I know I say it all the time, . . . . but I love photographing extended families! Especially when they come from different parts of the country and are looking for something specific to make the photos even more special. The Ramos family is exactly that. They are living in Sandy, Utah, but have children all over the states. They came together for a little reunion. One of the families is now planning on leaving Utah and loves the Mountains and really wanted mountains in the photos. Since there was still snow in the mountains, I did some research to find places where we could get beautiful view ..read more

When you are a Utah Extended Family Photographer and it is in the middle of a record-breaking heatwave, you need to get creative. Especially when your family can only meet in the middle of the day. This is what happened with the awesome Jones family. The family could only meet at 2:00 in the afternoon because one family was flying in from Amsterdam that morning, they were having a luncheon, and then there was a groom's dinner that evening. The next day was a family wedding. It took some creative investigating on my part. The luncheon was in Lindon, Utah and they wanted family photos right aft ..read more

Once again I needed some models to help me out with a location I have not used in a very long time, so who do I call, my beautiful family? This time it was my son, Taylor, his wife, Dausha, and my five-month-old, cutest ever grandson, Radford. Plus they haven't had any formal photos since his newborn photos. It was time! Guardsman Pass is always lovely. The problem is there are so many places to shoot it is hard to choose. I am glad they came along to help me narrow it down. What makes this area even more special is after the road over Guardsman Pass was paved in 2014 people were worried abou ..read more

Extended Family Photoshoot | Sandy, Utah Covid definitely changed a lot of plans, travel, celebrations, family get-togethers. For the Dayton and Lyon families, it was all three. Katie and her cute family lived in Manhattan and wanted to share their new baby's blessing with their entire family in Utah. However, with travel restrictions and health concerns they had to wait a full year to share the happy event. They decided while everyone was together to celebrate the occasion with family photos. I couldn't agree more with their decision! To me family photos, especially extended family photos, a ..read more

How can you look at the cute face and not smile? This is Radford and he is turning ONE! He has been walking for almost 2 months and definitely has an agenda. Usually, one-year-olds are not walking so it is easy to keep them in one place. So my goal was to bribe him into doing exactly that. That is where my little stool came into play. He loved swinging his little legs and sitting up tall. Bribing him with Cheerios also helped. Did I mention that this little firecracker is my grandson? I could take photos of him all day. But then I would be exhausted! His personality is one of a kind and I tru ..read more

A little over two years ago I was asked to take Jon Boss' Senior and Missionary photos by his mom, Natalie. Jon had just graduated from Olympus High in Holladay Utah and was headed to San Franciso on a Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We had a grand time. Fast forward two years. Jon is home and now his brother Ben is leaving to serve a Mission in Washington State. Natalie thought she had better catch her family in its entirety before Ben left. Daughter Morgan had already served before Jon in Oregon. This family was so easy-going and really made my job easy. There r ..read more

Extended families are my thing, the bigger the better!!! I came from a small family so I love hearing the fun stories of large families and laughing with them. Some photographers shy away from extended and large families, but I say BRING THEM ON!!! I especially loved the Westover family. They were able to include their Abuela from California. She was so proud to be photographed with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She was taking her own photos and proudly sending them to family in Mexico. The family was getting together for a reunion and staying in lovely Eden, Utah. I t ..read more

Ok, I will start out right now saying this blog is very biased! These are my grandsons and I think they are the two cutest boys ever, with the exception of my other grandson that I have already written about! Christopher and Andrew keep me young! They have great imaginations, they are kind, they are funny, they are smart, and they love their nana, and I love them! We have great adventures together, and we love to laugh! Anyone can see by looking through my portfolio that I use them a lot as models. Not only are they cheap, but they are exceedingly handsome and I can bribe them with almost any ..read more

"A happy family is but an early heaven!" If this is true, the Wood home is truly heaven! I have never seen a couple so proud and in love with their baby girl! It has not been an easy year for this sweet family. I am so happy they chose me to document one of their first times out of their home in a very long time! Millie is one lucky little girl! And the heavens really smiled on us and held the rain while tornados and torrential thunderstorms raged all around us. God is good! We have tried a couple of times to meet. Unfortunately, one time I was ill and another time the weather was horrible. B ..read more

I love scouting for new locations. What makes it even more fun is bringing along some of my favorite photo subjects (My two awesome grandsons Christopher and Andrew). The promise of M&M's makes them last a bit longer and smile a bit bigger! This week I have three shoots and three places where I have never been. This is always stressful to me. So I decided to do a little pre-shoot. I haven't been to the Huntsville/Snowbasin area in quite some time. All I can say is wow! What a breathe of fresh air! And with the temperatures in Salt Lake over 100 degrees I mean that quite literally! It was ..read more