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something special- be ART

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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followed my heart… – be ART

…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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love these kids -be ART

Can you even handle all the cuteness?

We got together with Yan in her gorgeous natural light studio (HEARTshop attendees, this will be your home for a few days soon…very, very soon)

Can you even handle the anticipation?

We only have a few spots open, so hurry and jump on in.

The kids went NUTS at this shoot. And that is exactly what we wanted. We envisioned craziness. We envisioned giggles. We envisioned big grins and lots of tickling.

What we got was magic. What we got were forever cherished moments.

Then the sweetest baby on earth woke up from his slumber and decided to make his mommies heart smile with these images.

And now without further ado….

our {something handmade} giveaway x’2 winner(s)!!

Our two winners for the Mama Bird Necklaces are…..

1) Kelly @ supersevins
2) April Summers

Wahoo!! Congrats girls.

Our next winner gets to bring four of her friends to the Opening Night PARRTAY…
1) Nicole Baldwin

Then last but certainly not least…

our winner for ONE spot at the Oh Sweet Sadie Academy is….

drum roll please……

Stephanie Cameron at Plain Jane Boutique!

Congrats to all the winners!!! Contact Heidi at ohsweetsadie@gmail.com to redeem your winnings.

And to the rest of you…I love you! I know that is not a cute necklace or earrings or a spot at an Academy, but its something right?

Be sure to enter in next month’s {something handmade} giveaway. It’s gonna be super cute!!!

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two gorgeous seniors – be ART

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.

Thanks for looking and listening to me babble.

Chisses!

♥ be

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pretty girl -be ART

you can’t deny the beauty of Lauren. She is the sweet sister of my talented friend ERIN. Lauren is so darn stylish. I really wish I was more cool in my style. Wanna do a makeover on me? hahah ok back to the pretty girl who needs no makeover…

Lauren, you are a gem. Such a perfect model :) Thanks!

Love you all!

Chisses!

♥ be

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