Workshop Goodness...

Sooo, went to a fabulous lighting workshop in the Salt Lake City area of Utah this past week! Just wanted to share a few of my favorite images from my time there! It was a blast... crammed full of intense learning, great food, girl time, and beautiful fall scenery! Hope you enjoy my lighting experiments!! :)











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Caught a little sun through the trees!!

Rule Family's Sneaky Peak! :: Sweetwater Family Photographer, Abilene Family Photographer

So normally this little dude is laid back and all smiles... not so much today.. his newly acquired skills of walking (away) were waaay more interesting for him to practice... (can you blame him?)! We ALL worked hard for the smiles we got!! :)



OHHHH... how I love this!! Tiffany... you are BEAUTIFUL!!



This little hambone is one of Trystan's (my son) best buds.... I probably could have centered the whole session around him... he was all smiles and cheese! :)

Ok so apparently I like to push it and I am putting up a blog post when I SHOULD be packing and getting my gear together for my trip!!! More about that in a second! I could not resist posting a few images from my session this morning with the Rule family!! What a beautiful and photogenic bunch these guys are!! Hat's off to Mom who styled this session beautifully based on the colors of the location I had given her! I absolutely cannot wait to get to the rest of these... I started the download and was glued to my computer!! As a photographer... you always know whether or not you "got it" at the session... but I must admit I didn't realize just how MUCH we got! :) I was especially taken with the couples shots... just goes to show ya what great light and gorgeous people can do! I'm sorry, but Tiffany's skin is flawless... NO retouching. In fact, these images are practically straight out of the camera minus a sharpen, one vignette, and my logo stamp! I promise to post a few more later when I return from Utah... just had to give them a little taste! :)

So.... my trip, ya.... I should be packing but this is so much more fun! Where am I going? Well, I'm headed back to Provo, Utah (near Salt Lake) to attend a Pro Lighting Workshop.... the part 2 of the amazing work shop I attended in February. I waaay excited to get away and meet up with my two "PFF's" (photag friends forever..lol) Jen of Jen Graber Photography and Leah of The Salted Image and have some girl time too! I'm in for a real treat.... Jen is doing a maternity session for me tomorrow afternoon... so stay tuned for a few shots of ME (imagine that?) and my baby bump! I'll be back with a post early next week before I leave for Florida... 26 appointments... in 10 days!! Gotta love it! :)

Billie-Sue & Levi Celebrate 5 Years- Sneak Peak :: Sweetwater Wedding Photographer, Abilene Family Photographer

They just bought their first home not long ago... I thought it would be fun to do a few with the house in the back ground for the memory books! :)








Love it when I can catch some great rim light and sunflare... so pretty!










These two are just the sweetest couple!! Celebrating 5 years, they wanted to do a special session to celebrate and have some updated pictures to share with family!! I first met Billie-Sue last year when she started working at my kiddo's preschool, and was actually working in my daughter's classroom (Elyse affectionately calls her Miss-Soupy... lol!). Anyone who knows Billie-Sue knows what a vibrant and sparkly personality she has... her hubby Levi (or "Vee-Vi according to Elyse!) come across a little quiet at first, but he's just as awesome as his sweet wifey! They are the Youth Ministers at 4th & Elm Church of Christ and have a heart for kids and youth!! Perhaps that's why my husband and I love them so much?!! (We have the same heart!) Spending time with them this morning was so much fun... I did something I NEVER do and I brought my kids to the session! Granted, they stayed in the car and watched a movie on the dvd player as we jumped out and snapped away... and I must say, they were SO good!! If I was ever going to bring them to a session... this was a great one to chance it on!! :)

Happy Anniversary friends... I wish you 55 more years of bliss! I hope you have a great trip to OK at the end of the month to see your families!! :) P.S. These are just a few for a sneak peak... be sure to check back as some of the MOST fun and creative shots I have yet to post!! :) Stay tuned!

Oh, and yes... I sized these images incorrectly... that's why they are smaller than usual... and easy fix, but I'm going to bed!! Is that totally wrong of me?? I guess I'm a slacker!!? I promise I'll correct it when I finish this post! :)