SPEED BOATING IN St. Kitts SPEED BOATING IN ST KITTS LETS GO!!! Someone take me back there right now! From the moment we witnessed the amazing sunrise, we knew we were arriving somewhere special. And you know what? We were right. This place had some of the friendliest people and some of the most picture worthy sceneries we had come across thus far. So how could we top off this day with? Speed boats! But that is not just it, a second surprise came later on which we will talk on the next blog. READY, SET, GO! After a quick ride through town we arrived at this amazing beach where we met Theodo ..read more

A PARADISE TOWN St. Marteen A PARADISE TOWN Yes, paradise indeed. How can the first half of this tour be toped? I already reached 10,000% joy capacity. So, how could it get better than that in this paradise town? Well… Hold my drink. BEACHES, JET SKIS, & AIRPLANES… OH WOW! We have already visited some of the most beautiful beaches I’ve ever seen. We have been playing on jet skis all morning. So what else does JET PARADISE have in store for us? As it just happens, the best was still to come! Don’t get me wrong, we were feeling like little kids playing on the waves with these jet skis and ..read more

WAS THIS A DREAM? St. Marteen WHERE AM I…? We have been having a blast on and off the ship this entire time, but, the best was yet to come apparently. I’ve heard about St. Marteen in the past, but never in a million years did I think I would ever make it there, and there we finally made it! At first glance I was like, “ok, it’s a pretty island”, but little did I know the fun day Candice had arranged for us there to see the entire island and beaches. WAVERUNNERS!!!!!! Whoever said full 110% joy didn’t exist, has never been on a waverunner! I’ve never been one one before, and to do it here at ..read more

ST. THOMAS SNORKELING WOW. JUST WOW. St Thomas. What an amazing and picture perfect place this is. By day 3 I was making sure to wake up early enough to capture the sunrises and arrivals to each of the ports. Although the initial plan was to wake up, set up the camera, and then go back to sleep… After seeing what was approaching in the horizon, I couldn’t go back to sleep and I started that morning in the most magical way possible. ST THOMAS VIBE I don’t know what it was about the town… but immediately I felt like I had gone back in time and I had arrived at this perfect place in the midd ..read more

LABADEE, HAITI ZIPLINING LABADEE HAITI ZIPLINING We made it to our first destination, Labadee, Haiti! Unreal how paradise can be found in a place where so much negativity has been unfolding over the years. If I didn’t know a bit of the background and history of Haiti, I would say this was the perfect destination island. Water was warm, clear, and beautiful which made this day just perfect! With so many things to do there, Candice already had a game plan and we were trying to shake all the jitters off from what was our first stop of the day, Labadee Haiti zipline, stretching from the top o ..read more

OUT TO SEA ONBOARD OASIS OF THE SEAS OUT TO SEA After months of waiting for the day to come, the day finally came! With such a frustrating traveling day the day before, we were so excited to finally get going on this amazing adventure. So how was it going onboard this massive floating city? Well, thank you for asking. It was awesome! From the moment we got to the boarding terminal, the process was relatively easy and smooth going. Once onboard, we were instructed to find our designated station to go over emergency procedures which went something like… If the boat starts to go down, put yo ..read more

IT’S TRAVEL DAY Travel Day & Day 1 IT’S TRAVEL DAY. LETS GO!!! Wherever I go my camera goes, and this trip was no exception. From the moment we woke up to embark on this awesome adventure, whether it was my camera, action camera, or phone camera, I was ready to shoot every moment of it. Our journey started on a Thursday at 3:30am. Our flight was scheduled to leave from SLC International Airport at 6, and seeing that we were flying with Southwest, well, we were a bit on edge about making it to our destination. This was due to thousands of flights being cancelled by the airline in the ..read more

MY STYLE, MY PHOTOGRAPHY Being Unique I DARED MYSELF TO BE ME Have you ever just endlessly scrolled through Instagram or Facebook and thought to yourself, “huh… All these images look the same.” With everyone having a phone camera and social media at out fingertips, everyone with an account can post their pics and call themselves a photographer, and what do you end up with at that point? Endless social media feeds of essentially the same edits, settings, and photos that you forget about almost instantly after scrolling passed them. Don’t get me wrong, we all have to start somewhere, and I ..read more

Me, Myself, and Inspired Welcome To My Blog WHO IS INSPIRED? Welcome to my very own blog and newly redesigned website! My name is Jay, and I am a Utah based photographer, father, web designer, and marketing specialist. Yes, really. While my main job is working as a Marketing Specialist for the State of Utah, I have always loved photography and the creative side of it. I’ve been doing photography since high school, so roughly about 20 years give or take… But mostly give. Yes, that is a long time! But photography is the only thing that does not feel like a job when I am working, so it feel ..read more

JINGLE FOLLOWED ME Our Elf on the Shelf is back! CAN’T SHAKE JINGLE OFF JINGLE FOLLOWED ME! He found us last year while I was still living at my old place. I was hoping I’d be able to shake him off by moving to a new place, but guess what? He found us. Now, the journey continues with Jingle hanging with us again. While the kids love having him around, his constant shenanigans have me question my sanity on what is real, and what is not… Happy Holidays everyone! Enjoy WATCH THE FIRST VIDEO The post JINGLE FOLLOWED ME appeared first on Utah Inspired ..read more