Siblings. Bass Lessons.

My brothers and I wanted to update a few photos in our parents house for Christmas. Here are a few of my favorites from our small photo shoot.

My brother Tyson:

Christmas Version. Sweet.

And one of my son just for fun :)

My brother Teren:

My brothers are very musically talented.
Teren is a bass lesson teacher! He teaches upright bass and electric bass lessons.
He is seriously one of the best bass players in town. Just ask anyone who knows him or has seen him play. If you are interested or would know anyone interested in learning how to play upright or electric bass, see this flyer for more info: (click on it to view larger)

Zion's Waterfalls

My mom called me yesterday and wanted to go see the waterfalls at Zions National Park. We left and we are so glad we went. It was incredible and so beautiful. There were so many waterfalls. We were only able to go through the scenic route. The road through Zions were all closed. I just heard that all of Zions is now completely closed!

This waterfall was at the end of the scenic route and the biggest of all. The sound of it was incredible. When it almost reached the end it turned to mist and it was SO wet! I couldn't believe how much water was flowing out.

Evertsen Family

The Evertsens were my lucky winners for the Christmas Giveaway!
I was so excited to do their photos. I've known both Kristina and Jon from school and childhood so it was great to be able to see them again. And their little boy... what a HEART THROB! I still smile when I see his photos. He has the most amazing blue eyes and his smile will melt your heart.

Engagements: Emil and Kelsi

I have been waiting for an opportunity to do and engagement photo shoot for so long! I was super excited when I was asked to do Emil and Kelsi's photography for their wedding!
What a great session this was! So much love and happiness :)

I just gotta say..on the picture above this last one: I created the clouds! First time ever doing that!

I want to say thank you to Telsha for helping me out so much with this shoot and recommending me :)

Profile Picture

Updating my profile picture.
Since I'm no longer blond.
And I think this looks more professional.

I am an avid reader of the blog Go4Pro. They are doing a contest about the "About Me" section of a photographers website. I decided to go for it because the prizes are just too amazing not to want.
My husband took this photo of me. I like this photo because it shows my personality. Yeah, I'm just sitting there smiling, but I look friendly and genuine. Isn't that what you would want in a photographer? I also look laid back and down to earth (literally! ha!). I know how it feels to be in front of the camera, and I want my clients and potential clients to know that it doesn't have to be a stress fest to get your pictures taken. It should be rewarding and enjoyable.

I will probably update my "About Me" page regularly with new photos of myself. It's always fun to see myself in a photo for once :)

Winner Announced!!

WINNER!!!! Ok so this Christmas Giveaway was super hard to decide. It came down to two and I had random.org decide for me because I was being really indecisive. The winner is...

Kristina Lindhardt Evertsen !!

Congratulations Kristina! Send me a message or an email and we'll get your photoshoot set up! YAY!

All those that did enter and still really wants a photoshoot, I will be willing to give you a discount if you contact me. Thanks everyone this was fun! :D

Last Chance

Today is the day I announce the winner!

But not yet...

So please enter or nominate someone for a FREE photoshoot!!! It's all free so what do you have to lose?? Leave a comment at the bottom of this post and tell me why you or someone else deserves a free photoshoot.

For more info, see my original post here.

Good luck! I will announce the winner sometime this afternoon/tonight.

Tobler Family

I always look forward to taking photos of the Tobler Family.
What a cute family!!!!
I had an especially fun time because I got to use my new lens! Woot!

Christmas Tree

I bought a new lens for my camera. My kit lens was just not doing it for me. I played around with my new lens the other day after I finished decorating our freshly cut tree. Wow what a difference it made! I was able to do a family photo shoot Saturday with the new lens and am so excited to share in a few days!

My Christmas Giveaway ends on Friday! I will accept entries until friday afternoon.

Christmas Giveaway

For Christmas this year, I would like to give away a 100% free photo-shoot!

This includes any type of photo shoot of your choice. Excluding any bridal or wedding photos. Anything else goes! The photoshoot will be at one location with a time span of 1 hour.

You may nominate someone or yourself.
Leave a comment here on my facebook.
Tell me why you or someone else would deserve a FREE photo-shoot for Christmas!

Giveaway ends Friday, Dec. 3rd.
I will announce then the winner.
Winner needs to contact me within 48 hours for claim their prize (aka set up their free photo-shoot!)
*Photo-shoot date will need to be set before January 1, 2011

Blue and Orange

My brother-in-law Chris racing a four wheeler at the Warner Valley Sand Dunes in Utah.
I am thoroughly liking the contrasted colors of the blue and orange.
This photo is not photo-shopped: I achieved the vibrant blue skies from using a polarizing filter.

One of my favorite things

Christensen Family

Yet again, photos of my family! These are unique however, because I got to use a friend of mine's amazing, incredible camera equipment. Don't get me wrong, I love my camera and the accessories that I have gotten thus far, but wow what a difference upper high-quality equipment makes on photographs.

I always am in heaven when I get to take photographs, no matter what the subject is. This was no different with my own family. We even got my son to cooperate for a little while. You may be able to tell he was a little grumpy in some pictures.

Enjoy...

Look! I went brunette!

Looking so innocent...

P.S.
I know I've been a slacker at posts on here. But I do have more photos to go through and upload just for fun soon :)

Newborn Session: Addie

I just gotta say. I LOVE doing newborn sessions.
Here I have some of my favorite shots of baby Addie. She was such a doll. And guess what? Her middle name is Teria! How amazing is that.
I just want to thank her parents. They are wonderful and so sweet. Thanks!

Tutu Fun Bowtique

A couple Saturdays ago I had the opportunity to photograph for a boutique that is just getting started. Shay hand-makes all of her items and they were are all so adorable! Shay has a blog www.tutufunbowtique.blogspot.com Here are some of my favorite shots from the photo-shoot.

I think these hats are the best. Perfect for newborn sessions (which I'm going to try on a newborn photo shoot this week!) Thanks Shay for everything!

To see all of my photos, see Tutu Fun Bowtique Facebook Fan Page.