A LITTLE PAYBACK

Talk about pressure....a photoshoot with your graphic designer and his wife who happens to be your best friend from college?! (Shout out to Back Right Room ; )) They were so fun to work with (of course) and have perfect looks. If it wasn't for these two my business wouldn't be where it is today. And I would have a much smaller number of hilarious stories from college to get to tell my kids someday. ; )

It was tons of fun finding interesting places around Salt Lake City, and it was so fun try to pay back these two (three) that have done so much for me!

They are sooo adorable with each other

They wanted family pictures but Mason ended up sleeping through most of the session, but luckily we got this perfect shot right after he woke up! Isn't he SO CUTE?!?!



Stunning!!


That's the view in SLC, baby!







Thanks you guys!!!

I'M THIS FAMILY'S BIGGEST FAN

Between a long trip to Utah, my daughter getting a flu/double ear infection (it was horrible), and my husband being in the middle of surgery rotation I haven't been keeping up on my blogging! Here's a session I've been meaning to post. : )

I got to take pictures of my friends Carley, James, and Ellie before they moved from D.C. all the way to Seattle. I'm sooooo sad they left, but I'm so happy I got them in front of my camera before they left cuz they're so photogenic and fun. : ) Ellie and Carley, and my daughter and I are super close and used to have play dates all the time. I get so sad when we're getting ready in the morning and my daughter asks me, "We goin' to Ellie's house?" I really can't say enough nice things about them!

I'm going to start out with my favorite from the shoot!



Ellie has so many expressions...the pouty face on the left and then she's cracking up two seconds later on the right is sooo Ellie.
She even looks cute when she cries ; )







These girls are so gorgeous!!

My fav of Carley and Ellie from this shoot....what a sweet moment!




Beeeeaaaauuutttiful!!!

MY GORGEOUS SISTERS

My sisters-in-law came to visit over President's Day and it was such a blast! We toured the city and ate a lot of good food. And they entertained my little girl non-stop and taught her lots of new games (the only con is now my daughter won't stop asking me to throw a blanket over my shoulders and play Superman with her ; )). We had a few minutes to take some headshots while we were walking around Georgetown and I had to share them because I'm just so dang proud of these gorgeous girls.

My favorite of Tina, she is so gorgeous!!!




Can you believe this knock-out is only 15?! Definitely my fav of Whitney

A CONTAGIOUS SMILE!

I just had to share my beautiful cousin, Kelsie, with all of you! I can't look at these pictures without smiling. She's so gorgeous and so fun.

A big congratulations to Kelsie for getting married earlier this month!

Let's start out with my FAVORITE portrait of Kelsie....

She is sooooo stunning!

KATIE IS SO GORGEOUS!!

I was absolutely THRIIIILLED when Katie asked me to take her headshots for her new D.C. dog walking guide book (The Dog Lover's Companion to Washington, D.C.). The first thought that popped into my head when she asked me was, "I hope she lets me take super model pictures after were done with the book shots!" Well, I talked her into it and I LOOOOOOOVE what we came up with. I only had about 30 minutes with her alone (without her darling pup Denali), but, holy cow...we came away with beautiful portraits! And Denali was so fun to work with too, all my kid session toys were perfect for getting her attention for all her pictures with Katie. ; )

I also have to say that Katie is so easy going...we had a last minute schedule change because the forecast changed to have rain the morning of her session. So I called her an hour before I had a slot available and she just said, "Sure, let's do it now," and didn't even care that she had about 15 minutes to get ready for her session! (I need about 3 hours to get ready for my close-ups....Katie rocks)


Can you believe how beautiful she is?!?!


Katie was so fun to work with!

Gorgeous!!







No, I didn't do anything to her eyes in any of these shots (I never PS eyes...my clients just rock)



My favorite from the session : )

Here's the main reason for the session! Katie's baby, Denali who also makes the cut into her book

Favorite of Katie & Denali!

I was SO SAD that the sunset came so soon, but we were able to squeeze this shot out even in the dark! Pretty cool, huh?!

MY FIRST CELEBRITY PHOTO SESSION

Ok...I'm exaggerating a little....I did a beautiful fall family portrait session of Erin, Phil, Olivia, and Sam.  But doesn't Phil look JUST like Ferris Buehlar?!  

This little family is the cutest and sweetest bunch ever.  And Erin and Phil are the most fun and relaxed parents in the world!!  They just laughed and smiled at every silly thing their kids did throughout the session.  The ridiculously high level of beauty in their family, their hilarious kids, and their relaxed attitudes made for such a perfect session.

Here's some of my favorites!

Little Sam had the cutest jacket and hat on!



My favorite image of the day because of how happy Phil & Erin look



How much do you think Olivia will cherish these pictures of her and her dad when she's older?!

Sam's dimples are so adorable!


I loved how EVERY time Phil & Erin kissed they looked at each other like this afterwards









After we squeezed every last smile possible from the kids we gave them suckers and got this shot...my second favorite...and I'm SO GLAD I got this shot of Sam doing his "thinking" face.


Erin is SO GORGEOUS!!