Chudleigh Weddings – Print Features

Ahhh, yes.  The new wedding eye candy has hit Utah’s shelves and I’m so very proud to be included among the massive talents that lie on the pages of these two beautiful magazines. There is just something about print that I’ll always, always love.   Salt Lake/Park City Bride & Groom and Utah Bride & Groom are now available and they are full of fabulous ideas, inspirations, advice and of course….photography.  The wildly talented Elizabeth Messina graces SLPCBG’s pages with the Dream a Little Dream editorial spread.  Everything about this is fab.  Just photo after amazing photo of artful content & styling (due in no small part to the lovely Tessa Woolf) and shot with such taste and technical prowess.  And one mustn’t neglect to mention Val Rasmussen’s debut as UB&G’s new editor.  Lots more to love in both magazines so grab a copy for yourself and take a peek!

 

 

 

Blaire & Dave Isleib’s beautiful wedding was featured in SLPCBG.  I’ve yet to post my favorite photos from this wedding but many of them made in into my best of 2011 post.  More soon to come on this amazing wedding we had so much fun documenting.  For Blaire’s selects check our photos in her gallery here.

 

P.S. – How cool is it that the magazine led their Real Weddings section with a full page black & white image?!  Love that!  Of course it helps that it’s our photo….but I’m still impressed with that aesthetic choice.

 

Val asked us to shoot the Farm to Feast editorial for UB&G and generously featured me on their contributors page.  Thanks Val!

Note that sweet cover photo by an equally sweet woman I’ve know a long while and completely adore…..Sarah Baltz with Sparkle Photography

 

Here are some photos we shot of all the talent and beauty on location at The Leonardo and some of my favorite edits.  Catered by Emery Lortsher and Colour Maisch of The Blended Table, who are just two of the warmest people I’ve worked with, being on this shoot was an absolute pleasure as we were allowed to sample most of the food we shot and were in good company all day.  Other notable contributors….Amanda Hansen of Decoration Inc., Chef Tom Grant of Martine, and Carlucci’s Bakery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking Back on 2011

Here are a handful of my favorite moments from 2011.  It’s been an amazing year and I’m so excited for what we have coming up in 2012!

xoxo

The Write Image Holiday Social

I had the pleasure of shooting and attending The Write Image Holiday Social over the holidays.  Rather than displaying all the photos on my journal I think I’ll direct you to Lauren’s coverage of her fabulous party, here.   This was my first chance to poke around The Write Image and I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the product and service.  So impressed in fact that I bought my holiday cards and placed an order for business cards.  Can’t wait to see them!

I completely enjoyed the fun, artful projects provided by Sycamore Street Press and the amazingly delicious macaroons, especially the orange & ginger, by Mercedes White Macarons.  Oh, and did I mention the lovely little Kate Holland heart necklace I walked home with?

Please do have a peek at Lauren’s blog and watch out for another one of her creative endeavors that is sure to be a big success, Saucy & Kitsch.  Her event planning company is still in it’s developing stages but Lauren’s ability to plan an amazing event is ready to go so watch out for this one.

FoodieCrush Magazine Debut

The lovely and talented Heidi Larsen has been the face behind many creative endeavors including but not limited to Utah Bride & Groom Magazine and the FoodieCrush blog.  Recently she took FoodieCrush to a whole new level by launching the FoodieCrush Magazine, an online food magazine that “loves food bloggers, their recipes and photography”.  Needless to say, I am thrilled to have been involved and think the issue is amazing.  Seriously, swing by and check it out.  It’s full to the brim with amazing recipes, commentary and photos…..just in time for the holidays.

I had the pleasure of shooting the Apres Eats story, featuring Dara of Cookin’ Canuck and Kelley of Mountain Mama Cooks.  Feast your eyes upon the full story here.  I’ve included some of my favorite photos below but I do love the way they were used in the issue so do have a peek.  Besides, it isn’t just my feature that compels me to send you there.  Many talented individuals were involved in this issue including the multi talented Tessa Woolf, editor of Salt Lake/Park City Bride & Groom  & Lauren Brady, owner of Saucy  Kitsch…….both of whom I absolutely adore.

Santa Barbara Holiday

For our anniversary and my birthday this year, both occur a week apart in August, Peter and I decided to sweep away to Santa Barbara.  This is a sentimental location for us as we spent our honeymoon there 13 years ago.  Yes, I’ve just dated myself, 13 years ago.  We have of course returned as often as circumstances allow and the time is always a little magical to us.  So, what do two photographers do when left to their own devices for 3 days?  Shoot, shoot, dine & shoot.  Can’t beat it out of us.   I suppose we like what we do.

I’ve realized that photography, to me, isn’t just about the production of photos.  In fact, if I was never allowed to develop the film from this trip I still would have spent the majority of my time with a camera pressed up against my face.  I think this is because the use of the camera helps me to explore people, places and things.  Nestled comfortably behind a black box of some sort or another, I’m free to interpret the world as I see fit. I understand it through documenting it and for this aspect of the art form I’m incredibly grateful.  Anything that will aid in my feeling able to connect to things and being inspired by them deserves that gratitude.

Thank you.

Nathan & Katie – Kinfolk Magazine

A while back I was asked to take a portrait of Nathan Williams, Editor & Art Director of Kinfolk Magazine and his wife Katie, a contributor to the magazine as well.  Some beautiful editorials cropped up too and an inspirational afternoon transpired.   I was thrilled to be involved as the magazine grabbed my attention over the summer and I became smitten with the content among it’s pages both in print and online.  I’m so very excited to be in the next volume and to have had the pleasure of spending some time shooting with such a group of talented individuals which also included Sarah Winward, florist and owner of Honey of a Thousand Flowers and her husband David, contributing writer for Kinfolk.

If you haven’t already ordered it in print, check out the site, journal and Volume 1 online.  Super inspiring.  And don’t skip the manifesto on the site.  Like an artistic, welcoming, warm fuzzy blanket.  How I would love to share more photos from the shoot with you but I suppose we’ll all have to wait for the next volume.  I swear I’m not anxious only because I have photos in the magazine.    I have however dared to share one portrait I took of Nate and Katie with the Hasselblad.  One little magical moment among many.

Annie’s Bridal Portraits

Songs for Summer

 

As the warmth and haze of summer is already starting to fade and I feel the slightest hint of autumn pending I’m feeling compelled to grasp onto the last moments of the season that passed me by in a flurry this year.  I truly hate the feeling that some part of my life just zoomed by, right past my gaze in a blur of missed details and future regrets.  I love little moments and have a sneaking suspicion that this summer I might have missed a few.  So, in a desperate attempt to stop summer dead in it’s tracks for the last few weeks of August and into September I’m using a very powerful tool I have in my back pocket and use often.  Music.  The ability music has to transport me to specific times of my life is undeniable so I’m consciously documenting the moods of this summer…..burning in my brain every detail and moment I did manage to harness so that when I come back to this set of songs in the future I’ll have something to grab onto.  What a comfort.  I’m already smiling.

 

SONGS FOR SUMMER

1. Lump Sum – Bon Iver

2. Separator – Radiohead

3. Dancing in the Moonlight – Smashing Pumpkins

4. Can’t Go Back Now – The Weepies

5. Wildflowers – Tom Petty

6. Love Song – Death Cab for Cutie

7. Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl – Broken Social Scene

8. Buildings and Mountains – The Republic Tigers

9. Lithium – Bruce Lash

10. Catch & Release – Silversun Pickups

11. Flight Attendant – Josh Rouse

12. Shake It – Metro Station

13. We Went Wild – Lord Huron

14. California (All the Way) – Luna

15. ‘S Wonderful – Joao Gilberto

16. Pink Moon – Nick Drake

17. Never Grow Up – Taylor Swift

18. Swallowed in the Sea – Coldplay

Blaire & Dave Portraits

Apricot & Honey Rustic Tarts

While strolling the market the other day a funny thing happened.  A quiet something was calling to me as I walked through this season’s lovely produce.  A subtle singing.  It was the sweet song of a persistent carton of apricots.  I could understand their willingness to find their way into my basket.  They were ripe and glowing, promising perfection in both taste and texture.  Their beauty coupled with my growling tummy sealed the deal.  We were a match made in heaven.

Now, what to do with these little gems?  We’ve just moved into our new home so at first the thought of anything that involved baking in my half stocked kitchen seemed daunting.  Maybe just sliced over yogurt I thought.  No, that would not cut it.  I set one aside for a little greek bliss later because it was obvious, these little lovelies wanted to be nestled into the loving embrace of a tart.  I didn’t have any sugar yet but I did have butter, flour & honey.  Done.

These tarts are so simple.  Just a pastry crust filled with a dusting of flour to absorb any juices release while baking and an apricot & honey mixture.  Oh, what I would have given for some lavender.  I’ll just have to make another go of it soon.