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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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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About once a year, I get a phone call that sucks.  A distraught bride, or a broken-hearted groom, calling me to tell me that my services will no longer be needed.  Those calls are never fun.  Usually there are tears, maybe they give me an explanation, maybe not.  Sometimes it’s too painful for the caller to do anything but cry.  I never want anyone to have to feel that, the pain of being rejected by the person you believed you were going to spend your life with.  It sucks.

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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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Wow.  I have never had an experience like this before in my entire life.  I had the opportunity to be a witness.

Me.  A witness!  Seriously, do I have the world’s greatest job or what?!

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Cold cold cold cold!!!!!  Heather & Mike’s reception was held at the stunning Log Haven restaurant up Millcreek Canyon!  Log Haven has won a ton of awards for their food from every place that gives out awards [I can't name them all, but they have the cooler-looking awards hung on a big wall when you walk in].  Log Haven also has a special place in my heart as being the location where I met my husband!

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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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Welcome to the Wedding Reception!  Am I glad we did a bridal session or what?!  Due to scheduling conflicts [a late ceremony starting time but the kitchen having dinner ready right on schedule] I was completely denied the opportunity to get any portraits of the couple at all!  I think that was a first for me, not even getting 5 minutes!  I cannot tell you how totally happy I am that we did a Bridal Session, but… (more…)

After spending so much time with Nikki & Sohil, I was so excited for their Wedding Day!  We had talked about it so much, all of their plans for the decor and the other vendors they were using, the activites they had planned that evening to incorporate Nikki’s Chinese heritage with Sohil’s Pakistani wedding traditions!  Nikki and Sohil told me everything, except for one very small, but very important detail:

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Will & Nancy were a dream couple!

So funny, so personable, and after dating for 7 years, so in love!

Even with a winter wedding and winter engagements, they were determined to not have wintery-looking engagement pictures.  So they wore warm-weather clothes and we headed to the downtown area, taking quick breaks whenever Nancy’s nose got a bit red!

They also brought along several different outfits, always a great thing for engagement sessions.

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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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I adore Sydney!  I don’t think I have ever met anyone who has more fun with their clothes than Sydney!  We planned on doing her and Nick’s engagement session outside at the Sundance Resort, and because of the cold I had figured on us not being there very long.  Sydney completely proved me wrong.

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After the portraits at the Salt Lake Temple, everyone headed up Millcreek Canyon for the Reception at Millcreek Inn.

Despite the cold, there was no wind and the snowfall from that morning staying hanging on the trees, like they had all been dipped in delicious white chocolate.

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McKensie and Matt were married at the Salt Lake Temple downtown after a light snowfall that morning.

It was the perfect winter day for pictures, all of the trees had a very light coat of snow on all their branches, like I always pictured the land of Narnia to look the moment the children first pushed through the wardrobe.  Quiet, still, and happy…

And despite the cold, they had a huge crowd assembled to cheer them on!

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Immediately following their ceremony, while the Bride and Groom took a few family pictures and the staff at Sundance reset the Rehearsal Hall for the reception, all of Emily and Casey’s guests were treated to a world-class Cocktail Hour at the nearby Creekside Cafe.

Inside was a winterized oasis from the elements, and the guests were treated to a variety of h’ordurves and hot drinks, as well as a Hot Chocolate Bar.

Large Drums were set up every 30 feet or so for the guests to find their way to and from the Rehearsal Hall in the dark, as well as keep their hands warm for the 3 minute walk!

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Emily & Casey’s beautiful and intimate Wedding Ceremony was held at sundown at the Sundance Resort.

As a photographer, I love it when my winter Sundance brides pick this time of day to hold their ceremony;  the snow and the pond behind them glow bright blue, and the final effect is breathtaking and magical.

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Happy New Year everyone!!!  To our former brides, I hope you had a happy and wonderful Holiday Season together as a Married Couple, and to our future brides, get ready for a wild and fun ride as you prepare and plan for your own Wedding Day!

I don’t know how it got to be 2010 already, but considering how excited I am for the coming year I don’t mind that December completely got away from me!  This was the busiest holiday season we’ve ever had here at Pepper Nix Photography, shipping a record number of Wedding Albums, prints, Holiday Cards, and making sure that our brides had everything they needed to celebrate the season!  I do love to blog, but unfortunately that is the first thing that gets cut when there are orders to go out!

My first post of a New Year.  A new decade.  Wow.  Remember the last time we rolled over to a new decade?  And half of the people were all paranoid about the computers freaking out and destroying the world because they’d think it was 1900?  Oh yeah, good times…

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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!

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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!

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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:

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Recently, we had the privilege to photograph the wedding of Laurie & Jason! They were married at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church in Park City UT [which is one of my favorite Catholic churches, this and Saint Edward's in Dana Point CA] with a gorgeous reception at Deer Valley’s Empire Canyon Lodge.

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