I hope you had a good Mother’s Day on Sunday. I called my mom. Told her I loved her. And I made Amy Tai Chicken pizza for dinner and gave the kids corn dogs because I didn’t think they’d want any of the Tai Chicken, plus, I wanted Amy to have as much as she wanted.
And speaking of Mother’s Day, here’s some recent mother/daughter portraits.
I taught a photography class at UVU this last semester and Shay was one of the students. It’s probably not fair to say she was one of my favorite students because how would that make the other classmates feel? So I won’t say that. I won’t say that she was one of my favorite students and that she has an award winning smile.
Meet Shay and Lisa.
Here’s Matt and his family. The last time I photographed Matt and Juliann was in 2003 on their wedding day. (They didn’t have any kids, then). Another fun fact – Matt and I went to high school together. Go Bobcats!
Meet the Greene family.
The Jones family, photographed in Rexburg, Idaho around Christmastime.
I just think the world of Jessica. I met her in 2010 when she and her mother came to be photographed for the 30 Strangers project. She returned again last summer with her husband Jeff to get pictures together, and again this summer. It’s smart, if you ask me, to document your life through photographs. And this is a particular good time for Jessica and Jeff to mark, because she’s now pregnant with her first child. Exciting changes in their life are just around the corner.
Here’s Jessica and Jeff.
I hope in this picture show below she’s tweeting or updating her Facebook status about how much fun we had.
I photographed the Carlson family a couple of years ago in Salt Lake City and was so happy to do so again. This year, we decided to take their family pictures on Antelope Island. I’ll tell you what–I’m going back to that place. It’s so beautiful there.
And now, the Carson family.
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We’re not just making pictures, we’re making history.
Justin Hackworth photographs people on Antelope Island, Whidbey Island, or your favorite landlocked location. Interested in getting people pictures of you and the people you love? Let’s talk.
Emily’s from Texas but was passing through this part of the world (Provo, Utah) and wanted to stop in for some family portraits in the studio. The way she described it was that she wanted something that didn’t look too posed, and that showed what their family was like when they are together.
Meet the Giles family.
Kallie and Bruce have a son heading off to college and figured now seemed like the right time to get a picture of all of them.
Here they are: The McKay Family.
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We’re not just making pictures, we’re making history.
Ever since Elaine was a kid, her parents would spend a couple weeks each summer at her grandparent’s cabin at Bear Lake. Now, she’s got a little family of her own and she’s establishing the tradition with them, too. So when she called and wanted to talk about getting her family pictures taken, the idea of taking them at the cabin at Bear Lake seemed like it would make the pictures more meaningful than just any random location in Salt Lake. I agree.
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We’re not just making pictures, we’re making history.
Every year on the Sunday before school starts, Nie Nie has a back to school feast for her kids. It’s amazing and a great idea. She and Christian come up with a theme for the year, she makes a fancy meal, and they all get a stained glass star. If you already read her blog (and who doesn’t, really) then I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know. Here are some pictures I took at this year’s back to school feast
You can check out previous years on her site here.
And by the way, here’s their theme for this year:
Remove any of your fear with faith. Trust the power of God to guide you.
Sunday morning in Scarsdale, New York, just may look like this.
Meet the Palmer family.
Fun fact: Enoch is one of the founding partners of the very highly regarded branding and design firm, Case, in New York City.
When I was in New York in August to photograph the Alt Summit Conference, I stuck around a few extra days and was able to line up some additional photo sessions. This week on the blog, I’ll show you how those turned out.
First, the Allyn family. These wonderful folks live less than a block from Central Park, and Central Park is amazing, of course, so we decided to do the pictures there. So, we’ve got a husband and wife with their two daughters, her parents, and a nephew.
Check out Pam’s amazing foundation, Lit World.
And let me know if you want me to put you on the list for a New York portrait session next time I’m in town.
Our friends, the DeFords.
Willie is an attorney and musician and when you hear him play and sing you’ll think you’ve died and gone to sing-song heaven. Sally is a talented photographer with the sort of artistic integrity I greatly admire. Her website is here.
I like so many things about Provo City’s mayor, John Curtis. For one thing, he’s got great discernment when it comes to hiring a photographer to document his family. He’s also a great supporter of our Rooftop Concert Series and comes to every concert. And, as mayor of our town, he keeps a blog that is informative, clever and up to date. And he’s a great listener. Successful business owner. And a bunch of other things. I really could go on and on but for now, I’ll just leave it at that.
Meet Provo’s mayor, John Curtis, and his family.
This summer, there’s been a some time to relax.
Erin, photographed with her mother, Courtney.
Geoff lives in St. George and is a marriage councilor, which means I wanted to ask about a million questions about this and that and how often I should be buying Amy flowers and what does it mean if I want to go to the movie by myself sometimes and does he ever get in arguments with his wife about how many pillows should be on the bed?
These family pictures were taken in St. George over the Thanksgiving weekend. I loved being with Geoff and his family and I look forward to the next time I get to hang out with these very fine folks.
Cute Lisa called me up because her brother is on his way to Afghanistan and the whole family was getting together to send him safely off. So we all drove up to Provo Canyon on a recent Saturday and had a good time taking these pictures.
I like photographing people at their own home. For the most part, people are comfortable there, and if it’s a place where the kids grew up or spent a significant amount of time, then it can make the photographs a little more meaningful.
Meet the Burton family, photographed at their home in Provo, Utah.
There are five boys in the McKay family. The girls would have come along, too, but they don’t have any girls. When people ask me how I like living in Provo, the one thing I always say is, “We love our neighbors.” Well, you’re looking at the reason Amy and I love living where we do. An example of how great they are. My family and I were in Idaho all last week and when we came home, our lawn had been mowed. Now, nobody left an invoice or a note that said, “If you want to know who you should thank for this, it’s…”. But I’m pretty sure the McKays did it. Just one example out of many. By the way, if you ever run out of eggs, I know from experience they’ve got some.
