Fall Mini Session - Salt Lake City Children and Family Photographer

A boy and his dog.

F~U~N - Salt Lake City Engagement Photography

There's something to say for having humor in your life. Dan could NOT pull a serious face. I'd tell him to whisper something into his honey's ear and all of the sudden tongues were flying and funny faces were being pulled. It made things so much fun for me.

Just because they couldn't seriously whisper sweet nothings into each others ears does not mean that I couldn't see the love they had for each other.

Because after the funny faces were pulled they'd look into each other's eyes with enough love to make you know they weren't foolin' around.

And can I just say these people's skin was flawless? Especially Wendy's. Almost zero processing was needed for their smooth blemish free faces.

Dan also brought his daughter and she didn't disappoint in the humor department either. She made sure to let me know upon meeting that she used to do pageants.

Can you tell?

She was pretty good at posing. Too good.

I got to see more than just her pageant side though. In the bushes.....

Thanks Dan and Wendy, for sharing Saturday with me. Congratulations on your engagement and good luck on your wedding.

Absolutely Adorable - Newborn Baby Child Family Utah Photography

I was so excited when I got a call to do another newborn shoot. Then she mentioned that he was 2 months old and I got a little bit nervous. Any professional photographer could tell you that it's almost impossible to get any type of sleepy, curly, newborn shot past 2 weeks.

Almost impossible.

This sweet little guy was born 7 weeks early. So at two months old he only weighed around 9 pounds and was still small like a newborn. Sleepy, he was not. Sweating within the first ten minutes, I knew he was going to give me a run for my money.

Then I thought of the vacuum. I flipped it on and he zonked out for the most part. I was able to get a lot of the sleepy shots I was hoping for.

But I must say that I'm happy he didn't sleep the whole session away because he had some KILLER eyes. He's going to have the ladies chasing after him before he's even potty trained.

Big brother was so funny and such a little cutie too. We had him put his shirt back on after this shot, and every picture after he asked if he could please keep his clothes on.

So modest.

It was great spending the afternoon with you guys. Your boys are so handsome!

Squishy - Utah Newborn Infant Photographer

It is a really good thing that I have my own newborn or I might have just stolen this cute little thing. Little Miss A was such a little doll. She slept the majority of the time, making it so I could try some newborn poses I never got to with Nora. And when she would cry, oh that cry, so sweet and sad all at the same time.

This Mommy was someone I went to high school with. It was so nice to be able to chat with her awhile. I can't believe we're both Moms now.

Jess, she was definitely worth the wait, right? She's beautiful. All of that hair, I can't even believe it. Mmm and those lips, those squishy little lips. I just wanted to kiss them.

Thanks for spending some time with me and letting me create some memories for you. I hope you love them. And Corey, I captured this one especially for you.

There was massive amounts of sweetness going on, but there was A LOT of peeing and pooping going on too. Babies are good at that, right?

Valentine's Day Mini Sessions-Promotion Closed!

To celebrate my new studio lighting, I wanted to kick off 2010 with Valentine's Day mini sessions!

Portraits are the perfect gift for Mom or Dad, or even a Grandparent.

Dad, can you imagine the look on your wife's face when she opens a portrait of your sweet little one? Portraits last much longer than flowers and chocolate (or they pair very well with both).

Your mini session will be done at my home studio and will include a disc with 10 edited images and copyright release to print as you please, all for a LOW PRICE of $50.

Book your session today and show those you love how much you care!

(I realize my backgrounds are wrinkly and tags are stickin out all over the place, but I just wanted to give you a general idea.) (Also, my subject is a little hard to work with, so I wasn't able to show you all the possibilities, but it will be FUN!)

Getting around to it... - Utah Family and Children Photography

I took a bit of a hiatus, because I was a bit preoccupied with this little sweetie.

But I definitely want to talk about this family and show some of my favorite images from their shoot.

Jana is a good friend of mines sister. I've seen her at family functions here and there but haven't really had the opportunity to talk to her a lot.

I did this shoot the day before I went into labor. I'm glad we were able to get it done because Jana really wanted family pictures.

You know they've gotta be nice people if I was a day before giving birth and still able to enjoy myself.

Jana and I talked a lot about life while doing the shoot. It's easy to get frustrated with your kids while doing pictures. They aren't smiling, or they're running around. Basically they just don't listen.

But that's what I love so much about being a photographer. I get to capture your family as it is, right in this moment.

I get to capture your daughter with her hair glowing, playing in the leaves.

In this shot we were trying to get a special daddy daughter moment, but the second dad laid down the kids were tackling him. And I couldn't love it more. It was perfect. Mom climbed in and we got the perfect family shot.

Besides, we ended up getting that special moment we were looking for anyway.

Now that I'm starting my own family, I hope that I can be like Jana and really roll with it. At one point she even said, "I don't care if Beau is smiling, as long as he's looking at the camera." I hope that even though everyone might not be smiling in every picture, that we were really able to capture what your family is all about right now. Thanks for letting me get to know you a little better.

More about life.... - Utah Family and Children Photography

from this family, coming soon!

Madsen Crew - Utah Family and Children Photography

I don't even need to talk about how much I love these people because I'm pretty sure they already know. All I want to say is I'm so grateful to have such good friends in my life.

Enjoy the pics!

Heidi, I appreciate your friendship more than you know! Love ya!