New Beginnings

New beginnings are always fun. Firstly, We’d like to apologize to any current clients or prospective clients that may have felt like they were swept under the rug recently. Truthfully, we’ve been dealing with some stuff. Like growing our families.

Amy with brand new Evelyn, nickname Evy! (Left photograph by Natasha. Right photograph by Amy).

We know this has been mentioned elsewhere. Maybe here on the blog, or maybe on Facebook. I don’t know… the last several months have been a fog… but here are some reminders:

  • If you have already booked a wedding with us, we are still shooting your wedding! Don’t Panic!
  • If you want to book a wedding with us, we’re only booking new weddings or engagement sessions for late February, March and early April. (Natasha’s having a baby boy in May).
  • After our spring weddings (and one in July) we will be on leave for a undetermined amount of time while we adjust to our new circumstances.
  • We’re not going away forever, so continue to check back on occasion and see what we’re up to.
  • We still have past weddings to add to the blog. We will be slowly getting these up as we free up time.

XOXO! Natasha & Amy

Vintage Rentals

I was trying to get organized and going through all our recent weddings to see what needed to be blogged and found these.  This styled shoot was back in June and we didn’t put them online right away because they were for Vintage a la Carte Event Rentals and Love Locks’s websites which weren’t up yet.  So now that I’m finally getting around to them… here they are.

Props by Vintage a la Carte Event Rentals and Love Locks
Flowers by Olga Goddard- My Favorite Flowers
Thanks to our models Scott Stevenson and Tosha Orr Stevenson
Photography by Photo Love Stories and worked with Always and Forever Photography with Justin Jones and Lainee Read

Two Months?

It’s been 2 months since our last post. We had grand ideas for the fall including a styled shoot and many many fun blog posts to get the wedding ideas going. But then life kicked into overdrive for both Natasha and I this fall and we’ve been quickly falling behind.

Some of you may be finding this blog instead of our old… super wonderful fabulous website. This is because we have closed our main sight. This has happened for 2 reasons. 1st, it cost $40 a month… which was fine when we were doing weddings every weekend. 2nd, we aren’t doing weddings every weekend anymore because of several personal reasons and it didn’t make sense to keep it online plus a Facebook page plus a blog. The biggest let down with us letting the website go is that we no longer are able to make our websites and slideshows. This also means that the websites and slideshows that have already been made are no longer accessible. I may be able to continue the slideshows, but need to do a little research on how to make those live on the web without our old website. I can probably host them on this blog’s server… but like I said… I need to research.

The main reasons for these big changes is that we’re both expecting new additions to our family and simply can’t physically keep up in the highly involved and upbeat wedding industry. Some of us sooner than others. I for one should be ready to give birth in the next 3-4 weeks.

Our last wedding we booked for the year is on November 24th. We do not plan on booking any last minute weddings in 2012. We are taking weddings under consideration for 2013 up until May for now, but will be taking a very limited amount (as in MAYBE one a month). So if you are looking for a wedding photographer, give us your date and we will see what we have available. If we aren’t available we can give you a list of other fabulous wedding photographers in the area.

We will temporarily not be traveling out of the St. George/Hurricane area for weddings with the exception of the Zion National Park. We will however will be charging a new travel fee for this area. The reason for this is that we spend between 2-3 hours driving depending on if we’re headed to East or West Zion, we have to pay to pay an annual fee to drive through the park, and we use a lot of fuel that is really expensive these days.

We’re thankful for our super wonderful brides – past, present and future. We’re thankful to have risen to be one of the top wedding photographers in our area in such a sort time of 2 years. We’re also thankful that we’re able to take a step back and enjoy other avenues and time with our families. Even still, keep an eye out for us! We will hit the ground running once again in the near future and we’re excited for the things we will be bringing to the table!

Comment on this post or send us an e-mail via the contact section of this blog if you have any questions or comments. We will get back to you as soon as we can, although realize it may not be too speedy depending on when the inquiry comes through.

XOXO – Amy Hummel

Elan Magazine Shoot – Part I

Because we have so many photographs from this shoot I thought I’d break it into two posts. This is fairly easy because we performed this shoot on two separate days. Day one we photographed the models, and on day two we photographed the decor. Therefore I’m dividing these posts into (1) Models and (2) Decor.

We first fell in love with our dress model, Jasmine, while we were exhibiting at the So. Utah Wedding Showcase in January. She was one of the models for Lauren James Bridal, and participated in the runway show. She was spunky and after the show we approached her about some day modeling for us. Little did she know that the shoot she’d participate in would end up as a feature in a magazine! Score!

Enjoy these photographs which have previously appeared in the summer issue of Elan Woman Magazine:

Location: Tonaquint Gardens, St. George, Utah
Design, Styling and Coordination: Taylor Made Weddings and Events:
Flowers: My Favorite Flowers
Jewelry: JK Jewelers
Hair: Lunatic Fringe (Elizabeth Faye)
Make-up: Christine Hansen of Beauty N Brows Studio
Models: Jasmine Lynch and Mike Needham

And wouldn’t you know, I found some photos of us taking photos!

Wedding Inspiration

Not that I even need to talk about this, because I’m pretty sure everyone has heard of it by now, but Pinterest is the coolest site to get wedding inspiration.  What inspires me right now?  I’m LOVING this color scheme.  I’m just waiting for a wedding that uses deep, fun colors like this purple and turquoise.  Here’s just a few photos I found on pinterest that I love with this color scheme.

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So how do Amy and I use pinterest for inspiration?  Sometimes we’ll find images that inspire us for new poses, and for styled shoots we’ve gotten lots of good ideas for decorating.  Remember this apple orchard shoot?  Here’s my inspiration board on pinterest for that.  I think Amy may have had her own also.  If you look through the shoot and compare to the inspiration board you can see where I got some of the ideas.  Not that any one photo was copied, but I think we incorporated lots of different things into it for lots of different sources.  We love this!  It’s fun to recreate things in your own way.  For future or potential brides who would like to do a styled shoot.  We’d LOVE to see what inspires you by your pinterest boards.  If we are planning a shoot together it would be a fun idea to see what you like or wanted for this type of shoot by showing us some of the photos that you love.

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