Mountain Smith Project

Just a little project I worked on.

Cambodia

Here's a quick look at the trip I just took with BYU to do some filming in Cambodia.  This is a BTS (behind the senses) video filmed with a gopro.

Summer Slacking

OK...I'm going to splurge and just dump a bunch of photos on ya'all from the summer so here 'goes.

So we start the summer off with a trip to Paraguay to work with the Fundación Paraguaya.  Here you see me sitting in Sao Paulo waiting for a flight.  This is not a very comfortable airport but it gets you to Paraguay.

Chilling is always part of the busy film schedule

Iguazu Falls, Argentina

Typical Paraguayan street

Even my boss participates in the chillin' process

I love flying my little quadrocoptor in these other countries.  Almost always I'm surrounded by little kids giggling and truly enjoying the experience.

La Garganta del Diablo, Iguazu

As I said, I love flying!

Ok, now we're on to the 4th of July weekend with some rock climbing, hammocking, and playing with nieces and nephews!

After a fantastic 4th I hopped on a place to spend the rest of the month on the African continent with one quick stop in Paris.

The beach in Mauritius...lovely

We decided that Mauritius is the real Jurassic Park

Mauritius was pretty amazing

This man amazed me.  When they harvest sugarcane they burn it to get rid of all the excess vegetation and then cut it by hand then haul it away by hand.  It's a dirty and practically thankless job but they do it everyday to support their families.  Wow.

After Mauritius we headed to Cape Town, which I loved!

Just another reason I love my little helicopter, I mean look at that shot!

Then to finish off Africa we went to Rwanda where the people were kind (like my Grandma below) and the dirt was red.

 This is a solar field that supplies like 14% of the countries power.

Tea leaves

When I actually got to be home I went backpacking with Dad, David, and a few of the nephews, it was heaven to be in the mountains.

Canyoneering

So I met this pretty sweet girl earlier this week who is a locomotive...she doesn't stop.  As we talked I said I would love to learn to canyoneer and she said that it's one of the things she does regularly.  So on Friday I drove down to St. George to go out with her on Friday night and then yesterday we went somewhere east of Zion National Park and did some canyoneering, AMAZING.  I hope I can do it again very soon.

Snippets of Sandpoint

This Christmas break I decided to do little 15-second snapshots of the home I love.  Here the are!

The Farm

Sunnyside

Polstra Dairy

The Town

Christmas Truce

Remember the trip I recently took to Europe to do some shooting?  Well we finished up the video and it turned out pretty good.  I'm very grateful for the people who gave their lives so that I can have peace.  Choose peace this season.

North Point Elementary Lip Sync

I get to go back to my old elementary school every year and film the 6th grade lip sync.  It's quick and simple but I love doing it.  Here it be: