Erin, photographed with her mother, Courtney.
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Family portraits
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Kim and her daughter, photographed this summer in Provo, Utah. Thanks for coming, Kim!
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This is one of my favorite ways to make family portraits. That is, at the family’s house, casually, hanging out, just being themselves. And I feel like these kinds of pictures will be the most meaningful in years to come.
Meet the Reymanns.
This is one of my all time favorite family pictures
The family chicken (one of five)
Thanks so much, Kate, for letting me photograph the three of you.
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Jyl is a very savvy business person, founder of Mom It Forward, and co-founder of the Evo Conference. I wish I was as smart as she is.
She and I met last year at BlogHer. But before that, Allison was in my office and said I should meet Jyl, and in fact, called her right then and there to tell Jyl she should meet me. (Allison is so good at connecting people). I could hear the conversation on the other end of the phone. “Justin who?”
But now we’re best friends (probably) and I was happy when she called me to photograph her very charming family.
The Johnson Family photographed at the Canyons, Park City, UT
Park City
Sisters
a man, and a man's best friend
Brothers
Jyl and Troy
Sisters
sisters, and the mom
The parents, proud, and all.
I like a family that can laugh together
Sisters
Goodnight everybody
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The Duncans were among the first people Amy and I met when we moved to Provo and it’s been a true blessing to know them (and I’m not just saying that because Rob painted our garage).
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Turns out, we’re practically neighbors. And I saw Paige’s mom at the last Rooftop Concert. I’ll bet now that I’ve met them and found out we live near each other, I’ll run into them all the time. I sure hope so.
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Mia and her mother came to my office and lit the place up. That both have that gift of making you feel like a million bucks. What a gift. My whole week was better, after they came in.
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Three generations of mothers and daughters. Enjoy!
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Now here’s a couple people I wish lived in my town. I bet we’d be friends and do stuff together. Right, Scotty and Michaela? They used to live here (I didn’t know them, then) and now they live in Washington D.C. and came to Utah for a family visit.
Here they are, smart and polite, Scotty and Michaela.
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Family pictures. Rexburg. Christmas. Cold. Snow boots. Goose bumps the size of an actual goose.
Here’s one of my favorite families, ever, photographed on a very cold day in Rexburg, Idaho. Still, good times.
Justin Hackworth photographs people on both warm and cold days and he wants to photograph you. 801.916.6993.
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A lovely family on a beautiful day, photographed at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City.
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Meet the linguistics professor Robert Blair, photographed in his home with his family on the occasion of his 80th birthday party. You might also want to see what Gabrielle Blair wrote about it on her blog, Design Mom.
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Justin Hackworth photographs happy people and beautiful events and he wants to photograph you.
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On Thanksgiving day 11 years ago Willie DeFord and I, both single, decided to take the day and drive, just drive, to see what we could see. I remember ending up at the El Bambi Cafe in Beaver, Utah. I don’t recall what I ate for Thanksgiving that day at the El Bambi, but I do remember it was about two steps below a TV dinner. Except for the food, Thanksgiving that year was grand.
Willie had just started getting serious with Sally. I’m nosy, so I asked questions about how that was going. Willie was willing to answer some of my questions but when I asked if he had kissed her yet, I got the sense that some of what I was asking was none of my bees-wax.
Willie brought a mandolin on our drive and at one point we stopped at an abandoned filling station and I took pictures of Willie playing the mandolin, sitting on top of discarded car tires.
Just four months after that, I married Amy. Willie came to the wedding in Rexburg. Later, he said he was inspired by what he saw that day (Amy and I really are a cute couple, see) and he left Idaho determined to marry Sally.
Jump ahead: Willie’s a lawyer, now, living in Grand Junction. Sally’s a photographer. They have two kids. Her folks live around here so we still get to see them from time to time, but this October was the first time I’d been to their house in Colorado.
Willie and Sally are two of my favorite people on planet earth and later this week, as people gather and think about all the things for which they are thankful, I will be thinking of the good times I’ve had with Willie and Sally.
And now, meet the DeFords.
Flashback: I’ve been photographing weddings for a long time. Here’s some proof. This is a picture I took at Willie and Sally’s wedding over ten years ago.
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One of the best things about my time in Seattle last month was being able to photograph these folks on Whidbey Island. It did my soul some good to be at such a lovely location. Thanks so much, Hunt family, for inviting me to be with you for the afternoon. I’m so glad to have met you.
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Morgan heard from her friend Emily that I was going to be in Seattle so she told her sister Taylor about it and they gave me a call. I know Emily because she came from Denver to Provo to be one of our 30 Strangers earlier this year. Emily knows about me because of CJane. So often in life, all roads lead back to Courtney.
Now, meet four bright lights – Morgan, Taylor, Tyler and David.
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Justin Hackworth photographs sisters in Seattle or wherever such bonds exist and he wants to photograph you.
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For these family pictures, we met downtown San Francisco and walked around the pier. Talked a bit. Laughed, some. And made some great family portraits. Thanks, Danae. It was great to meet you and your family!
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The Burgoyne’s used to live in Utah. Back then, I got a chance to make some family portraits for them. Of course at that time, they only had one son. Now they have two, so it was time to get more family pictures. And since I just happened to be in San Francisco where they now live, the timing was perfect.
Here they are, photographed on the beach at the Marin Headlands.
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Justin Hackworth photographs happy families in beautiful locations and he wants to photograph you.
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I met Jason and Jenna a couple years ago when I photographed their wedding at Red Fish Lake in Idaho. A couple years go by and next thing you know, they’ve got a daughter. When I was in San Francisco, I got a chance to see them again and to photograph their family.
Great to see you again, Jason and Jenna.
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Justin Hackworth Photography – We’re not just making pictures. We’re making history.
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GREAT NEWS FOR FALL FAMILY PORTRAITS
It’s time to line up your fall family portrait. You know you want to, and we’re making it even more fun by offering a little something special. A gift, you might say. Fall family portrait sessions are $250 (our regular price), and for the days and times listed below, they include $100 credit applied directly to prints (that’s new, and exciting!) and 50 4×6 prints for your Christmas cards (how nice!). If you’ve been waiting to get family portraits, well then, wait no further.
Portrait sessions will be offered in the following fantastic locations:
Provo, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Denver, San Francisco
SEPTEMBER – Provo and Salt Lake
September 22 – Provo, UT
4pm – Booked
6pm – Booked
September 25 – Salt Lake City, UT
2pm – Booked – C.M.
6pm – Booked – L.S.
September 30th- Provo, UT
2pm
4pm
6pm – Booked
OCTOBER – San Francisco, Salt Lake, Provo, Seattle, Denver
October 5 – San Francisco, CA
3pm
5pm – Booked – J.L
October 6 – San Francisco, CA
3pm – Booked – D.H
5pm – Booked – A.K
October 7th – San Francisco, CA
2pm
5pm – booked – K.B
October 12 – Salt Lake City, UT
11am – booked – M.A.
2pm – booked – S.P.
4pm – booked – C. C.
6pm – booked – K.J.
October 13 – Provo, UT
6pm – E. N.
October 18 – Provo, UT
2pm
4pm
October 20 – Seattle, WA
2pm – booked – J.Z.
4pm – booked – M. S
October 21 – Seattle, WA
2pm
4pm – Booked – S.S.
October 22 – Seattle, WA
4pm -
October 26 – Denver, CO
4pm – booked – S.T.
October 27 – Denver, CO
10am – booked – G.B
2pm – booked – V.C.
4pm – booked – D.M
October 28 – Denver, CO
12pm – Booked – R.T.
2pm – Booked – A.B.
4pm – Booked – K.W.
October 29 – Denver, CO
10am – booked – J.h.
2pm – booked – E. K. via M. P
4pm – booked – K. T.
We’re not just making pictures, we’re making history.
Further details:
Email me or call to secure your day and time. My contact info is here.
801.916.6993
50 free 4×6 prints are 50 prints of the same image
Here are more Justin Hackworth portraits.
Would you like to know about the experience others have had with Justin Hackworth Photography? Here’s what Marta Dansie emailed me after coming with her mother to be photographed:
hello justin,
it was a joy meeting you. marty and i feel lucky to have had the experience of a photo session with you. you have truly made the most of every element of the photo shoot experience; the chit chat, the music, the rad studio space, the easy going laughter. the designer in me loved all of your identity packaging. am completely inspired. in fact, we talked the whole ride back to salt lake about your professional–and yet fun–ways and your uniquely fresh take on picture taking. we are both smitten. so let me gush. you really make people feel gorgeous just as they are. your personality exudes so much energy and passion for your art. that kind of stuff is contagious. thank you for donating your time and talents, fundraising for a good cause and giving us the gift of such beautiful photographs. a photograph like yours is one that will be treasured forever. thank you, thank you. i do hope this isn’t the last time we meet; you are way too awesome to meet only once.
truly. marta
We’d love to create the same experience for you and your family. Give us a call.
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Who said you have to live in Utah to be photographed by Justin Hackworth? Whoever said that should wash their mouth out with soap. Because you don’t have to live in Utah to get your family pictures from me. I’ll come to you (I hope you live in Italy) or you can come to me. That’s what Stephanie did. She and her family live in Oregon and just happened to be in town for this, that, and the other and included on the list, a stop at my studio.
Meet Stephanie and her family
Justin Hackworth Photography. We’re not just making pictures, we’re making history.
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If you were an OB/GYN and your job was to deliver babies in a hospital, don’t you think it would be mighty ironic to have a baby in your car on the way to the hospital? Well that’s just what happened to Bethany. Oh, sure they laugh about it now…
Here’s Bethany and Brandon with their kids, photographed in Provo Canyon.
I’ve know Brandon for over 11 years, now. For about the first 7 of those years, I only knew him by his nickname: Fatbox. They live in Texas now, and I’m so glad they called me to get family pictures done while they were out here in Utah visiting. Thanks so much for coming, Brandon and Bethany. It was really great to see you.
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Lori emailed and told me that her grandmother was beautiful. Like Elizabeth Taylor. Well, she was right. What she didn’t tell me is that she and her sisters are hilarious and great fun to be around. I drove to Bountiful to photograph these folks and I had a great time. They had a good time, too. So much fun, in fact, that they want me to go back in August when their other sister will be there.
I can’t wait.
One of the sisters wrote and said “I am amazed and astounded at your talent….and hope you will forgive and forget my tears of delight during the unveiling of my lovely girls photo’s. Holy smokes!!! Mom’s cry over stuff like that. Can’t wait to bring in the rest of the troops so you can work your magic!”
If there’s open weeping when they come to view their pictures (there was) I feel like I’ve got it right.
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Justin Hackworth Photography
We’re not just making pictures. We’re making history.
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Justin Hackworth Photography:
We’re not just making pictures, we’re making history.
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Amy and I had a great time in San Diego last week. One of my favorite things about the trip is that I was able to line up four portrait sessions while I was there and I got to meet some beautiful, fun, interesting, bright folks.
Meet Erica and her family, photographed in San Diego at Balboa Park.
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Justin Hackworth photographs happy people and beautiful weddings and he wants to photograph you.
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Yesterday Amy and I spent some time going through all of the weddings and portrait sessions I’ve done over the last year. The purpose is to get some new display prints in my office. Freshen things up a bit. Springtime. Newness. All of that, see. And it was so great to go back and see some of my favorite wedding and portrait pictures from the last few months. And it was fun to discover some new favorites that I just hadn’t seen the first time around.
Back when I shot film, I loved busting out the contact sheets from the previous years and seeing if there was an undiscovered gem that I hadn’t found before. Like a little treasure hunt. You go back with fresh eyes, and maybe the emotion you felt when taking the pictures has faded a little, so you’re looking at the images with a new perspective.
One of my favorite photographers, Gary Winnogrand, used to wait a full year before he developed his film for this very reason. He would shoot the film and set it aside for one year before he even developed it! I could never do that. I’m too impatient. But for him, looking at them too soon clouded his ability to select the strongest images based on the image itself, not on how he felt at the time he made the picture.
So for me, what I’ve discovered, is that some of the pictures I respond to initially are the same pictures I respond to a year later. And yet, there are some surprises when you find a really great picture that you really didn’t notice the first time around. And I like that feeling. Like when you find a 20 dollar bill in some pants you haven’t worn in a month.
So, if you care to spend five minutes, this slideshow is a portfolio of my images from the past year that I find compelling. (There might be a handful that fall outside that one year range). Enjoy.
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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.
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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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Photographed in Provo, Utah
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