Category: Best of the Week

2020 Week Ten

As I wrote last week photography is in the forefront of everything I’m doing right now. Looking through this week’s photographs it’s the way to go. Ditch the podcasts, stop reading social media, ignore the political soap opera, stop watching mediocre streaming content. Get out there and create!

Assignments: The Coronavirus

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Negative pressure tents have been set up outside University of Utah Hospital in preparation for COVID-19 cases, in Salt Lake City on Monday, March 9, 2020.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Negative pressure tents have been set up outside University of Utah Hospital in preparation for COVID-19 cases, in Salt Lake City on Monday, March 9, 2020.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Negative pressure tents have been set up outside University of Utah Hospital in preparation for COVID-19 cases, in Salt Lake City on Monday, March 9, 2020.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) UDOH State Epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn answers questions as Utah health officials announce the state’s second case of COVID-19, at the Utah Department of Health in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, March 10, 2020.

Assignment: The LDS Church’s $100 Billion in Investments

Each block in the center tower represents $1 billion. I documented the process of building this illustration at this link: https://www.thetrickstergod.com/2020/03/13/illustrating-100-billion-dollars/

Assignment: Protest over LDS Church’s Schools Honor Code Changes regarding LGBT Students

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Demonstrators at a rally about BYU’s changing position on “romantic behavior” by same-sex couples march around the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 6, 2020.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Demonstrators at a rally about BYU’s changing position on “romantic behavior” by same-sex couples gather in front of the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 6, 2020.

Hurricane, Utah

March 10, 2020
2020 Week Nine

New Blog: Rough Draft

I made a big change on March 1st, moving photography to the forefront of what I do on a daily basis. I’m spending much more time with the camera to eye. To keep my mind in a creative space I exchanged podcasts for music. And I started to publish my work on a more real-time basis on a new blog: Rough Draft (@thetrickstergod on Twitter).

The format on the blog is starting to stabilize. I photograph constantly, am buried in editing, and post as I catch my breath. I will be writing there as well. A lot of the photographs from Rough Draft will be in my Instagram story (@trenthead).

So the landscape is this –

Rough Draft – blog – a free-flow of successes and failures as I create them, as well as links to stuff that is cool.

Trent.Photo – archive – my best / important / personal work. Heavily tagged, cross-referenced by subject, location, band, team, etc.

Trenthead.Com – only my best work compiled by week.

Assignment: Mitt Romney

Assignment: Utah’s first cannabis pharmacy opens

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mario Enriquez, a patient, livestreams as Dragonfly Wellness becomes the first of Utah’s 14 medical cannabis pharmacies to open for business in Salt Lake City on Monday, March 2, 2020.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dragonfly Wellness becomes the first of Utah’s 14 medical cannabis pharmacies to open for business in Salt Lake City on Monday, March 2, 2020.

Assignment: UTA 50th Birthday

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A GM “Old Look” transit bus from the Salt Lake city line on display to mark the 50th birthday of UTA at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Buses of this type were produced between 1940 and 1959.

March 3, 2020
2020 Week Eight

Assignment: Mike Lee town hall

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Mike Lee answers questions at a town hall in Draper on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020.

Assignment: Family-run nursery

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Alex Kuwahara in one of his Sandy greenhouses on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. City officials are threatening to shut down Kuwahara Wholesale, a family-run plant nursery that has been operating in the community for years, saying it is violation of ordinances requiring a business license.

Assignment: Night Skiing

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A skier photographs the fading sunset during a night skiing session at Brighton on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020.

February 24, 2020
2020 Week Seven

Assignment: Celebrating Suffrage

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Surrounded by female legislators, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signs a joint resolution celebrating women’s suffrage in Utah, part of the celebration of suffrage at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. To the right of Herbert is First Lady Jeanette Herbert.

Assignment: Speed Skating

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Yamato Matsui (Japan) competes in Men Team Sprint at the ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020.

State Street

Assignment: Mayor Pete

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks at The Union Event Center in Salt Lake City on Monday, Feb. 17, 2020.

February 18, 2020
2020 Week Six

State Street

Assignment: ~~Bald Eagles~~ Red Tailed Hawks

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A pair of red-tailed hawks at the Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area on Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. Two chances to see bald eagles in northern Utah will be available from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 8. Spotting scopes will be in place at the Salt Creek Waterfowl Management Area and the Farmington Bay WMA.

February 11, 2020
2020 Week Five

Assignment: Silicon Slopes Tech Summit

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Screens in the Sponsor Pavilion at the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020.

Assignment: Mark Zuckerberg

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit in Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020.

Assignment: New Deacons

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Five men were ordained to the Office of Deacon at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020.

Assignment: Sundance Film Festival Awards Night

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Radha Blank reacts to winning the U.S. Dramatic Directing Award for her film The 40-Year-Old Version at the Awards Night Ceremony for the Sundance Film Festival in Kimball Junction on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020.

Assignment: Rally against the Inland Port

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Chelsie Kemper at a rally against the Inland Port at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020.

Sunset

February 4, 2020
2020 Week Four

Assignment: Utah v Arizona State

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Abby Paulson on the beam as the University of Utah hosts Arizona State, NCAA gymnastics in Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020.

State Street Pigeons

realized I made my first attempt at this photo in October 2019. Two weeks after the shot above, I topped this version

Assignment: Utah Jazz v Dallas Mavericks

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) as the Utah Jazz host the Dallas Mavericks, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020.

State Capitol

January 28, 2020
2020 Week Three

Assignment: Mike Bloomberg

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg speaks in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020.

Assignment: Utah Jazz v Sacramento Kings

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) and Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley (10) in the fourth quarter as the Utah Jazz host the Sacramento Kings, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020.

January 21, 2020
2020 Week Two

Assignment: Weber State President

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Brad Mortensen performs a duet with Ling-Yu Lee at his inauguration as the president of Weber State University in Ogden on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020.

Moonrise

Assignment: Jazz v Hornets

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson (00) defending Charlotte Hornets guard Terry Rozier (3) as the Utah Jazz host the Charlotte Hornets, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020.

Assignment: Best of the West NCAA Gymnastics

Killyon Canyon

January 14, 2020
2020 Week One

Assignment: Snow

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fresh snow in Salt Lake City, seen from 300 South 1200 East, on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020.

Assignment: Utah v Oregon State

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Oregon State Beavers forward Alfred Hollins (4) runs into Utah Utes forward Riley Battin (21) as the University of Utah hosts Oregon State, NCAA men’s basketball in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020.

Assignment: War Protest

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Robert Walton waves a flag as people gather in front of the Federal Building in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020 to protest the escalation of tensions with Iran.

January 7, 2020
2019 Week Fifty-Two

Shoreline

Assignment: Jazz v Trail Blazers

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles (2) smiles toward Portland Trail Blazers center Hassan Whiteside (21) after being called for a technical foul as the Utah Jazz host the Portland Trail Blazers, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019.

Last of 2019

December 31, 2019
2019 Week Fifty-One

Head Portals at Kilby Court

The Pelicants at Kilby Court

Homeless Persons’ Memorial Candlelight Vigil

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Homeless Persons’ Memorial Candlelight Vigil in Salt Lake City’s Pioneer Park on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019.

December 23, 2019
2019 Week Fifty

Tour de State

Key Bank Tower

Assignment: Services for Marine Pfc. Robert J. Hatch

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A portrait on display during services for Marine Pfc. Robert J. Hatch at the Bountiful City Cemetery on Saturday Dec. 14, 2019. Hatch was killed in action Nov. 22, 1943 on the island of Betio.

December 16, 2019
2019 Week Forty-Nine

Assignment: Pac12 Championship Game

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah fans watch while Oregon takes a 30-15 lead as Utah faces Oregon in the Pac-12 football championship game in Santa Clara, Calif., on Friday Dec. 6, 2019.

December 9, 2019
2019 Week Forty-Eight

Assignment: Inland Port Charges

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Media cameras and security personnel look down on a group of people in the lobby of the Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City on Tuesday Nov. 26, 2019. The Salt Lake County district attorney’s office filed charges last month against 10 people in 3rd District Court accusing them of starting a riot in the lobby of the Salt Lake Chamber offices in July after a protest over the inland port turned into a violent confrontation with police.

Assignment: Bus Stop

December 2, 2019
2019 Week Forty-Seven

Assignment: Shopping Carts

Assignment: Kearns Building

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Hines, the global real estate firm that owns the Kearns Building, has launched a $25 million renovation of the 108-year-old building at 136 South Main Street in Salt Lake City. , in Salt Lake City on Thursday Nov. 21, 2019.

Assignment: David P. Romrell Public Safety Building

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) South Salt Lake Police Chief Jack Carruth comforts Elizabeth Romrell after she spoke at the dedication ceremony of the David P. Romrell Public Safety Building on Sunday Nov. 24, 2019. The building is named after Officer Romrell (Elizabeth’s husband), who was killed in the line of duty on Nov. 24, 2018 – one year ago.

Assignment: Snowfall

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Snow falls in Salt Lake City on Monday Nov. 25, 2019.

November 25, 2019
2019 Week Forty-Six

A Wall Coming Down

Moroni Draper works to take down a wall in front of the Leroy S Johnson Meetinghouse in Hildale on Friday Nov. 15, 2019.

Cottonwood Park

Flash Flood, Four Years Later

Markers for victims of the 2015 flash flood.

November 18, 2019
2019 Week Forty-Five

La Mora

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A convoy of family members makes its way to La Mora, Sonora, with an escort of vehicles from the federal police and Mexican military on Wednesday Nov. 6, 2019.

I’m working on a piece about my experiences in La Mora. 6,500 words, just the notes. Stay tuned.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) David Langford’s family embraces each other during the closing hymn at the funeral for Dawna Langford and two of her children, Trevor and Rogan, in La Mora, Sonora on Thursday Nov. 7, 2019.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Two boys are coated in dust as dirt is shoveled after the funeral for Dawna Langford and two of her children, Trevor and Rogan, in La Mora, Sonora on Thursday Nov. 7, 2019.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A woman folds a baby’s garment following the funeral for Maria Rhonita Miller and four of her children in La Mora, Sonora on Thursday Nov. 7, 2019. The children are Howard Jacob Jr., 12; Krystal Bellaine, 10; Titus Alvin Miller, 8 months; and his twin sister, Tiana Gricel.

Assignment: Veterans Day Commemoration

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Veterans Leland Hortman (WW2), Earl Jacklin (WW2), and Glenn Johnson (Afghanistan, Iraq) shake hands while being recognized at the Veterans Day Commemoration at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Monday Nov. 11, 2019.

November 11, 2019
2019 Week Forty-Four

Sunset

International Blue

Salt Lake City airport, international terminal on Friday Nov. 1, 2019.

Utah Crew

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Coxswain Emma Goldsmith steers a boat during a Utah Crew workout on the Jordan River in Salt Lake City on Monday Nov. 4, 2019.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Daniel Carlebach, Wilson Bielaczyc, Sasha Jovanovic-Hacon, Bruno Stehlik, and coxswain Emma Goldsmith during a Utah Crew workout on the Jordan River in Salt Lake City on Monday Nov. 4, 2019.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sydney Koutrouba and Bella Fisher during a Utah Crew workout on the Jordan River in Salt Lake City on Monday Nov. 4, 2019.

Inversion

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Birds fly over a hazy Salt Lake Valley on Monday Nov. 4, 2019.

November 4, 2019
2019 Week Forty-Three

Assignment: Vigil for Lauren

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Chris Vogel, who coached Lauren McCluskey before she came to Utah, embraces attendees during a vigil for McCluskey at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Tuesday Oct. 22, 2019.

Assignment: Project Homeless Connect

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Volunteer Dave Brewer photographs Chris Ponton and his dog Minnie at Project Homeless Connect, where community volunteers to provide services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness, at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City on Friday Oct. 25, 2019. Brewer is with Photo Collective Studios.

Assignment: Pumpkin Nights

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Visitors at Pumpkin Nights take in a dragon display at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City on Monday Oct. 28, 2019.

State Street

October 28, 2019