Recently I was called to be the enrichment counselor in my relief society. For one of our enrichment activities we learned how to decorate cakes. I had a lot of fun! I can't believe how hard it is especially after our beautiful teacher Jocelyn Samuelson made it look E-A-S-Y! All growing up my mom made such fun cakes for birthdays and a special occasions. My favorite cake she made when I was in kindergarden and had the chicken pox. She made a cake that had chicken pox (red hots) all over!
Seriously?!?!?!
My blog died and I have NO idea what the heck is happening or how to fix it -AND- I lost all of my blog lists. grrrr. If you could pretty please leave a comment so I can have the address to your blog again I would greatly appreciate it. Please bare with me as I try to figure this out. If anyone has any clues or help to offer.....please send it my way!
I have disappeared from the blogging world for the last month or so. I've been feverishly working on my photography blog: www.belindaolsen.com. I love the way that it turned out! I've been working on transferring some images from here to there and I've loved the clients I've worked with. Now that is up and running........
we'll see. :-)
Here are just a few of the projects that I've been working on lately.
we'll see. :-)
Here are just a few of the projects that I've been working on lately.
I have fallen in love with Anthropologie! I love this store and love it the most when they have S-A-L-E-S! I have fallen in love with these jewelry pieces and am really excited for craft day next Saturday with my cousins to make jewelry and hair accessories. If anyone has any great ideas, tips, places to pick up unique pieces, websites with instructions just leave me a comment with the address.
A few weeks ago we had the opportunity to head to Yellowstone with some friends, the Rodemack's. I have lived in Logan all my life, a few short hours away from Yellowstone and had never been there before. (gasp, I know)
Getting to Yellowstone was a drive that should have only taken 4 short hours but actually took us closer to 10. We had lots and lots of car troubles...well it wasn't our car but the Rodemack's car that we were driving there. The car over heated, the brake pads had to be replaced, ultimately almost the entire engine needed to be replaced. At one of our stops in tiny little town, Idaho with no real gas station, I saw this picture and had to smile. It was complete irony and fitting for our trek.
While the guys were trying to find a store with antifreeze I was wondering and explore through a lot of vacant, dilapidated buildings and stumbled across this...
Portrait photography is by far my main area of focus. It was really different and challenging to focus on landscapes. This is one of my favorite shots of the trip for some reason. It's different than the traditional shots you always see.
Craig and I were invited by my parents to go with them on a drive to see the salmon spawning. There were zero fish to be seen running up stream. As we were walking back to our car I saw this thistle and fell in love with it! I think that so often we pass through life, and its challenges in autopilot. I know I am often guilty of this. I loved the opportunity to leave my cell phone and spend some time with family and just enjoy life. It really is the simple things that bring a smile to my face. =)
Sorry I've been a blog slacker! School has official been in session for two weeks now. Wow! I can't believe that it is almost time to pull out the hoodies and sweaters. My favorite time of year is just as the leaves are beginning to change colors!
It's the perfect time to do family photos. Belinda Olsen Photography is running a special this month: book your family session in the month of September and receive a complimentary 8x10! Call today: 435-881-2184.
I have been working a lot lately on developing my business: licenses, URL, website, photo blog, logo design etc. As part of this process I have gone back through my own blog's archives. I realized that I never did a full post of Kaylene's bridals. Enjoy!
Let me know what you think!
I'll be super honest, I'm really new at this trying to go 'pro' photography thing. I have loved photography and shot random weddings, bridals, engagements, senior portraits over the last 6 years. Over the past few months I have really started to set money aside to invest into a business, which quickly snowballs into more and more things. For me the list of 'needs' and 'wants' has become somewhat blurred. Several people have contact me and want to know how to get started and a few of my suggestions. This is very humbling for me and I am in no way an expert!! Take my advice/tips for what it is worth :-)
-take the time to sit down and ask yourself: Where do you want to be? How are you going to get there?
- time management and BALANCE! One of the things that is really helpful to save time while doing picture edits are Photoshop Actions and Plugins. My favorite actions that I want for my birthday (wink, wink) are by Doug Boutwell: Totally Rad Actions. This weekend there is a giveaway for a plugin (something you run in photoshop) which we add great texture and a varied emotion to your pictures. Head over to his blog and enter to win the Dirty Pictures Plugin. (all entries must be in by Sunday at midnight EST)
-be really familiar with your camera. The manual is your friend!! For you to really express yourself the way you want to through your pictures you need to learn how to shoot in manual mode. It isn't the camera that makes the pictures the way they are....it is the PHOTOGRAPHER!
-you don't HAVE to have everything the latest and greatest to be successful. One of my favorite photographers is Jasmine Star! She is hilarious and talks all the time on her blog about how she was not wanting to go into debt to purchase her equipment and upgrades and would put the money from each shoot into the next, and repeat the cycle over and over. She is one of the best wedding photographers in the nation!
-Most of all, a great cheering section! I am incredibly grateful for Craig!!! He has been great about listening to me and my non-stop chatter about business ideas, strategies, fears, hopes and dreams. I appreciate his opinions and when he asks the difficult questions that I don't always want to ask myself. He values each booked session and image almost as much as I do. One day I need to get him a camera so he can be my second shooter :-)
Since I think every post is better with a picture, here is one from a shoot I did for my brother in law, Ryan, for one of his side projects. Check out his blog to see his great recipes and pictures!
Today I went on a shoot with the Bracken family and I was so excited from our session that I came home and had to post these two edits TODAY. This little blue eyed doll had the most stunning blue eyes ever!
Julie, check back next week for your full sneak peek!
On a completely different note, today was our day off from work. For my dad's birthday a few weeks ago we gave him the gift of mowing his lawn through the end of September. It has been sooo long since I had mowed a lawn. It was funny to be riding the giant 'John Deere' to mow. :-)
The best thing was that I found my desired mission call when I am older: cinnamon creek checker-iners. As we were driving past the gate to get into the campground there was an old couple sitting in lawn chairs reading. As we drove past Elder Simmons directed us to which campground we would be going. Can you imagine camping in a trailer for your mission?! Saweet!
If you saw my quick edit of this beauty earlier this week, you were able to see that there is something about Krystalee that simply brings a smile to your face. I was lucky enough to have her be one of my bridesmaids a few years ago and she came to the rescue more than once :-) If you have a chance to listen to her sing...you'll be amazed! Thanks Krysta for a great shoot, I had a blast! Good luck this last semester of school. I'll miss seeing you around work on a regular basis.
I had the opportunity to do a shoot for Sentimental Clothing last week. These are some new shirts that were available for purchase at the Cache County Fair. The newest addition: shirt line for infants and toddlers. It was a lot of fun to work with these models!
Let me know what you think.
Krystalee is one of those people that you can't help but be happy when you are around her. She is 100% beautiful and helps everyone else around her feel magnanimous! I came home from this photo shoot last night and was really excited to post at least one picture while I am working on the edits. While we were out shooting this amazing storm moved in and I was really excited to be out shooting in it. Thanks Krystalee for night full of lots of giggling and catching up!
Last week I had a great opportunity to hang out with the Jacobsen family in Centerville. I had a lot of fun spending time with this cute crew! Most of all I had fun with little 6 month old Sophie. She was really skeptical about having a camera in her face.
This first picture says it all:
This little girl can make anyone's heart melt. Look at her gorgeous eyes!
When I have my studio, I look forward to blowing this image up and seeing it everyday. It is my favorite of the session!
Craig and Belinda Olsen
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Craig and I have been married for a little over 2 years. When we aren't working or going to school we like to play 'Lost Cities', cook together, go for walks, watch movies and eat ice cream. We have a pretty low key life. One day we'd like to have a family. For now I have a camera. :-) If you are interested in checking out my photography site please visit www.belindaolsen.com I specialize in newborn, toddler, children and family photography. Other photography available upon request.
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