Photo Cards

I absolutely love to design. Just ask my husband. When I get involved in a project, I'm in the "zone" and can create for hours. Yesterday I got a call from a family member asking me if I could quickly design something for a baby shower she is throwing. Here is what I whipped up in about an hour:

She ended up choosing the second one. Which I like a little better. They are both turned out great. 

Here is the invitation I designed for my son's 3rd birthday party last month:

So ya! I just wanted to share and let you know that I can do custom photo card design for whatever occasion you can think of! I also have a high quality print lab that I work with that offers photo cards on high quality durable photo paper, so it's not just a print. 

I have taken graphic design courses the last year and I've learned a lot about printing and design. I use Adobe Illustrator to design these vector cards. 

Thanks for looking and contact me to make your next card!

Mini Session: Addie

I love this little girl. I've had the privilege of photographing her 3 times since she has been born! She is so cute and so full of curious energy. Plus her middle name is my first name, so we have a lot in common :) We had a fun and crazy photo shoot. Here are a few of my favorites:

This bottom image is something I did new. I used a green screen and digitally entered the background. I added the black and created a reflection of her image. Is it weird? I think it turned out pretty good!

Sunset Beauty

We had a beautiful sunset here in Southern Utah tonight. 

Sorry my logo is right in the way, its automatically put there when I export.

Pano's and Cutie

Yesterday I went on a hike with my brother. We went up above the old airport. The view was amazing. Here are a couple of panos I took: 

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I'm just about finished with Miss Addie's photographs! Here is one of my favorites so far:

more desert runner ups

I think I would have chosen to print these for the Heritage Days today if I would have known we had an entire room to work with.

These were taken October 2010 right after a huge cleansing storm. I sure do love weather photography.

Moon

A bunch of my fellow photogs from the Southern Utah Photograph Guild took photos of the moon the last couple of nights. I tried it out. Here is my shot of the moon. I did't get as zoomed in as I'd liked.. but still rad! I think I needed to take a picture of it when it was first coming up in the night. I waited until later in the night, which meant it was smaller because it was farther away. Thoughts?

Mini-Session Skylee and Jaston

So it wasn't quite a "mini-session". When the kids came over, I couldn't stop pushing down that shutter! During this session, I learned the power of reverse-psychology. 

For example Skylee and Jaston's mom had to say "Don't you dare smile!" and of course a huge, REAL grin appeared. Or she would say, "Don't stand right here! I do not want you to stand right here." Their immediate action was to go right to the spot they were told not to, and smile. It was awesome. I'm definitely going to be using those tactics in the future!

Here are the favs:

What I love most about the above photos? It shows the kids' true personalities. And that right there, is priceless.