Final Project - Grateful for Modern Medicine

Life can always be hard, but sometimes we begin ours with secrets that surface unexpectedly.  My life has changed a lot in the last three years because of amazing new surgical advancements.  If it was 200 years ago, I would have most likely been rolled off the trail.  This is the story of how my hip condition saved my heart...

A congenital hip problem kept me looking at the mountain

 instead of hiking it with my family.

I finally found the right doctor.

Before double hip replacement                             

                                                                         after.

Dr. Mariani and Portia

Wait! Something's still wrong—my hips work

but I still can't exercise without gasping.

I never expected I'd also need part of my heart replaced

(that's my defunct aortic valve, not a tortellini)

Finally—I can hit the trail.

Thank you Dr. Mariani...

Assignment #5.5 - Portraiture BONUS

This is a portraiture of Wally Sailing.  He comes to the Provo 4th of July Freedom Festival.
He will give demonstrations on how to use the old roll press.  They were doing a demo of how to take hand made paper and press the Constitution.  Very interesting trip to the past.

Wally Sailing

Assignment #5 - Portraiture

This particular assignment was one of my favorite assignments.  I was able to take shots of people I didn't know and explore a little bit about they where and what they were all about.  I did spend some time with my father-in-law, who has Alzheimers.  The human factor was what interested me.

Don Allman

Art Nifong