Saratoga Springs made history election night, becoming the first Utah city to elect a black woman as mayor. Councilwoman Mia Love defeated challenger Jeff Francom in the contest to replace outgoing Mayor Timothy Parker.
“I am absolutely honored,” Love said. “I am so excited.”
While holding a picture of her brother Pfc. Aaron Nemelka, Ashlee Brewer and her husband Adrian embrace while Major Mike Blades, of the Montana National Guard and Uncle of Pfc. Aaron Nemelka, speaks to members of the media outside of the Nemelka home Saturday November 7, 2009. Utah soldier Pfc. Aaron Nemelka and 12 others were killed in a mass shooting at Fort Hood. Pfc.
Jerry DeStefano boulders on the Standard Overhang Boulder in Little Cottonwood Canyon as Chalese Stevens, Austin Gray and Skye Marshall look on Sunday November 8, 2009.
Ali Black, left, and Cherell Jordin pose for a portrait after a 40 mile bike ride along Wasatch Boulevard in Salt Lake City Saturday October 31, 2009. Black and Jordin have qualified for the Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 in Clearwater, Florida.
“Last Saturday Chris Detrick and I were down in Provo to photograph the BYU vs. TCU football game. We had been tasked with putting out a video piece on the game. Wanting to do something different we decided to use the wild west theme of our sports page that day, which featured a cartoon of two gunfighters (a cougar and a horny frog) in a showdown. We put together a video mashing up various elements from the sports page (over-the-top headlines and text, the cartoon) as well as our photos from the game. I just checked for it on the Tribune site and noticed that the video isn’t working. Now that I look around, I don’t think it ever even went up.
Not to worry, it got taken a step further and this version is quite ridiculous. Enjoy.”
I am currently working as a staff photojournalist for The Salt Lake Tribune. When I am not making pictures, I can usually be found skiing Utah's amazing powder and brewing Jack Mormon beer.