The Wedding so nice it came back twice!  Well, not really, this Album from Aaron and Sophie’s wedding is for Aaron’s mom Barbara.

It’s a 60 side 11×14 matted Album, which is nice to show because it’s something a bit different!  In a matted Album, instead of the images being printed on one solid sheet, they are printed and placed individually, with a matte around them.  It doesn’t get more traditional than this for a Wedding Album!  However, even with the tradition of the mattes, we were still able to make it solidly ours by custom designing the mattes.

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And the Wedding Album!!!  OMG OMG OMG, I have been waiting and waiting to share this with you until I posted the wedding, and i couldn’t do that until after the magazine came out, so you see I’ve been waiting months and months!!!

We wanted to continue the Red theme from the wedding day, and we were able to perfectly match Sophie’s red sash and shoes to a leather I carry called [appropriately] Scarlett O’Hara.  How perfect is that?!

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Oh my goodness, you can totally tell when I’m slammed busy just by following my blog – when there are no posts it means I ran out of time! My husband is away this week for a conference, and so I got the spend all that time alone with our son Zen!

I think Zen is pretty awesome, but he’s a handful. And a half.

So long story short, no blog last week pretty much. But here it is finally, the conclusion to Sophie and Aaron’s Wedding Day!

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On each Monday, we showcase a different Wedding Album that we have produced.  Today, for the first time, Pepper nix’s Album Monday segment is featuring an album produced by someone else – the editors of Utah Bride and Groom magazine!

Of the hundreds of wedding photographers in Utah, and from the thousands of weddings that were photographed, the editors of Utah Bride & Groom magazine select just 6 to showcase in their magazine each year. This is the fourth year that Pepper Nix Photography has been selected to be featured, and we would like to say to the editors of Utah Bride and Groom, thank you – clearly, you are brilliant, and you have excellent taste!

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I had so much fun with these guys, I got to spend the entire weekend with Sophie & Aaron!

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I can’t believe that this entire week got away from me!  It’s mid-April, and I feel like I’m in the middle of June it’s so busy!  Right now we are in the middle of a ton of bridal sessions, engagement sessions, most brides getting married in the summer put off their engagements and bridals until the weather got nice, and this week, it got NICE!

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Happy Monday everyone!  I was talking to someone recently who was asking about the Albums I offer.  I asked if she subscribed to my Album Monday column and she was genuinely surprised.  Although she reads all of my blog posts and has been for several months, she didn’t realize that Monday had any significance.  And that fault lies with me for not explaining it!  So welcome to Album Monday!

Each and every Monday I present another Album for you to view, ooh and ahh over.  All of these Albums are actual albums ordered by real brides who had real weddings which I really did photograph.  I will show you the Album in great detail, tell you all of the specifications, and then after I present what it looks like on the outside, I’ll let you take a peek at the guts of the book, and you’ll see the final design.

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My son Zen is obsessed with Bulldozers.  First it was trains, but OMG trains were so 2 months ago.  So now it’s Bulldozers.  To be honest, I don’t know the difference between a bulldozer and a tractor and a backhoe and any of the other big yellow things out there digging up the streets, but he does. The city is redoing the roads outside of his pre-school, and every day they go out for recess, and none of the two year olds play, they all line up at the fence and watch the bulldozers at work.  And I can hear my son yelling with excitement “BULL BA DER!!!  BULL BA DER!!!!!

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Cool.  I went to bed way early last night and strangely woke this morning at 6am feeling awesome and refreshed, and…  I got to watch the sun rise.  Well, kinda.  We live at the base of Little Cottonwood Canyon, so technically I am still watching the sun rise [it should clear the mountains in another hour], but still!  Sunrise.  Pretty cool.

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I’m freaked out by the weather. My husband thinks I’ve been watching too many scary movies, but I just think that when there is thunder and lightning outside, there should be rain. Not fog and snow. It’s so foggy I can’t see my backyard clearly. Seriously, fog and snow and lightning is like the perfect combination for axe murderer weather. Right?! Oh well, I had a great day in spite of the weather! I got to spend most of my day indoors shooting a gorgeous bride at the super swanky St. Regis in Park City, so I am not complaining!!!

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Whew! Sorry to post this so late, technically for half the country it’s not even Monday anymore! My excuse: I was busy all weekend shooting and entertaining friends from out of town. It was so much fun though! You know sometimes when you have house guests and you just can’t wait until they leave? This was totally not that. This situation was the kind where you say goodbye to your guests, and you walk back into the house, and it feels emptier and not as awesome. It was a really fun weekend.

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Get ready for this America – Fireside Dining at Empire Canyon Lodge.  Wow.  It’s not a huge mystery what this is, it’s kinda what it sounds like.  Fine dining at a world-class ski lodge, and all food cooked from the 4 fireplaces at Empire Canyon Lodge.  This little thumbnail you see here is 2 legs of something, slow-roasting in front of a blazing fire.  This process takes about 2-3 hours, and once it’s complete, they take the legs off and serve it up.  Not a big meat eater?  Well, there are plenty of options for you as well!

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I love winter weddings!!!  The wedding you are about to witness is in one of the most beautiful locations in the world, and I feel lucky to call it home.

Park City Utah has some of the best skiing in the world, and because of that, when couples are picking a destination location for their nuptials, instead of picking the ocean, they instead pick the mountains of Utah.

The coolest place [no pun intended] for a winter wedding is at Empire Canyon Lodge at Deer Valley Resort.  Not only does the staff go all out, bringing in a horse-drawn sleigh for your guests to enjoy and putting out the best hot cocoa bar this side of the Mississippi, but they also prepare an amazing meal known at Empire Lodge as Fireside Dining.  But I’ll tell you more details about that later.  First, we have a wedding ceremony to attend!

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Winter weddings are the coolest!  LOL – seriously though, Utah has a thriving winter and I do get requests from many winter weddings at the ski resorts.  Bear with me today, the comments may be a bit sparce, I am still not over whatever this is that I caught from my 2 year old, and the cold meds have made my brain go a bit fuzzy….

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I’m back!  Vegas was awesome, I got to see old friends, meet new ones, learn a little, teach a little, and had a blast doing it!  I found some amazing new Album Covers for my brides [trust me, you guys are gonna LOVE these!] as well as some fun toys for me!    But I will expound on my new purchases later, for now, we have a chairlift to catch!

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Today has been a busy day, and after snuggling with my honey for a few hours watching the Olympics, I realized that in all my busy craziness of today and planning for the Open House [AKA party] tomorrow night, that I had forgotten to post my Album Monday!!! But I made it, with only a few minutes to spare before midnight!

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Simone Carvalli and her beautiful traveling collection is coming to Park City at White Couture on Friday and Saturday, February 26th & 27th.

Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to view this collection right off of the runway.

Gowns begin at $800 and you won’t believe the look!

PLUS you get an additional 10% off of every gown purchase!

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Well, more like an Open House, but Open House reminds me of that one scene from American Beauty, so I’m not calling it an Open House, IT’S A PARTY!  I’m also inviting about a few of my favorite people in the wedding industry, so while planning your wedding and checking out my work, you can also chat with florists and caterers and see amazing couture bridal gowns, get your makeup done, eat some amazing food, get ideas for your wedding and have fun!  Here’s the details:

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Occasionally, in my line of work, I have the privilege of working with amazing couples that require, for various reasons, that their wedding day be kept private.  Many of my brides love the bragging rights that come with being published in a magazine or on a blog, but when I do have the honor of working with someone who has a public image to maintain, or who have guests with the same requirement, I will do everything in my power to make sure that a couple’s special day is kept for only themselves.

So for the first time, this Monday I am showing you only the beautiful Albums we created for this bride and her husband, but not any of the images inside.  I am thankful that she is willing to let me share her Albums with you, and I hope you are not disappointed by not being able to see the amazing wedding or her custom-made Oscar de la Renta wedding gown!  Hopefully the beauty of these Albums will be able to convey in some small part the stunning event captured in its pages.

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Deer Valley is one of my favorite places in the world.  The entire planet.  You might think I’m biased, because I live in Utah, but I’m not.  I’ve been to many different places all over the world, and my heart lies here.

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Man, I am sore.  Really sore.  I’m training to do a sprint triathlon in San Diego with my BFF Sara [because they always hold 5Ks and Sprint triathlons on Saturdays here in Salt Lake City!!!  Grrrr....] and I think I may have overdone it just a bit today at the gym.

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After Casey & Peter’s wedding ceremony on the Flagstaff Deck of Stein Eriksen Lodge, they and all of their guests headed off to the reception!

Since all of the guests were flying into Park City from out of state [most from the East Coast], Casey and Peter wanted to have a reception with a view of the mountains.

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The day of the wedding had spectacular weather.  It started off a bit cloudy while everyone was getting ready, but right before the ceremony the sun broke broke through the clouds and we had a glorious and sunny ceremony for Casey & Peter!  The ceremony was held on the Flagstaff Deck of world famous Stein Eriksen lodge, with all 6 members of the newly formed family participating in a sand ceremony.

Kellie from Artisan Bloom, working closely with Lillie Garrido from Soiree Productions, did an amazing job on the floral arrangements and decor to give Casey, Peter and their 4 children a truly unforgettable day.

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Everyone, meet the modern version of the Brady Bunch! Casey & Peter and their young families  suffered tragedy when Peter and Casey each lost their beloved spouses.  A year later, they were introduced, fell in love, and decided to join forces!

We met up as a group shortly before Casey & Peter’s wedding day so that not just the bride and groom would get to know me, but the entire family with all of the kids!  Casey & Peter really wanted to focus not just on their love, but on the fact that this really is going to be a union of 2 separate families blending together.

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Sorry about posting the Album Monday segment so late in the day, I have been struggling all day long with my blog editing program and finally decided to give up and just use a different editor!  Thank you for your patience, I hope it’s worth the wait!

This is an album I’ve been excited about completing for a long time.  Sara is a doctor finishing her residency in Washington DC, and you may or may not know this, but residents have no time.  At all.  No time to eat, sleep, or finalize album designs!  So here it is at long last!

Part of the reason Sara had to take so long to approve this Book was its sheer size – 300 sides holding almost 500 images!!!

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