Post-Christmas Card

This year has been a year of change for the Dunns. In fact, this year saw the creation of the Dunns. David and Kelly were engaged in March and wed on July 3rd, 2009 in the Salt Lake Temple. They are so happy to be married and to start this new family. Shortly after their honeymoon (a cruise around the Caribbean), they moved Kelly down to Los Angeles from Provo, UT. In September, the couple was able to purchase a condominium in Encino where they are currently living.
Kelly is still attending BYU to obtain her degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Currently she is taking some Independent Study classes and will return to BYU next fall to finish her last semester and graduate. After moving to California, she was called as the Primary Pianist in her church ward. Her piano skills have improved greatly since then. Currently, she works part time at Downtown On Ice, an outdoor ice rink in the middle of Los Angeles. She works in the skate shop handing out ice skates. She has recently rekindled her love of reading, and loves to snuggle up with her wonderful husband.
David graduated from BYU in April with a BFA in Animation. In March, he moved to Los Angeles to work at Sony Imageworks. Until about 2 weeks ago, he was working on the movie Cats and Dogs 2. He’s not sure what movie he will be working on next. Shortly after Kelly was called into primary, David was too. He was called as the CTR teacher and wrangles a wild bunch of kids every week.
We hope everyone is doing well and had as a great a year as we did. From sunny California we’d just like to say Merry Christmas!

Summer Already!

I thought I should start my summer off with a bang. To that effect I took a trip down to Zion National Park where I spent a day and a half wandering the park taking photos and drawing sketches as my whim took me. In one day, I figured I hiked over 9 miles, and one of those hikes was the craziest, but funnest hike I have ever done. For those of you who know it, its called Angels Landing. For those of you who don't, its only a 2.5 mile trail, but you climb about half a vertical mile and the last half mile is just you the sandstone trail, some chains to help you out and two sheer cliffs on either side. Some crazy stuff there. I think they said that on average 2 people die every year on this trail, but that could just be imagining things. It did lead to some inspiring views though:


This little beauty was also right on a cliff, which actually had a huge arch being carved in it. The trail to get there was much easier and had only a moderate level of cliffs involved. Its called canyon lookout.


There was also quite a bit of wild life that came my way. The most prominent were the squirrels which liked to come right up to you:


They even started going through your bags if they thought there was a treat inside:


Other then the squirrels, I saw eagles, deer, chipmunks, wild turkeys (huge), quite a few insects and other creepy crawlies and a few lizards. I only wish I could have completed the whole wildlife gambit with some gray foxes and a cougar. Overall it was a great trip with some nice rejuvenating "me" time.

In other news I got a call from Sony Pictures Imageworks this week and they offered me an internship for this summer. I don't know all the details yet, but supposedly I'll be working on their upcoming feature film and will be there from mid June to mid August. I am super excited!

A curious dog

This is my favorite picture so far. It has a great composition and its all monochromatic, which is sweet. The short depth of field really enhances it and the focal plane is exactly where I wanted it.

Photography

Yes I am a budding photographer. I recently got myself a digital SLR so I could take even better pictures. And here are some of the results. Enjoy!