Photography is Cool

Yeah, I said it. I LOVE people that do crazy, cool things with pictures. This video is just really enjoyable to watch and made me happy!
Apparently this video is up for a Grammy and I fully support that, it's just fun.

The Best of 2009 part II - Engagements

Engagements are one of my favorite things to shoot. I love the latitude we have to be creative and unique. We can literally do anything! We are limited only by our creativity. I enjoy putting thought and effort into coming up with killer images. So, without further ado, here is the second part of my 2009 review, Engagement Portraits.

The Best of 2009 part I - Bridals

I'm going through last year and analyzing my work and setting goals for this year. I feel so great about the work I did last year and am excited for the amazing clients we have booked so far for this year. So here is the first part of my 2009 review, Bridals.

Maree - Bridals - Union Station, Ogden Utah

Maree and John were referred to us by Summer and JD (See the last post) so we knew right off that we'd love them, and we do. The inspiration for their engagement session was derived from her wedding colors so when we were looking for a location for bridals we needed a similarly inspiring location. Maree gave me a lot of creative control through the whole process of her wedding and that's always exciting. I knew what feeling I wanted but not really where to find it--Maree's not really a nature girl but also isn't the urban graffiti type. She needed a location that was classy and unique but still relaxed and approachable. Ogden's Union Station fit the bill perfectly.
Stay tuned, John and Maree's beautiful wedding is coming up soon! (Their formals overlooking sunset on the red rock hills of St. George are killer.)

For all you smart phone people who can't see the flash slideshow below because of the amazing injustice that withholds Flash from all of us, click here to see the images on facebook.

JD & Summer - Wedding

Summer and JD. Two of the best people we've ever worked with. As often happens, we didn't just shoot their wedding and design their flowers, we became friends.

I posted their engagements in a previous post so if you want a good intro, check that out.
Being a Texas girl, Summer wanted her whole wedding party all dressed up and ready to party for the temple photos as well as at the reception. It made for images that are, well, Summery. The images reflect her style, energy, and let's face it--her ability to do one-handed cart-wheels in full wedding regalia.
The ceremony was a back yard affair in the best implication of the term. Along with being an awesome location complete with pool, dance floor, gazebo, and trampoline, it also happened to be less than a mile from my house making it just about the perfect location. After much preparation and even more prayer (mostly that the rain would stop) everything went without a hitch and turned out stunningly.

If you cannot see the slide show below, click here for the facebook album.

Do You LOVE Pixels? Say Hello to My Little German Friend!

Okay, this is cool. The Dresden Project is a HUGE photo shot on the roof of the building "Haus der Presse" in Dresden, Germany. It is made up of 26 billion pixels! It was shot by a robot with a Canon 5d mark II in 172 minutes. It took 16 processors 94 hours to stitch everything together.
You can use your scroll wheel to zoom in and out and hold your mouse button and move the mouse to scroll. It is just really amazing.
Click here to link to the site.

Shane & Amanda - Glacier National Park, Montana

After one of my favorite engagement sessions ever in City of Rocks, Idaho, I wondered what Shane and Amanda could possibly do to top it. I knew their wedding ceremony would be wonderful--a destination wedding in the Sawtooth Mountains--but they had much bigger things in mind. They decided to do their wedding portraits a few days before the wedding in one of the most beautiful places on earth, Glacier National Park. It was a quick trip but WOW! I want them to get married every year. Keep tabs on the blog because their wedding day is still to come!

As always, if you can't see the flash slideshow below, click here to head over to the album on facebook.

Alex & Brittnie - The Holy Family Catholic Church

Brittnie and Alex were married in a beautiful Catholic ceremony in the newly completed Holy Family Catholic Church in Ogden, Utah. It was a dramatic, emotional ceremony worthy of the magnificent church that was only a few weeks old.
Following the ceremony the party moved to the previous church building for a sit-down luncheon and a reception that can only be described as a rocking PARTY!
Enjoy the images of this classy, unique wedding...and stay tuned because the Maid of Honor in this wedding--Brittnie's sister Blayr--got married just a month later, making this an epic summer for the Holmgren clan. I was excited to be there for both and will be posting Blayr and Brock's images soon!

If you cannot see the flash slideshow below, you can click here to see the album on my facebook page.