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Senior Portrait Photography | Kristie Rogers of Bingham High

October 31, 2009

Last night we photographed Kristie’s Senior Portraits on location. Kristie goes to Bingham High and is a member of a multi-school cheer team. She was a great sport as we spent 2 hours photographing on location in really cold temperatures. I love working with seniors, they are up for anything…freezing or not! We’re up for most anything too, so to all those boarders, skiers, and snow bunnies, let us photograph your senior portraits in your favorite element. Portraits in the snow can be very beautiful and Jake and I are both avid boarders so were not afraid to follow you up or down the slopes to get some truly awesome senior pics.

Here are some of our favorite portraits of Kristie, let us know what you think!

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Senior Portrait Photography – Shelby from Juan Diego

October 27, 2009

Yesterday we had fun photographing Shelby Korn’s Senior Portrait. Shelby is a high school senior from Juan Diego and she came to us because she wanted some fun and unique senior portraits! She chose our 2 hour portrait session and wanted to incorporate both organic and urban styles. We started out at Wheeler Farm where we had fun in all the pretty leaves and trees. We then went to our urban location and found some cool old brick walls and alleyways. Here are some of our favs from the session. Let us know what you think! Don’t be shy….

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Portrait Photography – Chiara in San Diego

October 25, 2009

Last week I took a much needed vacation with my family in California. We spent a few days in San Diego and then headed to Disneyland for a couple of days. We stayed in the Hilton Bayfront Hotel in San Diego. It was awesome to overlook the bay and be so close to Sea Coast Village, which is where most of these photos were taken. Here are some of my favs. Let me know what you think! Don’t be shy…we love comments!

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Senior Portrait Photography – Heidi Hawkins

October 25, 2009

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Yesterday we photographed Heidi Hawkins who drove 3 hours from Evanston, Wyoming to have us photograph her senior portraits. Heidi wanted our organic session style at one of our favorite locations in South Jordan. As I was packing up the car, a huge rain storm came in and we thought it might spoil the shoot.

I guess if there is one thing you can count on with Utah weather, it is that it is very unpredictable and usually our storms don’t last too long. So we packed up anyway and headed out into the storm hoping for the best. Once we got to the location the rain stopped and while the sun was scarce, we were able to pull off some amazing photos with the help of our portable sun that we like to bring out on cloudy days.

(For the geeks) Our portable sun is essentially an extra flash unit that we mount to a large soft box. We control the flash by mounting a transmitter unit (made by radio poppers) to our on-camera flash and then hooking a radio receiving unit to an additional flash that my assistant holds. The coolest part of this system is that I can adjust the power of the off camera flash right from the flash unit on my camera. As you can see in the photos, this extra off-camera light adds more depth to the photos and provides a much more natural and interesting lighting on the subject.

Let us know what you think about Heidi’s senior portraits and check out our senior website!

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Engagement Portraits – Kallie & Robert

October 14, 2009

Luckily we had a break in the bad weather today to do Kallie and Robert’s engagement portraits. Doing portrait sessions in the fall is always fun and it’s too bad that our fall here in Utah is so short. I’m hoping that mild weather will grace us for the rest of the month so we can get all our location portraits done. We had a great time heading up into the canyons with Kallie and Robert. They were game for just about anything and none of us left without being considerable covered in mud and grass stains. We are excited to do Kallie’s bridal portraits next month and then do their wedding photography in January. Here are some of our favs from the session. Please let us know what you think!

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Tags: Engagement Portraits, Utah Wedding Photographer, Utah Wedding Photography, Wedding Invitations
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Become a member of the {Umbra}clique!

October 12, 2009

Become a member of the {Umbra}clique for free! The {Umbra}clique is an E-Letter that we send out every 4-8 weeks that includes subscriber only discounts, special event information, and fun tidbits about our photographic adventure and client stories. Anyone can join, so please pass this along to your friends so they too can receive the benefits! Sign up today!

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Children Portraits – Timmerman Grandchildren

October 8, 2009

With the holidays approaching, now is the perfect time get some family portraits done. Family portraits make memorable gifts that anyone is sure to love. From wall portraits to custom designed holiday cards to photo albums or jewelry, we have a huge line of products in the {Umbra}boutique that would make the perfect gift for family and friends. We were commissioned by the Timmerman family to create some fun portraits of their grandchildren that will be used for Christmas gifts. Here are some of our favorites from the session, let us know what you think!

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Salt Lake City Engagement Photography – Brooke & Nick

October 4, 2009

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Last night we had fun photographing Brooke & Nick. While their wedding won’t be held until next May at Heritage Gardens, they wanted to get their engagement portraits done before the weather turned cold. We were so glad that some sun came out for their session. We had a lot of fun exploring downtown and creating some fun images for their invitations. Can you guess what the primary color will be for their wedding? Here are some of our favorites from the session. Please leave us a comment and let us know which ones you like.

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Inn on the Hill Wedding Photography – Agnus & Brandon

October 3, 2009

Last Saturday we had the opportunity to photograph Agnus & Brandon’s wedding. The wedding was one of the most beautiful we’ve ever photographed and every detail was wonderfully designed and thought out. The wedding was held at Salt Lake City’s Inn on the Hill and the reception was held at Em’s Restaurant. We had a great time photographing and getting to know Agnus and Brandon and their families better. Here are some of our favorites from the post ceremony portraits we did of Agnus and Brandon. To see more of their wedding check out this video!

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Photoumbra’s October Senior of the Month!

October 2, 2009

Each month we choose one deserving high school senior to be our Senior of the Month. Our October Senior of the Month is Vanessa Harman from Taylorsville High. Vanessa stared a group this summer called Green Youth of Utah. It is a group of about 20 teens that enjoy environmentally friendly recreational activities during the summer. This summer they got their group involved in paddle surging which leaves no carbon footprint on the environment. She has also been working with Utah Gardens, a local garden where she plants food that is all donated to the Utah Food Bank. If you would like to know more about her group, visit her website and check out ABC4 News coverage of their paddle surfing HERE.

Here is a bio about Vanessa:
“My name is Vanessa Harman I am a senior at Taylorsville High School. I plan on attending Brigham Young University next fall. I am involved in a lot of clubs at school, I am currently a Senior Class Officer, FBLA Officer, FCCLA Officer, Key Club Officer, & DECA Officer. I love photography. Especailly Photoumbra! They capture you & what you like uniquely. My favorite season is fall and Monica incoorperated that perfectly into my pictures. I am very excited to be October’s Senior of the Month!”

To view our favorites from Vanessa’s session please click here. If you would like to nominate someone to be one of our Senior of the Month please visit our website and click on the Senior of the Month tab.

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