It snowed today.

. . . just when I thought spring was finally here!

Fun in the Snow!

I took Jet and her friends Lauren and Rachel out for a prom dress photo shoot. We went up to St. Anthony and went nuts. These girls are so funny and photographing them was a blast. All three of them are so photogenic and know how to work the camera!

Notice Jet has no shoes on?

One of her shoes bounced off into the river,

never to be seen again.

SLC Temple Trip

Nate and I took a trip to Bountiful to visit the Mower Grandparents. It was a lot of fun. I really enjoy spending time down there. While we were there we got to go through the Salt Lake City Temple. It was amazing! I really love the history behind it and Nate and I asked every temple worker that would sit and talk to tell us more about the architecture. I really enj0yed the experience and love going to see different temples. So far I've been inside Mesa AZ, Rexburg ID, Idaho Falls ID, Manti UT, and SLC Utah. Each is uniquely spectacular but each have the same true message and the same peaceful spirit. I really believe temples are the house of God.

The Clawsons

Here are the Clawsons.

They have the cutest little baby.

Again this was taken in my house with my makeshift studio equipment.

enjoy

Vintage Vogue

I did a shoot for my friend's company Vintage Vogue.

Kendra Nielson (kendramade.blogspot.com) makes cute hair accessories and hired me to do some photography for her new website that's coming out soon. She is very talented and each headband is well made with cute little details that make them stand out. These pictures were taken at my house from my little make shift studio.

the Haralson's

Here are more images from my make shift studio. I think they turned out pretty great. I'm surprised with the results I am able to get with my crappy light and awkward lack of space.

My Very First Light!

This may look like an ordinary living room,
but with a little imagination and some ghetto rigged
equipment it transforms into a studio!

Above is a picture of my light.
Yes it's a work light (the kind they use on construction sites etc.)
I'm not ready for the investment of a nice set of studio lights,
so this will have to do for now.

In order to soften the light, I bought some white shiny fabric.
I then used some more white fabric to create a backdrop.

This is the result of my first set up.
Nate was kind enough to let me drag him out of bed
and begrudgingly model for me (thanks babe).
Here we have a little Rembrandt lighting with
a low ratio due to the window light and the
reflection off my white walls.

This was my next set up.
I had Nate sit on a chair and I put up a navy curtain.

The ratio is a little higher due to the navy absorbing
some light, and it's an open loop lighting pattern.

Here's an experimental one. I think it turned out cool!

Well, that's all the action my makeshift studio has seen thus far.
Tonight I'm inviting Ethan and Diedre over for some more trial and error.
Then I'm photographing a family this Saturday, so hopefully I'll come
out with some fun stuff!