Monthly Archives: December 2008

New Picture Every Day – 2008

By justin | Published: December 31, 2008
Since 2003 I have been sending out via email a picture a day to family and friends. Well, it’s mostly every day. For example, this year, I sent 214 pictures. It’s a mix of old and new pictures and almost all of them are different than what shows up on the blog. I send out [...]
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Christmas is over

By justin | Published: December 30, 2008
Christmas is over and I had a great holiday. There was a ham, some presents, laughing, rides on the ATVs, naps, getting out the old family photographs, singing, and telling stories about when we were teeny. No wassle. I don’t know why we didn’t have Wassle. But we’re back home now and it’s back to [...]
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Pre-wedding Tea Party

By justin | Published: December 27, 2008
Rachel’s getting married in Salt Lake City on Tuesday. As part of the celebration, she had a tea party with family and friends. I was there to photograph the good times.
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Salt Lake Bridal Portrait

By justin | Published: December 24, 2008
Rachel is like her mother–charming and composed. In fact, the whole family is like that. I photographed her sister’s wedding a couple years ago and I’m thrilled to be shooting for this family again. And after being with them, you always walk away with a smile. You can buy prints here and see the rest [...]
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Family Portraits – Alpine Utah

By justin | Published: December 20, 2008
I photographed Blair and Julie Buswell and their fabulous family today, and that was great, great. Blair is a well-known sculptor and I always love photographing other artists. I loved being in their home, seeing Blair’s work, listening to the kids play music, hearing Julie talk to them with so much respect and admiration. I [...]
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The Best Portraits of 2008

By justin | Published: December 17, 2008
Are you like me? Are you doing some reflecting? Are you looking back on 2008 and thinking about the good times, the bad times and getting excited knowing 2009 is going to be even better? For example, two nights ago I drank some hot chocolate. I think that’s the first time all year I’ve done [...]
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Salt Lake Wedding – Paige and Mark

By justin | Published: December 15, 2008
There’s also a two minute slideshow if you care to see more of their wedding pictures. And here’s where you can view the whole event and purchase prints from the wedding.
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Family Portraits – The Christianson Family

By justin | Published: December 11, 2008
They call him Frank. I call him Tom. Here’s what happened. The night before these pictures were taken, I met Frank for the first time at our party. Stace introduced me and told me her husband’s name. The next morning I went to their home and prided myself on remembering his name, even though I [...]
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Provo potraits – Sarah and Tim

By justin | Published: December 10, 2008
I first photographed Sarah in June and was happy to include her husband Tim this time. These portraits were all taken in downtown Provo, not too far from my office.
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Party Follow-up

By justin | Published: December 8, 2008
First of all, thanks so much for everyone that came to the party on Friday. Throughout the night, we had about 100 people come see our space and say hello. And I just can’t say enough good about the band that played: The Gatsbys. Thanks fella’s. You really spiced things up. I kept hoping they’d [...]
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Party This Friday!

By justin | Published: December 2, 2008
This Friday, December 5th, we’re having an anniversary party at the studio. Although I’ve been in business for ten years or so, we’ve only been at this location for one year. We’d love to have you come say hi. If you’ve been reading the blog now and again and we’ve never met face to face, [...]
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Utah wedding – Lisa and Ryan

By justin | Published: December 1, 2008
She’s a writer. He’s a builder. Now they’re married. Here’s a three minute slideshow if you want to see more of their wedding pictures. And here’s where you can view the entire event and order prints.
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Thanksgiving

By justin | Published: December 1, 2008
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