Bradyn

A few months ago I had the pleasure of taking pictures for Amber and Brady for their adoption blog. They had been married five years and waited...and waited. Then, they decide to adopt and started the long process. Three months after being approved by LDS Family Services, they were given the opportunity to become parents. Bradyn was born on March 31st and is beautiful.

Nate and I were able to take their first family pictures for them the day after they brought their little boy home. It was a really fun and special experience and we are grateful that Amber and Brady let us be apart of it.

Pictures in the Rain

This last Saturday I did a family shoot for a friend of mine. Her whole family was in town for her brother's graduation from college and it had been a while since they had a big family picture taken. Nate happened to be working this particular Saturday...oh I wish he had not been.

All day the sun was shinning and it was a beautiful day, then about a half hour before the scheduled time for the shoot, the clouds rolled in. I could hear thunder in the distance and knew that it would be a race with time to get all the pictures done before the rain came.

I was able to finish the group family shots, but when it came to the individual family shots, the rain started to REALLY come down. If I could do this over again, I would have made sure to have an assistant, my reflector, and my second flash. The dark skies which are usually so perfect for photos, made it difficult to make the picture appear warm, with their light complexions. I definitely struggled, but I learned a lot!

Mother & Daughter Shoot

We recently had the opportunity to take some pictures for Jana and Kennedy, mother and daughter. It was a lot of fun! It was a location shoot at Janna's preschool. This made it easy to find a lot of different backdrops for our pictures. Jana and Kennedy made this a pretty easy shoot since they are both photogenic!
We used both natural and studio lighting during the shoot. I also, was the photographer for the shoot as well. Nate was letting me "learn" the new lens. I am definitely more familiar with it now!

Tyler's Senior Pics

Two weeks ago, Nate and I went to St. George to take some senior pictures for Nate's nephew. It was a really fun excuse to visit family and take a vacation. I had a hard time coming back to snow after spending almost a week with all that warm weather.

Even though I am sure that Tyler did not enjoy getting his picture taken, I thought that they turned out really well. It took him a while to warm up to the camera, but when he finally did it was easy to get great shots of him. He was so self conscience about his smile, which he shouldn't be, all you have to do is make him laugh to get the real thing.

I hope you enjoy these pictures and find at least a few that you like!