Oh my perfect picture!! {Utah children and family photographer}

I have had the awesome opportunity to work with these gorgeous girls and their mom and dad 3 times now. I always have the best time with them. They are so easy going in front of the camera and just have fun. They are so cute together and that just made our session super easy yesterday. I only have 2 pictures for now, but will be back with MANY more soon.

I adore this picture, the colors, the emotion, the leaves, their clothes, EVERYTHING!! In my eyes, it's about as good as they come! Ohhh, I love what I do!

Oh and just one more that I adore too!! I just love fall!!

Amelia {Utah High School Senior Photographer}

I had such a great time the other night with Amelia. She is so hilarious and so easy to work with too! I promise I will be back with a ton more posts soon, but I am playing catch up with all of the sessions I had to reschedule due to crazy weather and being sick. So I just have a small sneak peek for now, but I have sooo many more to come!!

I LOOVE everything about this picture and I ADORE her dress!!

Isn't she stunning!

check back for more soon!

Another quick sneak peek {Utah wedding photographer}

I must apologize again! After I got sick my sweetie came down with it and she was so sick! So glad she is starting to feel better! So I am getting back into the swing of things a bit. I had an engagement session last night and it was so much fun! Thanks again to my most amazing assistant Chellese too, who is so awesome!! Anyways, all I have for now is one, but more to come soon! Thanks again guys!!

Cuties!! {Utah family photographer}

I have to apologize again for being so behind on my blog! I have been sick all week, thankfully it's not swine flu, but a nasty cold is still no fun! So with the weather and me being sick I've had to reschedule like crazy, but the good news I will have a lot of sessions next week so I'll have lots to share soon. I did however get to shoot this cute family last weekend. I only have one for now but will be back with more.

How cute are they??

I got to spend the day.....

With the amazing Ali Hohn again. She came back to Utah for another workshop and stayed here at my house. I tagged along this morning to day 3 of her workshop. It was good times! Just wanted to share a quick shot from this morning! Thanks again Ali for letting me tag along! hope you make it back out to Utah again!

Beautiful Family ({Utah family photographer}

First I must say I am so behind on blogging, sorry about that everyone! Tis the busy season! I have to share some from my most recent session. This is not only a great client but a good friend of mine ( who is so stunning I might add!!). I have had the privilege to work with them a few times now and they are just so much fun to photograph! They are just very laid back, so comfortable and truly allow me to capture the real them. It was so much fun to work with you, I hope to work with you again in the future!!

and my favorite of the session....love this one!

Witchy Woman

My stomach still hurts from laughing too hard, if I had of been drinking milk it would have come out of my nose!! So what's so funny? I had such a fun time last night with my mom and sister. We went to Witches Night Out at Gardner Village. For all of those who have never been or are not locals, it's hosted by a local historic shopping village. 2 nights of the year they have a fun evening of shopping and prizes etc. and pretty much everyone comes dressed up like a witch. I worked at Gardner Village for 4 years before becoming a mom and it was always so much fun to work that night. But it was nice to go back and just enjoy the fun side of it all. Half of the fun was getting our costumes and dressing up, well and taking these pictures (thanks Lacey for taking them!!). Oh man, I laughed so hard looking through all of them....we are so, so, so, very, Sexy!! Thanks so much for coming up for a girls night out, I had so much fun with you!! I hope you enjoy these as much as I do!! Oh and this is super fast editing so don't hold quality against me k! And, I also have lots of sessions to come, so check back for more posts soon!!

My little sweetie getting in on the action (:

This is our scary face...laughing my butt off!!

and this would be our sexy poses....hahahahahahahahahaha.......nuf said!

I'm Back....but not sure I want to be.......

I think my heart belongs to the coast. By the sand and water. My little sweetie is also a little beach bum. She could have spent the whole vacation digging in the sand. It was so much fun to watch....and yes we buried the binky!! and....It worked!! I will have a million more pictures to share in the next few weeks....but for now one of my favorites! Now off to answer a couple hundred emails.......be patient with me (:

Out of town!

Just a reminder I will be gone until Oct. 16th and will answer all calls and emails when I get back! Also a heads up that I am almost booked for Nov. I only have room for 1 or maybe 2 more sessions, please email me and let me know if you are interested! I also will not be booking any sessions Dec. 12th-Jan. 6th. Just want to spend the holidays stress free this year. Which means I only have very few dates available for 2009. Now off to my vacation!

Oh and just one more picture to hold you over while I'm gone! Love the light in this picture....perfect!

Going on Vacation! {Utah Children photographer}

Wow, I have been so busy lately, so unfortunately the blog is a bit behind! Sorry about that. I've got a small sneak peek of a cutie I shot this week. Also I was invited to speak at the Scrap Girl Convention yesterday. I spoke about tips and tricks to shooting in manual and a good handful of other things. It was a blast, what a fun group of ladies (there were about 150+ ladies and a few guys too). So thank you all for the invitation to speak, it was fun ( a bit nerve wracking too) but mostly fun!

Also I will be away from my computer and my phone from tomorrow Sat. Oct. 10th until Fri. Oct 16th. We are taking a family vacation to San Diego.....oh I can't wait!! Lots of beach going', the zoo, sea world to do, and mostly just getting away from the responsabilties of life to just relax and chill, well except for all of the running around after a 3 year old we will be doing......Oh and thanks to my assistant Chellese for her awesome suggestion to bury my sweeties binky at the beach. Yep, I know it's bad my daughter is HOOKED like crazy to her binky (just at night though so never during the day) the more we talk about taking it away the more she's attached to it.....I am OVER that. So my cute assistant Chellese suggested we bury it at the beach when we go...GREAT IDEA!!! So this morning I talked to my daughter about burying her binky at the beach.....and......she is SO excited that she gets to grow a binky tree at the beach. She actually rounded up a few binkies and said she wanted to plant more binky trees! Oh I so hope this works! I told her I would take a picture of her planting her binky tree...she's so cute!

So if you have any questions or emails while I am gone, I will get back with you as soon as I get home Fri. Oct 16th.

And here's the sweetie I got to work with this week. I'll be back with more of her family and more from this session soon!

November and December availability {Utah photographer}

Just wanted to give a quick heads up that I am booked for October and I am currently booking November and December sessions. I am am almost full for the remainder of the year. If you are wanting a session in 2009, please contact me soon to schedule your session, as dates are going fast!

And just one picture I haven't shown before but loved the different edit I came up with, Enjoy!

True Beauty {Utah studio portrait photographer}

I have had the privilege to work with this amazing woman twice now (I photographed her family back in February). Not only is she drop dead gorgeous with a great sense of style, she is truly a genuinely nice person too. She truly is beautiful inside and out! We spent a fun morning in the studio and captured some amazing portraits. Can you believe she has 3 kids.....WOW, she looks stunning! I believe that every woman should have portraits taken of themselves, because we are all beautiful and deserve to feel beautiful in pictures! Thanks again for such a fun morning...now I just need to get someone to take some studio shots of me (:

Cuuuute Boots!

Loved her shirt!

and my favorite of the day...stunning girl!!

Mom and son {Utah family Photographer}

I was so lucky to get to spend the night with this awesome mom and son! Not only are they gorgeous, and super photogenic, they are both so nice too! Great combination right? Oh and their clothes....perfect!! We had a ton of fun roaming around downtown. I just love the bond these 2 have together it just shows through so much in these pictures. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Thanks again you guys!

I just loved this light....Perfect!

Isn't he just so handsome!

Their eyes are seriously amazing!!

Loved this light reflecting off of a nearby building...very cool!

Yep, she's gorgeous!

Me and Mine {Utah family photographer}

I am so happy I got to spend the day with my family up in the canyon enjoying the beautiful fall leaves. I am just not sure where the year has gone?? But it has made it's way around again to my most favorite time of the year. Fall to me is my heaven. The colors, the smells, the weather. I could live in this short few weeks all year long. It just makes my soul sing.......It was a PERFECT day, the kind that makes you count your blessings over and over again, I love my little family!! And of course my camera was in tow, here are just a few of the pictures that make my heart happy (:

This one just might make it's way to a canvas.

So my husband offered to take my picture in the leaves (he did a pretty good job too), and who was I to say no (: I am rarely on the other side of the camera, so I guess today was my day!

I've been wanting to take some pictures of my husband fly fishing, and it was perfect. The light was amazing, the scenery was breathtaking, the fish were biting and I have to say my husband is so handsome!

This shot is not the best technically but I was so excited I got this shot...too cool!

My husbands catch of the day, taken by the catch of his life....

Love this shot ...... Love you babe!

Meet Emily {Utah High School Senior Photographer}

So as promised here are the rest of Emily. She was so much fun to work with, up for anything, and so beautiful....a perfect combination. We had the most amazing weather and light this night, so needless to say I had a lot fun. Thanks again Emily!! Oh and if you didn't see her sneak peek, check it out (:

Oh and I also wanted to thank all of you who have sent me emails abut hosting another workshop. I am not announcing any concrete dates as of yet, but I will probably host another in the spring of next year, so if you are interested, shoot me an email and I'll add you to the list of those interested and will contact you if I host another....thanks!!

Of course I had to catch a bit of flare!

Because your never to old to spin with your arms stretched out wide (:

Emily is a very talented artist!! This is her own painting on the right, she forgot her brush so we improvised with a weed (: Hey whatever works!

Thanks again Emily, you were a blast!

Sneak peek for Emily {Utah High School Senior Photographer}

I have to scream it out loud...............I LOVE SENIOR SESSIONS..................didn't hear me??? I LOVE SENIOR SESSIONS...................there................... I feel much better now!! I had so much fun last night with Emily, she is so gorgeous and is so much fun! She has the cutest vintage style and such a mature, cool personality. I will have many more to come soon, only one for now....I think this is my favorite of the night.......this, in my opinion, is the perfect pocket of light! You MUST print this huge.......that's all I have to say about that! Enjoy (: Oh and if you haven't seen the post from my workshop, make sure you check it out below.

Follow Your Passion The workshop {Photography workshops}

It's going to be impossible for me to recap just how much fun I had this last Saturday at my first workshop! Smiling from ear to ear.....that's me!! What a great group of talented photographers that made the trip! So much fun and so sweet too. I am just going to let the pictures speak for themselves!! I will also add some links soon of the other photographers who attended so you can also see their amazing pictures. THANK YOU to everyone who came, it was......well......pretty dang amazing!!

My favorite picture of the night!

We had the greatest group of models EVER! They were so much fun and GORGEOUS!! Thanks Ladies!!

What a fun group of very talented ladies!! (Not sure what was up with me, haha long day I guess!) Oh and I love the picture on the right, this is just as a bug is flying up my nose...haha great shot Chellese!! Oh and is case you're wondering...my shirt says...imagine, inspire, educate, create, liberate and love.......such a perfect shirt for the day, don't ya think?

Thanks to Jen for taking this fun shot of me at work!

Which turns into this, the finished product!

A few more of the group, and me laying down on the job (: Thanks for grabbing the shot Jen!

And a huge thanks to Aimee for taking this shot of me!

Which results in this, another favorite of mine!

Thanks again Ladies for making the trip to learn from me!! I can't wait to watch you all grow as artists...so from the bottom of my heart.........thank you very much......MWAH!!

Whew, how much fun was that!!

Wow is all I can say about the day I had yesterday! I hosted my first workshop and it was so much fun! I had a great group of photographers from all over the states, two from California, two from Canada, one from North Carolina, one from Utah and Oh geez I've done it again, one of the M states in the middle (sorry Jen, Michigan right?) Anyways, it was such a great group of very talented photographers! The weather was not my best friend at times, we had rain and dark clouds (that made for some great photographs too) but gratefully the sun did find it 's way out often enough. I also had the BEST most AMAZING group of models. It was great to have enough models to work one on one with the photographers. The models were sooo much fun and seriously....GORGEOUS!! Thanks again you gorgeous girls!

I will have so many images from the workshop but I'm just trying to regain my sanity a bit today and enjoy my family so I will be back with many more soon!

But for now just one to hold ya over.....Oh and I got a new lens on Friday....it's love for sure!

Enjoy!

Limited availability

Just a quick heads up I am completely booked for Oct. and I only have a few more dates for Nov. and Dec. If you are interested in a Nov. or Dec. date please contact me as soon as possible as those dates are also filling very fast. Thanks!!

Rest In Peace Patrick Swayze

My heart is sad today. So many great memories of growing up and all of the Patrick Swayze movies. The outsiders was always a huge favorite of mine. Dirty Dancing came out when I was in 7th grade, I can still remember seeing it in the movie theaters and I listened to that soundtrack ENDLESSLY. I had the hugest crush in 7th grade on Jeff and The song Hungry Eyes was always the song we would dance to. I can still remember what I wore when I went to see Ghost in 9th grade, we waited in line for hours to get in, and I cried so much throughout that movie. Red Dawn is still one of my all time favorites, and point break too. So many wonderful memories........rest in peace.......