I did Lyndee’s senior portraits several years ago, and now she’s graduated college and getting married! It was fun catching up with her and meeting her wonderful fiance while doing their engagement portraits. It was very windy the day we did them, but the light was beautiful Congratulations you two!

This is Dallas, my nephew, and these are a few of his senior portraits we took recently. And no, he didn’t break his neck doing the skateboarding tricks

These were taken when my daughter Ariel and her sweet baby (my 1st grandchild ) Atlas came home to visit in April. Kind of slow on the blogging, but here they are now. He is such a good baby and we miss him (and his mama) so much when they’re not here. California is just way too far away from Idaho.

Dear Summer,

Why don’t you want to stay?
I miss your burning kisses
and your soul warming embrace.

When Spring stopped by to tell me
that you were on your way
Her enthusiasm was lacking
then she quickly went away.

All winter time I longed for you
and knew return was nigh
For all the time we’ve spent together
could not be cast aside.

Now your solstice is upon us
It’s not optional, but still
Since you’ve hardly said hello,
the event will lose its thrill.

Autumn will be my last hope
for at least a warm goodbye
Then Winter, so dependable
will long be at my side.

~Cindy

Ashley and Anthony had a beautiful wedding at the First Christian Praise Chapel in Rupert, and an amazing reception at the Elk’s Lodge. They transformed the Elk’s into the most beautiful reception center ever Here are a few of my favorites from the day.

This is my daughter and her new husband. We are so excited for them! Here are a couple of slideshows from shoots we did before their wedding. Mom with a camera, mother of the bride, watch out!

Play button on the lower left sides

Vanessa is one of my favorite brides from 2007 and it was so fun to get together with her again and do a fitness shoot. She owns the Flex Fitness Center in Jerome and is also a competition body builder. She wanted some cool portraits, and we also wanted to try out some specialized lighting and photography techniques that we’ll be offering to contestants at the 2010 Flex Fitness Natural Bodybuilding and Figure Contest her company is sponsoring this September at CSI in Twin Falls. Vanessa also brought her adorable little daughter with her who enjoyed getting some portraits taken with her mom Click the play button below to view this fun session.

Heidi and Coulson were in town for a visit and we were able to get together for a brief photo shoot before they left. Coulson was so much fun to photograph with his cute expressions and attitude He kept us all running! And check out the basketball pics. He’s only one year old and he knows what the game is about! Too cute! This was a lifestyle commercial session, so keep an eye open for these pics in use somewhere – magazines, advertising, etc.

I had the privilege recently to take a portrait of 5 consecutive presidents that have served in the Rupert Idaho Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints. To get a group like this together for a portrait is pretty amazing and totally cool

Rupert Idaho Stake Presidents

I’m kinda late uploading these. I’ve been such a bad blogger the last few months. This little guy is smiling and laughing now! Kalan was just a couple of weeks old when we did these portraits. He’s the sweet baby of Tobin and Trista. You might remember them from last year when I did their engagement and wedding portraits. What a sweet baby they have Several of these portraits are available on iStockphoto, so keep a lookout for them in use!