Love’s First Year – My New Photography Project for the brides of 2010
I’m very excited to announce a photography project for the brides of 2010. If you’re getting married, or you know someone who is, may I have your attention, please? I have an announcement.
It’s called Love’s First Year, my latest photography project. I love to photograph weddings. I love recording authentic moments as they unfold. What I really love about this, and the thing that compels me to be a photographer, is the chance to record history. Record life. This project is about making those kinds of images I love, and creating a record of your happy beginning.
For the next 10 brides who choose Justin Hackworth Photography, I will photograph you and your spouse five times over the course of your first year. Think about the moments that will mark your first year of marriage–time at home, time with friends, out on the town–and imagine having stunning images of those events. At the end of your blissful first year, you’ll receive a fine art book with images from your five sessions. I dare say it may become a family treasure.
And the news keeps getting better. If you’re one of the next ten brides, not only will you have professional photos that document your life together, but Love’s First Year is included in your wedding package.
Brides of 2010, You’re Cordially Invited to Love’s First Year
- Who: You and the love of your life
- What: A one-year photography project by Justin Hackworth Photography
- When: Your first year of marriage
- Where: Wherever your life happens
- How: Contact Justin for details
Update: only 7 out of 10 still available
Fine print
Bride and Groom – Provo
I photographed Lizzie and Spencer one week after they got married. (The session was given to them as a gift from a friend). They were on their way to their wedding party. Thanks for coming, lovebirds.
Utah wedding photography – Sundance
Grace and Dave have style. I knew that when I met Grace last year but it was confirmed when they sent a wooden wedding invitation. Very cool. That’s one invitation I’m keeping.
On a chilly November morning, Dave and Grace got married in the Salt Lake Temple then walked a couple blocks to their luncheon at the Alta Club, a place where Grace’s great grandfather was once president. And that evening, their party at Sundance. Good times and a cheese plate. Man, I love my job.
Wedding: Salt Lake Temple
Invitations: (printed on wood!) Stamp World Online
Dress: Birnbaum and Bullock
Luncheon: The Alta Club
Reception: Sundance Resort
Cake: Granite Bakery
Flowers: Persimmon Floral
Music: Adam and Darcie
What guests threw as the couple left: Lavender
Cheese at the reception: Swiss, cheddar, pepper-jack
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 wedding photography – Sundance
Venue: Sundance Resort
Music: The Red Rock Hot Club
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Justin Hackworth photographs people in love and wants to photograph you. Having a wedding? And you care deeply about having it documented so viewers of the photographs can feel what it was like to be there? Well then, we should talk.
Utah Wedding Photography – Park City
On the night before Jeannie and Julian got married, they gathered with friends and family at their favorite restaurant in Park City, Utah. Since they live in Park City, they know all the best places and chose to celebrate at 350 Main.
After dinner, Jeannie’s father told everyone about Jeannie and Julian’s first date. The date didn’t go so well. But their second date was a hit. And on that night, they made an apple pie together. And so, on the night before the wedding, and to celebrate love and first dates and second dates, apple pie was served to all the guests for dessert.
p.s. 350 Main gave me the best steak I’ve ever eaten. Cooked meat, yum yum.
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Justin Hackworth photographs happy people and beautiful events and wants to photograph you.
Rexburg Wedding Photography
It’s been a couple years since I photographed a wedding in Rexburg Idaho, my home town. It’s always good to go back. Thanks Ryley and Chelse.
Salt Lake Wedding Photography
Salt Lake Wedding Photography – La Caille
Mariah and Dan got married in Salt Lake City at La Caille. It’s fancy. Now, when I photograph a wedding, I’m normally there for the whole event. Getting ready, the ceremony, dinner, dance and the see-you-later part. But if you want me there for just the ceremony and dinner, I’ll do that too. That’s what I did for Mariah and it turned out just dandy.
Venue: La Caille
Flowers: Every Blooming Thing
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Justin Hackworth loves to photograph weddings. If you love great wedding photography, well then, we should talk.
Salt Lake Wedding Photography – Log Haven
Jake and Jess got married at Log Haven in Salt Lake City, Utah. A great event complete with dancing, karaoke, and a hilarious toast from the best man.
Venue: Log Haven
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Justin Hackworth photographs happy couples and beautiful events in Salt Lake and beyond. Getting married? We should talk. Getting married in Greece or Italy? My passport is current. Just saying…
Utah wedding photography – Red Butte Garden
Ben and Naomi’s wedding took place in Salt Lake City at Red Butte Garden. Good times and laughter. And dancing. Oh, was there ever dancing. If you held back from the dancing you were in the minority. Let it all go, folks. This here’s a party.
Ben and Naomi photographed on the day of their wedding with family and friends.
Venue: Red Butte Gardens
Flowers: Every Blooming Thing
Utah wedding photography – Salt Lake City
On the night before Ben and Naomi got married, they had a dinner for family and friends. The night started with big sun. Then, dark clouds, then rain. But wait for it, wait for it. Ah, there it is: the sun.
A great night.
Ben and Naomi photographed in Salt Lake City on the nigt before their wedding at Red Butte Gardens.
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 wedding photography – Lizy and Nick
Allow me to tell you two things I learned at Lizy and Nick’s wedding.
Number one–Mariachi bands should be a regular part of nearly every function where people gather, including church and funerals and those ceremonies where someone is presented with an over-sized check. The mariachi band was my favorite part of her reception. The other thing I learned is this–I want to laugh and smile as often and frequently as Lizy does. (You’ll see what I’m talking about when you view the pictures of her).
And then a third thing I already knew, but was reinforced at her wedding–I love being a wedding photographer. That night, at the reception, as people were having a good time, dancing, laughing, and the sun was setting low, low, so that good light was starting to come in, I stood back for a minute and thought that if I was just driving by and came across this scene, the first thought I’d have is “Hey, look. Happy people dancing and having fun. I want to stop the car and go photograph that.”
Hi. My name is Justin. I am a wedding photographer. And now, Lizy and Nick:
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Justin Hackworth photographs beautiful events, happy people, mariachi bands, cute kids, gorgeous brides, debonair grooms, urbane ladies and he wants to photograph you.
Utah Bridal Portraits
Lizy’s bridal portraits, part two.
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Justin Hackworth photographs beautiful events and happy people. Want pictures like this for yourself? We should talk.
Utah bridal portraits
Utah wedding photography
Utah bridal pictures
Here’s Lizy, photographed for her bridal portrait in Provo a few weeks before the wedding. Here’s where you can see her engagement pictures.
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Justin Hackworth photographs beautiful events and happy people. Want pictures like this for yourself? We should talk.
Salt Lake Wedding – Lisa and Greg
Lisa and Greg got married in Salt Lake City at the Point in February. It was lovely as can be and I was happy to be there.
Care to see more?
Here’s a slideshow:
Salt Lake City Wedding – Barry and Michelle
It was a beautiful and small wedding. Sixteen people total. That includes the bride and groom, the guests, and the little boy carrying the ring. Eighteen people in all if you count the bishop and the photographer. By the way, the last picture shown in this post may be my favorite group shot I’ve ever taken at a wedding.
The event took place in Salt Lake City at Heritage Gardens.
Here’s a slideshow of more of their wedding pictures.
Here’s where you can view the whole event and buy prints.
Salt Lake City Wedding – Rachel and Micah
Here were my two favorite things about Rachel and Micah’s wedding day in Salt Lake City. I loved the speeches from her parents, and I loved hearing Micah play the violin, accompanied by Rachel. My other two favorite things were hearing Hannah sing and watching their slideshow. Rachel and Micah are so classy and refined and I’m really happy to have been there.
Wedding: Salt Lake Temple
Dinner: The Lion House
Here is a slideshow of more wedding pictures
Here’s where you can buy prints and view the whole wedding.
Christmas is over
Christmas is over and I had a great holiday. There was a ham, some presents, laughing, rides on the ATVs, naps, getting out the old family photographs, singing, and telling stories about when we were teeny. No wassle. I don’t know why we didn’t have Wassle. But we’re back home now and it’s back to work. I have two weddings to photograph this week, plus we’re doing another bridal show on Saturday. Busy, busy. Just the way I like it.
Pre-wedding Tea Party
Rachel’s getting married in Salt Lake City on Tuesday. As part of the celebration, she had a tea party with family and friends. I was there to photograph the good times.
Salt Lake Wedding – Paige and Mark
There’s also a two minute slideshow if you care to see more of their wedding pictures.
And here’s where you can view the whole event and purchase prints from the wedding.
Utah wedding – Lisa and Ryan
She’s a writer. He’s a builder. Now they’re married.
Here’s a three minute slideshow if you want to see more of their wedding pictures.
And here’s where you can view the entire event and order prints.
Utah wedding – Alyn and Stephen
Here’s where you can see the whole event and order prints.
Wedding in Sandy, UT – Karen + Aaron
Would you like to laugh, have a good time, and feel like everything’s going to be just right? Then hang around Karen and Aaron for a while. And I think you’ll get a sense of that when you check out their wedding pictures. As I’ve been going through the editing process, I couldn’t help but smile. Karen is laughing and having a good time in nearly every picture I took of her. Listen, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I love my job.
Tisha + Travis – Thanksgiving Point Wedding
Sure, she grew up here, but she had moved to California and started working as an actress. She just happened to be back in Utah to film a movie. He managed the club where the movie was being filmed. She vowed she’d never move back here. Ah…that was because she didn’t realize how charming Travis could be. Ladies and gentlemen–Travis and Tisha. Two minute slideshow here.
The Venue: Thanksgiving Point
Idaho wedding – Jason and Jenna
If you drive an hour north of Sun Valley in the central mountains of Idaho, you’ll pass Dooley Creek and climb Galena pass, then level off at 7,000 feet about five miles before you get to Stanley. Now, turn off Highway 75 and head west to Red Fish Lake. If you ask the local folks at the lodge about the weather they’ll tell you it can snow up there any day of the year.
So when you leave your cabin at 5:55am on September 1st for a sunrise wedding, that’s when you notice you’ll be shooting in a blizzard.
But that’s not where the story begins. The story starts when Jason and Jenna are in high school. Back when Jason and his buddy thought it would be funny to sneak into Jenna’s house and put on her clothes while she was sleeping. Imagine how that looked when Jenna’s mother came in. That’s the first time she had ever met Jason. Oh, sure, they laugh about it now…
A few years later, he was living in San Fransisco and she was living in Boise. Their folks both say it was the Lord that got them back together. The engagement was speedy, and on September 1st, 2008, in the Central Mountains of Idaho, Jenna and Jason got married in a snow storm. It was, on all accounts, beautiful.
You can see a three minute slide show of their wedding here.
This is going to be great
I’m going to bed early tonight. Tomorrow morning I’ve got to be up at 5:00am or so. Jenna and Jason decided they wanted to be married at sunrise at Redfish Lake. I’ll be there to photograph the whole thing. They just stopped by my hotel room to go over all the details and this is going to be great. Nighty night, now.
Salt Lake Wedding – Lindsay + Whitney
Wow. Good times, Lindsay and Whitney. Let me just say, the Conley family knows how to throw a party. My, my. To see a three minute slide show, click here.
Wedding: Salt Lake Temple
Reception: McCune Mansion in Salt Lake City
Cake: Dippidee
Flowers: Planted Earth Floral
Dress: Alta Moda
Hair and Makeup: Enizio
Mood: Bliss
Fun Level: Off the charts
Class: High
Utah Bridal Photography – Lindsay
Back when we made these bridal portraits for Lindsay I only posted one close-up. She didn’t want Whitney to see the dress until the big day. Well, now that the wedding has passed, I’m posting some of my favorites. Enjoy.
LaCaille Bridal Show
Last Saturday, Amy and I exhibited at the LaCaille Bridal Show. It was the first of such things for us and we had a really great time. Big, big thanks to the Flower Basket for providing such gorgeous flower arrangements for us. And thanks to everyone that came by to say hello. We had such a pleasure meeting everyone and hearing all about your wedding plans and we’d love to be a part of making it a perfect day for you.
Instead of jamming our booth space with lots of different images, we picked one image and made it big to garner attention. We also ordered some fortune cookies (another one of Amy’s great ideas) with our own custom fortunes and handed those out to interested brides. What a great way to spend a Saturday.
Lindsay’s bridal portraits
I was able to photograph Lindsay for her bridal portrait at the McCune Mansion in Salt Lake a couple days ago. She wore the most gorgeous dress you’ve ever seen from Alta Moda and to really juice things up, Cynthia from Enizio was the incredible talent behind the make-up and hair. Since Lindsay doesn’t want Whitney to see the dress until the wedding, I’m not going to post much, here. However, she did say I could post a close up. So here’s a teaser. You’ll see more after their wedding. Lindsay, you are so charming.
Salt Lake Wedding – Janet and Stephen
Janet and Steven got married at the Hidden Valley Country Club. I arrived early and we got in golf carts and drove to some secluded places and took pictures of the two of them before the guests arrived. I loved driving the golf carts. We even saw a deer. I took that as a good omen of good things to come.
You can see a short slide show here.
If you want wedding photographs like these for yourself or someone you love, give me a call.
Josh + Elena
Josh and Elena had a lovely wedding in Sandy Utah. Here is a slideshow from the wedding day.
You can purchase prints here.
Aubrey and Brian
You can see more and order prints from this event, here.
Bridal Portrait – Aubrey
And the support team:
See the whole session and order prints here.
This bridal session took place in Provo Canyon, about five minutes from where I live. Aubrey’s sisters came along (pictured) as well as Aubrey’s friend Amy and Aubrey’s mother. We had a great time. The weather was perfect and Aubrey looked as lovely as can be. Can’t wait for the wedding on Friday.
PDN’s Top Knots – Now online
PDN’s Top Knots contest winners are now online. I’m so excited! By the way, Jose Villa, who I’ve written about before, has the cover shot on the print edition of the magazine (available on news stands now). Also, as far as I can tell, there is only one other photographer from Utah other than myself that made it in the magazine. See if you can see who it is.
Great news for the brides in Southern California
One of the classiest, most elegant girls I know is Heather Balliet. I shot her wedding in San Diego some time ago and anyone in attendance could tell Heather cared about the details. It was about as lovely and stylish as any wedding event I’ve photographed. And now, get this: She loved her wedding so much that she has become a wedding planner. Oh, those lucky brides in Southern California.
Her website can be found here, and her blog can be found here.
Sarah and Kevin – The reception
A week or two ago I posted pictures from Sarah and Kevin’s wedding and luncheon. Four days after their wedding, they had a party at the White Willow in Provo. Here are some pictures from that lovely event.
