Monthly Archives: February 2010

Bridal gowns – Alta Moda – This weekend

For brides that love beautiful things, there is Alta Moda. One of the finest places around for wedding gowns. This weekend, February 26th and 27th there are having their trunk show. From their site: You will not want to skip this event.  We don’t even know you yet, but we know you’re out there, searching [...]
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Provo Portraits – Steve and Cindy

Steve and Cindy are going on a mission for the LDS church. Steve will be the mission president for the Missouri mission. That’s a big job. He’s perfect for such things. They needed a picture of both of them for the Church News and gave me a call. Cindy showed me a sample of what [...]
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Utah photography group: Salt Lake Seven

The Salt Lake Seven is a group of photographers that meet each month to show and talk about their work. It started in 1996 when I asked Kent Miles to be a private instructor for me. He suggested that instead, I find some other like-minded photographers, who also wanted to improve their craft, and that [...]
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Take a camera with you

It’s always good to carry your camera with you. That way, when you show up and your friends haven’t arrived yet, you can spend your time making pictures. And that’s just what happened here. This photograph was made a few days ago while I was waiting for my friends. Pretty good way to pass the [...]
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Koi Fish

I picked a slow shutter speed so the photograph would show that smooth glide.
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Ben’s Portrait – The Mandate Press

The Mandate Press in Salt Lake City, Utah, is fast becoming known as the finest place in the country for letterpress printing. That’s because they are the finest place in the country for letterpress printing. Ben Webster runs the show over there and Process Magazine is writing an article about him.  Then they called me [...]
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Willie DeFord

Willie lives in Grand Junction, Colorado. Attorney by day, blue-grass musician by night. Now, I’ve never seen him do any lawyer things. I’m just assuming he’s as good as they get. But I have heard him sing and play his guitar and when that happens, you get a permanent smile that won’t fade for three [...]
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Seth Godin

Seth Godin spoke on Friday in Salt Lake. I loved it. He is funny and inspiring and brilliant. I saw my friend Janet Meiners there, too, and judging by the length of her blog post about it she took far better notes than I did. Big thanks to Kelly King Anderson at the Startup Princess [...]
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Provo Family Pictures

Whitney called. Her sister Emily was having her final MFA show at BYU. And since everyone would be in town for family good times, that seemed like a fine time to be photographed. Thanks for coming, all. ….. Justin Hackworth photographs happy families and beautiful weddings and wants to photograph you.
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What to photograph

Giving specific advice on what to photograph would not be appreciated even if it was possible. The answer is provided by a question: What are you really interested in? In other words: What is it that can sustain your enthusiasm for a long time? Bill Jay, Occam’s Razor …..
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Provo Bridal Portraits

Aren’t they so cute? Just a couple kids in love. And now they’re getting married. I’m looking forward to the wedding Emily and Brandon. See you next week!
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Utah Weddings – Bridal Portraits

Ashley and Kent are getting married soon. I’ll be there to photograph the big day and I’m looking forward to that. But hang on. Before the wedding, there are some things to get done. Like bridal portraits. So meet Ashley and Kent, photographed in Provo, Utah. ….. Sidenote – I love love love that second [...]
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Family Portraits – Provo

They live in New York and come back to Utah from time to time. I photographed Jared and Vanessa last year, back when they only had one son. Now they’ve got two, so when they came back in town this year, it was time for more photographs. Thanks for coming Jared and Vanessa.
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Family portraits

Provo Utah was warm enough today to make some of these pictures outside. I know it’s only February, but man, I can’t wait for summer.
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Photography Intern

Annie’s doing an internship at our office this semester. Lucky us. Today’s lesson: Adobe Lightroom. So I thought we’d start at the beginning, with a photo session. So here she is. Annie, photographed with her sister.
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