Christenson Reception

Here's a few favorites from Lindsey and David's reception.

Christenson Wedding, Part 2

And here's a few photos from David and Lindsey's newlywed session at the Highland Gardens reception center... be sure and check out Part 1 of their wedding to catch some photos of the ceremony.







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Christenson Wedding, Part 1

I was looking forward to Lindsey and David's wedding for a couple of different reasons- it was at a new venue ("Highland Gardens" in, you guessed it, Highland Utah), they are a great-looking couple, and David is in the Navy and was planning to get married in his official Navy dress uniform.
As it turned out, the venue was gorgeous, with a beautiful lighting situation (LOTS of wonderful natural light), the couple was still good-looking, and I loved getting to shoot a ceremony with a military touch. :)
We ended up getting to take some really fun newlywed photos after the ceremony in different parts of the reception hall; Lindsey and David were wonderful to work with, and very natural in front of the camera. Before the ceremony I was able to get some fun "getting ready" photos as well.... which is one reason I love ceremony weddings as a photographer.
Be sure to check back for a later post showing photos of their reception.














To see more of Lindsey and David's wedding, click here.
See Part 2 for the Newlywed photos....

Boogaard Wedding

It has been a crazy last couple of weeks! We did the bridal fair at the Salt Palace early this month, and have had a ton of other work mixed in with all the other preparations for the fair. We ended up having a wedding on January 1st and January 2nd, and so I have just been swamped. I've got a ton of different posts I want to share, so expect a lot of updates in the near future. Now to the business at hand....

In December I shot Ashley and Derek's wedding at the Logan temple, and it was a balmy 3 degrees outside. I never cease to be amazed at how willing the bridal couple and the rest of the wedding party are to put up with the cold for the sake of good photos. While I definitely go all out with thermals, scarves, and gloves, I salute the brave souls who say "I bought this dress for the wedding, and I am going to show it off in these photos!" :D

To see more photos from Ashley and Derek's wedding, click here.

Mike and Lindsey

For Christmas, Thomas and I decided to give his brother Michael a free photo shoot. Now, they wanted me to make very clear this is not an engagement shoot- they're just dating. :) So this is Mike and Lindsey's not-an-engagement-shoot-because-they're-just-dating session. It was a lot of fun; they're both fairly goofy people, and it was nice to just snap the pictures and watch them interact.










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Springer Family

As the winter progresses, it becomes more and more of a routine to consciously plan and schedule winter family photo sessions with breaks interspersed to be able to escape the cold and warm up. Poor little Cali probably had the cutest little winter outfit I've seen yet this year; she was dressed for it, but we still made sure to take it easy with the cold weather. Part of the fun of shooting on location is that you never know exactly what will happen. It could be a clear sky, or snowing heavily. It could be 40 degrees or 4. It requires a lot of flexibility, but also affords the opportunity for some photographs you never would have planned otherwise. We got one photo in particular while warming up in this little yarn store in Gardner Village that we probably never would have taken if it hadn't been so cold. The uncertainty of the situation leads to enforced creativity and adaptation.







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Conran Family

When we scheduled the session for Matt and Lori's family photos we made the unfortunate choice of what turned out to be probably the coldest day in November. It had been fairly warm for the preceding two weeks and BAM! an early Saturday morning shoot that was probably in the low single digits. Bad enough for adults, but the Conran's two adorable little boys were along for the ride and they were not exactly happy about the conditions. However, after multiple breaks for heated car time, bribes, bubbles (the boys LOVE bubbles), and eventually fleeing to a different location (read- INDOOR), we were left with some family group shots they were happy with and some pictures of the boys that Lori and I really liked.









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My Niece and Nephew

During our trip to California to shoot Kelsey and Alec's wedding, we were fortunate enough to time it in a way to be able to spend Thanksgiving with Thomas' family. The food was fabulous, and it was great to relax with family in the warm weather. While I was down there, I couldn't resist the impulse to take a few photos of the in-laws, especially my adorable niece Rebekah and my nephew Michael. Becky is not quite 3 and Michael, despite being the hulking specimen of emerging toddlerdom that he is, isn't even 10 months. They got a little dressed up, and here are a few photos I especially enjoyed.

Bryant Kids

A friend of mine needed to update the portraits of the kids that were hanging on the wall, and was looking for something other than the school photos in front of the same backdrop. She was excited to try out the area around the Da Vinci doors in Lehi (seems to be a very popular area), and the kids had fun playing on the trains. These are a few of her favorites..