Utah Wedding Photography – Sundance
Stay tuned…
A few days ago, David and Grace got married. Soon I’ll be posting images from the wedding in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the reception at the Sundance Resort. In the mean time, here’s a teaser image.
Utah portrait photography – St. George
The Fishers, photographed in St. George, Utah, the day after Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving
Wet Like Seals
I never wore a seat belt when I was a kid. Instead, we flopped around the back of the car like cutthroat trout on the bottom of a boat. And it was there, behind the back seat in my parents’ station wagon, back with the sleeping bags and suitcases, that my older sister told me she was from another planet. She was sent here, she said, to observe. She would not harm us, she said. She would, in her role as a sister, tease from time to time, but only to fill her role as sister.
I didn’t believe for one minute that my sister was an alien. When I laughed and said I didn’t believe her, well, that just made her mad. See. She was really my sister after all. Would an alien care one way or another what I thought?
We were driving West. California. I remember we sang “This Land Is Your Land” and listened to old radio programs like “Fibber McGee and Molly” that my mom had checked out from the library. I was eight years old.
The car didn’t have air conditioning unless you count rolling down the windows. It was the middle of the summer. Hot, hot.
In Nevada we stopped at a gas station. It had a cafe next door. That was back in the day when you’d roll up to the pumps and tell some kid “fill ‘er up.” So we rolled in to the station and my dad told the kid to fill ‘er up and we all went inside and I drank a Coca Cola for the first time in my life.
It was cold inside. You only had to be in there five minutes before you kind of wished you had a coat. Chilly for a few minutes, sure, but when we left, I mean the second we walked outside, the chill vanished in a soft wall of crushing heat.
My dad told us to follow him. We walked around to the side of the gas station and he took a water hose and sprayed us all down. Back in the car, dripping, happy, wet like seals, I heard my dad tell my mom, “Fellow inside said it’s 114 in the shade.”
Jump ahead. 2009. Now, I’m driving. Now, I’m looking back in the rear view mirror and seeing my two boys there in the back seat. They are strapped in. Car seats and buckles. They joke and tease. And sing. They’re singing a song I taught them.
There’s a girl downtown
With freckles on her nose
Pencils in her pockets
And ketchup on her clothes
She’s a real nice girl
Pretty as a plate
The boys call her Katie
When they ask her on a date
And who knows, Katie
Maybe you could be the one.
It’s a small moment. Simple and, for me, beautiful. So when my family celebrates Thanksgiving this week, I’m going to be thankful for driving in a car with my two boys. That, and air conditioning.
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Song lyrics by Hayes Carll
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A friend of mine asked me to write an essay for her new blog that you should check out. That’s why this was written. Each week she posts short little essays like this from people she knows. I thought I’d make my essay all Thanksgivingy. And I like how it turned out so figured I’d post it here, too.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Utah portrait photography – modeling
She wants to model. So, you call a make-up artist and a photographer and you put a portfolio together. Not bad for her first photo-shoot. And it’s a lot easier to look slick when you’ve got Amelia doing hair and make-up.
Thanks, all. This was a lot of fun.
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Justin Hackworth photographs beautiful people and he wants to photograph you.
Utah Bridal Portraits – Provo
Thalia, photographed for her bridal portraits at the Springville Museum in Springville, Utah. Side note: This girl has a voice that will melt you.
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Justin Hackworth photographs happy people and beautiful events and wants to photograph you.
Utah headshots – Brett
I’ve know Brett since we were in Mrs McCullochs class, way back in the third grade. He’s one of the funniest people I know and I steal his jokes on a regular basis, then pass them off as my own. For example, once he sent me a slogan for the city of Orem that went like this: We’re just like Provo, only Norther!
I tell that to people but never let on that Brett said it first.
Brett is a talented actor but has for some time let that talent lie dormant. It’s been hidden under a bushel. That is, until recently. Now, he’s acting again. And for his most recent audition, he needed a headshot. That’s where I come in.
Here you go, Brett. Break a freak’n leg.
Hour Provo – Gallery opening tonight!
This summer, Steven Waggoner painted a picture of me for his project called Hour Provo. He has now completed all 50 paintings and tonight he’s having a gallery reception to display them all. I don’t know about you, but that’s where I’ll be tonight.
Here are the details:
Coleman Studios 7 – 9pm, November 12th
117 N University Ave.
Provo, Utah 84601
801-225-5766
Provo Portrait Photography – Family Portraits
The Hillmans, photographed in Provo, Utah on a chilly, chilly day.
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Justin Hackworth photographs happy families and wants to photograph you.
Utah Portrait Photography – St. George
Cousins, photographed in St. George, Utah.
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Want authentic, classic photographs like this for you and the people you love? We should talk.