Sunday, October 31, 2010

Love & Sunflowers



A little over a month ago I had the pleasure of doing my cousin Heather Dee's Bridals and they turned out absolutely gorgeous. I've been slowly posting little previews here and there and I just wanted to post 2 more images from her session that are my absolute favorite! My favorite images that I get out of sessions are the ones that are the most natural. These two images show exactly that. The one of Heather's back facing me was actually while we were walking to the next location. Just like always I let any client I am working with walk ahead of me so that I can hang back and capture them acting natural. Those make for the best images. Her expression in that photograph is absolutely beautiful. Then there is the image of her with the plucked sunflower. I had her hold a sunflower and pick each petal off individually while saying, He loves me...he loves me not...etc. The last petal she picked landed on "He loves me..." and the expression on her face was priceless. This was one of my most favorite sessions, I was able to spend time with family and enjoy the gorgeous landscape of Utah.

To look through more images of Heather Dee's Bridals click here and venture in to the Wedding section in the Gallery.

Enjoy!!

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Fall is upon us...

As I sit here catching up on my blogging I find myself finally feeling as if the Fall Season is upon us. I'm bundled up in leggings, thigh high socks, a cozy sweater and my 25 calorie hot cocoa. That is what I call COM-FORT-ABLE!

Alright well October has definitely not been as busy as September but my definition of busy changes constantly. I've been finding balance among my schooling, my job, my photography, and my personal life (not doing so well in the personal life area ha!).

School has definitely kept me busy. I am currently taking a Sports/Entertainment Photography class and I am learning so much and I am thoroughly enjoying myself. My Professor is laid back yet he wants you to do well and wants you to understand why you are photographing whatever it might be however you might be doing it...does that make sense? Anyway, what I love about this class is even though we sit in a classroom once a week for at least 2 hours sometimes 3, we get to expand our learning outside of the classroom. My Professor books us "field trips" where he will have us show up to a certain event, and he gives us access to photograph that event so that we can learn what we should and shouldn't be doing. I love hands on learning. It keeps me motivated and it makes it a lot easier for me so that I don't procrastinate my assignments. (If you haven't figured it out yet...photographers are known for procrastination.)


Anyway other than school I haven't been too busy with sessions, I've definitely been booking a ton of up and coming sessions for the next few months. One of the sessions I did have this month was a family session of the Thibodeau Family. Absolutely hands down such a fun family. Holly and Mason have such beautiful children and are so laid back and down to earth. Their little boy Justice was an absolute GEM! I would call his name and he would look right at the camera and smile, I was in total shock. Especially because it is already hard enough sometimes to get a child to look at the camera, yet alone smile. Bella and Cruz are just complete hams for the camera. I had an absolute blast with them and I got some pretty awesome images.



Last but not least I have one last session before sadly October comes to an end. :( It is going to be another family session, and it's for The Schneck Family. I am super pumped to be able to photograph Jessica, Brandon and their handsome little boy Dallas. (I swear this kid is going to be a ladies man...he is so stinkin' cute!) So there will for sure be a post to come about my session with their cute little family.

Until then Peace & L♥ve

How much time do you have?


I don't even know where to begin.

First of all I have been so slammed with school, work, weddings, editing...LIFE.

But I would like to say I am sorry to everyone who has been looking for updates, I've been slacking majorly. But now I am here to fill you in on my busy month of September. :)

September was unbelievably busy for me. First of all I started my last semester at CSN. I am excited to announce that I graduate this coming December with my Commercial Photography Degree. Yippee!! Then I booked Raina & Jack Stutelberg's wedding for the 2nd week of September. The wedding was beautiful and the images turned out absolutely gorgeous. I had such a fun time capturing each and every special moment and it got even better going through all the images and picking out my favorites. One of my FAV images from the Stutelberg Wedding is pictured above ^.

After I wrapped up with the Stutelberg Wedding, I headed to good ol' Utah to photograph another up coming Bride's Bridals.
The bride to be was my cousin Heather Dee, I actually have a blog about the engagement session I did for her and her adorable husband Reed. Heather as always was so fun to work with. She is up for just about anything. She wasn't afraid of a little dirt and the images we got were absolutely stunning!

Next but not least was the final "I Do's" for Heather and Reed. After photographing their Engagement and Heather's Bridals, it finally came down to capturing the Big Day! I left Las Vegas at 630am and arrived in Veyo, UT at 10am.
The drive up was the perfect start to my day, and it just kept getting better once I arrived at Heather's house and all the way through the Ceremony and through the reception. I absolutely love photographing this couple because there is no work involved. They naturally fall in to different poses and share special moments that I quietly snap images of, it just makes my job that much easier and enjoyable. What I love most though is that as I photograph them, I witness the love they have for one another. The way that Heather and Reed act towards one another and look at one another is the definition of 'True Love.' I feel so blessed to have had the opportunities I've had to be apart of all of these couples special days and moments.


After all is said and done I some how balanced the first month back to school, plus work and of course my second job as a photographer. All I have to say is I survived!

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