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!
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!
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!!!
Our good friends at Park City’s White Couture Designer Bridal & Tuxedos and pleased to welcome Simone Carvalli to their studio today and tomorrow for her trunk show!
“A trunk show is a special engagement where the gown designer or a representative of the designer travels to our studio to meet with you in person and brings the entire collection for you to view. Trunk shows are a great way to get a good look at every gown from a particular designer. Additionally, Simone Carvalli will offer a 10% discount on your selection including the custom changes.” Make your appointment with one of our bridal stylist at (435) 655-3180.
Here it is, Part II of this amazing wedding! After the wedding ceremony in the Ballroom, all of the guests were invited out to the patio to enjoy delicious drinks and yummy h’orderves with the bride and groom.
I was so happy that we had taken all of the family pictures beforehand so that the the bride and groom could focus on enjoying and starting the celebration with their over 200 guests who had all flown in from the East Coast!
Welcome to the first ever Wedding Wednesday! After the success of Album Monday and noticing how many more people there were checking in to see the Monday article, I figured it was time that I made a commitment to post a wedding every Wednesday! So, cheers, welcome, and here’s the story:
Anne & Jonathan were married a few weeks ago up at the Stein Eriksen Lodge in Park City. This has to have been one of the most perfect weddings of the entire year. Even with a bit of rain that forced their meticulously planned wedding ceremony from the outdoors to the indoors, nothing could dampen their spirits!
I was putting together the post for Anne and Jonathan’s wedding for tomorrow morning and realized that you guys haven’t yet had the chance to meet them!
Here are a few of my favorites from the engagement session we did about 8 months ago, it was a freezing day and I had already been out shooting and wearing the wrong shoes I had stepped into a puddle!
OMG, Reem Acra herself is coming to Utah next weekend!!! This will be her very first trip to Utah, and she is bring her new Spring 2010 Collection which no one has seen yet! [It will be introduced to the public for the first time next month at Bridal Fashion week in NYC].
For those of you who don’t know or understand what trunk shows are [and I was one of them until about a month ago] here’s the skinny:
Sorry for the two part blog post, but this is one of my favorite Books I’ve ever had the opportunity to design, and there’s just too much to show! So this is a 200 side 8×8 Book, and while I can’t show the entire 200 sides, I did pick out my favorite 30 spreads to show here!
One of my favorite aspect about designing a Book is that I get to have so many images as full page spreads. It’s a photographer’s dream to see our images this big, and so many of them!
Remember, these are full spreads so they are actually 16 inches long by 8 inches high in the final Book. Enjoy!
L, Pepper
Album Monday is back Baby! Not that it ever went away, I just wanted that say it. Anyway, yeah! Hooray for Album Monday! Today I have an awesome Wedding Book I have been so excited to show you ever since I designed it, and it came in and now here it is! This is Cortney & John’s Wedding Book. They decided on an 8×8 Book holding just over 300 images on 200 sides. The cover is called Metallic and is a silver highly-reflective surface with a tweed stamping. I included tons of pictures of this cover because depending on how the light is shining on it, it goes from being a very light gray to a very dark gray. Cortney and John also wanted it to be completely custom just for them, so in addition to the custom design of the layout, we also had a dye made to have their names embossed in the center of the front cover. The style of Book is called Paris, from the French Line, and was printed on the Glossy Paper. I still prefer the Premium paper personally because of it’s thickness, but Cortney and John had such bright colors at their wedding and wanted to make sure that the saturation came through exactly as it was in real life. If you are wondering why there are 2 Books, Cortney also got one as a present for her mother!
Emily and Mitch are the cutest, most adorable, crazy, and energetic couple I’ve ever had!!! I cannot even tell you how in love with the two of them I am.
We went to Park City for their engagement pictures, just had fun hanging out [and watching Emily's crazy awesome dance moves!].
About halfway through, we stopped off for some refreshments [see Emily double-fisting - of course she says she's holding it for someone else, but we all know the truth!]
After we had been refreshed and watered, we headed up into the mountains in search of groves of aspen trees before the sun set, and we found them!
Thanks guys, I cannot adequately express how much fun you both are!!! Wedding day is going to be amazing!!!!
Oh my gosh, you have no idea how excited I’ve been to publish these images! But that’s a strict rule I adhere to, absolutely no bridal pictures until after the wedding, but ha ha, I picked these images ahead of time and can now hit the publish button from my iPhone, how slick is that!
The ceremony was awesome, but today we’re just going to admire gorgeous Karen in her dress that I got to see and no one else!!!! [Thank you by the way - I feel very special!]
Karen got her dress at White Couture in Park City, so if you’re looking for something fabulous, definitely check them out!
A big thanks to Lillie Garrido for making all of the special arrangements for the locations, and a shout out to Paula Dahlberg for doing a great job on the makeup!
Well this week is turning out to be engagement session-palooza! Four posts all in a row, are you guys getting your fix yet?!
OK, this is so crazy how time flies! Karen was one of the first brides to book me for this years wedding season, it’s been over a year since we first started planning, and now the wedding day is coming up this weekend, I’m so excited, but I can’t believe it’s really here!
So this is Karen and Roger, we trudged out in the snow of Park City way back when on a cold sunny day and here are the awesome results!
Thanks so much guys, I’m totally excited for Saturday!
Welcome to Album Monday, where each Monday we feature a different Book or Album a bride has selected as her own personal heirloom! This is only the second time we’ve done Album Monday, and the first time we’ve showcased a Book, so I need to take a bit of time to explain exactly what a Wedding Book is.
This is a new segment I’m going to publish every Monday. Or that’s my goal anyway. But I have so many brides ask about Albums and really want to see what they look like up close, so every Monday I will bring you a new Album or Book that we’re shipping to a bride, so you will get to see how stunning they all are! [WARNING: By looking at the following pictures, you may fall in love with our Albums and need one yourself...] This album is from one of my favorite weddings of all time [and was chosen the be one of only 3 weddings featured that year in Utah Bride and Groom magazine!
OMG, do you just love this cake or what?! But I’m getting ahead of myself, we’ll get to that… This is Amanda and Cory’s wedding, who met and began dating in the EIGHTH GRADE. That’s right, this wedding was about 13 years in the making. There were many things that made this wedding great, but I think I have to say my favorite was the scheduling. That may sound pretty boring, especially since I’m teasing you with one of the fabulous details of the day, but as the photographer, I loved the schedule! We started around noon, and everything was very relaxed, very calm, no drama, everyone was getting ready and putting on makeup and having fun together! Having this laid-back day allowed people to just chill. Excellent!
Can I just tell you how much I love winter weddings? Katy & Chris are from Newport Beach, but chose to get married in Park City Utah for a beautiful change of scenery for all of their guests. Katy and Chris will always be one of my favorite couples, not just for the way that they look at each other [thanks for the great pictures guys!] but for their willingness to try out some fun ideas and flexibility when the weather got bad, producing some of my favorite shots I’ve ever had the privilege taking. Here’s their story:
Sara Wikstrom and Jay Schulze’s mountainside wedding at the world-famous Deer Valley Resort was featured in Orange County’s “Ceremony” magazine! We are proud to show work that included such a beautiful back-drop…and the Bride and Groom didn’t look too bad either! These two were absolutely glowing. They made their wedding extraordinary by paying attention to the details and sparing no effort when it came to making their guests feel special!
We were featured in the 10th Anniversary edition of Utah Bride and Groom! I was excited to shoot such a gorgeous wedding, which also happened to be my 30th birthday! Seriously, if you’re going to work on your birthday, make sure it’s a cool couple and that you’re going to have a blast. I sure did!!! Angella and Erik were married up at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Park City, followed by a stunning reception at world famous Stein Eriksen Lodge.
