KaeCie

I shot a few photos of KaeCie Rae over the weekend. Even though I did have some good turn outs from it, I was a little disappointed in my over all series. I feel like I got too suck in the notion of "missionary pictures." As a result I feel like I was a bit of a slacker, and didn't really do as well as I would have liked too. It's a good thing KaeCie is a beautiful girl, or I probably wouldn't have had them turn out as well as they did.
I did however love the natural light that I was lucky enough to pick up on. It was nice that it was a soft light, and gave a nice over all tone on the skin, whereas I think a flash really makes for a more harsh lighting. Soo...I guess if nothing else I learned a little over the weekend :)

Brooklyn

I kinda love how these photos of Brooklyn turned out... even though they were a bit overexposed, I really kinda like it. I like the soft, almost glowing look of her skin with the color, and how pink and rosie her cheeks are from being out in the cold. I love how the contrast on the black and white turned out. I just really love a high contrast black and white!! I guess another reason I just loved these photos, was because of the cute little look on her face, and her pink earflap hat. I love the little half smile, and the little sparkle in her eyes.

Sweet's Street

For two years I passed this building three or four times a week, and everytime thinking "I should really stop and take a shot of that." I don't know why, but I love these old signs painted right on to the side of brick buildings. I love them even more so when they are old, faded, cracked and chipped peeling paint. I took some in color and in black and white, but I felt like the black and white gave it more of that older aged photograph kind of a feel.

A Cold Morning In Zion...

My mom and I decided to leave early one morning and go to Zion to take some photos. It was sooo cold!!! But a lot of fun. The ice and snow with the red rock was cool. It's not a way you usually see photos of Zion. This panoramic turned out to be one of the best of mine from that trip. I like how the ice really shows up on the rocks in the left side of the photo. The river laced over with ice crystals, the snow brilliant white against the red of the sandstone, and the sun coming up over the edges of the mountains made for a great morning to be out and about with a camera. I don't think I will forget anytime soon the feeling of being out that morning in the cool crisp air.
I had this photo printed in a really big print...it didn't even make it to Logan from Southern Utah before one of the family friends decided it would be perfect for her husbands office and bought it. I didn't mind though, I was just please as all get out that someone other than me (and of course my mom, that's her job after all) liked it enough to buy it! My first photo sold :)

Red Cave

I took these last summer while I was home for a visit. My mom, Celeste, and I went hiking in Red Cave, and of course I had to take my camera. I loved how these turned out. I love the red orange sandstone with the texture from the weather. I also love how the sun was shining through the slot canyon. It was a great little trip up the canyon. This one of Celeste is one of my favorite photos. I made her stand there for a whole 30 seconds without moving!!! I know it doesn't sound like very long, but it sure feels like a long time when you have to be perfectly still!! I'm glad she humored me, I couldn't have done it without her!!