We took a break from senior portraits for a night and had an awesome bridal portrait session with the lovely Marcie Jones. We love the Jones family! We photographed their other daughter’s bridal pictures and wedding last year at Thanksgiving Point and just did their family portraits last month. We feel very grateful to know such a wonderful and beautiful family. We met another member of the Jones family during this session, Cuddles. Cuddles is their horse and she was so amazing to work with and photograph. She is super sweet and you could tell that she and Marcie have a special bond.

We started the session near the Albion Basin in a beautiful field full of wildflowers. Marcie’s elegant dress and cute vail looked stunning against the lush mountainside. We had fun with a few props from our studio. I particularly liked how well the umbrella went with her wedding dress.

After about an hour in the mountains, we ventured to a great “country” location to meet up with Cuddles! While the weather was a bit hot, the sunset was amazing and I love the coppery tones the sun casted while setting. Cuddles was great around the flash, which most horses completely freak out about. That was a relief because we wanted Marcie on her for some of the shots. Marcie purchased an extra wedding dress that we could trash a bit for this part of her session which was nice since Cuddles did like to whip her mouth on Marcie from time to time. Towards the end of the session we had Marcie take her hair down and gallop with Cuddles a bit with the sunset at their backs. It was a beautiful end to a very fun and memorable bridal session.

I look forward to her upcoming wedding in August at The Point in Salt Lake City. We’ll be doing some urban shots of the wedding party prior to the reception that should be really fun! Here are some of my favs from the session…believe me it was HARD to choose! Enjoy and please feel free to leave a comment and check out our wedding website if you get a chance.