Angela - Class of 2016 - Southern Utah Photographer

This girl is a CLASSIC beauty. She just has a timeless look about her and as a plus she has the most adorable personality!!
Angela is so amazing and we got along really great! She is interested in photography as well so we had a lot to chat about when it came to what she had learned so far. She is on the high school's yearbook staff and is enjoying that right now. She also is the Princess for her city royalty and that comes with a lot of responisbility to do events and things and she has done a fabulous job with those as well.
Angela is such a down to earth person and I'm so glad that I know her!! Enjoy these beautiful pictures of her!!

10 Reasons to get your Senior Portraits done in the Fall - Southern Utah Senior Photographer

Hey Guys!!
I'm busy getting ready for baby girl to come and I thought I would just drop a quick little note to you!

After I have my baby, I'm ready to jump back into photography full force and I have such great ideas and goals!!

So today we're talking about why you should get your Senior photos done in the Fall. I want to encourage my clients…and potential clients…to book their High School Senior Portraits either the summer before or the fall of their Senior year (Summertime won't work for me this year, but next year for sure!).    For some reason, most people have a hard time grasping that concept… so I've decided to put together a list of reasons WHY!!

8. The weather is perfect!

I know what you are thinking, "It can still be hot in August and September!" BUT, with the timing of perfect lighting, we are shooting when the temperature is just right. Not too hot, and not chilly either! And the angles of the sun are much more pleasing!

7. Colors

In the fall, you can have gorgeous greens, and luscious yellows, reds, and oranges. If you wait until the spring, colors are just barely peeking out and everything still looks kind of dead from Winter. That's one of the main reasons I love shooting in the fall!

6. Spring weather

It can be so unpredictable!! I know this past spring I had to reschedule quite a few sessions because it was raining. Also, it seems to be so much more windy in the Spring. (Just my opinion! haha even though it seems like it's ALWAYS windy!)

5. Students don't change THAT much between Fall and Spring....especially at this age. Yes, hairstyle may be a little different, clothes preferences may change, but for the most part...the students still look like themselves!

4. The student will have a tan!! I know it may seem like a little detail, but just a little "sun kissed skin" will have you feel a little more confident. I commonly get asked, "can you make me a little more tan?" LOL 

3. Most people don't think about doing senior portraits until Spring, so photographers get booked full pretty quickly! If you're set on getting a certain photographer you love, you could run the risk of not being able to get a session with them. And you wouldn't want that.

2. If you get your senior portraits in the Fall, you'll have beautiful, professional photos of yourself to use and show off all year long! Applications, auditions... Facebook... You know. If you're going to get them done anyway, why wait all those months? I have had clients tell me they were so glad they did their senior session early because they had no idea they would need the images so often throughout their senior year.

1. And drumroll....... You will be crazy busy in the Spring! April and May are busy months for Seniors and you will want to get those graduation announcements out in time! And you will want to be able to just enjoy the last month of your Senior year and have all of the pictures and announcements taken care of!

Fabulous Fall Styled Shoot - Southern Utah Photographer

I know it's technically still winter time but I just had to show off this styled session that I was a part of last fall. It was amazing to work with so many vendors in the wedding industry and I definitely learned a lot from all of them!

Models: Kaitlin and Dakota Murdock
Hair and Make-up by Macy Dockstader
Flowers and Styling by Simply Shani Weddings
Furniture from Angie Erickson
Dress from My Amazing Wedding Dress
Jewelry from Paparazzi by Ashlee
Video done by the fabulous Red Tie Cinema
and of course photos by yours truly :)

I worked super close with Shani to come up with a beautiful fall color palette that I loved. She and I also worked together on the reed and dry grass arch. The best part is that most brides could make this themselves! We just drove around and found stuff that we wanted to use!

We decided to have the photo shoot in the ghost town Grafton. I love all of the different textures there from the old wood to sandstone colored brick. It was just awesome!

- Ghost Town - from Red Tie Cinematography on Vimeo.

-Shelby- Southern Utah Senior Photographer

This shoot was so fun! When Shelby and I talked about her style and look. Modern was defnitely a word that Shelby used to describe herself. So I knew that out the country wasn't exactly going to work for her. We drove into the city and more of an Urban shoot.
Shelby even said during her session that she did not want "to stand in a field" no joke those were her exact words.
It turned out awesome! We went to the parking garage, then up to Dixie rock! Speaking of rock........Shelby totally ROCKED the session!!!

-Kelli- Southern Utah Senior Photographer

This girl is all country. It was fun to do photos with her horse. I've never done pictures with a horse before and I'm really excited about the way they turned out. Kelli brought her best friend with her to the session and that just upped the fun! I could tell that having her friend there, Kelli was pretty relaxed.
I loved my time with Kelli. She came with ideas of things she wanted, and helped me execute those. She wanted to bring in some of her own flair because she's not just all girly girl. She dawned the camo and brought out the antler shed for a few of her pictures. I was fun to see all the sides of her personality!
She is so beautiful. See for yourself!