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Salt Lake Wedding and Portrait Photography

Lara and Elliott

June 25, 2008 at 10:55 pm · Filed under Three Winks Studio, wedding photography

For any of you who know me, or have been following my blog at all, you will know that my most favorite place to go is the Spiral Jetty. It is a special place that is dear to my heart that I hold with the highest reverence.

On Monday, I had the opportunity to go to my favorite place and do my favorite thing: portrait photography.

Before Lara and Elliott were married, as they were beginning their courtship, they spent the day up at the Spiral Jetty. They fell in love with its vast array of colors in the land, water, and sky; marveled at the strange remains from its oil producing days; and even made ‘snow angels’ in the salt water sea foam. It was a perfect day, they say.

Married in January on the beautiful island of Hawaii, Lara and Elliott didn’t have professional pictures done and had always wanted something incredible. Elliott found out how much I love the Spiral Jetty and that’s when we started making plans for our photo shoot.

I’ve never been there in the middle of the summer, and it was very different. The ground gets so hot, that there were pools of black, crude oil seeping up from the ground. The water levels were just about perfect, revealing a rich, red color that appears along the shoreline and in the shallow waters. I am always blown away at the beauty and diversity up there — it’s always a spiritual experience.

Thanks Elliott and Lara for spending the afternoon with me and for being so wonderful to photograph!

P.S. Sorry there are so many images for you all to look at….it was too hard to narrow them down any more than I already did :)

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14 Comments »

kelli wrote @ June 25th, 2008 at 11:05 pm

LOVE them!!!! Oh dang. I love the one of them in the water and all the reflection ones and all the ones with those cool wooden posts. I’ve never even been there, I need to get up there when I move back to Utah!

Stacy wrote @ June 25th, 2008 at 11:13 pm

Oh Kelli, I will take you ANY time! You will love it :)

TSimpson wrote @ June 26th, 2008 at 12:02 am

These are gorgeous! Loving the reflection with all the posts (the first one with them in their wedding attire. Beautiful, makes me want to shoot landscapes out there!

Elliott wrote @ June 26th, 2008 at 12:04 am

Stacy, it was the most amazing day ever…and its the first time I haven’t had to think, “I wish there was some way to capture it and take it home!” You are incredible.

aekstrom wrote @ June 26th, 2008 at 5:03 am

HOLY crap love 16 & 17. These are sooooo flippin awesome! WTG!!!! ROCK ON!!!!!!!! I googled that place once…haha…never been there but so want to go someday.

Mike Brady wrote @ June 26th, 2008 at 5:59 am

You were right, Stacy: these are beautiful pictures!

Stacy wrote @ June 26th, 2008 at 4:55 pm

Thanks everyone for your kind words! It means a lot to me.

Henri wrote @ June 26th, 2008 at 5:10 pm

Beautiful setting. Very good work.

Lara is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. Elliott is one very lucky man.

Emeline wrote @ June 26th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

Oooh, I’m jealous! These look like they’re ripped out of Vogue. Lara, where did you get that red dress? You guys are lovely siblings.

Amanda wrote @ June 26th, 2008 at 7:41 pm

WOW! These are incredible! You rock!

Erin wrote @ June 26th, 2008 at 8:06 pm

These are amazing! I love them all. It is so sweet that the location means so much to them as well.

Stacy Palfreyman wrote @ June 27th, 2008 at 3:18 pm

I have never been there, but no I want to go so bad. Funny how some places can just speak to you. Especially after seeing it through your eye. I tried to google it. But there is no info on the place. How do I get there? I can’t wait to see it for myself!

Greg wrote @ July 1st, 2008 at 5:52 am

Wonderful composition. I am very impressed! What a spectacular locale. Disagreeing only slightly with Henri, Lara needs a little meat on her bones. Someone get her a gallon of ice cream.

sanlan wrote @ July 10th, 2008 at 6:57 am

WOW!!!!! What a fun place to shoot!!! The photos are stunning. I have had such a great time browsing your blog.