JarvieDigital Photography

Emotion of the Day

This is really what i think I excell at.

I take good couple pictures and stuff. But I really enjoy taking the totally unposed and unexpected pictures.

Capturing the feeling and emotions of the day and of the people.

TAKE NOTE

So if you’re out there looking for a photographer take note:

I’m more into the full day wedding thing.

Take a look at what I do… is this what you want?

If you want someone to show up for 2 hours and take totally formal pictures… you’d be happier with someone else, and probably pay less.
And I’ll be happier taking care of the couples who want emotion filled and often candid shots.

And if all you want is group pictures… Ummm pass.

Rockin the Receptions!

I post so much stuff of the couple… but let’s take a moment to see some of the other people and things going on.

Ok so it’s just the coolest so far and that I’ve personally done.
And mostly cool because the results are pretty rockin’ as far as I see.

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And below I’ll throw on some thumbnails in case you don’t want to venture beyond the blog and see them bigger.

It helps to have such a good subject!

See my previous post for more on the subject of why it was such a good shoot.

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The scenery at the Tahitian Noni Gardens was great!

The shade we had at around 6-7 was great!

The bride was gorgeous, that certainly helps!

The dress was very memorable (and I’ve seen a lot)!

The mom was helpful (even helped with the reflector!

It was laid back and fun and totally enjoyable!

The bride pulled off smiley and modelish wonderfully!

I’ve picked too many of the pictures so I’m trying to unpick some to make things more manageable editing process.

But in the meantime enjoy a preview.

There’s a business park on the border of provo and springeville with lots of grass a stream and a big pond. Also some nice weeping willows. I’m not sure what it’s called but I know how to get there.

It’s been a while since I’ve been so I took the most recent couple there.
They’ll be getting married august 2nd

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Engagement shoot in downtown provo
I suggest starting early.
You have about 1-2 hours after official sunrise until the sun peaks over the mountain.
Yes it’s early but if they’re alright with it it’s a great time of the day with good lighting and empty streets.

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I’ve edited about a dozen photo shoots since I last posted one to the blog.
As i mentioned previously I’ve just been making the large password protected galleries, so that won’t let most of you see what’s been going down.

But now I’m almost done with all my edits (for now) and I thought I’d take a moment to post a recent photo shoot.

Since the last you’ve seen I now own 2 new lenses.

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It was hard to choose because there were seriously dozens that could all have been strong contenders for announcement pictures.

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Before liftoff!

Making sure they don’t lift off.

A lot of people come for the bright colored Balloons…

Or for the Fire

Contained fire… sorry to disappoint.

I enjoy seeing the mass of people and the human interactions.

Lotsa pointing going on.

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A couple of Notes
I walked up and down the route of the parade with my new fun lens.

Let me just tell you it’s much better than standing (or sitting) in the same spot for the whole parade.
It’s also nice to only live 3 blocks from the parade route.

ALSO… having a 70-200 2.8 makes a parade much more enjoyable.

I took a ton… but I’ll just post a couple of them here.
If you think I took a picture of you I can get you a link to the full gallery online.

I took my second camera with the wide/medium zoom but I hardly used it… I suppose it was still useful to make me look semi-important. haha

I also hung out with a friend Gordon who was shooting pictures for the Freedom Festival magazine.

Now for the FUN part… Let me tell you a STORY

Let’s start this off on a patriotic note!

Not as many flags but still as cool.

But don’t worry these kids had flags to spare.

These things were all over the place
… I meant the snapper things.
But yeah kids too!

More kids… some sat, some stood, others… they were more squatters.

And they liked to point at stuff

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From the 4th of July Fireworks earlier tonight

Straight from the camera.
Don’t have time to edit… so I’m just tossing them straight online.

Here’s the deal on these pics…
Take them, use them, just don’t abuse them.

My pictures are meant to be seen…

However, I do enjoy knowing where they go.

If you need larger… they’re stored somewhere else online, i can get you the gallery location if you want.

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I did two photo shoots for them recently

Engagements
They liked the first set I did so much they wanted more. And she was sick for the first one so she wanted some while she was feeling better.
She also figured since I was doing a book for their reception and she was making a slideshow that some extra pictures for it all would be nice.
I think it went quite well
Thanks to Allyson for assisting on this photo shoot.

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Bridals
The next day we went to thanksgiving point and took pictures for her bridals.
I get to post them because I know he’s seen her in the dress… because he came along.
I’d like to thank Dawnee who assisted on this photo shoot.
Thanksgiving point has lots of spots all over the park it always makes sense to get a golf cart and be nice to the people at the desk so they can let you stay after the front desk is already closed so you can get great lighting.
We kinda went overboard this evening and took Tons of pictures… but she loves them a ton so I suppose it works.

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Example Bridals

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I think it’s a bit much to put each one as a seperate post.
And again I’ll only link the galleries online for now… sorry!
It means more work for you (clicking on links and searching for the best ones)
But happily it means less work for me… (Just writing, which i’m fast at)

Susana & Daniel
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(my first completely foreign couple)
Location: Tahitian Noni gardens in the morning: Provo.
Suprisingly I’ve never been there until now.
Great place! It is $50 however, be forewarned.
Just did their wedding last Thursday.

Vilja & Jordan
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They said that aren’t big fans of getting pictures taken…
If it wasn’t me then probably no one. (Which is a nice compliment)
They felt more comfortable being goofy.
Location: North Utah Lake… at this random park.
The wedding is in June

Sarah  & Spencer
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Location: Downtown SLC and Sugarhouse Park
Their Wedding is this friday and her bridals were just posted as well.

Brittany & Michael
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Location: Mapleton Park and Surrounding Farmlands
It’s a lot of fun to just go out with no big plans for location in mind
and to just be able to stop the car along the road when you see something cool.
Their wedding is coming up in June

Sarah & Garth
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Location: Provo River Trail (Near Utah Lake)
The picked the spot and I’ve never been there so that was neat.
I just did their wedding in bountiful last Saturday. Stay tuned.

Trinity & Jason
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Location: Aspen Grove and Provo Canyon
Trinity was a tough girl… see her shoes? And then see all that snow!

Again: Sorry about not posting a picture with each one. But why an entree when you can have the whole buffet?

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Julie and Christopher got married on a snowy day In Provo

For a part of the pictures snow was coming down pretty hard
Julie was tough and stuck through some rough weather as we rushed through some cool pictures…
In the end they turned out awesome and unique as a result.

It was a fun day and things worked out well.

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Here’s some of them having fun in the snow storm

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Adam& Krystal

It was a cold snowy day but we got done things pretty fast and kept all our limbs in-tact.

They had an Open house in the Logan area and a reception in Provo

There are plenty of pictures in Full Color
However I enjoyed most of the pictures in B&W and DuoTones

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I had the honor of taking pictures for Susan Hartwig.
Her roommate came out to help with the flower and dress and helped me out some on the reflector.
Dawnee Ray came to help out and have the opportunity to take some pictures…
a special thanks to her as some of the pictures come from her.

She looked beautiful and we had a great time.

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This is the spot where I first took pictures (bridals and engagements) It had been a long time since I had visited and the first time I have ever seen it so packed with people getting pictures taken. We all behaved ourselves and got to take pictures everywhere we needed, except for the grove, because of a “kind” man who insists that there is a point where center street no longer becomes public property. (Who knows he might be correct)