Bryce Canyon National Park

Last weekend some friends and I headed down to Southern Utah to play around Bryce Canyon National Park. If you haven't ever been there, I would highly recommend it! This canyon is beautiful and has some great hiking trails. I got up early one morning with one of my buddies and we decided to do some self portraits.  I was able to take this frame with part of the canyon behind me. I'll just say, this doesn't do the canyon a bit of justice! The dramatic rock structures called hoodoos are amazing.  So if I was you, just sit down and plan a trip to Southern Utah right now!! :-)

Mason and Emily

Emily is one of my best friends from BYU-I, so I was stoked when she asked me to do her engagements.  We headed up to Park City, UT in the middle of a snow storm and I thought for sure we were going to have a hard time getting some good shots.  Well we were able to shoot in between the snow flakes and catch some great photos.  They were married this past weekend in the Bountiful LDS temple, and I couldn't be happier for them.  Congrats you two, I hope the very best for you!

Warnberg Family

I got to do this awesome shoot with the Warnberg's at Thanksgiving.  Megan and her family were able to come up from Virginia for the holiday, so we had to take advantage of everybody being together.  It was a blast to work with everybody and we were able to get some great shots! The little boys were little rock stars and loved getting their picture taken! Thanks Warnberg's for a great session!

Rydalch Family

This little shoot was a blast! The Rydalch's are my second family and I was really excited when Denise asked me to do their family portraits.  We were able to meet up one night and put this together, and I'm really happy with how it turned out.  Thank you Rydalch's for letting me be part of your family!

Orr Family

So I'm playing catch up and trying to get some editing done from this session we did a few weeks ago. I work with Jen in the NICU, and she asked me to do her family portraits. We went up Provo Canyon at the peak of the fall colors and got some AMAZING photos. So...I have to admit taking kids portraits always makes me nervous. I never know how they are going to react, so you can never really plan out how you want the session to go. Well, these Orr kids were incredibly perfect!! Every one of them was excited about being there and had a blast! This is just a preview of the awesome shots we were able to get. Hopefully I can get some more up soon! 

Devin and Tamara

The other night Tamara, Devin, and I decided to go out and do a quick session with the fall colors.  These are just two of the awesome shots we got.  The colors the awesome, and these two were even awesomer! I hope to get some more up soon, so make sure you check back!

Kenzie's Fall Portraits

Kenzie was wanting to get some fall portraits, so we headed up Provo Canyon and got some killer shots with the fall colors. Check back soon for more updates!

 

Josh - Innov8 Studios

Josh is the owner of Innov8 Studios and has let me be his assistant over the past year. We decided to go have some fun the other night and do some shots of each other.  Normally Josh does a lot of fashion photography, so he knows what he's doing when it comes to modeling. We had a lot of fun that night and got some killer shots. Thanks Josh for everything you've done to help me out and letting me learn with ya!!

Richards Family

So my mom has been begging for a new family portrait for a couple months. I had an idea of what I wanted to do, but never got around to it. Well mom's birthday is this month and us kids wanted to do something a little different for her. The kids met up at the studio one night and took each of these individual shots. Then on a different night I had mom and dad come over and told them that I was just practicing and I couldn't get anybody else to come model for me. The with a little Photoshop magic I was able to put these together. Let's just say mom was really excited when she opened up her gift. Happy birthday mom!!

Sundberg Family Photos

Jon and I worked together forever ago at the movie theater and we've stayed good friends ever since. It was a lot of fun to go out with the Sundberg family and get some good photos for them. Their little girl Brynlee was hilarious and a blast to be with as she modeled for the camera! Thanks Jon, Cierra, and Brynlee for an awesome session!

Jake & Darci's Family Photos

Darci is a good friend from college and had been wanting some family pictures for quite a while. We were finally able to get out and grab some killer shots with the fall colors. I had a blast with these two, and as you can tell from the second photo Jake liked to have a bit of fun along the way! Thanks Jake and Darci for an awesome session!

Hadley's Senior Portraits

This is Hadley and he is graduating this May. We headed out one afternoon to take his senior portraits and we had a good time. Hadley was a good sport and went everywhere his mom wanted. We got a lot of really good shots that day, so it was hard to choose which ones to share. Congrats Hadley!

Chris & Maeghan's Engagements

So I'm a little slow at posting these, but I'm finally getting around to putting Chris and Maeghan's engagements on the blog. We took these last September and had a blast. I decided to do a little more of a vintage edit on these and I really like how they turned out! These are just a few of the photos we took that night.

Viva Las Vegas!

I just got back from an awesome trip in Las Vegas. I went with a group from BYU-Idaho and attended Photoshop World, the biggest digital photography conference in the country. Uh-mazing! We had 3 solid days of constant, non-stop, mind-blowing, outa-this-world workshops that seriously changed the way I look at photography and where I want to take it in my career. We got to meet with some of the top photographers and designers in the country and learn how we can improve our skills. I was able to get some pretty cool shots while I was down there. I am still trying to go through them all and decide which ones to edit. I came across this one of Erica and I just had to stop right there and try out some of the editing tricks I learned at Photoshop World. I will hopefully get some more up soon, so check back often.

Oh, by the way: PLEASE leave comments! I want to know what you think about the photos on my blog. If you have any tips, advice, requests, etc...I would definitely love to hear them. I have a long way to go in improving myself, so any feedback is helpful. Thanks!

Light Painting

Last night my friends Ashlee and Dustin and I decided to go try our luck at a technique called light painting. What this is is taking several different shots of the same subject, but in each shot lighting up a small section of the subject with a light. Then you take each of these images and merge them together in Photoshop. It took us roughly two hours to get all the pieces that we needed. My camera settings were f/ 8.0, ISO 100, with a ten-second exposure. In Photoshop, I brought in the different images and then masked out the parts that I wanted. Once I had that all done, I put the image through Camera RAW to boost the colors, vibrance and clarity.

There are a couple of different ways to do light paining. The technique we used was following Eric Curry's amazing example. Another technique is demonstrated by Dave Black, who only does one shot in a 20-30 second exposure. He doesn't light the whole subject, but instead leaves part of the subject dark to add more character and texture. I'm hoping to try out his style soon.