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my family!!!!

July 29, 2008

we went up to park city in june for a little get away and while we were there my mother in law wanted pictures of the whole family. so we went and found a cute little field and did family pictures. for the whole group we had some friends come and take the pictures after i had set it up. my brother in law brock, took the one of my family. i think he did pretty good. i am so proud! haha.

the whole fam-damily

my husbands parents and all of the grandkids

my husbands sister melissa, her husband jon and baby taggart

my niece ivy

my husbands sister nichol, her husband adam, ivy and isaac
my nephew isaac (this was one of the only pictures i got of him because he got allergies and his eyes swelled up really bad!)
my jayde aka little miss attitude
this is pretty much the best smile i got out of them. they hate pictures.

my husbands parents
my brother in law brock (you look so cute brock! haha)

yay us!

mad savana. this isnt unusual for her.

Ketty: I love the pics, they are so cool and colorful, my fav pictures are the last 2!!! specially the last one!!! Go savana!! :D

Brock: tee-hee- my fat is showing and I have an odd looking smile.

Tiffany Izatt: Ooooh, I love that field! Those are beautiful! Adorable family, your kids are growing up so fast

Erin Langford: What fun pictures. I love the field. The one of your little family is adorable.

Angie Penrose: How cute! I love how you have the family ones all set up.

david & kimi baxter: that field is awesome! you have a beautiful family! mad savana, that is too cute!

Jinksee: WOW! These are great photos. The one of your family is stellar. :D
Oh, and I noticed you have a 'breaking dawn' countdown...I'm so excited to go and buy it today!! WHOHOWOOO!!

amanda’s bridals

July 29, 2008

i shot amanda’s bridals at some new locations in downtown ogden. i always love new locations. first we started out at the hampton inn (which i have been to before and i love) then we went to the eccles art center, where we made a new friend, then we headed over to fort buenaventura. amanda is so gorgeous and fun to be with. she is so sweet and can’t wait for her wedding on friday! stay tuned for more posts that i have to catch up on. my goal this week is a post a day. hold me to it. and leave lots of comments! i love comments!

our new friend. this cute kitty would not leave us alone. we had to shoot around him most of the time.

Erin Langford: These are fantastic. Love them. I love the locations as well. Good finds.

Jinksee: These are so timeless. :D Wow! I love the one of her by the wall. You find the best locations. And..that's funny about the cat following you. I think they must have a thing for weddings. When I was having a bridal shower, (it was held outside in my parents backyard), my cat came running through the yard with a dead bird he caught, and dropped it right at my feet. Have you ever heard 50 old ladies scream before? Well..it was absolutely a moment to remember. :D

Brock: Spectaculous! I like 5, 6, and 10.

Tiffany Izatt: Oh my gorgeous! These are so freaking beautiful! Amazing, she is stunning!

Kellee Smith: Amanda, these are just beautiful! I love the architecture in some of them. Great work!

Lisa Carpenter: Beautiful bride, beautiful location and you did a beautiful job!!!!

ketty and matt- you guys rock and we love you!!!

July 23, 2008

haha! first a story…matt is the one that is responsible for me and my husband. period. about 6 years ago i worked at shopko with matt and he was best friends with my husband, chris. matt set us up on a blind date and BAM! 9 months later we were married. thanks matt! so now it is matt’s turn. matt and ketty met online a few years ago. ketty is from peru and through a long distance relationship they fell in love. oh how sweet. so now ketty is here and they are getting married in august! YAY! i love these two. they are so sweet and fun and we just love being around them. as you can tell from the pictures they are so funny and i could hardly get a picture of matt without him pulling a face or looking at me when they were supposed to be kissing

i will explain some of the pictures as they go along. enjoy…

yep he is definetly doing this on purpose.

Sorry Honey! I just had too!!!!

another one of the many faces of matt!

this is so funny to me!!!

acting like robots.

this was ketty’s idea. i wonder who won?

lookin good. no, i know i am a major dork. but what do ya do???

Erin Langford: What a cute story. It looks like you had a lot of fun. I love the ones with their shoes in the sand.

Anonymous: Amanda is the best photographer in the world she made art even with Matt joking around, you rule i love all the pictures!!! this was super fun!!!! :D Ketty :D

Anonymous: Oh and i let Chris win... :P - Ketty

Jinksee: These are amazing! I love how their personality radiates in each shot. Wow!!

Tiffany Izatt: What a fun story..BTW nice title-How they ROCK-and the first picture of them on a ROCK-Nice.. :)

Kellee Smith: Amanda, it looks like you guys had such a good time - I want to know how long it took you to notice the picture of your husband gone, AND we all want to see it!

Anna Page Photography: Lovely photos! Oh and love your shades in that one pic!:)

Just for fun…

July 18, 2008

I saw this on Brooke’s blog and thought it looked fun. It was fun, so here ya go. You are supposed to answer the questions by going to google images and typing in the question and picking one of the pictures off of the first page to represent your anwers. So here is me….

My age

Screen name - (This is not me!!!)

Place I would love to go

My favorite place

Favorite thing- besides camera

Favorite food

Favorite animal

Favorite color

Where I was born

Where I live

Past pet

Past love. Still so is!

Best friends nickname

First name

Middle name

Last Name

Bad habit

My first job

Grandmas name

What I am doing now

Brooke: its super fun huh! i want more questions to look up haha

Jinksee: This is fun! I'll have to post my stuff on my blog. :D Great find. :D

Tiffany Izatt: I will so do this when i have time

Erin Langford: This is fun. I love cats too.

Anna Page Photography: oh, oh I have dachshunds too! Love them!

Erin and Dan- Anniversary Pictures

July 18, 2008

Sorry for the delay Erin. I tend to neglect my blog

I know it is a bad habit….Anyways… I was flattered when Erin of Erin Langford Photography emailed me and asked me to do her and her husband Dan’s 1 year anniversary pictures. Me and my husband met them down at the Gateway and had dinner and then went up near the Gallivan Center to do their pictures. It is always a huge compliment to have another photographer ask you to do their pictures. So thank you Erin. We had a BLAST hanging out with you guys. So without further ado….

Tiffany Rushforth Photography: Great shots Amanda!
Erin is such a sweetheart ~ These shots are so great!!

Brock: The last one is awsome. Where are those suh-weet doors in some on the other shots?

Tiffany Izatt: these look awesome! how fun!

Jennifer: these are awesome, beautiful work girl!

Erin Langford: We love our pictures and had a lot of fun with you guys. Thanks again.

Alisha E.: Oh I love that 2nd shot. Excellent work!

Kellee Smith: I was breezing through the pictures and after a couple of the shots I had to do a double take. "IT'S ERIN". So cute Erin. You and your husband are an adorable couple. Thanks for sharing your pictures!

Elisabeth and Alex’s Bridals

July 9, 2008

I decided it was probably time to post Elisabeth and Alex’s Bridals since their wedding is tomorrow

I am actually quite sad that it is finally here because I have had so much fun with them. They are both so much fun to be around. I know thier wedding is going to be incredible. My husband and I met Elisabeth and Alex at the Salt Lake Temple to do their bridals. After shooting there for a bit we headed up to the capital building. I love the last one of Alex by the lion. The girl that is in the picture with him is one of my past brides Elaina whose wedding I did last July, so Happy Anniversary Elaina and Jake. I will have more to post from these guys after their wedding so stay tuned!!!!

Tiffany Rushforth Photography: Amanda~
This is a great shoot! Love the new look og the blog too~

Jennifer: what a beautiful couple. you did a great job capturing moments to show their love for each other!

Dustin Izatt: Holy crap girl, these are awesome :) We miss you guys and need to hang out sometime.

david & kimi baxter: lovin the sunflowers!

Erin Langford: These are great. I ones at the capitol rock!

Alisha E.: Fab images!!!

I saw your comment on Kellee's blog that you were at 'The I Shoot People' Seminar. I was there...I wish I knew what people looked like when I'm at these seminars I'd know who you are...haha...or we should wear name tags...hahahaha!!!!! Darn it..would love to have met you!

Jinksee: The first one blows me away!! :D WoW! What a great idea. :D

Kellee Smith: Amanda - such a beautiful couple and oh my goodness on the killer blue eyes!!! Beautiful!!!!

Angie and James’ Wedding

July 8, 2008

Angie and James’ Wedding was so beautiful. The weather was perfect, an her dress was amazing. Angie and James are so cute together and so in love. It made my job easy. I love when I can just stand back and take candids.They got married at the Bountiful Temple and had their reception in Bountiful as well. Angie and James won my free wedding that I gave out at the Bridal Bliss Fair in February. I am so glad I got the opportunity to work with these two. Thanks for an incredible day!

Their amazing cake by Barbara Wachs of Exclusive Wedding Cakes
Their catering was done by Sally Ally. Her food was amazing! If you are looking for an amazing caterer send me an email and I will give you her information.

Erin Langford: These are all lovely. I especially love the one with the sun flair.

Jennifer: these are really beautiful, you did a awesome job, Im lovin all that color!

Sherry Ward: WOW... #2,4 are my favs!! Breath taking!! They all look amazing though!

Tiffany Rushforth Photography: WOW ~ AMANDA!!!
These are AMAZING!!
Love THEM ALL!

Tiffany Izatt: I think the second one is my favorite! I love the cake and the catering shots too, but that is because i am a fanatic for details!

david & kimi baxter: your detail shots are killer!! love the flare!!

Darci’s Bridals

July 2, 2008

I shot bridals for Darci and Eric a while back. Darci is amazing to work with and boy does that girl know how to work the camera. Not to mention she is gorgeous. She made my job easy to say the least. Darci and Eric are getting married in August and I can’t wait! Thanks for a great time guys!!!

Great Shoes!

Love this one! haha! About 2 minutes after he jumped down from the lion, a police officer walked out. Good Timing!

Erin Langford: These are beautiful. I love the locations. We had fun last night. Thanks for everything!

Jennifer: oh wow what a beautiful bride, these are all very beautiful!

Sherry Ward: Perfectly Gorgeous!

Jinksee: Amazing work. That's funny about the lion shot. :D Memories, I'm sure. :D

david & kimi baxter: these kick @$$!!! pure gorgeous!

Kellee Smith: Amanda these are amazing. The color of your sky is incredible! Great work...

Brooke: I wish I could say you have to be able to work the camera to be my client hahaha cause then the shots always rock! beautiful! she showed off you skills fully!

Tiffany and Derek’s Wedding

July 1, 2008

I shot Tiffany and Derek’s wedding last month and Oh My Gosh!!! It has to be one of my all time favorites! I love this couple and I loved everything about their wedding. Tiffany has such good taste in everything she does. Their wedding incredible her dress was stunning and man, these two know how to work the camera! Their wedding was at the Bountiful Temple, Luncheon at Eldredge Manor and Reception at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. Thanks for an awesome time you two! I so enjoyed working with you!

WARNING: Lots of pictures!!!

Pictures around Temple Square:

The Reception:
Tiffany’s friend played the harp incredibly well! It added such a nice touch to her already fabulous wedding!

Daddy Daughter Dance:

First Dance:

Dustin Izatt: Oh, I am totally loving this wedding :) Great shots Amanda.

Erin Langford: Lovely wedding. Great job. I love the ring shots.

david & kimi baxter: mmm... the fire hydrant shots KICK A$$!!!

Brock: Wow! Nice work Amanda!

Jinksee: OH MERCY!! These are such terrific photos!! I love everything you captured about that day! :D Seriously..WOW!

Kellee Smith: Such a great job. This was such a beautiful wedding!