10 minute session!

a couple of weeks ago i took my kids out for a quick shoot of them for christmas cards and presents, as well as jaydes 7 year old pictures. this was seriously the quickest session i have ever done. we were there for 10 minutes at the most and they were fabulous! even savana listened. sorry they are a little late with the christmas hats and all but hey... at least it is still december :)

me!!!

i desperately needed a new picture of myself for my website and blog etc... so on thursday me and my good friend Dustin (Dustin Izatt Photography) went out to some killer locations to do my pictures. I seriously had no idea how big of a deal it is for people to get their pictures taken! i have so much sympathy for my brides now. I was so nervous all day and consumed with making sure i looked good and my hair and makeup were perfect and my clothes looked good and didn't make me look fat! oh my heck! it was seriously that bad! I am so sorry to everyone for what they go through for me :) but once i got their and we started shooting i was fine and possibly even fun, but oh so cold! dustin, you need to start taking a coat with you! i had on a coat and i was freezing! i am so happy with how they turned out! i am so very critical of myself and how i look, that i was very nervous. but i do love them and thank you a million times dustin!

i just had to show off one of my favorite pieces of equipment...my shootsac! i don't go anywhere without it. it is hands down one of the best things i have ever bought! it is so convenient and easy to carry. and not to mention, so dang cute! love it!

12 days of christmas...

this is my absolute favorite time of the year. i love the music, the decorations, the shopping, the giving, the smells, the food....i could go on all night. one of the things i love the most is the time i get to spend with my family. i love my little girls and how excited they get to do all of the fun activities. to ensure that we didn't miss out on anything important i started a new thing this year with the 12 days of christmas. i made a cute little advent calendar to hang on my trees. these trees serve as year long decorating fun! i decorate them for holidays, birthdays and now they are put to good use once again. i made cute little cards with a number for each day and in the inside is an activity to do. they are usually pretty low key, but we get to spend good quality time with each other and that is so important to me. some of the activities are, on the first day we wrote letters to santa, 2nd day we made sugar cookies, 3rd we read christmas books around the christmas tree, 4th we watched a chrstmas movie and had popcorn, 5th went to the layton park lights. some of the other fun things we have planned to do is sing christmas carols, watch movie with hot chocolate (movie night is by far our favorite), paint christmas ornaments, make christmas cards, make a christmas craft, drive around neighborhoods looking for lights and make treats for the kids teachers. we have so much fun during the holidays and i am SO sad they are coming and going so quick! i can't believe how time flies! but i am always grateful after the holidays to get back to normal life. so everyone have a merry christmas! it is the best time of the year!

ketty + matt wedding (long overdue)

ketty and matt got married in august. yep you heard that right AUGUST! where have i been you ask? not blogging that is for sure. i honestly have been catching up on my life a little more and doing computer stuff a little less. but i feel terrible for all of the people i have not blogged about. i really do have the best clients. and i promise i will get to each and every one of you! ketty and matt are mine and my husbands bestest friends! we hang out almost every weekend and they are the best! never a dull moment with these two! matt has been best friends with chris since jr. high (i think). i worked at shopko with matt about 6 years ago and he set me and chris up on a blind date. 9 months later we were married and the rest is history. ketty is from peru. she met matt and they fell in love :) they had been dating for about 3 years when he proposed. ketty moved here in june and they got married in august! i am so happy, because i have become such great friends with ketty and my kids just love her! and i have someone to obsess over twilight with! i love you guys!

soon to come...ketty's bridals and some christmas stuff! YAY!

amanda abel photography now offering maternity...

i am now offering maternity portraits to any expectant mothers. you may remember heather and jay's wedding back in may. first of all they are fabulous people to work with and i have been lucky enough to have them back again. they are expecting their first baby any day now! YAY! this was my first time doing maternity pictures, so thank you heather for trusting me. i am so incredibly happy with the way they turned out and their session was so much fun, that i have decided to add maternity to my list of services. my prices are $50 for a one hour sitting fee at one location. if you want a disc of all of the pictures it is $150 or if you would prefer prints you can purchase them on my proofing site following the session. so if any of my past brides, blog stalkers, friends, family, whoever you are, if you are pregnant or planning to be in the next little while, please call me!!! i had such a blast that i am craving more :) if you book your maternity session before the end of december, i will be give you a discount, but you have to email me to find out what it is :) i promise it will be way worth it!

oh and p.s. this is my new FAVORITE location!