So excited to have my photos featured on the amazing Utah Bride Blog a couple of days ago!  There blog is so beautiful, and it’s always so great to have my photos featured by them.  I love this beautiful couple, I had such fun day with them on their wedding day.  I will post photos soon of their wedding soon!  To see the photos featured on Utah Bride Blog click here: Utah Wedding Photographer.

Utah Engagement Photography

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These are a couple of photos I snapped at a family photo shoot, I thought they were so cute I wanted to highlight them.  I actually don’t know if this couple is even officially engaged, it was kind of like an extended type family shoot, so she was close enough to the family to be apart of it… I’m really putting the pressure on him now though if they are reading this and he hasn’t popped the question.

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Utah Wedding Photography

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I loved this wedding, I love the variety and candid-ness (I know that’s not a word, but I kind of like it).  This bride and groom was way low key, and they had a dinner the night before so no luncheon right after the wedding which really allowed us to take our time at the temple.  Usually there is not that much time as the bride and groom are trying to rush to get somewhere (luncheon, etc.)

TO VIEW PHOTOS FROM THIS WEDDING CLICK HERE.

Utah Bridals Photography

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I could die over this shoot.  I love that it was simple, that it was all about the bride.  I can’t remember if I posted about these photos yet, I know I didn’t upload them on my blog because I have them on my website as the featured couple.  Utah Bride Blog featured this shoot on their blog as well, you can view that post by clicking here. 

I know these aren’t the traditional bridals you would see, not really something I had done before in this way, but I do love them.  CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PHOTOS FROM THIS BRIDALS PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION. 

Oh and the photo below is one of my all time favorites, she didn’t know I was taking in the photo when I got this, she was fixing her dress.

Engagement Photography Utah

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Love this engagement photo session.  What is not to love?  I love the candid, beautiful feel to this shoot.  I love their style.  And the fall colors… um… WOW.  We basically went to my favorite photography spot, and I got to watch these two skip through these beautiful fields, laugh, kiss and hug.  It makes you want to fall in love all over again.  I think just by looking at these photos you feel like you were there, the point of “candid photos” is to make it feel like the you are hiding looking at the couple as if you weren’t even there.

This was the first engagement session I did for this gorgeous couple, I just posted their second session which was in a studio, totally different feel.  This was last fall, but if you follow my blog you know I’m trying to catch up, although I do feature this couple on my website so they have been published.

I try to get a variety of poses and views with each photography session I do, far away, close up, faces, candid, posed, etc.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE PHOTOS FROM THIS ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION.

Utah Engagement Photography

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I know I have had these photos from this couple that I feature on my website up for a while, but so many people go straight to blogs without looking on websites, I wanted to make sure I had a post about them here as well!

It’s so funny, every type of shoot I do I think “this is my favorite”, which is great, I always try to continue to challenge myself and my goal is to make every shoot better than the last.

Many people ask me, “what do you do the most of, or what is your favorite?”  It’s always a really difficult question to answer for me, because I truly love all different types of photography.  Believe me, so many different times I have wondered if I should specialize and just do “fashion” or “wedding photography“, “editorial photography”, just newborn photo shoots, family, etc.  At least right now, I feel like it keeps my ideas fresh and keeps me excited and motivated.  I will admit, I get bored VERY easily with anything in life, so mixing it up does help keep my attention.

Some may say, “if you specialize as a wedding photographer you will be better at wedding photography”, my opinion is that I am better at wedding photography for example because I don’t specialize (not better than others, I’m saying the best I can be at it).

The bride and groom are not another number to me, they are very focused on and have my creative attention 100%.  I don’t know if every photographer does this (maybe they do), but I literally can’t sleep at night I have every shoot going through my head, what they are going to wear, what I can do to help keep it comfortable and get the candid shots I want, what location should we use, is there enough leaves, what lighting will be at that spot, what is it about that couple, model, etc. that I can highlight, what can I do to make it a little “unique”, is the backdrop too dark, is the grass too tall… I mean the details that go through my mind are overwhelming, but I believe truly help guarantee that my shoots are a success.

Okay now back to this shoot that I actually was going to write about, but then I went off with about a thousand words.

I am obsessed with this shoot.  I love simplicity, I love white backdrops, I love the romance you can feel.  I was going for like a Calvin Klein type feel.   And there wouldn’t be a better couple than to do that with.  The thing is though, many couples have looked at this shoot and said, “I could never pull that off”.  Well, you wouldn’t think this couple could either, I mean, they are very fashionable and beautiful, but they are not like “models in front of the camera”, they didn’t have any experience with being photographed is what I’m trying to say.  I am VERY good at helping people feel relaxed, and after every shoot I end up being great friends with the couple.  We usually are just “hanging out”, “laughing, talking”, etc.

One other reason I like this shoot, is it does feel “different” than what you normally see out there for engagement sessions.  OH and, “it is so easy for me to edit, all I used was a white backdrop”….hahahahahaha, if you are an experienced studio photographer reading this, you are laughing as well, white backdrops – pure white backdrops, that blend into the screen, notice no lines or different coloring, it’s actually very difficult to do while keeping some dramatic shadows and not blowing out the subject.  If anybody is still reading my 30 minute babbling, thanks.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE PHOTOS FROM THIS ENGAGEMENT SESSION.

Here are the “product only” photos for the photo shoots I did for Littlest Boutique.  Make sure to check out the post right before this one of these beautiful accessories in action.  I love how crisp and clean product photography is on a pure white backdrop, it is actually pretty difficult to do to make sure it is “pure white” all over but to not blow out the product and over expose it.

Utah Wedding Photographer | Utah Product Photographer | Branding

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I did this commercial, product shoot maybe in November I am thinking?  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these accessories, the owner of the company has such an eye for beautiful and modern wedding accessories.  I could not believe the quality of the items when I opened them!  They are out of Washington, but ship worldwide, you can check her out at Littlest Boutique.  I know she does custom orders all of the time for huge weddings and was recently featured in one of the big bride magazines in Seattle (can’t remember exactly which one at the moment).  She was brilliant to work with and we developed a fun friendship as well.

I loved doing this shoot because I added some “drama” with the lighting.  Many photo-shoots I do need even lighting, but the client wanted that old vintage, kind of Marilyn Monroe type of lighting if that makes any sense.  I hope to do work with her again in the future.  I also did a bunch of product photography as well on white that I will post after this post.  I love doing commercial and product photography, it is so much fun and I get to be creative from the hair to the setting, so much fun.

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