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Two Family Weddings in Two Weeks!Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Yep, it is true – there were two weddings in my family in the last 2 months. In fact the weddings were only 2 weeks apart. The last sibling to be married was my sister – eleven years ago. So to have 2 so close together is probably a bit odd. And I was the wedding photographer for both weddings – woo hoo!

I will be blogging the photographs later when they are ready for publishing. In the meantime I figured I would share the two family photographs.

The first photograph features the family portrait from the Salt Lake wedding. My brother Jonathan (the youngest of 7 kids) married Kelli Jo in the Salt Lake City Temple.

Jonathan and Kelli Jo were married in December at the Salt Lake Temple

My brother Joel married Carissa 2 weeks later at the Snowflake Arizona Temple. My brother Paul wasn’t able to make it out for that wedding so I will be adding him with the power of Photoshop.

Joel and Carissa were married in January at the Snowflake Arizona Temple

Our family is very excited for our new sister-in-laws! They are awesome and they have really meshed well with our family. Most importantly they enjoy our family’s sense of humor – which is important

Now if we can find someone for my sister…

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Joel & Carissa on Polaroid, It’s the Future!Monday, January 16th, 2012

Blogging two days in a row? That is unheard of! A record I won’t be breaking anytime soon I am sure.

I wanted to share a Polaroid photograph I created of Joel and Carissa. I created this at their wedding reception in Orem, Utah on Saturday. A few months ago I bought 2 Polaroid CloseUp cameras – one is for black and white film and the other one is for color photographs.

The past year has seen a number of changes for my shooting style. I have been seduced by the novelty of film and Polaroid film is probably the most unique film out there.

Joel & Carissa on Polaroid Film

To each of my weddings, bridals, and engagement sessions I have been bringing along at least one film camera and often one Polaroid to snap a few photographs. I am definitely seeing the world a bit differently when I shoot film. My hope is to create a unique look for my clients.

In most cases I will scan the film into my computer and then send the client the original Polaroid. In the future I will probably just hand the Polaroid over to the client and they can have a truly unique one of a kind photograph of their very own.

I have a few more Polaroids that I will be posting. Brides have been head over heals for the look. Everyone likes the vintage look and feel. I can imitate that in Photoshop, however, there is a certain magic feeling that a real Polaroid or film photograph contains that can’t be captured digitally.

For those that are curious – Polaroid the company no longer makes the film for Polaroid cameras. There is a new company called The Impossible Project. They are the masterminds who have reverse engineered the film to work with Ye Olde Tyme Polaroid cameras. I just call everything Polaroid since that is what people think when they see this film.

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Sometimes I Wish I Could Relax – Maybe Then I Would Blog More :)Sunday, January 15th, 2012

Too busy to blog? How does that happen? And with the New Year already started I missed my opportunity for a New Year’s Resolution. Well, I do have resolutions and blogging isn’t officially on the list but I will be making more of an effort to blog and use social media to network and market.

Life has gotten so busy but I am managing pretty well. In two weeks there were two brothers marrying to amazing women in two different states – it has been madness and totally amazing. I was the wedding photographer for both weddings and I will be posting photographs eventually on the blog.

In the meantime I will share with you a photograph of my nephew chilling out at the wedding reception last night. Sometimes I wish I could just relax like this – chill and play on the iPhone. However, the life of a photographer is non stop marketing, photographing, and editing. And I wouldn’t change that for anything.

Chilling out and relaxing at a wedding reception?

And I am sure I sound like a broken record when I promise to blog more – and I am sure I can make it happen. Although blogging is right behind my goal to get to the gym to get in shape. That is my top priority in life right now and it is important. What good is being a photographer if I can’t carry all my camera gear to a wedding? And I need to be in shape to spend 8-15 hours on my feet taking photographs of people’s weddings.

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A Summer Rose Sachs Wedding for Teresa & NelsonWednesday, October 5th, 2011

Congratulations to Teresa and Nelson! It was an honor to photograph their wedding day. I was a bit nervous – there was a 20 minute rain delay – but once the storm cleared it was beautiful light and a beautiful sunset.

This was the third time I have photographed a wedding at Rose Sachs. In fact I helped another photographer photograph a wedding at Rose Sachs that very same morning. It is located half way between Salt Lake City and Park City and it is a gorgeous location.

I am going to start off with one of my favorite photographs – I usually show these chronologically – but I am going to tell this story a little differently.

Teresa and Nelson's formal wedding photographs at Rose Sachs

Getting ready photographs aren’t necessary but they help tell a story. Of course it is important for the bride and groom and the people involved to be comfortable with a photographer in the area. Often times I just wait outside and wait till people are dressed enough for some “getting ready photos.”

Getting ready for the wedding - waiting out the rain

The groom wore a kilt from his family’s history and they used YouTube as a checklist for the proper way to wear a kilt.

Using YouTube so we know how to wear a kilt

The wedding ceremony was presided by a Buddhist priest/monk and so it is a good thing that Rose Sachs had a Buddha statue already there.

Rose Sachs had a buddha statue on hand - coincidence that the wedding ceremony was a Buddhist ceremony.

This is one of the first Buddhist wedding ceremonies that I have had the opportunity to photograph. It is really cool to witness different cultures and different religious ceremonies. That same morning I had helped photograph a Chinese wedding ceremony which included the tea and red envelopes.

Buddhist wedding ceremony

Getting to photograph the rings as they are exchanged can be a challenge. Couples don’t always turn the hands to show the rings. And I won’t get so close to be a distraction – fortunately there was room where I could get a great shot of the rings being exchanged.

Exchanging wedding rings

I have some new and improved software that I use to create the perfect black and white photograph. It gives me so much control – I can even imitate popular black and white film! I can definitely add all the drama I want! Occasionally I will photograph with actual film cameras but when it counts I am going digital because of the flexibility, creative control and quality.

You may kiss the bride. First kiss.

And then time for wedding portraits! We started in front of the Rose Sachs waterfall and then moved to the area that was having some amazing clouds and sunset. The light was beautiful but also disappearing quickly.

Formal Wedding Portraits in front of the waterfall

Group photographs of the wedding party

I saw these clouds and colors and knew I needed to move people over quickly. The early storms had left way for a beautiful sunset and colors in the sky.

Formal portraits in front of the gorgeous backdrop

Taking advantage of the beautiful sunset for these photographs.

Here are some of the wedding details. I always go for the flowers, cake, wedding rings, decorations, food. The details are always important – you design a great wedding and the details help tell that story. And if you ever want a wedding published in the magazine you have to have amazing detail photographs. So I always shoot hoping that things look like a magazine.

The wedding cake in front of the Rose Sachs Waterfall

The wedding bouquet and the waterfall

I really like photographing wedding rings. I see it as a miniature version of the bride and groom and we place them in unique locations.

The wedding rings

A few more wedding portraits

Time to party!

There are the traditional activities of cake cutting, the garter belt, and the tossing of the bouquet. They had the groom toss the bouquet and then the bride removed a part of the kilt setup.

Cutting the cake

Teresa removes the groom's garter

Nelson throws the bride's bouquet

This isn't the first dance - but I really like this photograph

Congratulations to Teresa and Nelson!

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David & Jenn’s Wedding at the Oquirrh Mountain TempleTuesday, May 31st, 2011

This month I had the opportunity to photograph David and Jenn’s wedding at the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. Much like court rooms there are no cameras allowed in a LDS Temple. So while David and Jenn were sealed to each other in the temple I took the opportunity to photograph the temple and the beautiful tulips and landscape of the temple grounds.

Oquirrh Mountain Temple

We were nervous that the day was going to be rain filled, however, we were spared rain and it was overcast – which did create some beautiful light for the wedding day.

Spring time weddings means the temple is decorated with tulips

David and Jenn exit the temple and are greeted by their children. And we then took group photographs and the formal portraits of David and Jenn. I am so happy the weather cooperated! I can’t stress that enough. If worse came to worse I had offered to photograph their family again another day.

David and Jenn after their sealing in the temple

Their children waiting for them outside

For this wedding – they hired me with one of my 4 hour wedding packages. It is a half day of coverage and in this case they purchased a disk with the full resolution photographs! Just wanted to show folks what can be done in only 4 hours of photography coverage.

Group photo in front of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple

And I was not the only photographer there – it is always fun to capture some candid moments before the wedding.

I was not the only photographer in attendance

These are a few of the formal portraits for David and Jenn. I like to start with the large group photo and then dismiss family and friends so we can focus on the bride and groom. It pays to be a bossy photographer to move the family and friends along. We want to spend as much time with the bride and groom as possible and we don’t want to spend too much time with photographs. Photographers can spend a lot of time but the most important part of the wedding isn’t photography – it is spending time with your family and friends! So I try to be as efficient as possible.

Formal wedding portraits of David & Jenn

I try to edit photographs as quickly as possible. In the day and age of digital photography it is totally possible to have the photographs online the same day as the wedding. However, I believe in taking a little bit of time to make sure I have eliminated photographs that aren’t up to par. If someone is blinking, or people aren’t smiling or if I have to replace some faces of people who blinked, or weren’t smiling. I work quickly but I don’t want to cut corners.

Formal wedding portraits of David & Jenn

After we were finished with the wedding portraits I played the roll of limo driver – somehow the keys to the bride and groom’s car were misplaced and they needed a ride to their wedding reception! I should vacuum my car before a wedding next time

Wedding Bouquet

The wedding was originally planned for a backyard wedding reception. However, due to the threat of thunderstorms and rain the reception was moved indoors. We worked with the tight quarters and it worked just fine. The cake and flowers were beautiful!