Monthly archives: January 2010

Urban engagement photos taken in Salt Lake City.

I love the Salt Lake City.  It has so much personality and great places to photograph.  Ashley and Ian are an awesome couple.  Ashley is one of my first brides to find me randomly surfing the internet and I’m so excited that she did!  I can’t wait to photograph their wedding in March!

All these photos were taken in downtown Salt Lake City Utah.  If you are looking for a wedding photographer in Utah, I’m your girl.  I take pretty photos that are trendy for the bride, bountiful for the mom, and affordable for the dad.  I would love to photograph your wedding so send me an email here at ravenberg photography.

Courtney Loves Josh! A Utah photographer in California.

It was so nice getting out of the cold Utah snow and into the warm California sun.  It took all my effort to show up to the wedding and not go to Disneyland.  My friends I stayed with tempted me with a free pass.  But It was so much fun to photograph Courtney and Josh and their beautiful wedding day.  It’s not every weekend I get to photograph such a beautiful couple on the beach.  The beach was beautiful and had crisp fresh air and not the salty brine of the Salt Lake.  I loved that she had an intimate reception with close friends at a beach house.  I’ll have more photos from her Utah reception here in a couple weeks.

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Only one bridesmaid was hurt in the making of this photo.  Seriously, she is ok, but I felt so bad.  Heels and jumping don’t mix.

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They had to throw the garter twice.  I guess a couple guys felt ripped off that the youngest bachelor caught it.  But I love how happy he is in this photo.

Cute little Utah wedding at lodge by Zion National Park.

Goodness there were so many great photos from this wedding that I finally had to give up and just post this post.  I could go on forever!  This was seriously such a cute couple!  I loved that they had their reception in a lodge outside of Zion National Park.  I can’t think of a more majestic location for wedding photos.  Some of my favorite things from this wedding were her cute little hot chocolate bar, the thought bubbles, and the cute mustaches–which she gave to me!  I don’t know why but anybody who holds up a fake mustache just has to make a funny face while doing it!

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Hi everybody!  I’m a Utah wedding photographer and this is my blog of wedding photos.  If you are a perspective bride or groom send me an email to ravenberg photography.

We Love you until Valentine’s Day…(prices go up on February 15th)

What!? Did you think I was going to get you a gift? Nope. Everyone who books before February 15th can lock in our current prices–regardless of when their wedding or event takes place. After February 15th, here’s what you can expect:

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$1200 STANDARD PACKAGE
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*$250 of the package price is due up-front to secure your date
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St. George, Utah Bridals in a Green House! So hot!

Kristan had an awesome idea to do her bridals in this old cotton mill re-purposed as a greenhouse.   All of the photos were taken within the nursery’s boundary.  I love taking photos in locations that have a history.  Old Washington Cotton Mill was used by the early Mormon pioneers.  St. George was Utah’s Dixie.   Since even St. George is a little chilly in December we were happy to take some photos in a warm greenhouse!  The owners of the nursery where really nice to let us run around and take photos.  I think they thought we were insane for wanting to take beautiful bridal photos in a green house–it was obvious that we were the first ones to invade the nursery for photos.  Thanks Star Nursery.  If you need plants buy them here!

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Kristan loved the nursery’s live-in kitty.  I kept worrying it would shed on her dress.  The dress! But she loves cats so much she didn’t care.  Later she told me her fiance was allergic to cats.  Sorry Joel!

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The family of this bride was so much to fun to work with.  Her mom was the biggest sweetheart and her brother-in-law was hilarious.  And she did have an extremely funny uncle.  I know everybody has a very fun exuberant uncle–but Caitlin’s was a good sport and fun!  You can kinda see how much fun they were to photograph while they danced!  I LOVE my job.  Where else can you make a living dancing with a camera?  Take a look at all the fun pictures we were able to get at the Bountiful Temple and at the Wight House Reception Center.  Thanks for following the blog.  More awesome weddings to come!

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Kristan’s Wedding! Sneak peek of her wedding in St. George.

Kristan found me via my mom.  My mom was a sweet heart and carved these for her wedding.  Yes, you heard me right my mom carves for a hobby.  She actually demoed power tools for a while!  I just think that is so cool!  Kristan was a even bigger sweet heart and let me keep them!  So if any of my future brides want them for there own photo opp just let me know.  More of Kristan’s wedding to come in the future.  I have been enjoying my Christmas holiday a bit to much and now it’s time to get back to the photo grindstone.  Enjoy this little sneak peek!

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Welcome to my blog I’m a Utah wedding photographer this photo was taken in St. George Utah outside of Zion Canyon.

Lose ten pounds in one photo:Part II

A while ago I posted about how to lose ten pounds in one photo and the response was huge.  I have wanted to make a follow-up post for some time.  Since it’s New Years Day today, and people are starting on their New Year’s resolutions, I figured today was a perfect day to post about how you can look ten pounds lighter in a photo–even if it might take a few more weeks to actually drop the weight.  I shared these tips last spring and since then friends and family have shown me their photos and happily explain how much skinner they look than so-and-so. Darn so-and-so! Why must there always be that one person that makes you feel even worse about your body image?  I can guarantee that looking better than them in a photo is a high that’s totally worth it!  I especially feel that a bride should feel skinny and sexy on her wedding day.  I think there’s good logic behind making bridesmaids’ dresses ugly.  I would suggest a velvet top and a satin bottom, the velvet absorbed light making it look smaller and satin reflects light making it look bigger.   Okay, maybe now I’m just being mean!  Here are a few tips on how to make the camera make you lose those ten pounds instead of gain it.  So next time somebody pulls out their camera you can strut your stuff instead of running in the opposite direction.

I would like to thank my lovely bride for letting me post these pics.  I have done zero Photoshop retouching to make the bride look bigger or smaller in any of these photos.

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Photo A:In the first photo her arm looks larger than it really is. The arm is also hiding her natural waist fooling the eye into thinking her waist extends wider than it really does.

Photo B:By creating a window of light between her waist and arm she allows the camera to see how tiny she really is.  The arm is also slightly flexed making it smaller.  By lifting her arm up it helps her posture and brings her shoulder blades together making her shoulders less broad in the photo.

look skinny in your wedding photos Photo A:As a bride you will hold your bouquet for a lot of your photos.  While it is beautiful don’t let it get in the way of you being beautiful.  It will be a tendency for you to want to stick your arms to your sides and hold your bouquet up right under your chest.  This can block our view of your little waist and lets our minds imagine that there is more of it hidden behind your arms.  And pushing your arms against your sides pushes that little bit of arm skin up and makes your arms look bigger too.

Photo B:Relaxing your arms and moving outwards makes them appear smaller.  Lowering your bouquet lets your beautiful waistline be seen in the photo.  Now we can see the flowers and your sexy curves!

wedding photography that makes you look skinnyPhoto A:While I do think every bride should have a straight-on portrait, it can be more flattering to have it take slightly to the side to show off her nice high check bones.  Taking a photo straight-on can hide pretty check bones and make her face look slightly more broad.

Photo B:By turning her face to the side she does show a more feminine curve to her face.

blog about skinny wedding photosPhoto A:It’s simple perspective–things closer to the camera look bigger.  If you put your weight on your front leg it will look bigger.

Photo B:By moving her weight to her back leg it it moves her hip and butt farther back in the photo.  Being farther from the camera helps to elongate and slim her silhouette.

utah wedding photography blogPhoto A:Shooting from below the bride can be less flattering.  While your photographer may always be kneeling down to get the building behind you in the photo, make sure they get some shots that are taken above you as well.

Photo B:Here is another example of perspective.  The body appears smaller because it is farther from the camera than the head.  Shooting from above can not only slim your body, it can also give you a very coy look that is classically beautiful for a bride.

That wraps it up for now, to see more tips you can see the original entry here.

P.S. This was an awesome shoot we did in a greenhouse and we rocked it–so more photos to come!

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