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Utah State Capitol and Salt Lake City Library Groomals | Leah + Dean | ZumaPhoto

Logan — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:33:10 +0000

We took Leah and Dean’s Groomal portraits at the Utah state capitol and at the Salt Lake City library. It was a gorgeous spring morning and Leah was just stunning in her bridal gown from Alta Moda. As we were shooting at the capitol, a tour bus full of Japanese tourists stopped and came in for a tour of the historic building. The moment Leah stepped into the spotlight beaming down from the rotunda, every tourist’s camera was lifted up and 50 flashes began twinkling as they all snapped some shots of the beautiful bride on the marble stairs. It was a pretty funny moment for all of us. Thanks Dean and Leah! You two are so so great!

Cucina Nassi Wedding | Julianne + Weston | ZumaPhoto

Logan — Wed, 19 May 2010 13:30:49 +0000

This wedding’s blog post is way over due. I’m sorry to everybody who has anxiously been waiting to see the reception of Julianne and Weston. They were married at the Salt Lake Temple and held their wedding reception at Cucina Nassi, the new Italian style banquet hall run by Walter Nassi, operator of Cucina Toscana in downtown Salt Lake City. It is such a luxurious hall without being over the top or cheesy. Colby from C3 design and Sean from Sax Romney floral design created an amazing setting for Julianne and Weston to enjoy a hundred different appetizers, what seemed to be a 20 course sit down dinner, and a decadent dessert buffet. It was a beautiful relaxing evening with Julianne and Weston’s friends, family and food… what more could you ask for? Thank you Julianne and Weston for inviting me to share your special wedding day. I had so much fun with you two on the engagement and bridal sessions and your wedding day was just glorious. L, Logan

Salt Lake City Temple | Julianne + Weston | ZumaPhoto

Logan — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:30:02 +0000

These two lovebirds were married back in February. We were crossing our fingers for a snowstorm on her wedding day (Julianne really wanted snow) but there was no snow around. Still, it was a gorgeous day for a winter wedding. And the lovely weather allowed us to spend more time outside around temple square. Here are some of my favorites from the first half of their day. Stay tuned for the the images from their reception!

Sundance Winter Wedding Album | McCall & Ryan

Mitch — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:10:38 +0000

Well since we’re stuck here in winter for a few more weeks we might as well celebrate it. I can’t think of a better way than to share this gorgeous album from McCall & Ryan’s December sealing the Salt Lake Temple that culminated in a stunning winter reception at Sundance Resort!

McCall had a lot of images to pare it down from: we did an engagement session, a bridal AND groomal session, the temple sealing and the reception. The only thing to do was go BIG! So here we have a 12×16 inch, 100-side beauty dolled up in McCall’s own inspired combination of gold ostrich and copper metallic leathers. As beautiful as it looks here, this album really needs to be seen in person to be fully appreciated. Its positively decadent!

A close-up of the quality of these hand-made albums. A perfect seam.

So what follows are a few favorite images and some layouts from my time with this great couple!
(Hint: the layouts are the short and wide ones)

Cool. Sophisticated.

World-weary and jaded, no?

Yeah – don’t buy it. Deep down, they’re silly.

Here are a few from the engagement session in the Fall.

Dress from Alta Moda Bridal

The 12×16 aspect ratio allowed us to put together some tremendous full-spread panoramics!

Ryan dressed down a bit for his arrival at Sundance.

McCall’s bridesmaids gifted with a scrapbook of their years together.

Hugs and tears all around.

One of my favorite panoramic spreads from the album.

Flowers & Decor by Scenemakers.

I really loved this touch – they gave out little evergreen seedlings in these cute tubes as favors
and asked everyone to plant it in their honor. Pretty cool.

BIG Texas connection in this family. Accordingly, both bridesmaids….

…and flower girl were appropriately attired.

Their first dance was accompanied by either a bubble machine that malfunctioned
OR
a foam machine that was set to extra chunky.

I never really did get an answer about which it was but intended or not,
it was really cool, and it sure made for some cool photos!

Beautifully quilted cake by Carries Cakes.

At the end of the evening McCall & Ryan bundled up in many layers, to stay warm…

…and also to provide some protection from the celebratory pelting that they underwent on the way to their ride…

…a handsome cab pulled by this beautiful Fresian…or perhaps a Percheron?
[ I don't really know but I know for certain that I have at least one helpful friend who will make a point of
correcting me...publically...if I get it wrong. You know who you are. ]

So how do you say thank you to parents who spring for such an amazing event for you?

Why with a replica album just for them, of course. Scaled down to 8×10 of course.

Thank you McCall & Ryan!

We hope that you’re enjoying your albums as much as we enjoyed creating them.

Utah State Capitol Groomal Session | Julianne & Weston | ZumaPhoto

Logan — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:09:16 +0000

I had the hardest time picking out only a “few” of my favorites from Julianne and Weston’s groomal session. Julianne was so beautiful in her custom gown from Alta Moda bridal. And her bouquet from Sax Romney was so unique and fit Julianne’s tastes perfectly. While we were at the Capitol, two different women who worked there approached Julianne to tell her that of all the lovely brides who come to the Capitol to have their portraits taken, she was the most stunning of them all, and they see a lot of brides come through. I just love knowing I have the most gorgeous bride of all! Julianne has so much attention to detail and has such style. Weston wasn’t too shabby either. What a handsome couple! Thanks you tow! L, Logan

The two were married just yesterday and are now off to warm sunny beaches for their honeymoon. It was a beautiful wedding on a lovely February day. Visit our blog again to see their wedding-day blog post, coming soon!

La Caille Wedding Album | Maggie & Ben | ZumaPhoto

Mitch — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:28:28 +0000

Its been a while since we shared an album, but you can expect many more coming up because we produced more albums in this past year than we ever have before! Today’s star is this gorgeous 100-side, copper metallic leather and pink suede jaw-dropper that we produced for Maggie & Ben.

Maggie & Ben were married one beautiful sunny June day at the world famous La Caille, and we took a little extra time in designing the album to make sure that it really captured the love and emotion that were palpable to everyone there.

Please to enjoy!

Custom 100-side 14×11 inch copper metallic leather with pink suede accent and cover debossing

The suede in this album is the highest quality material we’ve ever seen, which is why it works with such a BRILLIANT color!

Seam matching is perfect!

Just like justice, this debossing is blind.
(‘Blind’ simply means that it has no ink or stain in the lettering, just the natural texture of the leather).

Bride’s names go first – its sort of a law.

Some of the finest binding work available anywhere in the world.

Maggie is a mesmerisingly beautiful redhead. I mean its downright distracting. She’s a real problem.
She was rockin‘ this vintage-inspired bird cage veil.

Flowers by Sean Oviatt of Sax-Romney.
I think that Sean may actually speak flowerese! Elegant, sophisticated….stunning. As always.

Here are a few favorite spreads shown in layout.

OK, so Maggie had a little surprise for Ben.
Right after the ceremony she ran upstairs to change into a brand new gown – this one decidedly more contemporary in design!
And she made them both – completely different takes – look A-M-A-Z-I-N-G….a testament to her staggering beauty.

I don’t remember the details, but the dress was from Alta Moda Bridal.
Perhaps Hillary or Jamie could fill in the details…?

Ben both represented AND kept it real.

Carrie of Carrie’s Cakes designed the cake. It was both beautiful and delicious.

BUT, what really blew everyone away was the groom’s cake…

Yes, this ice-filled cooler full of Cutthroat’s is a cake!
The ice is formed sugar crystals.
The cooler and bottle caps are rolled fondant.

The bottles are hand-rolled out of dyed transparent sugar sheets!!

It was such a convincing illusion that it may go down in history as the most touched wedding cake as nearly every guest came up
as some point to feel the bottles and convince themselves that they weren’t in fact the real thing!

The skill that Carrie’s Cakes displayed here left me doing the same thing that I saw nearly every wedding guest doing…

….shaking our heads in wonder.

Thank you Maggie & Ben, and to the many talented vendors who made their event such a thrill to document!

Featured in Utah Bride & Groom | Kim & Sean

Mitch — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:45:53 +0000

We are again honored to have a six-page feature in the hot-off-the-presses 2010 edition of Utah Bride & Groom Magazine !

This time around its Kim and Sean’s spectacular Fourth o’ July a-hitchin’ at Johnson Mill. Kym wore an Atelier Aimee gown from Alta Moda Bridal with a very cool handmade purse by Leigh-Ann Kline. Flowers were by Basket of Gold, music was by Kim’s son Adrian’s band (they rocked it), and the fireworks were provided courtesy of the Heber City Chamber of Commerce (though admittedly they probably had another occasion in mind…).

Go get your copy of Utah Bride & Groom, wherever better local bridal magazines are sold. ;)

Here are a few notable shots that either deserve a larger look or didn’t make it into the article

Johnson Mill is a pretty little place, eh?

Thanks so much, Kim & Sean….AND Utah Bride & Groom!

Vera Wang Trunk Show – Oct. 9 &10 | Alta MODA Bridal

Mitch — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:25:30 +0000

Join our friends at Alta MODA Bridal for the first ever Vera Wang bridal trunk show in Utah.

“We are thrilled to offer brides the chance to select their gown from this 2010 preview collection.”

You’ll find Vera Wang’s signature clean but feminine lines with new details like wide belts, cherry blossom embroidery, and ruffled layers.This is an event no Utah bride will want to miss. Call us early to book your appointment. 801.531.1215

Call us early to book your appointment. 801.531.1215

Bridals Outback of Beyond | ZumaPhoto

Mitch — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:00:11 +0000

Dana hails from Down Under (Australia, not Provo) and though she talks funny, she’s also beautiful and just a heap ‘o fun, to boot.

When I saw her dress from Alta Moda Bridal I knew that I wanted to do something dramatic with her bridals and I thought that a bit of desert would suit her heritage and contrast nicely. She was totally down with a bit of adventure, so an hour and a half of driving later, we found ourselves with near perfect sky conditions. We had thought that the trip would only take 30 minutes, however, so by the time we got there, I had to work fast to make the most of the 20 minutes of light that I had remaining! It was probably not my most relaxed bridal session, but its one of my favorites so far this year.

Thank you, Dana, for putting up with all of the craziness! I think it was worth it.

The wind kicked up, tussling hair…

…and billowing out the train of her dress.

Green-eyed, and windswept and sexy as hell.

This b/w is groom David’s favorite!

On the way back, we stopped by an old derelict motel. They had no vacancies, so we just used it as a backdrop. [Dana swears that the place is haunted] Fun with lasers!

I threw this one in just as a sneak peak of their wedding post…stay tuned…

Tara & Jared’s Wedding La Caille | ZumaPhoto

Logan — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:07:43 +0000

La Caille is such a beautiful location for a wedding celebration and I think it fit Tara and Jared’s style perfectly. The storm continued the rest of the day but again, the clouds and rain seemed to dissipate just long enough for us to get some great shots. The pavillion at La Caille is another great option for an indoor wedding with an outdoor feel. It really brings the outdoors – in.

Tara and Jared had such wonderful attitudes about the weather. I love it when couple just go with the flow. We can’t change the weather so we may as well accept it and work with it. This goes for the overall wedding day and in my case for the photography. I really try to encourage couples to not be afraid of the rain. It makes everything wet and shiny and glowy and gorgeous! If we can all brave the weather, I promise the photos will be worth it! We actually only had a few drops fall on us during our time at the temple and at la caille, but they were braving it with the chance that the weather could get worse.

Tara’s Anne Barge gown comes from Alta Moda Bridal. Anne Barge chose Alta Moda Bridal to be their exclusive representative in Utah.

Enizio completed her look with hair and makeup. Great work ladies!

Tara’s vision came together stuningly. Her wedding reception was so beautiful in fact that La Caille decided to feature her wedding (my photos) in their “La Caille Dream Wedding” package.

Contact La Caille for details on their Dream Wedding package.

Do they ever stop kissing?

Sean from Sax-Romney created a floral design that tied Tara’s whole vision all together with a neat little bow. Everything floral in any of these photographs were created by him.

He is so skilled and creative. Anything you want, he can do it!!!

Granite Bakery created this stunningly simple wedding cake. Delicious and Beautiful! Sax-Romney provided the floral details for the cake.

Thank you Tara and Jared! You and your family were so wonderful to work with! I was sad to see it all end. Love, Logan

Tara & Jared's Wedding SLC Temple | ZumaPhoto

Logan — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:15:40 +0000

It was really stormy on Jared and Tara’s wedding day, but the clouds always seemed to part at the right times just enough to give us some gorgeous light. They held the rain for us too! Thank you Utah weather! Tara and Jared were so excited to be married and just so tender with each other. Jared just couldn’t take his eyes off his lovely bride.

Tara's Bridals | ZumaPhoto

Logan — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:00:15 +0000

Tara was so photogenic in her engagements; a real knock-out! I just couldn’t wait to do her bridals. When she arrived to the Capitol Building, she nearly took my breath away. I can’t imagine how Jared will reacted when he saw his bride for the first time. Tara was such an elegant bride and seemed so calm and comfortable for our shoot. Her look is absolutley timeless. Some of the photographs we got could have been taken fifty years ago.

The ladies at Alta Moda helped her find her perfect dress, a gorgeous Anne Barge. I think it is so wonderful that designers and the talented crew at Alta Moda can create such beautiful alterations to dresses in order for them to be temple ready. You wouldn’t even know that the cute little bolero wasn’t an original piece of the dress.

Also contributing to Tara’s look were the fine ladies of Enizio. They did her hair and makeup for both her bridals and her wedding day. They are so skilled at creating fresh and clean looks and styles that are dramatic but never over the top. They nail it every time! Good work girls!

Tara, you were an Angel to photograph. Thank you so much for making my job so easy!

Jamie’s Stormy Bridals | ZumaPhoto

Mitch — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:34:14 +0000

When the manager of your city’s premier couture bridal shop selects you as her wedding photographer, the first thing you feel is flattered. I mean, this is someone who has daily first-hand experience with the finest that the wedding industry has to offer. So for her to have picked me out of the great pool of local talent was quite an honor.

The second thing you experience is a sense of pressure as you realize “Holy crap! This is a someone who has daily first-hand experience with the finest the wedding industry has to offer!! We’ve got to come up with something new and amazing that she’s never seen before!! Something….dramatic….” So, with a little help from the weather, that’s what we set out to do.

Jamie from Salt Lake’s FABULOUS Alta Moda Bridal is one of those amazingly cool and relaxed brides that just makes me thankful for my job. She put her faith in my instincts/vision and trusted that whatever I was asking her to do would make her look great (even if she may have felt stupid doing it on occasion) – and with a cold no less! She was a trooper, as the kids these days are fond of saying (I’m so in touch with the younger generation).

When the day came it was a stormy one. While we waited for the rain to subside we did a couple of setups in our Über-cool Studio®. I really love the spontaneity and sense of exploration that location shooting engenders, but a well-appointed studio gives you amazingly fine-grain control over the lighting. The word I was exploring on this day was ‘theatrical’.

When the rain finally broke we headed out for a little architectural feature that I’d had my eye on for a while – this funky little concrete outcropping. Clients often focus on location as the most critical element of an engagement or bridal shoot, but the truth is that light is by far the most important element. This was set at the edge of the parking lot of a community rec center and upon hearing that, there are probably pretty few clients who would have been excited about it. But with the right light….

We have a 56″x32″ canvas gallery wrap of this top left image in the studio and its stunning!

I really love the editorial nature of this shot – the hunt for the elusive perfect shoes.

Jamie, you are a beauty and a pleasure to work with. You can haunt my studio anytime!