White House Photography

{dehaan fam}

Oh how I adore this family and have been so anxious to take their family portraits. Kelly DeHaan is the choir director for The Sterling Singers, a choir that I am SO BLESSED to sing with. You may also recognize Kelly from many Hale Centre Theatre productions. He is a man of MANY talents....a musical and acting genius. Being a part of The Sterling Singers has provided so much comfort and healing for me. And this man....is a living ANGEL on earth. What an amazing man of overwhelming strength, passion, faith...and ridiculous talent. I love so much about Kelly. But one of the things that I love and truly admire the most, is his unfailing love for his beautiful wife Shellie. He absolutely ADORES HER...and it is apparent to ANYONE who sees them. I ache for the pure and selfless love that they have for each other. It is SUCH an amazing thing. Their love is so thick you can feel it. Pure awesomeness. Anyway...I could go on about this crazy awesome family all day....but I will refrain. What fun it was to spend the afternoon with such a great family that I respect and love so much.













Until the DeHaan fam has a chance to review all of the images from their shoot and choose the 10 pics that THEY want me to edit for them, I thought it would be fun to choose a few of my faves to edit and post as a little sneak peek for them. And as is usually the case, I had THE hardest time choosing ONLY A FEW to edit. There were SO many great shots.....I couldn't help but edit FAR more than just a handful. :-)









With the great opportunity I had to shoot a family with THIS much talent and character, I couldn't resist  demanding a little "play time" during our shoot. Love these next few shots....so much fun!




And as is tradition for every White House Photography shoot, we simply had to have a few smooching shots. And believe me....Kelly and Shellie had NO problem with this. :-) Jokes aside...it was a beautiful thing...almost as if I had disappeared and they were simply having a moment and being IN LOVE...and I was honored enough to witness it. Sometimes with couples that have been married a long time, they take a little coaxing and the passion has gone a little stale. Not with these two. Their "fire" was as bright and as passionate as ever. Oh my heart...I want love that like. Love these shots, where you can TRULY SEE the love they have for each other. Awesome.



I noticed something that was unique to this shoot, when I was taking these beautiful pictures. Generally, when I get Mom and Dad to be all "romantic," the kids think it's gross and usually are very vocal about it....or run and hide. LOL! You'd think with FOUR BOYS, that is exactly the reaction you'd get. Not...a...word. You know what that says to me? This is NORMAL. This passion, this open expression of their love for each other is something that these boys are USED TO!!!! That makes me seriously just....overwhelmed. I love that. I'm not sure that would have stood out to me if it wasn't so unique. Love that these four boys are used to seeing their Mom and Dad be affectionate. THEY KNOW that their Dad loves their Mom....and vice versa. *sigh* Awesome.



This next pose is always one of my favorites...as cheesy as it is. This pose is called "Brought to you by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Isn't it about.....Time?" :-) Love it!

We had such a great time shooting at two beautiful locations and I am so pleased with how all of these shots turned out.


How grateful I am not only for the opportunity to shoot portraits of this good family, but to have the opportunity to rub shoulders with them on a regular basis. My life is so RICHLY blessed, simply by knowing them. This family, The Sterling Singers....both proof to me that God lives, loves me and knows me VERY personally. I have seen MIRACLES in my life as a result of this choir and this man. God is so very good. Many thanks to the DeHaan family for giving me this great opportunity to shoot their family portraits this year. I sure love you and hope that you are as pleased with these proofs as I am. :-)

{durham fam}

What a fun surprise to hear from this cute gal that I haven't seen in very likely over 15 years. I am fairly certain that the last time I saw Jessica, she was a young teenager. And before that, I was her babysitter. ;-) Crazy to see her grown up into this BREATHTAKINGLY beautiful woman, happily married and mama to one of THE cutest little guys.






Originally, we had planned on taking cute Jessica and her family up Little Cottonwood Canyon to catch the fall colors. However, after looking out the window at the beautiful grounds at my office (at the mouth of Little Cottonwood), I proposed to Jessica that we do there shoot right there. The grounds at Ivy Institute, Inc. are BREATHTAKING. I feel almost as if I work in HEAVEN (for more reasons than just the landscape.....but it truly is BEAUTIFUL there). And fortunately, we were able to do this shoot TWO DAYS before it snowed and took most of the leaves with it. Happy day! This little guy had a rough minute for a little while...but was happy as ever after we let him run around a bit, paid the chickens a visit and played in the leaves. :-)





Until the Durham fam is able to review all of the images from their shoot and choose the 10 pictures that they would like for me to edit, I thought it would be fun to choose a few of MY faves to edit and post as a little sneak peek for them. LOVE how these turned out with the GORGEOUS fall colors!!







So fun to reconnect with Jessica after so many years and meet her sweet little fam. What a fun shoot we had, playing the leaves and enjoying this beautiful autumn day. Many thanks to the Durham family for giving me the opportunity to take your family portraits this year. I hope that you are as pleased we these proofs as I am. I will have a proofing CD ready for you within the week.

{jex fam}

Oh HAPPY DAY!!!!! SO thrilled that I was able to shoot one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE families this past week. So love my sweet Christy....my soul's twin.....and her ridiculously adorable family. Love them so much I could SCREAM! We had such a great time shooting with their sweet babies and ended up with SO MANY AMAZING shots. I am so pleased with the results of this shoot of 4 of my VERY FAVORITE people. Oooh...LOVE THEM SOOOOOO MUCH!!!!! And LOVE LOVE LOVE that Christy chose to rock these amazing fabulous red pants! HIT IT! Awesome!! Such a gorgeous fashion diva. LOVE IT!








Couldn't believe our good fortune when we found a section of this railroad car that actually said "GOOD TIMES" on it!!! HIT IT! Love that SO MUCH...and SO PERFECT for this CRAZY FUN FAMILY!!!!



Until my sweet angel Christy is able to review all of the shots from this shoot and choose the 10 images that she would like for me to edit, I thought it would be fun to choose a few of my faves to edit and post as a little sneak peek. And as is often the case.....I found it a ridiculously big challenge to LIMIT it to "a few." LOL! There were FAR TOO MANY AWESOME ONES!!! So FREAKING LOVE this family..and LOVE how this shoot turned out.











And...as always....the shoot wouldn't be complete without a few fabulously passionate kissing shots. Love these beautiful shots that so clearly show the love and adoration they feel for each other....takes my breath away......




What a great blessing this family is in my life. Love them beyond words. So grateful for the opportunity I had to shoot family portraits for one of my greatest "trench friends" and her beautiful family. What a blast!!! James and Christy......and shaweet little babies.....love you SO MUCH! I hope you are as pleased with these proofs as I am. I will have a proofing CD for you within the week and look forward to seeing what YOUR faves are!!

{smith fam}

Oh how I love this cute Mama. I met and served with Mikki's sweet mom and dad, Kathy and John, during the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Youth Temple Celebration almost 3 years ago and served on their committee for Festival of Trees the past 3 years. This year, I am on the Executive Board for Festival of Trees with Kathy. They have become literally like parents to me....I love them so much. What a blessing to have them in my life...and also have all of their amazing kids in my life as well. Cute Mikki is one of them....LOVE HER! What a great opportunity to meet Mikki's husband and their beautiful family for the first time to take their family portraits last week. And OH....MY......GOODNESS....did we end up with a BAZILLION awesome shots! I  am SO EXCITED to post the proofs from this shoot!!!




Time to squish our cheeks to refresh our smiles! LOL!




I like to call this next one "Family: Isn't it about...time? From The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints." LOL! I love these "Mama and Daddy looking at all of their babies" shots....but they seriously remind me of those LDS Church commercials. So funny. LOVE this shot though!






This next shot had a little bit of a lens flare on it. Instead of getting rid of the flare, I decided to make the lens flare even BIGGER....and really kinda love how it turned out!!! SO FUN!!






This next shot is likely one of my VERY FAVORITES from this shoot! Oh my heart.....LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT...from the Mama and Daddy smooching, to little bud focusing right on me, to brother and sister interacting with each other...to the awesome contrasts, lines and patterns on this AMAZING backdrop. LOVE IT!!!!

In addition to family group shots, I also shot a bunch of individual portraits of these beautiful kids. I could not get enough. They are all SO ridiculously cute....especially this little dude. Are you for real???? Have you ever seen a more handsome little guy? And WHAT a sweet little poser. His smile was PERFECT for every single shot....goodNIGHT....a photographer's DREAM!!!! As you can see....I kinda took a FEW of him..LOL! Couldn't seem to get enough!!








For those of you who are unfamiliar with how my shoots generally work, I thought I would give a brief explanation. After your shoot, within a week or so, I will post a "sneak peek" of your shoot here on my photo blog. These are not the only images you have to choose from. The reason for these sneak peek proofs, is to give you a sampling of HOW your pictures can be edited. I generally post a VARIETY of edits (vintage, black & white, sepia, urban, bright color, etc.) to give you ideas. Then, you will receive a Proofing CD with SMALL COPYRIGHTED images of EVERY SHOT from your shoot. You will choose your OWN 10 images from those and then specify HOW you want each one edited, using my SAMPLE EDITS as a guide. You will then receive a CD of your 10 EDITED IMAGES in HIGH RESOLUTION FORMAT (for printing) and also each of your images in LOW RESOLUTION FORMAT (copyrighted images....for all online use). And then, you may print as many of your pictures as you'd like - they are ALL YOURS!!!! Easy, easy! And so...until the Smith family has a chance to review all of the shots from their shoot, I thought I would go ahead and choose a few of MY faves to edit and post as a little sneak peek. I use the term "a few" very loosely, since I obviously couldn't keep it to just a few. I think you will find that that is generally the case. I have never had anyone complain that they don't have enough pictures to choose from. In fact, a few times, I have heard comments in the opposite direction...that there are simply "far too many awesome ones to choose from." That's the way I like it. ;-) HAPPY DAY!

And of course, what would a photo shoot with White House Photography BE without a few fabulous KISSING shots?! LOVE THESE!!!!




We like to call this next one...."HIGH SCHOOL DANCE POSE!" LOL! Please Note: This pose was NOT "for real." LOL! Don't want to ruin my reputation. Ha ha! This couple is SO much fun! Love this fun (and cheesy) shot!

What a CRAZY AWESOME day we had shooting pictures at this GREAT location...on a PERFECT picture day! So fun to meet Mikki's beautiful family and spend the afternoon with them. I am SO RIDICULOUSLY PLEASED with how this shoot turned out. I couldn't get ENOUGH of the pics. I will usually try to just edit 10-15 shots for my SAMPLE EDITS. However, there are some shoots where I just can't  STOP! This was one of them!!!! GORGEOUS family...GORGEOUS location...FUN, FUN, FUN!!!

Many thanks to the Smith family for giving me the opportunity to take their family portraits this year. I hope that you are as pleased with these proofs as I am. I will have a proofing CD ready for you within the week and can't wait to see what YOUR faves are. Sure love you!!!!!

{peacock fam}

It's always fun to have the opportunity to meet up with some of our good friends and neighbors from the neighborhood where I moved from last year. We had lived there for almost 10 years before our divorce and made some pretty amazing friends there. This family happens to be some of those good friends...and our back door neighbors. My goodness, how this cute family has grown. It seems like they just barely had the one little one.....and now they are a family of SIX!!! So fun to spend the afternoon with this cute family....with these two new little babies!






Until the Peacock fam has a chance to review all of the images from their shoot and select the 10 pics that they would like for me to edit, I thought it would be fun to choose a few of MY personal faves to edit and post as a little sneak peek.





OOOH...these babies! I could seriously SMOOCH THEIR FACES OFF!!!!!!


And of course, it simply WOULDN'T be a White House Photography shoot WITHOUT a few fabulous kissing shots of this cute mom and dad....love these!




As you can see....I (yet again) had a hard time limiting my sample edits to just a few. We ended up with so many fun shots of this cute family!!!!




Many thanks to the Peacock family, for giving me the opportunity to take their family portraits this year. I am so happy with how these proofs turned out and hope that you are equally as pleased. Sure love your cute fam. Will have a proofing CD ready for you within the next few days and will look forward to seeing what YOUR faves are!!! ;-)

{brandon & lexi}

Have you ever met someone and just known right away that you were meant to be friends? That's how it was with my friend Brandon. I loved this guy from the moment we met. He is such a great man...beyond even his own comprehension. What an awesome blessing to have him as a friend. So enjoyed being able to do a photo shoot of Brandon a few months ago and love how those shots turned out. However, I have to say, I was even more excited that he asked me a few weeks ago to do another shoot of him with his beautiful daughter Lexi. What a stunner Lexi is...an absolute angel with such a crazy cute personality. We had such a fun afternoon shooting these pictures....and I am so pleased with how they turned out.









Until Brandon has a chance to review all of the images from this shoot and choose the 10 images that he would like me to edit, I thought it would be fun to choose a few of MY faves to edit and post as a little sneak peek. As you may notice, I had a VERY challenging time keeping it to just "a few." My goodness....we ended up with SO MANY ridiculously classic/fun shots!!! I am so happy with how these turned out...and hope that Brandon is equally as pleased.















In between Father/Daughter shots, I also took a few of Lexi by herself. What a doll....I couldn't get enough of her. SUCH a breathtaking little beauty.



One thing I have always admired about Brandon in the short time we've known each other, is the very tight relationship between him and Lexi that is VERY apparent, just by watching them together. I love how playful they are. There is NO doubt in my mind of the love they have for each other and that Brandon is one amazing father. Love their bond...and their silliness. LOL!










Many thanks to my dear friend Brandon and beautiful Lexi, for giving me the opportunity to shoot their portraits this year - SUCH a fun and tender Father/Daughter shoot. I hope that you are both as pleased with these "few" proofs as I am. I will have a proof CD ready for you within the next few days and look forward to seeing what YOUR faves are. Thanks again for your business, and more importantly, thank you for your friendship. Sure love you.