Alex | One year old!

This is seriously one of the cutest kids I've ever been around.

Alex is my cousin Evan and his wife Sara's little boy, and he turned 1 year old just a few months ago, so they wanted some pictures to document the milestone. I've decided that 1 is such and adorable age.  I had so much fun spending that warm sunny afternoon with them last month, just taking pictures of Alex's awe and amazement at all of the neat things around the park.  He was fearless as we waddled over to the ducks to get a closer look, making sure we all saw the things he was seeing.  I loved watching his curious little mind hard at work!

Thanks Evan, Sara, and Alex, for letting me spend time with the three of you!



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monica & Ben | Engaged

Welcome to my new blog!

2011 is the busiest and best year yet, and we are really excited about it!  Not to mention, I have a lot of blog-catch-up to do.

To kick things off, I present to you the lovely Monica and Ben.  These two adore each other so much, and I just loved watching them be together!  Lee put together an amazing set-up that really showed off the personality of this darling couple.  We took these pictures at Wheeler Farm in Salt Lake City, and just barely missed a heavy rainstorm.  We always get lucky like that (wink wink).

some newness :)

A long time ago, I mentioned on my blog how I wanted a camera I could take with me on the go.  Something I could keep in my purse and use when inspiration would strike.  Well.  I bought me a Canon Powershot Digital Elph thing-a-ma-bob, and don't get me wrong, it's a GREAT point-and-shoot.. But, it didn't quite give me the artistic types of shots I was looking for.
I knew when I bought it, it wasn't going to be that kind of camera, and I thought "Meh, I'm just going to have it so I can take pictures of me and friends and family, out 'n about".  Well, it turned out, I didn't like to use it enough.  Being a photographer, it felt weird and wrong to post pictures on my blog that weren't "artistic".  Dumb, right?? I know.
Well, the thing is, I DO want to blog more about my personal life, and I just want to blog more period.  And during the day, I work a full-time job that is NOT photography, and I also unfortunately don't carry my large Canon 5D Mark II around with me everywhere I go.  If it was smaller, believe me, I would!  But it's unpractical.
So I went out and got me an awesome "tweener" camera (read: in between large DSLR and small point-and-shoot), which I've only owned for a few hours now, but I'm already so in love with!
It's a Sony Alpha NEX-3, and their whole spiel on this little guy is that it's "DSLR-quality photos from a compact camera". And how very true that is.  If anyone out there is looking for a "tweener" camera like I was, I highly recommend this one!


The two lenses I bought :)




And with the few moments of daylight I had after the battery was charged, I ran outside to test it out!



I'm super excited to get this little guy all figured out!

Well dear blog friends, we've got a busy week ahead of us! I hope you are all well!
XOXO
Maddie