Maternity

Earlier last year I posted on this blog that Maternity is Beautiful. Well, last week I got a chance to do another beautiful maternity session with Sherrie who is a friend of a friend (Emily, who also volunteered to come help out with the photo session).

Sherrie is also a photographer and has been working in the field for quite a number of years. When I found out that she was pregnant I asked if she would be interested in allowing me do her maternity pictures. We came away with quite a few good images and she gave me permission to highlight a few of them here.















I know we just about wore her out with this photo session, but Sherrie really is beautiful and I loved working with her.

Thanks Sherrie! And Thanks Emily for helping!

Meet Ingrid Barros

I am so lucky. As a photographer I get to meet some of the prettiest and most talented girls around. And this week, I got to meet Ingrid Barros, in person, at my little studio.

Ingrid is a Brazilian beauty, living here in Utah to further her studies in Interior Design at the LDS Business College and she hopes to move into communications with an emphasis on advertising.

While Ingrid is not a professional model or actress, I firmly believe she could do either one with little effort coming up to speed.

Let me just come right out and say it: I'm in love with the range of expressions this girl has. Ingrid is not only beautiful, but she has a sense of style and a range of emotions and a comfort level in front of the camera that I have simply never encountered until now.

I know this is a photography blog, and I could show you a ton of pictures (literally, a ton), but I think this short video sums it up pretty quickly. Please take a look:



Here are a few gems which, if clicked on, will link back to my web site to allow you to view more pictures there.

Protecting Your Memories

I realized the other day, when a potential customer contacted me for details about my albums, that I have not done a very good job of explaining what the wedding album is or what the advantages are to protecting your memories in a wedding album.

So I thought I would make a list of the advantages to owning a Wedding Album and then show you some pictures so you can see what a wedding album might look like.

• A wedding album will hold and protect your images for a lifetime.


• It will keep your wedding images together, making them easier to share.


• It's better than storing a bunch of 4x6s in a shoebox or a CD on your shelf.


• The print quality and size of the image can be much better than 5x7" or 8x10" prints.


• Printed on heavy pages, the images won't tear or wear out.


• Each album is custom designed, based on your feedback, to feature the images you want to cherish forever.


• It just looks cool!

So here is what your 12x12" Wedding Album might look like:


Note that it comes in a heavy protective box for storage on the shelf.


At 12x12" per page, full page spreads become 12x24" images! Note, too, that pages lay completely flat (unlike a traditional book style album which will curl in the middle). This allows you to see the full image without having to bend the book backwards to see into the middle.


Each page is thick and heavy. The pages don't bend or tear. And as you turn the page, there is a feeling of quality that you don't get with thin book style pages. The images are printed right on the page, and they go all the way to the edge of the page. These are not simple "picture inserts" into a pre-made wedding album with cutouts. Each album is custom designed and printed just for you.


At 12x12", each page of the album is 80% larger than an 8x10" print. If you wanted to make your own album, purchasing 30 8x10" prints would be smaller, would cost $720, and you'd still need to buy an album and put it together yourself. In some ways, the wedding album is a bargain.


Each album comes with a 12x24" wrap around cover (right on the album), plus a 12x24" protective cover made of thick material to avoid tearing. This image also gives you some idea as to the thickness of the pages (this being a 30 page album).

I hope this gives you a better idea why you would want a wedding album. Please contact me for pricing details and how to go about selecting images for your wedding album.

Congratulations Joe and Bekah

I've known Bekah Ostler for a long time now. At one time she was a secretary where I worked. She has since then moved on to greater and better things. But for me, the best thing was how she supported me in my photography. She used to tell me that she didn't even have a fiance yet, but when she gets married I was going to be her wedding photographer. What a leap of faith she had!

Well it finally happened. Bekah found Joe Jones and the two hit it off. They are so right for each other. I had a blast working with them on their engagements and watching them interact and seeing their personalities together.

And so the big day finally came. And what a day! A cold and snowy December 29th. Here are just some of the pictures that I captured for Joe and Bekah on their day:







 

 

 































































Congratulations Joe and Bekah. Bekah you made a beautiful bride. I absolutely loved how happy you look. Good luck to both of you in all that you do.