Busy Week

Last Thursday we had the honor of photographing the wedding of Aubri and Kyle. They held their ring ceremony and reception at Le Jardin. I had never photographed there before so it was a nice change of scenery. It featured two large greenhouses full of beautiful fountains, arches and of course tons of flowers and foliage. I'll include some photos on my next post. This week we will be working for one of my favorite corporate clients, Sorenson Communications. Each year we have the privilege of photographing all of their management during their National Retreat in SLC. Leane, Adam and Mandy will all be helping me out on this job (thank goodness). On Wed. we will be photographing Brandy & Brandon at Thanksgiving point for their bridals/groomals. It should be a fun and busy week. I'll include photos once I catch my breath. Also, we will be releasing our new website in just 2 weeks!!! After it is up, I'd love to hear your comments about it. 

Portrait Exclusive

We had our first Portrait Exclusive session since we announced our new sets last week. Our first Portrait Exclusive session included Julia, a native of the Ukraine and Eugene of Russia. They were great to work with and we had a wonderful time creating some timeless art pieces for them. Below are some of my favorite portraits from the session. This Portrait Exclusive was our studio All B+W {pretty obvious}

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A Portrait Exclusive is a new program that Photoumbra Studios is now launching. Every 3-4 months we will offer a new set of Portrait Exclusive locations and/or set designs. These specific designs will only last for a few months, so if you like one of our Portrait Exclusive ideas, you must book your session during its "running time". This fall we are offering 3 Portrait Exclusive Sessions. Each of these sessions will run until December 31, 2008. 

Our first Portrait Exclusive is called Urban Chic. This session will take place on the old main street of Midvale City. Backgrounds will include antique brick walls and alley ways. We will bring our vintage gold velvet chair as a fun prop. Below are sample images from the Urban Chic Session.

On the Island

Once again, we had a lot of fun photographing on Antelope Island. We did Brandy & Brandon's engagement portraits as the sun set. They were great sports considering that they were often swarmed by bugs and had to hike down a cliff with gigantic spider webs strung all over the place. My assistant, Mandy, helped as my lighting assistant and she did a great job. Here are just a few of our favorite images from the session.







Also, we will be launching our new business cards and some new literature and promos early next month. Each of our portrait clients will receive a Pocket Portrait Guide which will show off in a later entry. Here is a sneak peak at our new business cards.

Summer Time

It seems that I only get around to updating my blog every 2-3 months. I hope to make more time in the coming months to write more. This spring and summer have been really busy and really great. I've had the opportunity to be apart of some really amazing shoots and I'm really excited about some new work that I have done. Some highlights include a bridal shoot out on Antelope Island that I did in mid-June. Our weather had not yet gotten too hot so the heat and bugs were manageable (with a lot of bug spray on). We set out in the late afternoon and stayed till sunset. We explored 3 different locations on the island and had a great time. Another recent shoot was a bridal that I did in my studio. This time of year, I don't get into the studio much, so I must admit I was feeling a little rusty creatively. But due to some inspiration found in my killer photography book collection as well as some help from friend and fellow photographer, Leane Jensen, we embarked on creating a more dark and grungy bridal session for this client. We had fun during the shoot and I was pleased with the images we created. One of the images are pictured above.

In other news, I'm happy to announce that Photoumbra Studios is taking on a part time staff person. I look forward to formally introducing her in another post.

Spring Time

Feels like spring is finally upon us. This weekend was a lot of fun. I photographed a graduating senior as well as a bride from Montana. Below are some of my favorite photographs from the sessions. 

Blogging along...

It has been a while since my last post. Things at Photoumbra have been busy. In March, my husband and I attended WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Professionals International) convention in Las Vegas. It was my first year attending and I enjoyed it. Aside form attending some great classes, I got to enjoy hours of walking through an enormous trade show of everything photography. I was in heaven seeing all the latest gear, technology, and products. My husband also got into it. 

In addition to attending th

e convention, I had several portrait sessions in March as well as two weddings. I'm going to try and stay up on my blog more this month and post some images from my sessions as well. 

So far in April, I've had the opportunity to photograph a couple from Philadelphia who flew in to have their engagement photographs taken where they met at Westminster College. I will be photographing their wedding in August. Here are some of my favorite pics from the session.