Michelle and Sawyer’s Formals

Ok I have been holding on to these pictures too long! I absolutely LOVED working with Sawyer and Michelle, and so of course their Formal Session was just a real treat for me! We got close enough to their wedding day where we finally got some color which was awesome.

Michelle chose to do a first look, even though Sawyer kept saying how he’d already seen her in her wedding dress, she still wanted to show him the finished look! I really absolutely love it when couples do a First Look since it’s a great way to capture those first moments all dressed up like a bride and groom.

Sawyer waiting patiently in his daper suit. Michell excited to sneak up on him.

I love to see the way that couples interact with one another. It’s always so different depending on individual personalities and they way they mesh together. Sawyer has definitely got the sense of humor, Michelle has definitely got the smiles and laughter. Both just work together to make a fantastic couple!

My FAVORITE!!! :

What was even more of a treat during the session is that Michelle brough her SWEET puppy Sadie for a few pictures! Sadie was the softest dog ever and I loved petting her when I introduced myself. We became instant friends! She seriously is a sweetheart!

There is not a need whatsoever to even try to describe how amazingly gorgeous Michelle is. The pictures do more justice than my words;-)

Let me just say that having natural beauty is just awesome and lucky . . . but going the EXTRA mile to have your make up and hair done right by a professional seriously makes for pictures that make you shine and look your very best, especially for Bridals. Michelle is a hairstylist as well as gets hired by other Brides to do their make up for their special day. So she definitely knew what she was doing, and it turned out fantastic!!!

We had some yummy light that day!

Michelle and Sawyer’s wedding day was just as beautiful, and I can’t wait to share it with everyone! I love being a part of couple’s special time in their life and capturing these moments that really are fleeting in the grand view. I really believe that having beautiful wedding pictures taken and displayed in your home can help keep the connection strong.

Michelle and Sawyer . . . thanks for all of the fun times! Your wedding day is coming up shortly! Hope you are enjoying the sun in Florida:)

Thanks for stopping in today everyone!

HS Senior Sneak Peeks :)

A week or so ago, I had the fun opportunity to photograph 3 different HS Senior Gals in less than a week. . . and let me tell you it was a BLAST!!! All three of these gals, though different, were so fun to hang out with and I am so happy with what we got! Here is just a peek at what is to come soon:)

They are all so gorgeous, huh? Yep and I can’t wait to share more!!!

 

Matt & Lynae’s Wedding {Chantilly Mansion}

 

Matt and Lynae’s wedding was like a wintery dream. . . Every bride who gets married in Utah, and who gets married in the middle of the winter, dreams of a winter wonderland (or at least that is what we expect). Oddly enough, most days this past December/January had been quite dry, with even some days that may have been considered ‘warm.’ Well finally at the end of January, on Lynae and Matt’s wedding day, we got our Winter Wonderland for sure. . . . pure blizzard during some of the day! Thankfully we were inside (most of the day) at a gorgeous vintage styled venue up in Layton, Chantilly Mansion. This venue was a perfect fit for the style that Lynae and Matt were going for, and definitely provided eye candy for my camera and for all of the details of the day. 

I absolutely love this bride and groom and after joining them to capture their fun and beautiful engagements and bridals, I was thrilled to be wrapping up this wedding experience of the two of them with this beautiful day.

I absolutely love the enchantingly beautiful look that Lynae is fabulous at giving when my camera is around. Seriously she is a stunning bride.

Mother and daughter moment

 

I loved Lynae’s dad’s expression when she walked out of the room.

Lynae and her mom watched outside as some of the guests were drawing hearts in the parking lot snow.

I absolutely love how stunning this is. And again, I love the huge prints that they did for their wedding.

Waiting for the action to start;-)

Just before Matt came out, he had that nervous/excited look. Love this one of him waiting in anxiousness to see Lynae

Do you recognize her??? Another one of my past brides!  I love photographing the weddings of my past brides’ girlfriends:)

And this is where it gets insane with the weather. We had quite the crew to take these two out to get that winter wonderland look:

Even though it was cold and snowy, these two could work it and make the already beautiful setting, that much more amazing looking. But we all were ready to go back in after just a little bit;)

There was this cute moment when Matt and Lynae first started dancing. They grasped each other’s hands and waist/shoulders so formal and proper. Then a family member pointed out to them that they were married and could hold each other as tight as they wanted. This beautifully happy picture followed! I just think these two are awesome:)

Talk about an incredible mirror. So glad these two were up for getting a few more pictures of just them. Because some of these are definitely favorites!

Yes look at those humongous snow flakes! It was such a beautiful day though!

Thank you so much Lynae and Matt for letting me join you on your fun wedding journey! It definitely was a highlight for me, and a complete pleasure to get to know you both! I wish you both tons of happiness on this fun journey together!

Thanks for stopping by everyone!

Spring 2012 Mini Sessions

Are you looking for the perfect session for:  child portraits, sibling portraits, simple and small family pictures, photos of your pet, a few maternity pictures to document this time in your life, or just a little session with you and your friends?

Well here it is you chance! This is the first time Angela Marie Photography is trying out mini sessions, and I hope that it can helpful to someone who wants that stylized look without having to pay for a full-on session.

Contact me at: angelaliddle (at) gmail (dot) com, or through the contact form above if you would like to sign up! Only 5 spots left!!!

For those of you who sign up, I will be sending out a survey to you, so we can maximize our time together and get the portraits that you are looking for! I will also bring varying props and some chairs that you are also welcome to use as part of your session!

The date is coming up VERY soon due to the early spring we are having (April 13th and 14th), if for some reason the orchards have not bloosomed quite by then though, I will access the schedules of those who have signed up and push it back a week or two depending on how quickly everything is blossoming and to ensure we get the perfect look!

  As a photographer my goal is to instill confidence in my clients during a session, in a way that will help them act naturally and so I can capture real emotion and feeling. And I have found with my own photos on the wall that either I’ve taken or the ones that I have hired other professional photographers to take, that those pictures bring me great happiness and comfort during good moments as well as harder moments where I recognize the great blessing of my family and the happiness that we share together.  I believe that through professional pictures,  you as my client, will see something that will reaffirm and show you that you are a great parent, a great person, that your children or loved ones care about you, that even though we all go through hard days and moments, our family and children are there for us and loving us unconditionally. And I feel as though I have the ability to see and capture that during a session.

 I personally feel like professional photos are worth the investment and are worth every penny in the value that they will bring to your family and will be keepsakes that you will treasure for years to come. 

Please email me back as soon as possible if you would like to sign up and be a part of this exciting opportunity! I look forward to hearing from you, and hope and wish you and your family are doing happy and well!

Sawyer and Michelle’s Engagements

They met at an unlikely place . . . a singles ward function. Okay, okay, I guess it is a pretty common place where people find each other (eh-hem . . . My Johnny and I). But many people go there and sometimes it doesn’t always happen right away. Well that particular day when Sawyer and his friend walked in, they saw Michelle sitting there. Obviously struck by her amazing outer beauty, they mustered up the courage to go sit by her and her friend. Sawyer may have been sitting next to Michelle’s friend, but he managed to get lucky and receive Michelle’s number. Because for him, it was a major crush that first day! 

Sawyer decided to call and ask her out . . . on Valentine’s Day. Yeah Michelle wouldn’t have that for a first date . . . awkward! hehe. . . so they did it soon after that. Sawyer could tell that Michelle was a little older than he was, but he wasn’t going to let that stop him from winning her heart! His friend wisely told him to just go for it and be super confident. So that’s what he did. And guess what? Two years later it worked!

Michelle’s side of the story has its own inner-workings and experiences which kept bringing her back to Sawyer over and over again. She would try to break it off, but she soon learned that the Lord kept trying to show her that she needed Sawyer and that he was the man who truly owned her heart.

This is what Sawyer had to say about her, “Michelle has so many amazing qualities. I love how mature she is and she is the only girl I have ever dated that had a vision of what she wanted. Parallel with that, she helps me to be the best I can be, and I love that. She is also probably the most caring person that I have ever meet! I also love that I can brag about her and how hot she is! Ha! I also love how we can do anything together and make it fun! Probably my favorite memory with her is when we went to Nauvoo together. Everything was perfect and our love only grew.”

I absolutely LOVED working with these two! Their style and personalities made for an absolutely fun session! (even if it was super cold at the end – thanks for being great troopers!!!) Enjoy!

Michelle is my BEAUTIFUL cousin. I LOVE this next picture of her with handsome Sawyer!

L.O.V.E.!!!

Thank you so much Michelle and Sawyer for choosing me as your photographer! Can’t wait for your wedding this month!

 

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