happy halloween.

Our pumpkins. The Boogie Man from The Nightmare Before Christmas and the logo for the San Fran Giants. Go ahead and guess which one is mine and which one is Ryans.
Happy Halloween!

a broken heart.

Ok, this is going to sound completely messed, but unless you have a passion in something, you can't understand how I feel. You may have realized that I haven't posted many of my own images lately. Let me explain. My heart was ripped into a trillion billion pieces when I found out that my backup hard drive crashed, and a lot of my images were torn from my fingertips. I know, I know. I don't have a clue why many of these weren't backed up on additional hard drives. A lot of them were, but a lot of really great stuff was lost. I know I should have backed it up. It was on my to-do list for MONTHS. Lesson learned, people. Really really shizzy lesson learned. What I'm saying is my heart broke. Honestly. It is still broken (and will be until I hear back from the man retrieving my files). BUT there has been hope in working for Justin Hackworth.

Let me explain.

Justin is a funny guy. You want to know why he's so great? He doesn't realize how really amazing he is. I'm serious. He's been all over the states doing shoots this month, and when people say, "Oh my gosh I can't believe you're taking my pictures!" or "Oh my gosh. You answer your own phone?!" or something along the lines of "Justin is your brother? He's famous!", he can't believe it. He thinks it hysterical that people know who he is. I think everyone should know who he is. Especially in the photography world.
And here is one reason why. Check out this amazing wedding in Spring City that Justin photographed.
Simply beautiful.




I guess my point, and I think I have one, is that while my photography is on a stand still because my heart is broken, Justin's photography makes me excited about photography. It makes me want to learn more and be a better photographer. It makes me think, shame on you once for not backing up those files. AND shame on you a million times for feeling sorry for yourself and stopping your photography because you're sad. And guess what? I took my camera out of its case today to shoot for the first time in a month. (ohhh that makes me embarrassed). Its progress and I'm done being sad.

sixx.

Introducing my favorite designers. Please enjoy the beautiful work of sixx design.

going places.

Hey everyone. So the photographer I'm working for, Justin Hackworth (who took the above and below shots), is going to be doing some special shoots in Provo, SLC, Seattle, Denver, and San Francisco in the next few weeks. If you're going to be in the area and want some images done this is your chance. He's amazing. The info about it is posted on his blog. Its a great deal because it includes $100 credit to prints and 50 4x6 prints for Christmas cards. I mean seriously? Don't miss this guy!

provo i was wrong about you.

Hello again from the lovely city of provo. Real fast...no I did not take the picture above. I'm getting to that. First, I have to say I had my doubts about moving here, but I can honestly tell you that Provo has brought me nothing but great things. I had been job searching for 2 weeks, carrying resumes with me wherever I went, even interviewed for a 911 emergency dispatcher job (if you ever want to hear pure terrorizing phone calls that take you straight to a shrink, they have a job opening. haha I'm sorry and excuse me but...what the hell was I thinking?) and then it happened. I had a slight inkling to drop my resume by one of the top photographers in the area, Justin Hackworth (thats who took the amazing photo above). Although, to be completely honest, I didn't think I had a chance. He called me 3 days later with a job offer. Well, after proving myself I will have the job that is. But still amazing.I can't begin to tell you how blessed we have been since moving here.

Oh, so Justin Hackworth. He's a very talented photographer. Here is some of his work from a project he did called 30 strangers. He's done it for the past 3 years (I believe these were from the first 2 years on the project) and this years exhibit will be showing at the Provo library art gallery all this month, starting September 3rd.

So make sure to check it out!!

any opinions.

Hey everyone! We are officially living in Provo and loving it so far! Ryan starts classes tomorrow and I've just been looking for a job (thats a different story for another time. I have got some interesting stories...but if you hear of any art related job openings in utah let me know. no seriously. please do.) We've been trying to get the house set up and organized and we're trying to decide between a few prints. Any suggestions on these? Urban has some really cool art. We want something really modern and urban looking. Oh and if anyone knows how to make an elk head look modern, those suggestions are welcome also.

holga farm.

Just a little something I took with my holga last spring. I finally got around to scanning some film so I thought I'd share. Hope everyone is having a fantastic last few weeks of summer!