Alex and Katie’s Engagements

These kids were totally accommodating and perfectly lovely and I can’t wait for the wedding this October! I can’t say that this shoot went off ‘without a hitch’ however,  there was a broken flip flop… oh and Alex got electrocuted… details.  It may or may not be as bad as it sounds depending on if you have experience (Alex said it was a little like being stabbed), but on our way to the river and field you’ll see in the following, we crossed over some electric fences for the cattle and well Alex informed us where one was on the way back by personal experience.  Still, even with that I don’t care, this was worth it (easy for me to say right), but LOOK HOW PRETTY!

Whitney’s Bridals

It must have been a very hot summer.  Every time I look back on these shoots and think of what I want to say I think… ‘that was a hot day!’  Much like the last wedding, this was ALSO a very hot day.  So sweaty, so hot it was hard to stand in the sun.  For Whitney even just having black shoes made her feet burn.  However, we as always soldiered on and I think we got some lovely pictures.  Some of these even, ironically, have a ‘cool’ feeling to them.  Whitney is super lovely, and I’m excited for her wedding, which at this point is not very far away.  Just a week Whit, get excited!  :)

Matt & Heather Get Married

Ok, the first thing I have to say, is one picture down the jumping – I’ve never posted jumping pictures before in formals (I don’t think), just because they are often a let down.  Maybe it’s what I catch, maybe it’s because it’s difficult in the dress and suit and everything.  But the faces, and the abandon by Heather in those pictures is SO great.  Cracks me up every time.  I have to say that Matt was a trouper too, what you don’t see when you see these still pictures is that Matt was really sick, poor guy!  So yeah, not the funnest time to be sick, your wedding day, and then to be asked to jump around and what not, but Matt put on his brave face.  And being he was marrying this cutie, he had everything to celebrate and be excited about anyway.  This day was hot as, well hot as you know where.  I think I sweat a bucket in the short time we were out there.  It honestly was nearly, if not, one hundred degrees…..  YIKES!  Anyway, enjoy.

Dawson

This is my tiny little contest winner! Amanda (the mom) and Dawson (the babe) and family were great to work with.  This guy was SO little.  I already forgot how little a newborn is!

Yeah, working with kids is unpredictable, but also so fun.  As little Dawson was wriggling around, being more wakeful than what she had planned, and moving out of his positions, Amanda asked if newborns were the hardest to work with.  I said, ‘yes and no’.  Yeah, you can’t ask a newborn to hold that pose, but on the other hand, it’s way cuter when a baby is screaming his lungs out or ‘misbehaving’  than an adult – pretty much no matter  what I do a sweet baby is pretty photogenic.  So it’s a trade off, but a good one.

Danelle Bridals – sort of, kind of -

Danelle actually got married awhile back.  While we were taking her real bridal pictures I  mentioned how cool it would be to get a bride IN the water, after the wedding of course.  Well we all know brides can be somewhat attached to their dresses, but Danelle thought on it and decided that she was actually interested in something like that.  She said she’d rather have cool pictures than a dress in a box somewhere.  So we did it!!!  I thought it was really fun and different, and all the people walking by who were totally shocked at what we were doing were priceless!  Also, we froze our butts off.  Me just my feet and legs… Danelle, well, she more literally froze her butt off.  What a fun model though.  When you tell her to go for something, she really will.  Thanks Danelle, I’ll get you the prints real, real soon!

Heather

It’s my opinion that bridals and portraits are the hardest things to pose for.  Being all alone without your fiance, or family, etc to share the spotlight with you is a bit intimidating.  I find people to be the most hesitant and nervous at this type of shoot.  They often worry it’s not going well or they’re not doing a good job, when in fact it’s fine.  Heather was a bit worried.  She kept saying, ‘I’m not doing very well’.  I kept assuring her she was doing GREAT, and I am tooting my own horn in several ways here, but I think the photos below prove that I was right.  She’s beautiful and she did do great!

The Harpers

Angie and I are BFF’s.  Or so said our friendship necklaces when we were like 8.  Her cute little family and I headed out for this session on a nicely overcast day.  I’m not sure little M thought this was what she wanted to do with her day.  She also found me frightening.  When I tried to make her smile, she screamed.  Ha, that’s what I get for thinking I’m funny I guess.

(LOVE this pouty face!!! HA!)

Rose

I’m a little behind, so by now this shoot was a minute or two ago.  Before graduation.  So now Rose isn’t just a high school senior, she’s a high school graduate!  Congrats Rose!  Rose told me she thought she’d feel older when she was a graduating senior.  I told her, don’t worry you’ll always feel like that, I thought I’d feel older when I became a mom!  The cycle will repeat.  Good luck at college!

Ryan & Whitney – Engagements

Whitney and Ryan are getting married in August, I can’t wait!  I had so much fun with this shoot.  These guys thought about where they wanted to shoot, when they wanted to shoot, what they wanted to wear, thought about posing, and everything else involved.  They were serious, but we had a good time.  They cared, but weren’t stressed out.  It was a fantastic recipe for a shoot and as a result I had an impossible time narrowing down this post!  Believe it or not, as many pictures as are here, I left as many again on the cutting room floor to keep it from going on forever.  Oh well, at least they’ll get to see them and enjoy them!

Mason & Monique – The Wedding

When I got to the temple it was raining, while waiting for the bride and groom it began hailing, when they came out it was cloudy and by the time I left the temple grounds I had a sunburn.  So I guess that’s Logan for you!  Thanks to Mason and Monique for being such troopers, and for a great day.  Mason, I won’t tell anyone about the Jewish thing… ;)  I wish you love and happiness enough for a dozen happy couples.