"Up" Photo shoot

(we used this doll house for a prop, my older sister Jenny

totally made this house. I know, she's amazing!)

I was lucky enough to photograph our dear friends Jude and Eliza's

family photos. They had asked for images with a Disney's "Up" theme.

Here is what we came up with. These two have amazing style and their

little guy is unbelievably cute, his obsession with the Beatles and playing

musical instruments is the coolest thing ever.

Madmen style.

Thanks you guys! You are the coolest friends.

Breaking into Color

(by Amy Dixon)

So back to school, and this time I get to teach

COLOR.

Its going to be fun as well as challenging,

trying to organize and verbalize all that I

love about light and color.

here are some of my students' work...

so far we have been studying color combinations,

how to create color tints in camera and in post,

and learning to appreciate color in strong

as well as in more slighter saturations.

(the rest are by Devan Jacobsen)

Fall

Kate and I went up to Sundance to usher in the third year of

doing our fall activity traditions. one... two...

(doing something for 3 years officially makes something

a tradition right?)

When we got there we were sad to hear that the chairlift

was closed for a private function. Our schedules are pretty

busy so we knew that this meant that activity wasn't going

to be done this year :( But we still wanted to enjoy the leaves

(one of the main reasons we have these fall activities) so we

decided to have a photo shoot and do fall portraits.

The sunset that night looked like flames burning on the top

of mount timp. Pretty Amazing.

Trip to Moab with Family

We went on a fun weekend trip to Moab with my parents and

Kate. My dad had never hiked to delicate Arch so that was our

main goal, but of coarse my dad would fit in a ton more hiking,

strenuous mountain biking, and wear us all out. My mom stayed

in, quilted and watched movies. Everyone had a blast.

It took awhile for me to get my biking technique down

on all the different surfaces: slick rock, rocky dirt, and sand.

But once I did I had so much fun, I will have to come back and

bike the trail we did at dead horse point again, cause I loved it.

The views were fantastic.

(I still had my number from my last triathlon on my helmet.

A reminder that I need to do another one.)

Pops of course biked circles around us, he's unbelievable.

Then came the hiking.

I spy the Hudson Hornet, driving around a place identical to

Radiator Springs. Too bad we didn't have any young boys

obsessed with the movie Cars with us cause they would have

love this sight!

Balance rock. It will be a sad day if this rock ever tips off.

Resting up while driving canyon lands, we got an evening hike

ahead of us. I will always think this place is beautiful and unique.

Then we hiked to delicate arch to see it in the golden light

of sunset.

He finally made it! This hike has to be on everyone's bucket list

and its the best when done at sunset. There were a ton of French

tourists that were very possessive of the view and unfortunately

were yelling and cursing at anyone who wanted to get closer for

a good shot. But even with mean french hecklers the sunset was

beautiful.

We stayed way past the sunset and till it got super dark

so Kitch and I could try taking star trails over the arch.

Here is the moon and stars over the arch.

here are the trails we were able to get.

the hike down in the dark.

Eating is good in Moab. Such yummy restaurants

with the cutest patios.

Then R and I took the longer way home so we

could see Goose Neck, and Mittens!

GOOSE NECK

MITTENS

Driving through monument valley was absolutely lovely.

Mexican Hat Rock

And since we already saw the Hudson Hornet it was

fitting that we passed by a perfect "Mator".

To finish this great trip we were lucky to see

the first colored leaves of the fall season changing

on the hills in Spanish Fork Canyon as we drove through.

I had to get out and photograph these beauties.

I've said it before and Ill say it again, Utah is

Beautiful and my family is amazing and fun.