Clayton and Vivi

A while back we took the kids out to Antelope Island for a few pictures. A few favorites that I feel like show their wonderful little personalities.

Smith family

Recently I had the immense pleasure to shoot the Scott Smith family. Scott had a location all picked out, all I had to do was show up with my camera and shoot everyone. Ohh and we hauled their couch into the great outdoors!

This photo was my one of my favorites. I find that I prefer portraits that look less posed and more spotaneous. Scott has such a beautiful family! It was a great way to spend an evening! Thanks Scott for giving me the opportunity and for showing me a new awesome location!

Tracy and Josh engagement and bridals

I'll admit that these are a bit late in making it to the blog. I am finishing up editing the wedding photos, and thought it would be good to share a few photos from the engagement session and the bridal session (since I am so far behind, I am doing a two for). Wedding photography is still fairly new to me, but so far I am enjoying it. Tracy and Josh were so much fun!

I have to give a nod of respect to Tracy and Josh. It was cold during the bridal shoot. They handled the cold extremely well.

The engagement session was done near Saltair. If you are wondering, this photo was their idea, they brought the ball and chain, good fun and laughs!

Just boys

Some old friends and neighboors asked that I take photos of their 4 boys. Here are a few photos of the boys together.








One of the things I love is to catch those candids...







Mostly all pics today

My little nephew

My sister needed new portraits as the latest photos of her youngest are from when he was only a few months old.

My nephew is a little sober dude. It is rare to get him to crack a smile.



He loves to fight with his little sister, and is pretty good at getting her into trouble. He takes after a certain uncle that was a quite little mischief maker.



We did manage to sneak a few smiles out of the little guy









Just a few photos from around Grandma and Grandpa's house. There is so much fun stuff to do outside.

Dan, Elise and family

I am trying to separate the business side of my photography from my family personal side. The thing is that most of my clients have been friends, and family. This theme continues with Dan, Elise and their little family.

We were neighbors when we lived in the Bountiful condos. We moved to West Point and they moved to Farmington. They bought a beautiful home on the mountainside with a gorgeous view. It was awesome to see them, and a real honor to take their family photos. Of course there is going to have to be a re-shoot soon as Elise is pregnant and their family of 5 will become one of six...

First the family:





The baby is a girl and she is a little cutie!



Hey there is a new baby coming and you won't be the baby anymore...





The middle boy is a real toe head!



Did I mention he is a super-hero?





Last but not least is Dan Jr. He is going to be a lady killer with those blue eyes and dark hair!





Of course he couldn't be out done by his little bro (they both moonlight as super heroes keeping the Farmington suburbs safe).



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Portraits for the Slagle family

Clayton is funny, I was looking through photos I did for our cousins (the Slagles) and Clayton exclaimed "Hey those are my friends. I have a lot of friends huh dad."

The Slagle family was brave enough to have me take their family portraits. I had a lot of fun, and wanted to share some of results.

The Slagles are cousins (Brandy is more like a sister than a cousin). Brandy wanted red in the family portrait to contrast with the green she painted her family room. I suggested that we make portraits when the leaves turn red.



Aren't the Slagels a beautiful family (it comes from the Marx side;)



Sometimes the sun can create cool effects like lens flare.



Something a little different...



Da boyz...



Da Girlz (the girls rule the house by more than sheer numbers)...



See Brook in the middle? She is the most photogenic girl I have ever met.



One of the fun moments was when I had mom and dad do a couple's photo. All the kids were chanting along with me Kiss, Kiss, Kiss... The kids thought it was great!



Here is Kennedy...



And Natalie...



Brook...



Ethan...



Mom and Dad again...



This is probably my favorite...



Had to pull out the strobe for some of these, can you tell which???