Let's get muddy

FINALLY! I have completed another photoshoot I've been dreaming about doing for a while. I've been shooting so much for school and work these past few months that I haven't been doing any shoots for fun. This shoot quickly came together and was all for the enjoyment of taking pictures. Doing a shoot I want to do that doesn't have to fit any criteria or deadline is so liberating. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

Props to my phenomenal model Hillary Brown. The mud was FREEZING at 7am and she modeled through it like a pro. Also a loving shout out to Enos Ledezma and Tessa Taylor by art director and assistant on the shoot!

Fall is coming!

Fall is my favorite season. Although Utah doesn't have beautiful changing leaves for 2 months, I'll settle for the 2 weeks it gives me over nothing.

Statue Beauty

While browsing through Michaels this week, for photoshoot props, I came upon a fake flower. I instantly wanted to do something a little more avant-garde with it. My beautiful model Natalie agreed to be my statue for this project and her fair skin and 'Queen Elizabeth' look ended up working perfectly. Taking natural light as my inspiration, this is what I came up with! Enjoy. 

  

This summer's client work

The past few months I was totally burnt out from the fairy tale shoots! They took so much work to pull together I've been kind of...slacking. I went home for a few weeks and got some good client work done: family shots, senior pics, etc. Oh... and lots and lots of newborns. Did I mention I got a job a few months back at the hospital shooting babies? It's been a pretty neat experience. Anyway, I have a few fashion shoots in store, and with school starting soon I'll have plenty on here because of my photo classes :) Stay tuned.

Go ahead and hop over to my sewing blog if you want to see some pics I took of my most recent swimsuit and this gorgeous girl:

Hailey's Announcement

In all the craziness of last semester I forgot to post my beautiful cousin Hailey's graduation announcement that I did! Hmm I also forgot to post her senior pictures... woops :) Here's a few:

For more graphic design work of mine, go check out Mom's Best Network! 

I'm a graphic design intern and I do all the sliders :) Like this one:

Who Let the Animals Out?

Over Memorial Day weekend I went to North Carolina with my family and visited the coolest place EVER known as Lazy 5 Ranch. It's basically a drive thru zoo where you get to feed and pet exotic animals (and take cool pics of them if you're willing to break the rules and get out of the car...)

We saw the biggest black snake I have ever encountered, almost got run over by a heard of LARGE horned bulls, and had a Zebra steal our bucket. It was a blast! If you are ever in North Carolina you have got to check this place out. My advice? Hold on to your bucket and avoid the emus. They're scary.

This guy got pretty angry at another llama we tried to feed and spit at him, it was hilarious! And a little frightening...

All the baby billy goats were running around and making the cutest noises. I want one. 

Laziest kangaroo I have ever seen. He slept sprawled out and just scratched his balls. 

Look at those adorable spots!

My parents weren't too happy when I got out of the car to get close enough to shoot this guy! I had a fixed lens on so I had to get close! 

Don't you just wanna snuggle with her?

Devils. Do not roll your window down. Do not feed them. 

A Beautiful Set Up

A few weeks ago I met up with my lovely friend Meghan whose a wedding planner (check out her site here!) She wanted pictures done of one of her beautiful sets, and I was happy to oblige. The morning light  was amazing, and she found the coolest tree to hang all the handmade chandelier from. All in all, it was a really fun shoot (minus the two snakes we almost stepped on, scary!)