Our First Family Photos

I am sitting here in Salt Lake City next to Cole, it just started to snow, and I mean really, REALLY snow, great big fluffy sticky flakes, it feels perfect right now because we are so insanely tired from this last week at Alt Summit that all I want to do is sit here and watch this snow pile up, trap us inside for hours. Be still. This morning I taught my workshop with the mega talented and always fancy Mr. Jason Hudson to an alert and eager class of participants. If you haven't been reading here, Jason and I taught a super basic intro to studio lighting workshop just to get people to stop being afraid of light. It was a really nice mix of people and I wish we had all day just to play with the light set-ups and get deeper into things. We rented a couple of very basic mono-light kits and some paper backdrops and got our hands dirty with the class. In the interest of time we had to blow through a few topics that I wanted to focus on more, and I felt like I was constantly backing away from saying things in an attempt to keep things simple and moving along smoothly. Jason and I both agreed we would love to design a full day workshop and really dig in. Fun. Who wants to come hangout with Jason and I?

Speaking of Jason Hudson, while we were at Alt Summit he managed to put some photos together from his visit with us last week. Jason spent a few days with us at our home before we set sail for the winter wonderland of SLC. Cole and I have never hired a photographer before to take pictures of us, mainly because I am a pretty huge baby about having my picture taken, and am overly picky and critical about who to hire. It had been bugging me that I was pretty much a ghost in terms of photos, and I really wanted to be sure that the kids had something to look back on where I was included in their memories when they are older. Jason is not a family photographer by design, and so I knew he would be perfect for the job, I wanted someone that would hangout with us, get comfortable, and grab the little pieces of life that just happen. I can't even begin to tell you how much these photos mean to us, and before I launch into 10 pages about it all and get overly emotional and worked up, here is the link for you to see our very first FAMILY PHOTOS. I love the job that he has done, and it was really incredible to see another photographers perspective and style come into this house and freeze seconds of our day together. This guy is subtle and quick, and doesn't miss, and the kids were able to run around be natural and just play and cry, and laugh and love, and he grabbed it all.

I will be doing a more "official" wrap up of the lovely time we had at Alt Summit soonish, but am excited to get back to posting again. Hope you enjoy the photos over at Jason's blog and I will see you soon.

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