old friends - salt lake children's photographer

My favorite kind of friends are the ones with whom you can pick up right where you left off...every single time you see them. You might see them once a month or talk to them every day or they might live on the other side of the country, but spending time with them is happy and familiar and wonderful.

The Manwaring family is just this for me (and my kids). Sadly, they do live a whole country away from us, but they were here for a visit this week and I got to take their pictures.

This little guy isn't as little as I remember, but still just as wonderful...

And this little miss seems so grown up...

And the one on the way is sure to be just as wonderful...

This beautiful momma inspires me to be better in so many ways.

To cherish the good...

And embrace the not so good...

To teach them to explore...

and to play...

and to love...

And, I made her pose for some maternity shots...because we are friends and I can do that!

Loved seeing you! You are beautiful in every way!

Click click click - salt lake city children's photographer

I don't have any sisters and my brothers are much younger than me,

so my kids kind of get jipped when it comes to cousins on my side.

But lucky for them, and me, I have some fabulous cousins

whose kids are the same age as mine

and we get together often for fun adventures.

And when we try to get them together
so we can take a picture of the special relationship they have,

we get this...

and so we keep on clicking, and doing chicken dances by the camera,
and making faces, and playing peek a boo...

click, click, click

and eventually, if we are lucky, we may get something as fabulous as this...

and then when the big kids clear out, this little stink just oozes cuteness...

and so we keep on clicking.

Click

Click

Click

Click, click, click...the story of my life.

Capturing Relationships - salt lake family photographer

When it comes down to it, the most important things in life aren't really things at all.

They are the relationships we have with the people we love.

When I got the call about taking pictures for the Gowans family I was thrilled.

Not only because they are dear friends, but because of what they wanted to capture.

This session was about the relationship between two adoreable little guys and their Avo (grandma) and their mom. How often these sweet relationships go unrecorded because we don't think to pull out the camera or because we are always behind the camera and those sweet moments that you never want to forget just slip by...too quickly.

But they didn't want to let the moments slip away...

so we captured them instead.

Two sweet little guys

with their beautiful Mommy

and their beautiful Avo

Three generations of love

And it started with a mother and a daughter

pretty hair - salt lake portrait photographer

So I have this fabulous friend, Aania.

And she happens to be a fabulous stylist.

In fact, she happens to be my hair stylist.

And guess who gets to take pictures of her masterpieces? Me!

Check out her fabulous work:

She did makeup and hair for this gorgeous girl...

a prom "updo" (or downdo as the case may be) for this fabulous redhead

and another prom updo for this natural beauty

(who is wearing zero makeup in this picture, by the way!)

See what I mean? She is fabulous!

If you need a stylist, send me an email...I would love to pass on her info!

Happy at Home - Salt Lake Newborn Photographer

This baby boy has had a rough start at life over the past few months

but he has been a trooper and his parents are inspiring in every way!
If you spent even 3 minutes with them you would know one thing for sure...
they love having their baby boy happy at home!

He is such a sweet little guy...

surrounded by little reminders of people who love him...

(I wish the person who made him this adoreable hat would make one and send it my way!!!)

a gorgeous mommy who seems like a seasoned pro at the whole motherhood thing...

not to mention having a serious knack for decorating...

and the sweetest daddy a little guy could ask for...

All in all, I think he'll be pretty happy in this little family of his...

Thanks for sharing this special little guy with me and my camera S family!

updated pricing - don't worry, be happy!

the updated pricing part:

It is an exciting day around here!

Long term pricing is now officially up on my site!

This has been in the works for a while now and I think I finally have figured out sustainable pricing that will allow me to provide you with beautiful custom photography

and top notch service at an affordable price!

the don't worry, be happy part:

The best news for you is that I am offering introductory pricing for a limited time introductory period while I get established and continue learning the ropes!

You will notice that my introductory pricing is very similar to my old pricing with a few changes:

Basic sessions now include a print credit!

Mini-sessions will only be offered as specials...

follow this blog or become a facebook fan to be notified about mini-sessions!

I am now offering build your own collections so you can purchase

prints at a 20-30% discount off of a la carte pricing and even get some awesome freebies!

Print prices have increased across the board.

Please know that this increase is only to account for the additional time I spend

(at least 15 minutes per print) to ensure that your  images are stunning!

And one last exciting thing...individual full resolution digital files

will be included with all prints 11x14 and larger.

I will honor my old pricing through the end of this month

and for any sessions that are already booked.

look out world - salt lake city portrait photographer

This girl has got it all! Looks, brains and zest for life!

We had a great time clicking pictures all over downtown Salt Lake City.

I made her climb on old tires, lean up against crumbling buildings and hike through the trees in sandals, just to find a perfect patch of colorful flowers! What a trooper!

So look out world, here she comes!