Older Pics that I should have posted sooner

These are some pictures I took the day before the Huntington-Croft wedding. Pretty sure this is Laguna Beach, but I did get a bit turned around in the car . . . I stopped when I saw parking near the water. :)

Adria and Dan

Adria and Dan asked me to step in as the wedding photographer for their wedding in the Mt. Timpanogos Utah LDS temple. I really enjoyed working with this group. Being a wedding photographer lets you meet some pretty awesome folks.

Headshots

Camella Cañete, Utah Opera coloratura soprano and Hale Center Theatre phenom, needed some headshots one day. With only ten minutes to squeeze a shoot into her hectic schedule, we stepped outside on her front porch and got some good ones. Here is the final result. Both posted are the same shot, but one she used for her HCT audition, and the B&W more formal looking version she uses for opera.

Links to Consignment Work

As a photographer, it's fun to see stuff I've shot for businesses make its way onto their websites. Note the new "consignment work" links to the right.

My work on those websites is mostly uncredited, but the majority of the product photography you'll see is done by me (though not all the post-processing, so don't judge too harshly on some of those pics . . . it wasn't my fault!).

On the Art + Mary website, my work was done as a second shooter at some of their events, so you'd have to dig a little deeper to find my work. It was so much fun working with Zuzanna and Shalee! They are the brains behind Art + Mary, and I've worked with them as assistant as well as back-up photographer. Can't even tell you cool they are.

Enjoy the links. :)

MariaG

A sneak peak

To my dear photography blog followers and random visitors alike,

I have so much new stuff to post, I don't know quite where to start. I've shot some weddings, I've shot some product shots, I've worked as a back-up photographer for a couple different photographers, and I've been traveling all over the place. I haven't given up on the blog, though it might look like it currently . . .

Here are a couple pics from the latest wedding I shot. Enjoy and know that more are on the way.

MariaGabrielle

Mary, Mary, so extraordinary!

Mary is a country girl through and through. She loves anything that takes her into the great outdoors. As a soon-to-be grad from Brigham Young University, she wanted some pics to commemorate the experience and to celebrate her days as an undergrad.

Trunk or Treat

This past Halloween, I was asked to participate in the community's "Trunk or Treat" activity held at a local church. My assignment? Take pictures of the kids/families as they came by. So I drove my car over, opened up the trunk and draped a white sheet over the back of my car and took some photos, Avedon-style. To me it was obviously a photo-backdrop, but to the kids my car was "the ghost car." Here are a few that I'm pretty happy with. Not having much practice taking pictures of kids, I definitely felt stretched . . . Enjoy the pics!

Dan and Ben Tengelsen in Concert

Songwriters and talented musicians, Dan and Ben Tengelsen have made a name for themselves on the Utah music circuit. Their concert last month featured some of their old favorites from their first album From the Mountains to the Sea, including "The Ballad of Jimjemal" mixed with some newer tunes. They had a guest appearance from Amy Whitcomb who rocked out on a mix of her own songs finishing up with a rock-edge rendition of "Natural Woman." It was fun to attend and even more fun to photograph. Check out the Tengelsen's music on iTunes -- my own favorite is "Back to You."