heather and matt had their reception on 12/29/09 and got married on 12/30/09.  they had their reception the night before their wedding at heather’s dad’s auction house in salt lake.  it was such an amazing place!!  she had a winter theme and it turned out so cute and perfect.  it snowed like crazy both days which is exactly what heather had always dreamed of for her wedding!  it turned out so beautiful! heather and matt are seriously some of my favorite people ever.  they are so sweet and down to earth and i just enjoyed every minute i got to spend with them.

day 1- reception

i love this shot of the 2 moms helping heather with her dress and they were both so giggly.  it was adorable! 

heather’s beautiful daughter olivia.  isn’t she adorable?!?!

playing around with some off camera lighting at receptions is one of my favorite things to do!  i  love to try new things and get different and cool lighting.  for this one i put my flash behind the centerpiece and slaved it from my camera flash.  i set my on camera flash to 1/128 power so there was basically no light coming from it.

for this cake shot i did basically the same thing as i did for the above centerpiece shot, but i set my camera flash to have a little power coming from it, so i didn’t completely black out the front of the cake.  i still wanted to preserve some of the detail in the front.

for this cake shot i slaved my flash the same as the other two but had my lovely assistant brock hold my flash off to a 90 degree angle.  it is pretty direct flash which i don’t really love all the time, but i really actually do love it in this shot.

flash placed behind flowers, but point at flowers to get this effect.

for this shot, i had my flash on camera, but i didn’t want flat front lighting, so i bounced it off the wall to my left.

day 2- temple

they had their sealing at the draper temple, which i love!  it was snowing pretty hard when they came out and when we did family and group pictures but when it was time to do bride and groom shots, the snow calmed down quite a bit and it turned out to be so beautiful!

for all of the outdoor shots i used natural light and it was a perfect overcast, snowy day!

i am leaving tomorrow to go to a photographers convention!  i am so excited to learn new things and to implement them into my business.  i will be back next wednesday.  see you then!!  also, to any new brides who are looking to book with me for their wedding, get on the phone and call now!  i am booking up super fast and i do only take a limited number of weddings a month.  i have already had to turn several brides away :(  i can’t wait to hear from you all!!!