It was a bitter 5 degrees F (-15 C), but it was beautiful!
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Snow on Snow on Snow
I took this on the day after Christmas...all the snow made me think of this beautiful Christmas song."

In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter, long ago."
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"What can I give Him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb;
If I were a Wise Man, I would do my part;
Yet what I can I give Him: give my heart."
— "In the Bleak Midwinter" by Christina Rossetti
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Winter in Newport Beach
Not everyone wishes for a white Christmas. :)
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Grumpy Rock
Do you see the grumpy face?!
Arches National Park, Utah
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Step Into The Light
"No matter how often or how far we fall, the Light of Christ ever burns brightly. And even in the deepest night, if we but step toward Him, His light will consume the shadows and reignite our souls." - Dieter F. Uchtdorf
This is my daughter, silhouetted during an amazing sunset at Utah Lake.
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Hide and Seek: The Nature Version
I love when the mountains play hide and seek in collaboration with the clouds. What a beautiful world we live in! This is Mt. Timpanogos in Utah.
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All About Christ
The Temple points us to Christ. Christmas points us to Christ. Light is representative of Christ. Yes, it's all about Christ. Taken last night at Temple Square, Salt Lake City.
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