Wow. I think summer just got away from me. I can’t believe it’s September!
Well, it’s about time I posted these pictures of Heidi. We did a bridal photography session for Heidi in Salt Lake City. We had so much fun shooting these pictures, I can’t wait to show you the wedding!
We arrived home from WPPI late last week. Since this was my first time going to WPPI and my second time going to Las Vegas, it was quite the experience. For me, the best part about attending WPPI was spending 5 kid free days with my wife. I absolutely love my 3 children, but this was the first time we had spent an extended period of time just as husband and wife since our first child was born about 4 years ago!
The first day we were in Vegas, my wife noticed that there was going to be a fashion show. I told her I didn’t want to go. Guys just don’t go to fashion shows, especially guys that grew up in a small farming community! Everyone would think I’ve gone soft! Well, I lost that argument, and I’m so glad that I did. It ended up being one of my favorite events at WPPI. Since I’ve never done runway photography, it was a fun challenge. To make matters more interesting there were about 60 other photographers fighting for the best position to get pictures.
Here are some of my favorites. Which do you like the best?
(Be sure to hover over the images with your mouse for my thoughts on the shot.)
Was it brisk? Yeah, it was really brisk, but I was prepared. Gloves, hat, winter coat, hand warmers. If you live in an area that gets snow, you know the drill. Who would go out unprepared? I certainly wouldn’t. Especially when the temperature gets down to the single digits. You’d have to be a little bit crazy to go out in the cold in just a wedding gown. Unless . . . you want to get some amazing winter wedding photos.
Vandi happens to be my little sister. People used to say that we look alike. I used to get offended and assume that I looked like a girl. This is one of the reasons that you’ll often find me sporting some sort of facial hair now-a-days. Even though she is already married, the fact that she never had bridals prompted this winter wedding photo shoot over our Christmas vacation in Star Valley. It was literally so cold that we only spent about 30 minutes shooting pictures. That was including time sitting in the constantly running car to warm up every few minutes.
We had a ton of fun, and captured some awesome images.
Well, here is our Cancun Mexico wedding shoot with Amy and Jeff. We had so much fun shooting in Mexico and made some wonderful friends. Jeff is an amazing home architect and has designed several homes for many of Hollywood’s elite. Amy is a real estate extraordinaire in St. George, UT, and happened to meet Jeff during the Parade of Homes (of which Jeff had designed several of the homes). The two are a fantastic couple and are so in love with each other. Here are some of my favorite shots of the weekend in Mexico. I can’t wait for the reception in April. Enjoy!
While Bryant is off in Mexico shooting a wedding, I thought it would be appropriate to post some winter bridals. My hope is that he will check the blog while he is gone and have pity on those of us who are stuck back in Utah enduring the cold. Part of me hopes that he forgets to put sunblock on and comes back looking like something Red Lobster would envy.
When Missy and I got married, we were pretty much broke. Funds were so tight that we decided to skip out on the bridals, and just have a photographer at the wedding. We sometimes regret that we skipped the bridals. While we were visiting my parents in Star Valley Wyoming for Christmas, we thought it might be fun to take some winter bridals. I had a warm winter clothes on, and I was a bit chilled, yet Missy kept insisting that it wasn’t too bad (I couldn’t feel my fingers for part of the shoot).
One of the most difficult things about photography, at least for me, is deciding which way I want to go with the post processing. Sometimes very natural looking images just look so good, others I just love the uniqueness that is added with some creative post processing. For this post, I decided split some of my favorites up into groups depending on how they were processed.
This one is probably my favorite from the shoot.
