I played white and I'm mostly concerned with the first moves up to black 29. Perhaps white has been far too passive and allowed black to build a very powerful sphere of influence. I dislike having to work my way back into games from the get-go so I'm looking for advice on the general opening strategy for white. My one suggestion is that white should've jumped out at 10 and then attacked the R-09 stone. Taking the corner was exactly what black needed.
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. My first instinct is R10, though R11 might be possible, as well as Q10.
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was wrong. It would have been okay (maybe. I would prefer Q9 or R10) before 
, but afterwards it's just too deep. Reduce with something like L12.
was just silly. Black should immediately hane at C13 and now white result is terrible.
is good. At 
, you need to extend at Q3 first. You can take a look at the joseki here:
, white's response is slow and also aji-keshi. White's choice to follow up to the approach with K16 means white is looking to build a moyo. Black's jump is actually too slow, and black should go at least one space farther. Even then, invading is not a big deal for white to handle, because he can trade the side stone to play the 3-3 point and live in the corner. D10 seems like a fine move for white, or maybe something like K14. Locally, M16 or M17 would work well. Before the 
, the other side is bigger, so white should block the other way, and at :w58, white needs to extend once more instead of protecting the cut directly.