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Vacation

For me it seems that my vacations are tied to other events. My trip to Utah this summer was no different. My younger sister was graduating from BYU so off to Utah I headed for a week. One highlight of my trip was getting to meet up with some fellow photographers from one of the online forums I am a part of.


I grabbed my dear friend Becky and we headed out to the old Saltair to take some pictures. There was some willing models that were there but I have just as much fun taking pictures of the surroundings.





Here is the group as taken by a photographer we met while out there, Robert Schmidt.





Speaking of my friend Becky her younger sister had recently got engaged so I took a few engagement pictures for the happy couple.

Part 2 of trash the dress

Here are a few more from our fun trash the dress session... It was one of the most fun sessions ever!!




This one she was trying not to breathe, that rock really smelled.

Sneak peek of a TTD session

This was the first chance I have had to do a trash the dress session and it was SOOO much fun. I wanted to get little sneak peek up for my adorable subject. Susie I hope you like them.
This was her last chance to turn back..





No turning back now!!













More to come in a day or two, along with a little more about how much fun we had..

Although I really think this image sums up how much fun we had...

Sweet little Ryan

You might remember this slightly soggy maternity session. Well her sweet little boy has arrived. I got to go over one morning when he was just 7 days old and get these sweet pictures.







This sweet little boy was sleepy but also very hungry so he was eating in between most of the photos. Gotta love a healthy eater.







I can't wait till we can get some pictures of him and hi little sister together. Congrats again Rasmeet and Saran, he is a very sweet little man.

Little miss M was on the go

This sweet and absolutely adorable family wanted to get some family pictures and of course some of their adorable litle girl.







This lite girl had other plans though. She was on the go the whole time giving me quite the workout. She was oh so cute though.







She was such a litle love, check her out blowing kisses

Mr. B all the way from Utah

This little man and his very beautiful Mama came all the way from Utah for his portrait session.









He was wide awake the whole time and he sure did like eating those cute little fists of his.



Check out those amazing blue eyes.



He used up quite a few smiles before he arrived at his photo session but we managed to pull a few more out of him and that face is so sweet even without smiles how can you not love him.

Even the rain couldn't stop us

June has been a really rainy month this year. But we were not going to let it stop us from getting some Maternity pictures done of my sweet friend and coworker.




She is not only a very sweet woman, but a fabulous coworker, I miss worknig with her now that she is in another department...





Her Hubby is such a sport and even hopped in a few pictures when we asked.



How fitting she had this blue umbrella since she is having a little boy any day now.





I can't wait to get the baby pictures of your little boy once he makes his grand entrance! Hopefully his big sister will want to get in some pictures too!!

A closer look

I have been itching to play with my macro lens more. I really love this lens and just don't get to use it as often as I would like. I took it out onto my pack patio today and played around with capturing some closeups of various plants back there. These 3 ended up being my favorites out of the couple dozen I took.

Penny's got a new hair style

I have not really had a proper chance to introduce my sweet Blythe Doll I named Penelope Paprika (Penny) because I really have not had a chance to do a proper photo session with her. However, today when I got home I was feeling kind of blue from a rough couple days at work, and the fact it is still raining. Well I a a little package waiting from a sweet friend and fellow photographer, Heather. Inside was a new wig for Penny so I had to change her and slip the new wig on so I could snap off a few quick pictures. Doesn't she rock her new pink and purple style?






As I walked by a mirror I noticed my hair was looking a little like Penny's. So I think it is either time to cut it all off, move some place with less humidity, or dye it pink and purple so penny can be my mini me. What do you think?

A severe case of the wiggles

So my friend Em wanted ONE decent pictures of her boys together as a father's day gift for her sweet hubby. Sounds like a simple request, nothting perfect just both boys in the same picture looking at the camera. Well seeing as Sir O. had quite a severe case of the wiggles it turned out to be quite the challenge.












I thought it would be cute since Dad is in his last year of Dental school to pick up these Giant tooth brushes at the dollar store. Umm bad idea, when Sir O. wasn't trying to brush his teeth, his brother's hair or some bird poop off a rock he was just swinging it around.



Luckily Dad was willing to hop in a few pictures too, still not an easy task to calm the wiggles we managed to get a few with both boys at least looking my general direction.





Love these little boys but I sure don't envy his mom having to keep up with him all day. The Captain fell asleep as they were getting ready to leave, just watching Sir O. wore him out.