With high school and college graduation ceremonies right around the corner, we get a lot of calls from worried parents and soon to be graduates about rushing to get their portraits done. We quickly reassure them, that if they come to Photoumbra Studios, they will not only get an amazing session with professional lighting and styling, but they won’t have to wait weeks and weeks to get their grad announcements or prints back. Our streamlined process of getting your portraits taken then having your finished products in your hands is usually done in 10-14 days and that is making a lot of procrastinators very happy!

Of course it makes us very happy that we get to work with so many amazing clients and I’d like to share some portraits from a couple of our recent sessions.

Anjila Jarvis contacted us about graduation portraits from the University of Utah. We don’t often get college graduates coming to us for portraits and announcements, so we were very excited to work with Anjila. With it being early spring, we didn’t have a lot of “lush” locations to choose from, so we opted to do some safari like portraits of Anjila and lets just say her leopard print jacket fit right in!

Some of our senior clients opt to have their sessions done in our nationally recognized studio. Our studio features 9 full sets and many more background options. We enjoyed working with Amanda from Jordan High School in Sandy, Utah for her senior portraits. Here are a few of our favorites from her session!

If you would like more information about our senior portrait studio or location please give us a call or text at 801-413-3434 and don’t forget to join us on our Facebook Page where we post our favorite senior portraits from all of our sessions!

My first several years as a photographer were spent creating artistic imagery that I used for college photography assignments and fine art exhibitions. Getting back to those roots has been a goal of mine for quite some time, but in the bustle of owning a busy portrait studio, my fine art shoots kept getting put on the back burner. With a new year underway (2012), I decided to make time to shoot something for the pure enjoyment! I decided to create a series of artwork that I titled, “Annuals of Wonderment”. The first installment would be called “Puri di Luce”, which means Pure Light in Italian. (I speak Italian, thus the inspiration!)

The beautiful Katherine Ellis of American Fork High School kindly volunteered to be my model and the talented Mirinda Losee did her wonders on the makeup and hair. We put together this video of the shoot and you can see some of the final images below. I’d love to hear what you think, leave a comment below or post on our Facebook Page.

We are proud to be a part of the March of Dimes Signature Chefs Auction for the fourth year in a row. Each year, Photoumbra Studios has donated a portrait item for the silent auction and this year we are happy to be offering a $425 portrait package in hopes that it will raise some money to help give every baby a healthy start.

The successful event pays tribute to the culinary excellence of local chefs from our community, while raising significant revenue for the March of Dimes. Renowned local chefs will present their signature dishes in tasting-size portions during a cocktail reception. Live and silent auctions feature exciting items and packages put together by the chefs – including unique dining experiences, hotel stays and weekend getaways, and fun items from local businesses.

This evening is one not to forget or miss and hope that you can help participate! The event will be held on Saturday, November 5th at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center. You may click HERE for more information. We hope to see you at this wonderful event!

We were honored when Professional Photographers Magazine of PPA contacted us about featuring our home based portrait studio in one of their articles. In the June 2011 edition of the magazine, our portrait studio was featured in their article: Selling Spaces – Home studio design that really works.

Working with PPA on this article was pivotal in our decision to write a guide on how to enhance your home-grown portrait studio. Our Studio Inspiration Guide: Enhancing your Home-Grown Studio can be viewed and purchased at our new website, Studio Thought Sauce!

If you would like to read the entire PPA article you my visit this link and download a PDF.

To celebrate our feature post on Paperie Boutique, we are offering our Portrait Design Guide and other products for sale.

***UPDATE: See the Portrait Design guide and other great products for photographers at our NEW website just for photographers. Check out Studio Thought Sauce, where you can glean inspiration for your studio!***

We had so much fun at Brooke and Nicks wedding a couple of weeks ago. They were such a great couple to work with from the urban style engagement portraits, to Brooke’s bridals on Antelope Island to their beautiful wedding day! Thank you so much for letting us be a part of your wedding! Here are some of our favs from the wedding day.

Sorry no posts for the last couple of weeks. I have been super busy taking a bit of a break! Seems like we have been shooting like mad since last summer and I’ve learned that if there is a break in the schedule to take full advantage of it. With next week marking the beginning of an extremely packed June, I feel ready to take it on and I’m really looking forward to all the awesome shoots we have coming up. This weekend we will also be announcing our Senior Portrait Summer Sessions SALE. We are hoping to get about 30-40 bookings from that to fill up the rest of our summer.

We are also considering a big move for the studio. We would like to move to a place where we could build a larger studio and have room to build some outdoor sets as well. Thinking of selling our current home/studio is heart wrenching since we have put so much blood, sweat, and tears into the building of this house. It will be hard to let it go but we do feel that making a move is the right decision so we are crossing our fingers that we can find something that will better suit the growing needs of Photoumbra.

Here’s to an awesome summer beginning!!!