Maternity photos

I did my first maternity photo shoot today and it was so much fun! Sheena was the best subject I could ask for. She had lots of ideas and wasn't afraid to try anything. I hope when my little nephew is born in the next couple weeks he follows his mother's photogenic footsteps : )

Christine + Dave

Here's a few shots from a wedding I shot with my friend Sarah the weekend after Christmas. It was hard to shift from holiday mode to wedding mode, but the wedding was a lot of fun and I really like some of the shots we came up with.







To see these shots larger and some of Sarah photos from the wedding visit her blog at sarahmccoyphoto.com/blog

Moab

More Utah pictures... Ben and I took 2-day break from family time to travel down to Arches National Park in Moab, UT. It was one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. It was also one of the hottest. I wanted to catch the sunset so we headed to the park around 5 p.m. (sunset eta was 8:30) and it was still around 95 degrees. By the time the sun went down it had cooled off to about 87 degrees. But Ben was a trooper and carried my tripod all over the place so that I could talk all the photos I wanted. It was such a great day, that Ben was inspired to propose at the end of it!

This had to be done...

This arch (the Sand Arch) was actually inside of other rock formations.

This is the famous Delicate Arch seen on most Utah license plates. We are standing about 1 mile from the arch. (It's a 3 hour hike to get to the arch and we were definitely not up for that.)

The rocks on the right are the Three Gossips and on the left is the Sheep Rock.

Hogle Zoo

This summer Ben and I took a trip out to Utah so I could meet his extended family. His cousin Dean works at the local zoo, so we had some fun checking it out. Here's a couple of my favorite animals:

Merry Christmas

This year my brothers and my brother's girlfriend Sheena and I celebrated Christmas early by spending last Saturday together making pasta sauce, meatballs and pasta from scratch. It really was a lot of fun. Here are a few of my favorite pics (taken with the new 5D <3 )

Sean on the move

I can't believe how fast a year went! Sean turned one at the beginning of November and we had a multi-part photoshoot to celebrate. He is turning into such a character and keeps everyone laughing with all his funny faces.






Sean's mom baking a giant cupcake for the last part of the shoot. We thought he'd have a ton of fun digging into it. But since he has a bunch of allergies (including eggs and milk) he had never had cake before (don't worry this is a special cake!) He wasn't quite sure what to make of it and it took a while for him to realize he could actually eat it. Maybe we'll have better luck when he turns two.

A photographer's photographer

It's always a little nerve-wracking for me to take photos around another photographer, let alone of another photographer on their wedding day... but Melissa was a great sport and I had so much fun shooting her big day.

True love?