Brothers!

I finally edited these photos for my brothers. They turned out nicely, don't you think?

This one is my favorite - pose, face, coloring.

Max, Part II

I know I said only a few photos, but I was editing the other day and LOVED these. He's so cute! I can't believe she hasn't killed me, I haven't even gotten her the disc yet. I'm so sorry!!! Computer is fixed, and now she's out of town. *Sigh*

*yawn*

Don't you love the upset-ness of his face? And the light. Yum.

**edited: I messed with this post 5 times, uploaded the photos 3 times, and moved them around. Sorry its a little cut-off... :( To see them in their full beautiful glory, go here (click) Thanks for reading!!***

Lillian

Since I have not updated my blog too recently, I could not remember if I had uploaded photos of Miss Lilly. I don't think I did. She was funny to photograph, didn't like being on her tummy!!

Thanks Alycia for letting me practice.

Sneaky Sneaks

Retro: Liz

Alright! My first shoot doing retro, and all told, I think it turned out AMAZINGLY. I love the photos, and did a TINY bit of editing but I love these the most. We tried to showcase her tattoo in the photos, and her dress was great too. Thank you liz!

Veronica: Maternity

David - CD

My favorite male model so far :D This was fun - and educational! I hadn't ever shot photos around dusk, so I was practicing bouncing my flash - and blinding Danny.





I know this one is a bit blurry but I think that is why I like it so much... :D

And last, the favorite of EVERYONE from the set.

Thanks for looking!

Veronica's Maternity Photos

If you have seen photos from either blog, you may recognize the wonderful - and beautiful! - Veronica. She is very good friend of mine from Mexico... she left there, came to visit, met her husband here and ended up staying. I'm very glad she did. She is a very, very, very good friend who also happens to help me practice my Spanish... which I'm NOT good at. LOL

Anyway, she is expecting a little boy, who they will probably name Maximus. Yup, like in Gladiator. They will shorten it to Max but I imagine he will be welcomed to chanting: "Max-im-us! Max-im-us!" I would die to see that! :D

Thank you, Veronica. One of the easiest sessions ever, and she's coming over tomorrow with her hubby to do more. We did these because we were afraid she was going into labor, and wouldn't have ANY photos at all! I'll send over the others probably early next week.

Enjoy!

Days of '47

Happy Pioneer Day! For the 24th of July, I volunteered to take photos for the Days fo '47 organization. It was pretty fun. I was a little nervous, as this was a bit out of my comfort zone. But I've been trying to do things with my photographs that are outside of MY norm. This was one.

I got up very early to take photos of the marathon. Unfortunately, I don't have the photos from that on this hard drive. They are saved elsewhere. So you will have to wait in suspense for those.

Shooting the Marathon was AMAZING. I had to push and pry a little to get a spot where I could get the runners really good, but after the 5k started to wind down I didn't have any trouble. When the guy who won (from Africa) came down the block EVERYONE - I mean everyone! - started cheering, and I felt tears pushing behind my eyes. It was so moving for me. One of my "do before I die" goals is run a marathon. I would have run this one, but I was lazy and did not train whatsoever. Joe and I made a pact together that next year, all things considered, we would run at least the 10k together.

The first two guys through the finish were from Africa, the 3rd from Vale Colorado and I believe the 4th was from Provo! Awesome to have a Utahn in the top 5. The first girl finisher was from SLC! Woot! And for those of you that care, the First Place-r finished in 2 hours 17 minutes. THAT IS UNHEARD OF!!! HOLY COW!!! Just awesome.

Then, after some grubbage - yeah Denny's! - we headed up the mountain to the mouth of Emigration Canyon to enter the "This is the Place" state fair park. They had a Days of '47 festival. Although, in retrospect, I don't think that SLC looked that way in '47. I imagine more like tents. But still, very accurate. :D

I took a million photos - and had to get model releases, which was challenging, and I was grateful for an assistant... Thanks Joe. :D

Here are a *few*. Ok, here are a LOT! Enjoy!






This guy, right here? He was AWESOME to visit with. He was from Rocklin Calif., where he is the head of the Pioneer History in his stake or even possibly his area. We talked to him for about 45 minutes just about how California and the pioneers are miscredited for the civilizations there now. We talked about the battalion (hence his dress) and the "Brooklyn," a boat carrying Mormons from NYC to San Francisco. He knew so much. And he lived in Ron's old stake. (Does he look familiar, Ron? I can get you his name if you want.)


This is Brigham Young and Maryann Young; Actors, of course, who are both VERY involved in this production.




They had replicas (I hope!) of guns similar to the time period, and they were loading blanks before the flag raising ceremony.

I love the look on this girls face. Almost AWE.



Again, Maryann Young; she made all the hats you see in my photos. Amazing.


This little boy did NOT like the guns. He started crying afterwards. Then got over it to be in the parade! :D