Grandpas are Fun

Before I started smileabunch photography, I did some practice sessions with friends and family to improve my photography skills for my everyday photography and for what, at the time, was only a dream of someday doing photography professionally. One of these sessions was capturing the relationship between Little Miss A and her Grandma.

It was such a sweet session, but we didn't convince Grandpa to come in and be a part of the shoot. So, since then, we have been trying to coordinate a time to do the same thing with Grandpa.

Well, this experience was just as sweet as the last! Grandpa wasn't sure he wanted to be photographed, but by the end I think we convinced him that it wasn't so bad after all! It was so fun to see him interact with his grandkids and to see how much they adore him!













Watch for more pictures of these kids with their mom and dad coming soon!

Rockin the Wheat Fields!

This session was just plain fun!

It helps that I got to hang out in some random fields with my awesome sister-in-law,

but we had such a great time capturing her spunky and fun personality

that we ran out of sunlight and had to call it a night!

Thanks for the fun times Shanae!

Want an Awesome Christmas Card this Year?

Yeah...I know it is August, but if you want your Christmas card to not be the same design as everyone else who orders their card from Costco this year, then you need to book a Fall Mini-session right now!

I have had quite a few requests for these sessions and I am so excited to offer them! They will include a custom Christmas card design (or a gift print, if you are all about designing your own). I will be posting some of my original designs over the next week or so, just to entice you! :)

Here are all the details:

Custom card designs are available with all sessions (those coming up and those that have passed), so don't be sad if your session is already booked!

just gorgeous

Another fabulous styling by Aania...

and another gorgeous girl!

pettiskirts

If you have checked out my galleries lately, you have probably noticed these cute pettiskirts popping up in my pictures. I am getting ready to order fabric for some custom orders I am making for some colleagues and thought I would see if anyone else is interested before I place the order.

They are $55 (going rate for similar skirts on etsy is $65), regardless of size, and you can choose any color (or color combination) you like. They are the really full, long, twirly pettiskirts made of soft non-fraying material.

If you are interested send me an email by Thursday morning.

Color options are available here: http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-53165610099179_2110_236706.

And, if you have a picture session scheduled with me, I'll give you an additional $10 off! :)

This one is buttercup.

This one is fuschia.

The Ranch - salt lake family photographer

You may remember these faces from this post not too long ago.

After she saw the pictures, "Avo" asked if I would come up and take some pictures at her Ranch in Peoa.

I had heard about the Ranch and how special it was to the kids,

so I was excited to capture their relationships in this beautiful place that they love.

We added some new faces from the extended family into the mix...




And we captured lots of love and lots of fun








We captured the essence of the Ranch...




brand new baby goats and all...


I was there to witness (with complete amazement) this barely 4 year-old boy riding a bike without training wheels. And one picture just isn't enough to describe the moment, so it became a storyboard.


and finally, we captured this moment...
which speaks to me on a sweet emotional level
because it is all about exploring the world together.
There is a lot of beauty in this world if we just take the time to look and see.


Thank you for inviting me into your home to share in this special place!

My Baby - salt lake family photographer

This is my new baby (and that is me there in the background).

She is delightful to shoot with...although she is taking some adjustment to get used to.

But any way you look at it, I love her!

I have been working her overtime between kids in soccer and swimming lessons and everyday shooting, but I wanted to take her out for a test shoot before I did any "professional" work with her.

So I loaded up my brood and we headed to the Great Salt Lake.

(You can read more about our trip on my family blog.)

And I snapped away.

The light was far from perfect because things never go quite as planned

when you are photographing your own kids, but the results were beautiful.

Now is the perfect time for beach sessions out at the GSL, so if you would love some beach pictures of your family, I do still have a few openings for sessions in August at the discounted pricing.

Make sure you call and book before August 1, though!