Olivia's Birth Story - LDS Hospital - August 2, 2010

It didn't take me very long to decide what to post as my very last blog of the year. It has to be the birth of my second baby girl, Olivia Erin Woodbury.

We named her Erin after all of the amazing people we know named Erin who exemplify the type of woman we want her to be. This time was different than our first, with Hannah we had the adrenaline-fueled midnight speed to the hospital while this one came in August, right in the middle of a busy wedding season so Lori was induced.

Since we had plenty of time, I set up several flashes around the room in order to get the best light. It was a lot of fun and the nurses were pretty impressed with the radio slaved speedlites and my big camera documenting every detail. I will show the flash placement in a Photo IQ post at a later date.

See out the slide show below for a full photo story of the event, or go to the full album on Facebook.

Lauren Betts - Baby Girl

Lisa and Scott have a nice sized family. For several years the happy bunch consisted of mom, dad, and three boys. Three boys. Poor Lisa. Lisa, the lone woman in a house of men. Trucks, blocks, and action figures littered her life.

Surprise! This year, little Lauren came along! Lisa finally has a chance to buy pink, tie bows, and capture the fun of the first little girl in the gang. I was thrilled to be able to capture some classic photos of sweet Lauren, both on her own as well as with mom and each of her big brothers. I have a feeling that this gorgeous little girl is going to be well loved and protected as she grows. Heaven help the boy that comes to the door when she turns 16 when she has bodyguards like these! What a great family!

{PHOTO IQ: A couple of tips for shooting babies that I would pass on. First off, turn up the thermostat so it's nice and warm. You'll get happier babies. Secondly, be prepared to deal with messes. It's a simple equation, babies eat, cry, and poop. Since you aren't feeding them, and you don't want the crying, you have to be prepared for the third alternative. We had a couple of covers for the basket and plastic underneath. It was not enough. Little Lauren still projectile pooped across the room. Of course, her mother was embarrassed but we reassured her that it was common and we'd prepared for it. It only delayed the shoot for a few minutes and we had a good laugh!
So to recap: Warm and poop.}

For those of you on smart phones who can't see the slideshow below, click here to be whisked electronically to the facebook album.

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UltraSound!

We recently found out that we are adding another girl to our family! I thought about pulling off the photographer hat for a little while and just being a dad as we looked at the ultrasound. But I didn't. I took a bunch of pictures. I loved the large, empty, white walls of the room. Can't ask for a better bounce than that!

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Twins...Part I - Brooklyn & Emmalyn

Got twins?
Do you want some? If you do, I know where you can move. It's in the water here in the good old 84123--this is the 8th set of twins in the last few years just in our immediate neighborhood! Some people think a child starts to develop their personality around the age of one. To you I would like to enter Exhibit A. At a little over a month they not only had personalities, I think they might have opposite personalities! It was almost like they were taunting each other right there on the blanket. I don't often shoot babies (I find them difficult to work with, they rarely follow direction well...) but we had a good time.
It was a simple shoot, two cute kids, a favorite blanket, and a monolight with a 48" x 18" softbox. (I did use a 580 ex II speedlight as a rim light and to bring up the shadows on a couple frames.)

Staying true to the theme, coming up I will double your pleasure and will post my second twins shoot in recent months in Twins...Part Deux - The Sequel!

Camden Simons. Can the world survive another Tom?

We met Tom and Leesha at the very first wedding show we ever did. They came by and we just clicked. They hired us to do their wedding and along the way we became great friends. We went out to Wendover and the Salt Flats for their engagements (which are currently NOT on my website for some unknown reason but they will be on there soon after a brief appearance on this blog.) It was Leesha's bridal shoot that brought us to the Crandall Building to shoot for the first time. Then their actual wedding involved some of my favorite ceremony shots ever as well as a gorgeous Mustang convertible.
One of our favorite weddings EVER!
So now, a few years later, Tom and Leesha Simons had a baby boy and unleashed a second generation of Tom's genes on an unsuspecting public...and we were there to document it! (Well, not the actual birth--now THERE'S an untapped niche for all you photographers out there...)
Tom's a firefighter so we shot Camden in his helmet with his boots tagging along for the glory. It was a pleasure, as always, to hang out with them and to be part of recording their lives.
(It wasn't much of a pleasure for Camden...he had to sit naked in a helmet. Judging from his expressions it wasn't nearly as comfortable as the LoveSac he got to lay in for the first part of the shoot.)

Kids, kids, everywhere!

We shot 5 kids from two families all in one big shootapalooza! Here are the results.

Don't fret little Kira, tax day is always horrifying!

Okay, so here's the deal. I like shooting kids. I'm just not sure they like being shot by me...
Here's proof positive that I might be just a bit too scary-looking for babies. It's from a shoot today with all sorts of kids running around. (We actually shot 5 kids and babies in an hour or so. I actually had a great time, I just wish poor Kira could say the same! (Is that pure terror or just sheer horror? I can't tell...)

My Baby Girl

I have to post these shots of my baby girl, Hannah. She is my favorite model and probably the most difficult to shoot--she's a year old. Click the slideshow below to see the full-sized photos.