Lindsay + Whitney
Wow. Good times, Lindsay and Whitney. Let me just say, the Conley family knows how to throw a party. My, my. To see a three minute slide show, click here.
Wedding: Salt Lake Temple
Reception: McCune Mansion in Salt Lake City
Cake: Dippidee
Flowers: Planted Earth Floral
Dress: Alta Moda
Hair and Makeup: Enizio
Mood: Bliss
Fun Level: Off the charts
Class: High
Lindsay’s Bridal
Back when we made these bridal portraits for Lindsay I only posted one close-up. She didn’t want Whitney to see the dress until the big day. Well, now that the wedding has passed, I’m posting some of my favorites. Enjoy.
Jack
Almost two, already cool–here’s Jack.
A forty second slide show is here, and if you want photographs like this for you or someone you love, give me a call.
Kristen
Headshots
Beth is updating her portfolio. She came to the office at 10:00am and said the client needs these images by 11:00am. Wow. That’s ambitious. Good thing I work fast.
Chanda
Chanda is a smart alec. Also, she loves to smile. She made fun of the book I’m reading and told me I need to listen to more Bob Dylan. Then she smiled real big. It was almost like she couldn’t help it.
Here’s a 45 second slide show with some of my favorites.
The Barrus Family
The Barrus family is smart. Since they were all going to be together in Idaho for a family reunion, they decided it would be a good time for family pictures. I drove to the cabin in Ashton, Idaho where they were staying and on my way up there that morning, driving along Highway 20, nearly in the shadow of the Tetons, I thought, I love my job. Thanks Barrus family for letting me come up to create a little bit of family history for you all. I sure enjoyed being with you.
You can see a slide show here.
45 Second Experiment
King of the Adams Apple
Last night I had a crushing disappointment. I was supposed to have secured a press pass to go shoot the Wilco concert. Everything was lined up a month ago, but three hours before the show started I got a call letting me know it wasn’t going to happen. I’m still not clear on the real story (Quick question: what the crap?) and I was really sad about it. But hey, when life hands you lemons, make lemmonade and ad vodka, right? Well I don’t drink, so I’ll just have plain lemmonade, thank you. Extra lemons, maybe.
So instead of going to the Wilco show (seriously, I was so bummed) I just photographed my friend Brett instead. He saw this picture and called it the King of the Adams Apple. I laughed. Good times. Brett’s always been so adept at cheering me up. Last night was no different. Thanks Brett, uh, I mean thanks King of the Adams Apple.
ModBod
Location: My studio and Alpine Gardens
Art Director: Gheen Hillman
Client: ModBod
Model: Kari Hawker
Music She Danced To: Black Eyed Peas
Thirst Quencher: Red Bull
You can see a one minute slide show here.
93 Years Old
Island Park, Idaho
Brittany and Cody
They met on a street corner. She went back a week later hoping to run into him again. Funny seeing you here, oh what a coincidence, and all that. Lovebirds.
I’m home now.
I’ve been out of the office for a few days.
I swam in the Teton River and rode a jet ski on Island Park Reservoir. Kissed my wife. Visited my grandfather and gave my two boys a ride on a four-wheeler. I ate fresh trout. Got some mosquito bites. Layed in a hammock. Had pleasant dreams. I didn’t see a moose, but I did see a couple sandhill cranes and a muskrat.
Now I’m home, so I’m going to email and call you back.
Portraits - The Burgoyne Family
Bradley and Kelli are the sort of people, that after you’ve been around them, you’ll leave wanting to read more books (I’m thinking, say, War and Peace, Adam Bede), know more about the stock market, be kinder to your kids and get up earlier in the morning. In short, you’ll want to be a better person. And those are just the sort of people I like hanging around.
Photographed in Midway, Utah.
A three minute slide show can be seen here.
And, as always, if you want family pictures like this for you or someone you love, give me a call.
What sort of Sherrif do you think he’d be?
I’m scanning some negatives from around 1997 - 2000. He’s an image from way back then. An oldie, but a goodie.
Utah Lake
Eye Doctor
Graduation
Rocky Mountain University had their graduation today. Ashley and I got to photograph the event.
In charge
Here are the people that run the show at Rocky Mountain University.
Emily
How to feel great
The conversation went like this as she walked in the door:
Gretel: You look great.
Lady: Oh, and I feel great. (big laugh)
I love that and knew this one would be lots of fun. I was right. Now I feel great.
Crowded
Spectators watching Andrew Bird at the Gallivan Center in Salt Lake a couple weeks ago. Click on the image to view it larger and take a look.
The Rowe Family
Watch the slide show.
Order prints here.
The Perry Family
The Hillmans
The Writer
Chad writes for ESPN magazine and travels to Spain every chance he gets.
LaCaille Bridal Show
Last Saturday, Amy and I exhibited at the LaCaille Bridal Show. It was the first of such things for us and we had a really great time. Big, big thanks to the Flower Basket for providing such gorgeous flower arrangements for us. And thanks to everyone that came by to say hello. We had such a pleasure meeting everyone and hearing all about your wedding plans and we’d love to be a part of making it a perfect day for you.
Instead of jamming our booth space with lots of different images, we picked one image and made it big to garner attention. We also ordered some fortune cookies (another one of Amy’s great ideas) with our own custom fortunes and handed those out to interested brides. What a great way to spend a Saturday.
What smart people do
You should, just as a matter of course, read Stephanie’s blog on a regular basis. But today, oh today is a special day.
Here’s a picture of Stephanie. And while I can’t read minds, I like to think that in this picture, she’s thinking of ways to make her blog even better.
I love my job
Tonight I ran into a friend I haven’t seen in a long while. He’s a photographer. He told me that he hasn’t photographed any weddings in a year or two and he recently realized how relieved he felt about that. I’m so happy for him that he is now photographing only the kinds of jobs he wants, and I wanted to tell him I feel so privileged to be able to be a wedding photographer.
Like earlier today, when I took Lindsay a 13×19 print that I made her of the bridal pictures we did a couple days ago. It was a gorgeous print on Velvet Fine Art paper. I really wish you could see it. She was so excited, told me how much she loved the print an the rest of the pictures we made the other day and said, “Can I give you a hug”? That’s the sort of reaction I love, and it’s the reason I do what I do. She said, “when my mom sees this, she is going to cry.”
I’ve said it before, but really want to say it again, I love my job.
Here’s something else great that happened today. I recently ordered two, very large canvas prints. They are square and sized 38 inches. These big prints are really quite stunning and if you’d like to see them, it’s easy. They are now hanging in The Flower Basket in Provo. Go check them out and let me know what you think. I think they’re fantastic.
Lindsay’s bridal portraits
I was able to photograph Lindsay for her bridal portrait at the McCune Mansion in Salt Lake a couple days ago. She wore the most gorgeous dress you’ve ever seen from Alta Moda and to really juice things up, Cynthia from Enizio was the incredible talent behind the make-up and hair. Since Lindsay doesn’t want Whitney to see the dress until the wedding, I’m not going to post much, here. However, she did say I could post a close up. So here’s a teaser. You’ll see more after their wedding. Lindsay, you are so charming.
Salt Lake Wedding - Janet and Stephen
Janet and Steven got married at the Hidden Valley Country Club. I arrived early and we got in golf carts and drove to some secluded places and took pictures of the two of them before the guests arrived. I loved driving the golf carts. We even saw a deer. I took that as a good omen of good things to come.
You can see a short slide show here.
If you want wedding photographs like these for yourself or someone you love, give me a call.
Here’s where I’ll be on Saturday
Come by and say hello. I’ll be here with Amy.
Wedding Party - Isabella and Elledge
And here’s a short slideshow.
30 Strangers - A visual summary
Thirty Strangers - Day Thirty
Was in 7th grade when she realized not everyone listened to Public Radio.
Thirty Strangers - Day Twenty Nine
From Los Angeles, never thought she could like Provo, then fell in love with the mountains.
Thirty Strangers - Day Twenty Eight
On his way to medical school.
The Pace Sisters
Mr. Pace says, “I have twelve kids–all of them boys, except for ten.”
Check out the slideshow.
Thirty Strangers - Day Twenty Seven
Modeling has taken him to six continents.