Tweens - Sun 01 Feb 2009 02:49:44 PM MST | Comments: 0

In the last couple of weeks I've done mini-photoshoots with four 12-13 year old girls.  I work with them at church and wanted to give them a portrait of themselves for their birthdays. I just went to their house, found some good light and took some pictures with the goal of getting one really great one to frame for them.  It took me about 10-15 minutes each.  I was very happy with the results and thought I'd share my favorites.

Brandi

Saige

Hanna

I spent an hour with Patience, so I could have the chance to get to know her a little more because I haven't had the chance to get to know her father, who is her only relative in the area.  So naturally I have more pictures of her.  We went down by the courthouse and took a walk on the docks-just chatting about movies and life.  It was nice to get to know her better.  Her mother was phillipino and you can see that side of her in the pictures.

Patience

Garth M. - Tue 13 Jan 2009 02:43:31 PM MST | Comments: 0

This face may seem familiar to those who have glanced around this website because I took senior pictures of Garth's cousin, Kyle's, last spring.  They are a lot alike and so I found myself holding back from calling Garth "Kyle" many times.  We had some fun with trains and on the tracks and we went down to the Scappose Bay Marina, which is less metally and more woodsy than the St Helens Marina.  We also wandered around Garth's neigbhor's property with their permission because they have a beautiful stone home, some great old barns and some old rusty equipment.  If it hadn't been at the end of the shoot I probably would've played there longer.

Alyssa & Matt - Thu 08 Jan 2009 02:39:54 PM MST | Comments: 0

A week ago Tuesday, Tiffany, my trusty assistant, and I had the opportunity to photograph Alyssa and Matt's wedding.  We had visitted the temple the day before at the time we would be taking pictures so we could scope out some good spots.  That was a real advantage to us on the wedding day because we ended up having much less time to photograph the bride and groom before the sealing but we knew already exactly what we wanted so we were able to get it done and get it done right.  I was grateful to have Tiffany there- she served as my nerve-calmer, my confidence builder, my brain (the part that was blocked because of nerves), my go-to woman, my reflector holder, my list checker, my gear babysitter and my people gatherer.

Here are some of my favorites:

Christmas Cards - Tue 23 Dec 2008 02:36:05 PM MST | Comments: 0

I designed these holiday cards for my sister and I'm happy with how they turned out. The snowflakes are actually real snowflakes that had been photographed and then I took the pictures into Photoshop and colored them green. But the snowflake designs I attribute to the Artist above. They're quite beautiful close up.

I did not take the family pictures or my niece's pictures in the card-they did that at home and then I adjusted and arranged them.  These cards are 5X5 and we designed them to fold down at the top.