Capitol Bridal Shoot

Today I had the wonderful experience of shooting bridal portraits in the Utah State Capitol Building. What a wonderful building! There was a bank of big windows that we started at, and that turned out fun. Add columns and stairs and so much marble it starts to all blend together, and you have a recipe for really fun pictures. I almost fell down the stairs twice today because my scatter-brained brain lost track of where the first and the last step were. That would have been bad...I probably would have broken my camera and hurt myself. But, lucky, I came out unscathed. There is a huge overhead skylight over the big marble staircases...Oh my goodness! It was perfect! I didn't have to use my flash hardly at all! I was so excited! I don't like flash photography (except in the studio) and I am really more comfortable doing natural light photography, so it was perfect. We were inside away from the cold and the snow and the wind, but I got to use mostly natural light! It was great!

I have a couple of favorite pictures from the shoot. Here they are:

Happy Valentine's Day!!

So, we aren't really "celebrating" Valentine's Day this year. The last couple of times we celebrated Valentine's day, we ended up with babies born in November. So, Valentine's day is now outlawed in my house.

But, I thought we would do something fun anyway. I made heart shaped petit fours for dessert. I am making a heart shaped pizza for dinner. And Evie and I made "Love Bug Crowns" this morning. It turned out pretty cute. She was excited that she gets to be the Love Bug Princess. Here's a picture:

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

My Big Boy

My baby is 15 months old! Boy! It has gone by soooo fast!! I took him to the doctor today and he is 35 inches tall and 25 pounds 11 ounces. In 3 months he has grown 2 inches and gained 14 ounces. He is so tall! I noticed the other day that his little spine sticks out through his skin! He is beginning to take after his big sister...Tall and Skinny!

Isn't he cute?

Really cool soft light box

Yesterday I bought the coolest thing ever. I did a ton of searching on the internet trying to find a doable solution for CarrieAnn that wants her bridals shot in the Capitol Building...but I don't want to haul around stand-mounted lights and umbrellas and soft boxes and all that crap. I like to be moveable when I do pictures! Anyway, I found a 12 inch by 16 inch soft light box that can attach to my Speedlight that attaches to my camera. It is so cool. I was even going to buy a off-camera mount flash bracket...but the nice salesperson at the store gave me a better idea. Instead of spending an additional $100-$200 on a bracket, she suggested just putting my camera on my tripod and then hand holding my flash with the soft box attached...that way I can move it to where it needs to be manually and easier. My pocketbook thanks her!
I am shooting CarrieAnn's bridals in a couple of Saturdays, so I will post the results from my really cool soft light box when I get them!!