Mother/Daughter portraits – Provo Utah
Utah portrait photographer
Family portraits – Aspen Grove
The Holbrook family, photographed at Aspen Grove, just above Sundance in the glorious Provo Canyon.
Buck Hard photo shoot
Robb always has his hand in some kind of pie. His latest: Buck Hard. Cool clothes for cowboys. Listening to Robb talk about his vision for his newest company, you can’t help but get excited. He’s talking sports drinks, iPhone apps, you name it. But it’s early, still, so for now it’s t-shirts.
Robb and Lisa, with the company’s latest offerings, were photographed in Midway, Utah.
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Justin Hackworth photographs cowboys, cowgirls, big-city folks, and he wants to photograph you.
Haiti
On the first night I arrived in Haiti, after I had settled in at the Hotel Christophe, I asked Benito if he’d show me around the city. We drove to the top of a hill, allowing a grand view of the city. That was nice, sure, and good to see the lay of the land, but as I was walking around I noticed some stairs that led to a basketball court just below us. What was going on down below was much more interesting to me that a bunch of buildings.
Utah Bridal Pictures – Salt Lake
Who said you need to get married in Utah in order for me to photograph your wedding? I never said it and if someone did, they were misinformed.
Now, take for example, this couple. They’re getting married in Idaho, shortly, and I’ll be there to photograph the event. Can’t wait. I love to photograph weddings.
Back in May I went to Rexburg for their engagement pictures and last week we drove to Saltair for her bridal pictures. And we included the groom. Sort of like engagement pictures again, but with fancier clothes, a bouquet, and more horse flies. Yes, there were horse flies and let me tell you, those suckers bite.
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Salt Lake wedding photographer Justin Hackworth photographs happy people and beautiful events. Getting married soon in Utah or beyond and want photographs with grace, style and wit? We should talk.
Portrait photography – Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Haiti – Cap Haitien
Photograph of the Northern coast of Haiti, Cap Haitien.
Utah portrait photography
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Interested in getting groovy portraits for yourself? We should talk.
Utah portrait photography – Mother/daughter
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Want photographs like this with you and the people you love? We should talk.
Utah portrait photography
Haiti
Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti
The hotel in Haiti
Believe it or not, this photograh is in color, not in black and white. You can see a slight amount of color on the top left side. I think that pink color cast is coming from the shower curtain. I took this picture while asking the question, “What would Amanda James do in this situation?”
Dominican Republic
No, not the best photograph I’ve ever taken, but something about this pictures amuses me.
Provo portrait photography
Dominican Republic
Chicken and rice.
Utah bridal photography – La Caille
Mariah’s bridal portraits, taken at La Caille restaurant in Salt Lake City.
Utah portrait photography – Provo
Cynthia is the owner of Enizio Salon. When, on your wedding day, you want to look like a million damn dollars, you’ll call Enizio Salon. I honestly don’t know why you’d do anything else. I was lucky enough to photograph her and her daughter this week. They brought along what they called a “dog”. But look at that teeny little thing. It’s hardly bigger than a polish sausage.
Thanks for coming in, ladies.
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Justin Hackworth photographs salon owners, dog owners, people that look like Eva Longoria, and he wants to photograph you.
Utah Wedding Photography – Provo wedding
Brian and Abi had their wedding reception at the White Willow in Provo, Utah, then got married the following day at the Mount Timpanogos Temple. And I was there to photograph these love birds.
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Justin Hackworth photographs weddings in Utah or anywhere there’s a bride and groom and he wants to photograph you. Getting married? We should talk.
Salt Lake Wedding Photography at Log Haven
One of the finest places in Utah to have a wedding is Log Haven. That’s where Tom and Katie decided to get hitched in June. For me, one of the highlights was during the ceremony, Tom’s grandfather recited a poem by Pablo Neruda. Tears all around.
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Justin Hackworth photographs couples in love and wants to photograph you. Getting married in Italy or Hawaii or Greece or Moab? We should talk.
Provo Family Portrait Photography
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Justin Hackworth photographs happy families and beautiful events and he wants to photograph you.
Welcome home, me.
Last Thursday I went to the Dominican Republic. Stayed until Sunday, and then took a 7 hour bus to Cap Haitien, Haiti. Tomorrow I’ll be back in Provo. I’ve had a great time but it’s always nice to get back home. For one thing, I’m out of clean clothes.
I’ve been doing some work for Partners of the Americas. I’ve been to Haiti for them before. Here are three teasers from this most recent trip. I’ll be posting many more in the following days.
From my journal:
July 11, 2009 – San Jose de Acoa
9:50pm – Juan is checking every room in the hotel. He wants to see which two rooms are the best. They all look the same to me. Oh, except there is one difference with room six. Since the door knob is broken, you have to open that room with a spatula.
See You In One Week
For the next week, my communication channels (email, phone, blog, face to face) will be extremely limited. But on July 18th I’ll be back in the saddle. Talk to you then.
Thanks.
CJane Loves Provo
Have any great pictures from Provo’s Freedom Festival last week? Post them on your blog and leave on comment on CJane’s blog and you could win dinner at Rooster. More info and the place to leave your comment can be found here:
http://cjaneprovo.blogspot.com/2009/07/recap-photo-contest.html
And here’s my entry. It’s a triptych of parade watchers and I’m really trying to pad my entry by including a picture of Courtney’s brother there on the right in the cool hat. I like to win things.
Kiera Haddock photographs 30 Strangers exhibit
I asked Kiera Haddock to photograph the crowd on the night of the 30 Strangers exhibit. I love the things she sees and the way she tells the story. There’s always cleverness and surprise and never anything trite. You’ll see what I’m mean if you check out her blog: http://peaceandpandemonium.blogspot.com/
Here’s the magic she cooked up on the night of the show. Thanks Kiera.
30 Strangers Exhibit – Artist Statement
Artist Statement – 30 Strangers exhibit
A famous war photographer once said, “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” He meant close, as in proximity. He meant move in close and leave anything out that isn’t necessary. And for a long time that’s the only way I read the quote, until a friend suggested it could also mean emotionally close.
So people come to be photographed. I want to like them and I want them to like me. I don’t know if I should admit that or not. They come to the studio, and I fish a little for some common ground. I ask where they grew up, what they studied in college, why they chose to study law instead of chemistry. I ask myself, How can I relate to these folks? And I try, like the quote suggests, to move closer.
On April 1st, 2009 and for the following 29 days, I photographed strangers. Mothers and daughters. Sometimes grandmothers, mothers, and daughters. We talked some, and then I took pictures.
This is where those conversations took us.
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Last Thursday we had our 30 Strangers exhibit and I had such a great time. I want to thank all of those of you that attended. On that night we extended our fund raiser for the Center for Women and Children in Crisis and we were able to raise another $1,000 for their organization.
The exhibit was the culmination of hundreds of hours of work that started in April and it felt good to see it on display. We’ll do this again. Oh yes, you can count on that. If you’d like to be informed about our 2010 30 Strangers project and other related matters, sign up for our occasional newsletter.
Mother/Daughter Portraits – Provo Utah
ModBod
Here are some things we photographed for The Modbod last week. We drove to a fancy house in Alpine and waited until the evening light was just perfect. Wait for it…Wait for it….There it is. Quick, stand on that pile of rocks and look this way! Oh, yea. That’s hot. But in a modest way.
I nearly jumped for joy that I got to photograph Kari Hawker again. She was so fun to be around the last time and she’s easy on the eyes, as they say. (I don’t think I’ve ever said “easy on the eyes” before). We also used Megan Beckham and she was just about about as pleasant as can be. Thanks ladies, for making my job easy and fun and easy but mostly fun.
As if that didn’t make the night pleasant enough, makeup was done by the over the moon fabulous Enizio Salon. I mean seriously. I love Enizio Salon. (Quick sidenote. Enizio Salon is one of our generous sponsors for the 30 Strangers exhibit. Yep. They rock it).