Erin and Todd

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Erin and Todd at the Salt Lake City Temple- a perfect day.

I just noticed this part of temple square (below)-  I LOVE IT.

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Noteworthy- Riverwoods Concert

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Tonight Thomas and I went to the Riverwoods Mall in Orem for their big reopening-Christmas-lights-lots-of-little-food-stands thing.  Noteworthy was performing on the brand new outdoor stage right next to Tucanos (mmmmmm.... Tucanos).  I was asked to photograph the concert for some candid shots they would use for promotional photos/facebook profiles.... just as important, right?  Loved watching them sing and ended up with several photos I was happy with. 
After the concert, Riverwoods had an awesome "We-know-it's-not-even-Thanksgiving-but-we're-still-going-to-celebrate-Christmas" ceremonial turning on of the Christmas lights all around the shopping center.  So I will pass that along to y'all:  Merry Christmas!...  6 weeks early.  Yeah...

They shared fun facts about each member of the group between songs.  Katie Jensen's special talent can be seen below. 0.O

Noteworthy

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Noteworthy, the female a capella group from BYU, is the group I ended up photographing by proxy at Kelsey and Alec's wedding last November.  Kelsey was a member of the group, and they were due to appear on Sing-Off, the a cappella competition show on ABC the next week.  So they all drove down to Redlands for Kelsey's wedding, performed at her reception, and Kelsey and Alec ended up spending part of their honeymoon at the ABC sound stage.
We headed on out to the Salt Flats for these promotional photos, and had a blast shooting all of the girls.  They are all fantastically talented, and they each had so much personality that it was tons of fun to work with them.

Katie and Steven

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Every once in a while a photographer gets a creative block.  Similar to writer's block but (obviously) not pertaining to writing.  I loved Katie and Steven's shoot because it pulled me out of one of those slumps and inspired me.  I've been trying to decide why their engagements were so different and I think I've come up with a few answers.

1. They brought a ukulele.  Enough said.

2. At the beginning of the shoot Katie told me that they wanted to have fun and they wanted me to have fun.  They weren't worried about getting certain photos because they knew that whatever we got would be great.  Hey, with confidence like that, why wouldn't I feel comfortable with experimenting?  Forget the traditional stuff, and we end up with engagement photos that represent them and their relationship, which is what this is all about anyway, right?

3. Katie and Steven were fearless! Riding on handlebars, standing in freezing cold rivers, walking through suspicious plants (I'm pretty sure it wasn't poison ivy!)...  they just wanted good pictures.  I love that.

4. They were happy and clearly in love.  This is why I shoot weddings.

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ps.... speaking of ukuleles, enjoy the music.

Hollywood!

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I'm finally getting to the blog post for Allison and Darron Fors' wedding in Los Angeles. ... Aaaaand ignore the fact that I posted the pre-wedding formal session two months ago. Let's just keep moving, shall we?
Sunshine. Traffic. Palm trees. Crepes. Sparklers.
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P.S. We also made it to Universal Studios that week. It was awesome.


^ The fact that Darron's dad is grinning dead straight at the camera, and he is the ONLY one to do so, kind of cracks me up. I don't know why.


See Allison and Darron's complete wedding, start to finish and everything in between, here.

Don't Mess With Texas

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This wedding had a special place in my heart because it brought me back home, to Austin TX. I enjoy living other places, but I think Austin will always feel like home. Yes... I was the overly-excited freshman at BYU who had a TX flag in my dorm room. I also loved working with Jenn and Jared because they were amazing! Willing to do or try anything (including standing in the middle of So Congress Ave downtown around rush hour). The cars were honking and cheering... it was quite an experience.

These guys were so cute together. You just have to see their faces to know how happy they are to be together.

See Jenn and Jared's full gallery here.