A Little Bit of Joy | Logan, Utah Newborn Photographer

I love photographing newborns! Each newborn no matter how old, has a distinct personality. This beautiful little newborn had a sweet, precious, calm demeanor even before she was born. Take note of the cute little mark on her left forearm. When Miss J was in the womb she would suck on her arm at that little spot. It was so cute to see and hear the story behind it.

One of my favorite things about photographing newborns is watching them sleep. There is such a calm and peaceful feeling about them. Miss J made sweet, soft cooing noises while she was sleeping that made me smile. Photographing this little girl was such a treat. I also enjoyed photographing her brother that you can see here. Her beautiful older sister we be on the blog next week!

The Maceys Crew | Logan, Utah

Continued from my post last week is an extended debut of my supervising team from Maceys. After we were able to take our group photograph, I pulled each supervisor aside one at a time to have their portraits taken. We started with some simple, classic and wintery images.

Next we started playing games. We imagined it was a warm summery day in cold Cache Valley. Then we saw the neighboring giant mound of snow and dirt to play 'King of Bunker Hill'.

The more we photographed, the more we cheered each other on to laugh, relax and have a great time. I couldn't stop laughing when Suzanne decided to jump into the snowy reeds and play peek-a-boo :-)

As we wrapped up our photo shoot we jumped on generators, poles and had Voguesque posing moments from the jokesters of the group.

To my dear Maceys friends I love you all! Thanks for the fun!

An Exciting Change!

I'm really excited to be going through some changes! This Wednesday will be my last day at my current day job. Life has been a little bit crazy for the past three weeks while I've been training my replacement and training at my new location. (at the same time!) After eight years of working there I have bittersweet feelings about leaving . . . but I'm excited for my new opportunity! I'm going to a place where my photography artistry is embraced and encouraged. I've had the opportunity to photograph a few commercial projects for by new employer and am excited to photograph a few more for them :-) I will have a super flexible schedule and all Saturdays off making more time for my husband and then you, my clients & friends!

The thing that I am the saddest about is not working everyday with one of the best supportive staffs! I had twelve amazing supervisors that I worked with one on one, coached and trained to support the rest of our growing team. We always found a way to make work fun and laugh along the way. My last official meeting with my team of supervisors, we decided to have 'family' pictures taken. I was able to convince a girl in another department to take a few group shoots of us attempting to be serious and 'normal'. After our group picture I had the opportunity to do a few individual portraits. (which I'll show you soon!)

To my amazing team: Thanks for the late night cart races, invention of new colors, willing attitude, the heart to heart chats, being a voice model, keeping a journal of crazy situations to make us laugh when the hard days came, thoughtful notes around my desk, best baked goodies, practicing new high five variations, hilarious adapted song lyrics and (of course!) constantly quoting 'The Office' to make me laugh. I loved our Christmas variation of the Dundies with our own gold plated Mrs. Butterworth's syrup. Live on 'Blaineys' :-) I love you all!

Little Cowboy | Logan, Utah Child Photographer

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I'm sorry for my absence in on the blog! I've started a new day job which will allow for me to be off on the weekends which will allow for more PHOTOGRAPHY time! I'm really excited and feel this is a good decision for our family and for my clients!

I wanted to give just a quick glance at one of the cutest cowboys ever! I had the opportunity to be in Fillmore, Utah and photograph this cute little guy and his siblings. I'm excited to feature each of their pictures. I've never seen blue eyes like this! At first Mr. L was a little shy. He asked if he could wear his Woody hat, from Toy Story and I said of course. He was so excited that he also brought out his cap gun and shouted 'yee-haw' from the top of his lungs. :-) This is just one reason why I love photographing children!

Organically Creamy | Logan, Utah Newborn, Child & Family Photographer

I love participating in Marta Locklear's hue and texture challenges. This week has been my favorite one to photograph. As I was searching for locations I found the very best color to be on the side of the road! I had several people stop to see what I was doing or if I was alright. I was glad to know that people still care! Happy Monday!

Hue: Cream | Texture: Organic

This is part of a weekly series of hue and texture photo challenges.

Feeling A Little Gray | Logan, Utah Newborn, Child & Family Photographer

I was really excited when I saw this Marta hue & texture challenge. I wanted to stay within the own proximity of my yard and was surprised by the various colors and textures that could be found on just one tree!

hue: gray | texture: wood

I'm Back . . . | Logan, Utah Newborn Photographer

I'm back from my adventures in Vegas at WPPI {Wedding & Portrait Photographers International}. I'm embarrassed to admit that I went to a photography convention and didn't take very many pictures :-/ I am now on the quest for a point & shoot camera that I can easily slip in my purse and use more often. Despite having a great camera I feel that having a point & shoot is a must for documenting everyday life when I can't haul around my camera in my purse.

I did manage to run and grab my camera when we went The Venetian one evening and was taking a picture of Chelsea & Kristin photographing me while I was photographing them. On the right Chelsea was being our model and Cindy was trying different lighting techniques in our few minutes before sunset.