Family Portraits Logan Utah | The S Family

Happy New Year everyone!  Hope everyone had a great 2014 and will have an even better 2015, I'm planning on it.  Now that the holidays are over, I finally get to post this cute family session I did back in November.  It was for their Christmas cards so I had to hold off on posting so they could get their cards out first.  It was so hard for me, I just loved these!

Back in November, we had a serious cold snap!  It snowed a little then got really really cold.  We had this session set up and I knew she had a tiny one so I was a little worried about him.  We talked the morning of the shoot and decided mom would bundle him up good and we work as fast as possible. This was possibly one of the fastest shoots I have ever done!  20 minutes! After each pose we grabbed the blanket and wrapped that baby up but good! The kids did such a great job, got right in and got it done :)  Now I sort of want to have snow for every shoot I do from here on out!

Logan Utah Family Pictures

 Hi, remember me?  I used to write on this blog every once in awhile.  It's been so long I almost forgot how to log in!  I am still posting family sessions from back when the leaves were still gorgeous.  Here I sit, mid-December, wishing for this gorgeous weather to come back.  But at least it's giving me some time to catch up on blogging.

I had the pleasure of photographing this cute family back in the spring.  This fall they had some exciting additions to their family, so I got to take them about once again!  I am so grateful for repeat clients and those that are a little flexible.  I had set up a place to take them out to shoot and when I got there I could tell it just wasn't going to work at that time of day AT ALL.  So we headed to another spot and they were just fine with it.

Keep checking back, hopefully I keep remembering to post more of my fall sessions!

Utah Family Portraits | Logan Utah Photographer

It's been a busy fall with lots of family pictures and I am finally getting around to blogging some of them.  This cute rambunctious family happens to be full of my nephews :)  This is my husband's sister and her fun family.  These boys are always so full of energy, it's hard to keep up!   We ended up getting some really cute pictures when they held still though.  During my family sessions I also include individual pictures of all of the kids.  This isn't usually something that I put on my blog, for reasons I don't really know.  So I added a few to this post so you can get an idea of what you get with your own sessions.  I still have time for a few sessions before winter hits, so if you still need family pictures this fall, contact me for a spot.

Fall Family Pictures in Logan Utah | Northern Utah Photographer

True confession time, for some reason I was scared to death about this session!  I have finally gotten to the point where I'm not super nervous every time I walk out the door to a session, but this one had me worried.  When they contacted me, they told me they had just moved here from out of state.  There were wanting, what I would call, the quintessential Cache Valley portrait session.  Beautiful fall leaves, next to barns, with our gorgeous mountains in the background.  I really struggled on finding the right spot.  I finally decided to have them meet me at the American West Heritage Center and we would go from there.  We weren't going to be able to go inside because it was a Sunday, but I had hoped I'd be able to get the beautiful Wellsvilles in the background.

The day of the shoot came and it was pouring rain.  I contacted them and we decided to put it off until the next Sunday, at that time, the forecast said rain that day too.  The next Sunday came and sure enough, rain.  We decided to wait it out and see what happened and low and behold, the clouds opened up and the sun came out!  For a minute.  By the time the session started it had clouded over again but no rain. Thank heavens it did though our that spot would not have worked AT ALL.  I went to meet someone there this weekend and it was just way too bright.  So thank heavens for rainy days.

This ended up being one of my all time favorites sessions! It may not have had the perfect fall leaves (because they have been so weird lately, but it was a fun location, and a SUPER CUTE family who was willing to put up with my crazy ideas.  The cloudy light was perfection.  So thanks G family for choosing me to do your family photos, I had the best time!

L Family | Logan Utah Family Photographer

Seriously, sometimes the best part about this job is the connections you get to make with people.  I first met the mom and daughter in this family when they asked me to take her Senior Portraits.  We had so much fun doing that, she has a smile that lights up her whole being and it's super infections!  So I was more that thrilled when they called me recently about doing their family portraits before their daughter leaves on an LDS mission.  I also got to take her missionary pictures, check back soon for those cute pics.

For a family full of mostly boys, they were really great sports about getting their pictures taken (in case you don't know, boys don't really love having portraits done LOL).  Especially when they thought they were all done and I pulled them back in for a few more.  I'm so mean like that sometimes.  They turned out so cute and I'm super thankful to them for letting me share them here on my blog.  

Aimee Campbell Photography is a full time professional photographer serving the Wasatch Front and Southeastern Idaho.  I specialize in family portraits and senior portraits and I work in Salt Lake, Ogden, Logan, Pocatello, Tremonton, and many other areas in the Intermountain West.  Please see my website at www.aimeecampbellphotography.com for more information about booking your photo shoot.

C Family | Northern Utah Family Portrait Photographer

This is a very special family portrait session for me.  I have known this family since their very beginnings, and I have known the mom since middle school.  They are working their way through a very tough time right now and when she asked me to do their  pictures,  I was more than honored.  The day of the shoot (which sooooooo luckily did NOT rain) she started to tell me a bit about why this family portrait session meant so much to her.  I stopped her, probably mid-sentence because that's how I roll, and asked her if she wouldn't mind writing the blog post for her pictures for me.  She very graciously agreed.  Here's what she had to say:

Our family has been living a roller coaster of tumult for several years.  With four children, two of which are teenagers, life is bound to get bumpy.  We had sent our oldest daughter off to college last fall and we knew that our job of "raising her" was relatively over but our 16 year old son was another story.  His life was so horrible, depressed, suicidal, dark, and unmanageable we struggled with knowing what to do or how to help him.  Avoiding him became the only method of coping.  Each night I would go to bed wondering if he would be alive the next morning and who might be the one to find him if he wasn't.  I lived with this fear for almost 4 years.  January came and our family hit rock bottom as we were forced to put our son in a psychiatric hospital and then moved to a long-term residential facility.  The days were cold, long, and dark both emotionally and physically.  Life was truly at it's lowest.  The younger girls longed for a happy fun brother.  Our daughter at college was angry at her brother for the burden and stress he had created for the rest of the family all while preparing to serve an LDS mission to Hong Kong, China.    As the months of treatment passed, we saw our son improve and our daughter's anger subside.  A very small sliver of opportunity presented itself to get our family photos taken.  Aimee is a very old friend and I knew she was the only person I trusted with the monumental task of preserving this one perfect moment in time for my family.  The weeks of rain were relentless but with lots of prayers, we managed to have the most incredible perfect evening for photos (with an ADHD dog included).  I know that Aimee was concerned about capturing those "picture perfect" moments but it was those less than perfect moments I was hoping to capture even more.  As the photos came back to me and Aimee expressed concern that the dog didn't always look the right way or my 8 year old had a goofy face, I was so filled with amazement and awe as I was able to see joy, true joy, on the faces of every member of my family.  I knew I needed to see every single candid photo she took because they showed pure love and happiness on all 6 of our faces at the same time for the very first time in 4+ years.  For one small moment, we were all genuinely happy.  How thankful I am for those wonderful photos Aimee took, both the beautifully posed ones but more importantly, the candids of read happiness and laughter.  When your family has lived in such sadness and turmoil for so long, it is truly such a priceless treasure.  I know everyone wants that one "perfect" frame-able photo to post on social media and hang in their home but I look at my photos and my most "perfect" frame-able photos are not what the photographer would consider as perfect.  The perfect photos are the ones that show true happiness.  These photos are all over my home and are a constant reminder of where we have been and where we are now.  I am so thankful for each and every single photo as they are tender sweet reminders of what heaven will be like with my family someday.

Enjoy this Family  Portrait session photographed by Aimee Campbell Photography.  I am a Utah Photographer based in Logan, UT specializing in custom Senior Portrait Photography and  Family Portraits. I am available for Family and Senior  photography sessions in Salt Lake City, Ogden, Logan, Northern Utah and Southeast Idaho.