Becky Earl – be ART

this is us.

Welcome to what I like to call my second home. It's where I like to be when my kids give me a few seconds to share what I love most- them.

I started my photography journey a little over two years ago just wanting to take better pictures of my kids. I fell in love and quickly jumped into my own business. I took pictures of a lot of other peoples kids, but was often too tired to capture the memories of my own. I have come full circle and am back to shooting the ones I love.

Right now my main focus is perfecting my art. While I have decided not to be in business at this time, I would love for this to be a place of inspiration and beauty. Somewhere I can share myself in my work. As photographer Nan Goldin once said, "This is a diary I let people read." I have many different projects in mind and can't wait to see them come to life.

I am an artist who loves to share the beauty of a smile, a connection and a laugh. I have a story to tell and a journey I would love to share with you.

Let's have some fun!

xoxox - be

Category Archives: it just aint fair they’re so pretty – models

something special- be ART

Monday, August 16, 2010

Some people just have it.

You know it. That something that makes you smile. It can make you feel inspired to do something.

You can’t describe it. You can’t explain it.

It’s just something special.

And my dear Kristi, you have it!

You might recognize this beautiful girl from somewhere. I was lucky enough to shoot Kristi about a year ago. Check her out HERE. She was so fun and amazing to shoot and I just had to do it again.

Luckily for me Kristi works out at my gym and I see this pretty lady every morning. (side note since we are talking about gyms….Kristi is a machine. She is my idol. She doesn’t know this, but I work out everyday, so I can look a fraction as good as her. Trust me, you will see the evidence of her hard work at the gym down below…just try and keep your drooling to a minimal) Seriously.

Anyways, I emailed Kristi and told her I had to shoot her again. She was excited and so we had to make it happen.

While we were shooting, I asked her if I could shoot her at least once a week.

She laughed and agreed.

I was serious.

Well, before you go crazy with all of this reading, I will give you what you came here for….

some really cool pictures of a really cool person.

*She kept telling me she was no model and that I would need to direct her…..I laughed.

Then she gave me these….

Chisses!

♥ be

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You asked for it…. – be ART

Friday, May 14, 2010

And well, I wanna make you happy so….

1) Due to the crazy amount of emails to Yan and I requesting a second date, we are so excited to announce we are adding a second HEARTshop date in the fall!

No your eyes aren’t going fuzzy, you read it right…ANOTHER HEARTshop in the FALL!

(hahaha funny image I found of Jess when I was still learning how to take a decent picture)

When you ask?

Friday, September 10th through Saturday, September 11th. So get to planning
(we still need to add the new dates to the website, but times and schedule will be the same)

Wanna know what the heck the HEARTshop is?
Check it HERE

If you have even more questions, you can email Yan and I at: heartshop2010@gmail.com

We have already sold some spots, and they are going fast, so don’t miss out!

Annnnd,

2) I also promised a part 2 of the workshop images. If you missed part 1, don’t worry just scroll down one post.

That’s it for now. Heading off tomorrow to run my first ever HALF marathon. Hope I can finish. Wish me lots of luck

Chisses!
♥ be

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followed my heart… – be ART

Monday, May 10, 2010

…all the way to Jake Garn’s Fashion Studio Lighting Workshop. Not familiar with Jake’s amazingness? BE inspired HERE.

It’s quite a bit of a 180 degree turn from my usual stuff, yeah? I have had this hunger lately to just learn all I can about photography. To learn things that I never imagined myself knowing. SO I signed up for Jake’s workshop to further my knowledge with studio lighting…which was pretty minimal.

Gotta give credit where credit is due:
Hair: Steven Robertson
Makeup: Paula Dahlberg
Wardrobe: Michelle Boucher

Models: Jorgen Willard, Ashle Hancey, Kara Arnold, Sarah Whitmer, Samantha Law (in order of appearance)

Care to be completely overloaded with my new passion- fashion photography? PART 1

hahaha! Ryan Muirhead had me laughing the entire time.

Be ready for PART 2 coming very soon!!!

Chisses!
♥be

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two gorgeous seniors – be ART

Monday, April 5, 2010

nuff said.

but, then this wouldn’t be a becky post if I didn’t go into at least some of the things in my heart..right? I just gotta.

I think most of you know that I am not in business. Just not the right time in my life, I guess. One day maybe. But, I still LOVE taking pictures. (there’s no rule you have to be in business to have a photography blog, right?) Phew!

I love each day trying to perfect this craft. This passion that has filled my soul with such happiness. Not mommy me or wife me, not friend me, but ME- me. The girl who loves pasta. Who has an automatic smile when she wakes up to rain. The lady who laughs at all her husbands jokes (funny or not – she loves him a lot). The girl who feels free and invigorated when she does yoga. The girl who when she feels embarrassed plays with her hair. The woman who loves many. The woman who knows she is a daughter of God. That woman who just loves taking pictures. And she (okay, not sure why I am typing in third person still)…I…love LOVE love sharing it with you.

The ART is not perfect- far from it. There’s mistakes, there’s bad days. There are days when I think, I have no right to take one more picture.

But then I remember that this is a journey. A journey that is far from anything claiming to be perfect. Far from anything claiming to know everything. Nobody does. It’s supposed to be filled with days that are discouraging and disheartening. It’s supposed to make you frustrated. Those moments, days, hours, months, years, make us better photographers. Better people.

I guess what I am saying is to never give up. Press on through those hard days when you can’t seem to do anything right. Hold on, just a little bit longer.

Why am I posting this? Not sure. I guess we all need reminders. We all need a hug and a reassuring word. So this is me hugging you and giving a nice little swat on your behind to get back in the game. To start over tomorrow. To shoot for you and love what you do.

I think this was for me too.

{hugs}

mmmmkay, enough mushy stuff.

I was invited to join some awesome photographers in Salt Lake to shoot some high school seniors. They were a blast. They are in drama. They knew how to work it, ya’ll!!

So here are two of them. Two beautiful, young, good hearted high school seniors who just really ROCK.

ps- I used Off camera flash for all of them except for the ones in the alley of the handsome Paul.