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Laura – Hamilton MT Trash the Dress | Portraits

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

AH! This session was so so so good for me. I’ve recently felt like I was in this rut. Photography became solely work, going through the motions. Started to feel like I was doing the same things over and over and I had lost this creative touch. I’d pick up my camera for a session and then set it down not to be picked up until another session. I stopped shooting for ME. And us creative folk we need an outlet! So late fall I knew it was time to start working on personal projects, not just sessions for clients. One of the things I really wanted was a girl in wedding dress who would tromp around and let it get dirty. So I posted it up on FB and Laura JUMPED on the opportunity. I was STOKED. A gorgeous girl, a fellow photog, a new friend, could this get any better? Then she said she had horses.

Yesterday was a crazy day and truely, it wasn’t going well. The morning was all over the place, I kind of wasn’t in the mood, I definitely wasn’t feeling it. I hated it. And it lingered the whole drive, this isn’t how I wanted to start this session. This was supposed to be fun, adventurous, and an opportunity to step out of my rut. Hey, guess what?! YOU CHOOSE HOW YOU REACT TO OR IN A SITUATION! Ya I know, no brainer. But sometimes I need to pep talk myself, and by sometimes I mean VERY often A quick reminder that how this time went was something I would determine. You wanna know how to start a shoot of right? HUGS! Hugs make everything better. And from there we were off.

I’m so jacked about how these images turned out. We were freezing but in my opinion, it was worth it. So check them out! Then you should head over to Laura’s Facebook Page and leave her some love. Cause, that’s what awesome people do

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Justin + Jaime | Hamilton Montana Wedding Photography

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

Justin and Jaime were my last wedding of the summer! And it was beautiful and SO much fun. Usually by the end of the night I’ve been on my feet and knees for 12 hours and I’m exhausted and can’t wait to get to my bed. 12 hours went by and I barely noticed! That is how much fun this wedding was!

The ceremony was in Jaime’s mom’s backyard and it was BEAUTIFUL back there. There was no better place for their ceremony. I’m so happy for them. I don’t think I’ve ever been around a couple more in love. Truely. Right now they are enjoying the Bahamas!!!!! Congratulations to you both, I’m so happy for you!!! Cheers to many more years of love and happiness!

Genius! Feeding the kids candy to keep them happy

This little guy danced the ENTIRE night!

Yes, my brides can fly

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Dave + Jayde | Big Timber Montana Wedding Photography

Friday, August 12th, 2011

Dave has been like an older brother to me for the last 11 years. And by older, well I mean old! Over the years he’s kinda been keeping me in check. One day during a conversation he brought up that he had met Jayde. I’ve teased Dave over the years cause he has a “two year rule” usually 2 years is when it gets to serious and he bows out Well the day came that him and Jayde had been together for 2 years. I heard SO much about her, secretly loved her without her knowing, and was hoping she made “the cut.” I joked with Dave, “Sooooo 2 years? ….time to let her down gently.” His reply was “….. I think I’m going to keep this one around for 3.” From that moment I knew Jayde was it. Wasn’t too much later that they were engaged. And I receive a call from Dave asking for wedding photography. There really is NOTHING better than photographing the wedding of someone close to you. Even better, they were getting married in Big Timber! I was so excited to see them and meet Jayde, and the kids. This wedding was unlike any wedding I’ve done before. Especially in the sense that we were all camping together, having a good time. It felt like hardly any work was done there!

Dave and Jayde, thank you so much for asking me to be a part of your day. I couldn’t be more honored . Love you both dearly! Now pack up your things in Odessa, Texas and move up here! So here are few images of Dave, Jayde and their family from their wedding weekend in Big Timber!

I LOVED their boutonnieres. They had duck calls (Dave is an avid duck hunter), train whistle, fishing lures, so cute!

The day after the wedding we went to Natural Bridge just a few miles south of Big Timber to take some fun family photos

Dave’s ladies.

And his boys!

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Wedding Preview | Big Timber MT Wedding Photography

Monday, August 8th, 2011

This weekend I was over in Big Timber for a wedding and had alot of fun! Wanted to share a little preview A full blog post will come later this week!

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Candice + Patrick | Missoula MT Wedding Photography

Monday, July 25th, 2011

I first met Candice and Patrick back in November and truthfully, secretly, I’ve been counting down the days to their wedding since! This wedding was so unique from any other wedding I’ve had the opportunity to be a part of. I couldn’t love it anymore than I did! Candice and Patrick are SO perfect together, it’s undeniable. I woke up on Saturday STOKED because their day was FINALLY here. I came home Saturday night and wanted to cry cause there day was over. So, Candice and Patrick if you could do this at least every other year, at the least. That would pretty much make my life

I showed up for a little bit at a salon, Boom Swagger, just down the street from my house to photograph Candice getting her hair done. I walked in and saw this below and was immediately in love. Anyone who starts their wedding day off with this hair and is loving it is seriously my new best friend. Her hair was fantastic, unlike any other brides hair

After breakfast I met them at the hotel for Candice to slip into her one of kind, gorgeous dress that she designed herself. Ya, you read that right, the girl designed her own dress. And it was KILLER!

They were married in this gorgeous church, St Francis Xavier, in downtown Missoula. I had never been in this church before and it was simply amazing Even more amazing with this gorgeous lady walking down the aisle.

There is no better younger brother/best man, than one that will whisper a joke in your ear to keep you from crying. Or was it to keep the best man from crying?

And dancing back down the aisle together to Justin Bieber…. in a Catholic church. Could I really love you anymore?!

They had their reception at the Stensrud Event Center, which is this awesome renovated historic building on the north side and it couldn’t have fit them and their wedding any better. They spent months making these 1000 paper cranes! Then they turned them into a chandelier type of thing and it was AMAZING!!!

And honestly, I think their first dance was the best I’ve ever seen. These two enjoy having a great time together and they most certainly had the best time dancing together! And this was only their first dance. Imagine how the rest of the night went

I really could not love them anymore than I do!

I get to see lots and lots of gorgeous rings but rarely do I see one that makes my heart skip a beat. Except Candice’s. I’m determined that an upgrade must be in order and it must come in rose gold, because these rings are STUNNING!

Candice & Patrick, we love you dearly. I didn’t expect anything less from your big day. Enjoy the heck out of Alaska

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Julie + Dave | Hamilton MT Wedding Photography

Friday, July 8th, 2011

Last weekend was our first wedding of the summer, YAY!! And truthfully it may have been the best first ever. Julie & Dave are probably the most laid back couple I have ever met in my life. I love it and there wedding day was almost relaxing Usually once I get out of the car to start photographing a wedding it is go-go-go for 9 hours and wham! done. These two spend hours just socializing, having cocktails and apps. It was amazing! I didn’t even know that such relaxing weddings existed!

Thank you Julie and Dave for inviting us to be a part of your big day! It was perfect! We are so blessed!

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DVD’s… BYE BYE!!!!!

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

YES! I’m so excited to share this! And ya you read that right. See ya later DVD’s! I am no longer offering DVD’s of your images. I know some of my brides right now are like, wait what?! But you said!! Don’t you worry! I have something MUCH better for ya

I’ve never really like the idea of DVD’s. I feel like movies, cd’s, games, they all go missing ALL the time. Or they get scratched and they’re ruined. Every time I deliver a DVD to a client in my mind I think, “Man I hope they don’t lose it or scratch it” I do keep wedding images for a while but not forever and I would hate the thought that some day down the road that disc would not work and they would only be able to access their tiny images they posted to facebook. And Facebook just ruins photos and resizes them and they’d never be able to print them. That might just sound crazy, I don’t know. But I have a fun new solution!

The rad crew at Showit (the awesome folks who host my website and make my life somewhat easier) have build this awesome software that I can upload your images to and “pass” them to you to view, download, pick your favorites, post to facebook, etc. And even better your images are hosted with the cloud technology for a year for you to view. You can access your images on ANY device that you can get the internet. So you’re chillin in the airport talking with some great people on your way home from your honeymoon about how awesome your wedding was and all ya gotta do is pull out your phone, or ipod, or ipad and without having to save them to that device you can pull them up and share. Now you can download them and save them to any device that you have so no worries there. And when you share the images on Facebook your friends and fam can see them at full-resolution rather than Facebooks terrible way of resizing them and ruining the quality of the image. IT’S SO AWESOME!

Okay you may not have even caught all of that as I rambled off in excitement. I promise you it’s killer and it’s so easy! A few weeks ago I did Christina & Shawn’s engagement photos and used them as my “guinea pigs” for PASS. Well they loved and said it was so easy to access their images and download and that couldn’t make me any happier! So for them I put together real quick this +site to share with their friends and fam to see all of their images Check it out!!! You can view the images full screen, pick your favs, share them to facebook, download them. Who needs DVD’s?

CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT A PASS SITE

And no blog post is complete without a photo so I’ll give you a little sneak-a-peek at the next post….. CALIFOOOORRRNNNIIIAAAAAAAAAAAA

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TGIF!! And upcoming special!

Friday, June 17th, 2011

It’s Friday, awesome people!!! I’m so excited. I wish this weather was more awesome and that it would start to look like summer. I’m beginning to get really tired of this gloominess! I have an engagement session tomorrow and I am STOKED! Can’t wait. Sooo……

Next Thursday is my 25th birthday! I have been afraid of 25 for years! I don’t know. Just have. Before I started this photography business I was just a stay at home mom. 25 was scary. I was married, had a child, didn’t finish my degree I kind of felt like I was turning 25 (supposed to be an adult at this age or something) and hadn’t accomplished anything. This year I am so excited for my birthday!!! Last year I started my own business and I’ve realized that yup at 25 I’m still allowed to be a child at heart so bring it on! And because it’s my birthday next week, I’m gonna run a special for you!

Starting on my birthday, Thursday, June 23rd, and ending on Sunday, June 26th all of my prices are 25% off! Ya, even wedding packages. So book whatever kind of session or event you want during those 4 days (book, not take place) and you get 25% off.

Portrait sessions will start at $135!
Senior sessions will start at $150!
Wedding Collections will start at $1312.50!

I may have lost my mind. Not sure. Don’t care. It’s MY birthday and I can do what I want. Right?!

Next week I’ll be back on track with blogging Including our California trip

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

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Las Vegas Desert Shoot!

Saturday, February 26th, 2011

Lots happened while in Vegas. Man, I have lists of things I’d like to accomplish and no time to do them all! Wish I had 36+ hours in a day! We flew into Vegas late on Friday night. Then met up with a friend to go check out the lights. This was my very first time to Las Vegas!! Well it was raining… I know… in the desert! So we just grabbed some snacks and when back to our room. Saturday Joe’s 2 sisters drove over from Southern California. I accidentally forgot my TOMS at home. I promise this was on accident. So I didn’t have any shoes to wear for the 2 shoots we had going on while we were there. So Joe and I walked to the north end of the strip to the mall so I could get some new TOMS. Bought some silver glittery ones and they are SO cute! Then we had the best sushi I’ve ever had and then speed-walked back down to the MGM to grab our gear and meetup for our first shoot! I thought we were going to be late but we made it with 4 minutes to spare

This shoot ROCKED!!! I can’t thank Gavin & Erin enough! This shoot wasn’t a learning workshop. Really it was a great time for 30 awesome photographers to meet up at this dry lake bed grab a couple models and go to town! We had SO much fun! There were 3 models, a couple and a fashion model and they are drop-dead-gorgeous! So because I couldn’t narrow down to my fav photos there are a TON!!! So I’ll stop talking/typing (whatever ya wanna call it)! First I have to give a shoutout to those that made it happen!

Styled by Erin and Gavin of Gavin Wade Photographers

Models: Brittanie and Tomas Cruz (Bride and Groom) Kate Colosi (High Fashion)

Hair/Makeup: Lindsey of Lindsay Shea Photography

Tuxedo: Mission Tux Shop

Hairpiece by Dara Cobb

Awesome Sponsor: Pixel2Canvas

*WARNING* Not kidding when I said I couldn’t choose! There are many many photos… maybe too many

This might be one of my favs!

Now for the gorgeous Fashion model!

At the end of the day I heard Erin say “Ya know… I’m not diggin this too much I think I’m gonna switch to black & white.” I was like heck, ya that’s what I’m doin! As if it was my own idea. But truth be told…. I’d never shot black & white in-camera before! Now…. I’m not sure why?! The images are awesome! So thank you to Gavin & Erin for putting together such a fun event but for also pushing me out of my comfort zone to find something I really love!

Whew! Whoa, hope you made it through all of those! If ya did well, then I love ya!

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Big Sky Photo Summit – Mike Colon

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

Woohoo! I’m excited about this post! This week I’ve already chatted about Tamara Lackey and Dane Sanders. Don’t forget I’m giving away a signed copy of Dane’s 2 books, check it out! Today it’s Mike Colon, my friends. Mike is the kinda guy you just want to be friends with. He’s really chill, right now he’s REALLY chill with a broken leg.

Mike did this talk for us that he’s never done before on FEAR! How we can let fear stand in our way of something that could be really amazing! How many times has something come up in your business that you needed to tackle but were too afraid of what COULD happen? He kept saying “Fear is a downward spiral, it will take over.” If you let fear stand in the way of one thing, it’ll stand in the way of another, in your personal life, and your business. I realized that I have let fear stand in the way. I tell myself something can’t happen because it just won’t work… but really I don’t know until I do it. I was just too afraid to do it. I used to be someone that took risks and lived life to the fullest and I let the downward spiral of fear take over. Today, 9 days after meeting Mike, Dane & Tamara, I’m alot happier. Not just because of Mike. But, one of the biggest differences now is I’m willing to take a risk, or what someone might think is a mistake, but do it intentionally. There are many in our industry that we all look up to, admire, and so forth. I guarantee that they didn’t become that successful without taking risks. Those that take big risks are the ones that stand out from the crowd and succeed. There is one line from his talk that hit home.

FEARS ARE THE LIES THAT WE TELL OURSELVES!

Think about it! Fears stop us from so many things. Yes we may fail and fall on our faces but it may be a HUGE success or in some aspects the result may be a fail and other aspects a success. But, we don’t know unless we attack our fear and go for it!

Mike has taken some pretty big risks in his career but look where he is today! God bless his wife, Julie! Sidenote- Julie is amazing… he’s a pretty lucky dude!

I had an awesome opportunity to photograph a gorgeous model with Mike. This was my favorite shoot. There are a couple reasons why. First, this is what I LOVE wedding/bridal, I love it! Second, when we first arrived at Big Sky we were going to have to choose between a shoot with Tamara, Dane, or Mike. Holy hard-ness! But that first day Mike wasn’t going to do his shoot so we only had to choose between Tamara and Dane, although Tamara is a genius and suggested we split the time in half and would do 45min each. Now don’t get me wrong. I love LOVE! So I also really enjoy engagement sessions. But we decided to go do the engagement session over at Moonlight next to Big Sky. So we chatted, then had to get to vehicles, then get to location then gather, chat, etc. We only had about 10-15 minutes of real shooting. It was still a great shoot. But with Mike I again was able to photograph what I LOVE but I had just over an hour of shooting! Unfortunately I was SO excited about photographing the model I spaced taking a photo of Mike shooting. It was SO cold out your body just went numb and I should have taken a picture of him gimpin’ around outside with his camera. Sadly, he couldn’t feel anything it was so cold he was pretty sore when we came in and he started to warm up! Mike is an awesome guy, can’t wait to see him in Vegas! Hopefully skateboarding and not so much gimpin’ around I mean it with love! Onto the photos! There are quite a few I couldn’t decided!

Model – Tiffany Soong

Hair – Caitlin Labert from GW Design & Day Spa

Makeup – Deirdre of Indulgence in Bozeman, MT