achievment days girls {pre-teen photography Utah}

I have always believed that if you have a talent you should offer that talent to others. In my Church that is what lots of people do. No... that does not mean I give everyone a free photoshoot, discounts...yep.;).
     I am an achievment day leader for the 10-12 age group at my church. I do activities with the girls twice a month to help grow every area in there life, such as service,health, gospel,talents,personal development & more. This month we talked a lot about personal Hygeine. Our first lesson was all the boring stuff that no one likes to hear. However, the girls all got some fun stuff to take home..such as A mirror,combs,hair acc. and more. As an extention to this lesson, i thought it would be fun to do a mini photoshoot of the girls so they understood how important it is to look your best. No, that does not mean they have to be super models. It sure was fun for them to act like one for a day though. here are a few of my favorites of each girl. They are all such cuties.

Judd Family { Utah family photographers}

Imagine waking up so excited for an upcoming family shoot, You know they are home getting their new outfits together for the photo session, you smear the fog off the window with your hand only to see pouring rain. UGGGG. We waited...and waited and still it wasn't going to let up. This family was ready to go so we changed locations and even went to our spot we wanted to go to at  the end of the shoot. I mean it was the end and it did not matter if they got wet right? :)
What troopers. They did great! here are a few of my favorite shots from there session In my favorite color renditions.
I could just eat that baby right up she was so sweet!

Tanica Senior portraits indoor session {Utah senior photographer}

Every day I wake up and thank God that I am allowed to do what I love. I have always loved photography and people, when they are together I am at my happiest.
I had the great opportunity to photograph Tanica for her second session of her Senior package:Indoors.
My indoor senior session is mostly those conservative shots that hang in the homes of the Graduating seniors parents & grandparents walls. But of course those that know me know I have to throw some other stuff in there with it as well. Tanica is so much fun to shoot we laugh the entire time. This time she brought her boy for a few shots together too. Of course he told me " I dont smile" And he gave me his typical guy smile of CHEESE. I laughed at him and than magic we got true genuine smiles.
Below are a few of my favorites from the shoot. These are in my favorite color renditions.
 I have to say Seniors are one of my favorite subjects to shoot. Oh I would have paid over $1000 to have pictures like these of me at my prime.lol.
I have been blessed these last few weeks with tons of work. So thank you everyone!

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lots of new pictures

I hope you will all scroll down to see some recent photoshoots. I have been so busy I havn't updated in a while. There are quite a few.

Smania Family- [ creative family photography]

o.k so does every darling family live in Utah? I think So. This was another great family who knew exactly what to do. The little girl is a doll and I had a blast!

woods family [ Utah creative family photography]

this darling family was so photogenic. i had a hard time... as usual picking which ones to go on the blog.

Krista, Skyler & Kelsi [utah family fall photography]

this is my sisters darling little family. We did a few in place of school pictures and some family ones as well.

Jermaine family {Utah family photography}

I had the pleasure of going to Salem this past weekend and photographing the Jermaine family. They had a beautiful country western theme in their own backyard. We got a lot of great shots.
What shocked me the most is that the dog and the 1 year old cooperated fabulously!