Thumbs Up

Large groups of people can be a challenge.

Except when they all know how to co-ordinate, not match. (Who would have guessed plaid)

And when I happen to have spent summers floating the river with them growing up.

And when you know the kids well enough to tell them to knock it off.

So I guess, they can be.  But this group wasn't.  We were chased by the setting sun and had a two hour window where we wouldn't have to photo-shop anyone in the picture and came out two thumbs up.

Ok, maybe just one thumb up...

First...

comes love...

then you know what comes next...

and after that...wait for it....wait for it...

there it is.

Now before you get the wrong impression, this is my old college roommate. We go way back. She has more than one child. (Five to be exact.)

This series just cracks me up because for you non-child people, this is exactly how it goes.

Daily.

But I suppose we wouldn't have it any other way.

Hello you...

When you're pregnant, you seem to notice all the other pregnant ladies around you. Really, it seems like they are EVERYWHERE. Or maybe it's just because I now live in Utah and there really is an extraordinary number of women who happen to be with child.

Either way it also goes for everyone having children. Spring has sprung, and there are some seriously cute newbies to snuggle. And catch an occasional frame or two.

Every shoot without fail, there is a classic Pirate shot.

Good thing my boys like pirates, because we happen to be getting one more of these come December.

Montana Home

These are the top of the iceberg of my favorites from a Montana wedding I had the priviledge of shooting.

The skies were miraculously blue after months of rain for their day.

There are so many more to come.

Moving

If you are still here, you may or may not know of our move to Utah.

I now live in the Utah valley, returning after ten years of being away. My husband has business here, so here we are.

Two days after packing our Montana home and driving all day with our kids, I had an engagement shoot. Things happen for a reason.

Now while I know my move was not strictly to shoot the engagement and wedding of some dear friends of ours from Hamilton, the timing seems awfully suspicious.

This shoot was the first of many things to bring my mind to Utah.

I am pregnant yet again, and this move (and subsequent trips) have taken quite a toll on my overall health. So it has been a slow process getting my blog caught up with all the projects I've been trying to stay on top of.

So, let's hop right back in shall we?

Engagements. Saltaire, UT of course. Never been there before but my soul yearns for a bit more of the flat sandy stuff...

Edible

*for photographer geeks this is a jpeg straight out of the camera sharpened for web

Galleries are up!
(Click the image above to enter the proofing site)

A few reminders:
The galleries are listed by game.
Every team is represented, but not all games.
Use the code RUGBYMT for a free 4x6.

You guys did a great job playing.
It was a beautiful day full of lots of sunshine and some seriously good Rugby.
Enjoy the galleries.

Thanks again,

Kris

Stop and Start

This was the last portrait of Po.

He was our Poodle who was killed by a car the one and only time he decided to run off.

We are sad.

I took this the day before. It was the first haircut I really wanted him to keep.

On a much happier note,

Life begins anew.

This is seven days in the flesh.



I melt.

The Idaho Project

Meet Rachel, the adorable graduate who drove half way across the United State to get her senior pictures done.

In Idaho.

She's more urban than not so we found some fun things downtown.

(this particular portrait makes my heart sing about the new Lightroom)

And then she met the country.
Snow covered fields, Grand Tetons in the distance.
The kind of country that makes my heart sing.





I think it suits her.

It was a pleasure meeting you, shooting you,
and have some serious fun when you come back for college.

"Silly Boys, Rugby's for Girls"

My sister-in-law wants that written on the back of all our little girl's shirts when we go out to support our new local Rugby Club.

Four of my nephews are on it.

If you are around you really should come. It's a great sport to watch.

We'll see you there!

Straight up

The first of many.

Eyebrow

We just got back from Idaho for a quick family trip.

There were fields of snow and beautiful light. We stayed in a cabin on the river.

I'm recovering from the beauty and the cupcakes.

And, I can't get over how great my niece looked with red hair (she was Annie in a play)

Unfortunately we had to drive back when all was said and done.

Hey Hamilton...I've got something for you!

I've got exciting news for Hamilton, my first of many Portrait workshops.

A chance for you to get to know my style of family friendly portrait photography and the joy it can bring to your home.

Click on the pictures above for all the details, and then call to sign up.

It really is that easy.

Who says you can't do things just because?

My Grandfather's gift to me

My Grandfather left us few physical reminders of his life here.

We recently received his history as written by himself, cut short by his death.

He drove a jeep in the war, amongst other things.
(That is a story for a whole other post)

It's from this side of the family I got the trigger happy shutter finger.
My Father and his Father were photographers.

After he passed my grandmother gave me a box of his cameras.

It was years ago, and I wasn't quite sure what to do with them.

One of them had been dropped in the ocean
(for non-cameras people...that is a slow and painful death for a camera)
that was kept as parts for it's replacement.
Luckily for me I had it...the "replacement" had a specially made eye piece so he wouldn't have to wear glasses and I had a few rolls of blurry pictures before figuring out it wasn't my focus, but replacing a tiny piece of glass that made everything right as rain.

There was this very cool looking medium format camera.
The one that has the accordian hood.
My Dad and I spent a week trying to close the dang thing once we opened it.

There was a roll of film in it that had long since gone bad.

So I got a roll, loaded it and took a few pictures LAST FALL and it has since sat on my fireplace biding it's time.

You see, I wasn't really sure anything would come of it.

This last week we got everything developed and they turned out!
It's a miracle.
In my head I was ready to be dissapointed,
but these are horribly beautiful.

Grainy,
underdeveloped,
scratched,
light leaks galore,
blurry.

And I love every one of them.

I've got another roll of film and I'm pretty sure it won't take half of the year to get it developed.