The salt flats go completely flat and completely dark, which makes them one of the few places in Utah where the Milky Way can sit right down on the horizon behind a couple.Sessions out here run late and are worth it. We light the couple, let the sky do the rest, and keep the direction light enough that the night still feels like theirs.

Night portraits on the salt west of Salt Lake City, under a full arc of the Milky Way.

Bonneville Salt Flats Milky Way Wedding

Moab rewards couples who want their session to feel like something they actually did together. This one paired rappelling on red rock with night portraits once the sky opened up.Adventure sessions take planning, so we scout access, timing and light well ahead, and keep the day moving at a pace that still leaves room to enjoy it.

An engagement session that started on the end of a rope and finished under the stars.

Moab Milky Way and Rappelling Engagement

Southern Utah gives you warm sandstone and long open views, and The Ledges sits right in the middle of it.Destination days are where a second shooter earns their keep. One of us stays with the couple while the other works the wider scene.

A destination wedding above the red rock of southern Utah at The Ledges.

The Ledges Destination Wedding

Elopements are the clearest version of what we do. There is no timeline to manage for a room full of guests, just two people and a place that means something to them.National parks carry permits, altitude and weather that changes fast, so we plan the day around the light and keep a backup in our pocket.

A fall elopement in Rocky Mountain National Park, above the tree line.

Rocky Mountain National Park Elopement

Wadley Farms packs a lot into one property: a stone castle, a chapel, and gardens that change completely between afternoon and sunset.Having everything in one place means a calmer timeline, and calmer timelines are where the honest photographs come from.

A summer wedding at Wadley Farms, with its stone castle and gardens.

Wadley Farms Summer Wedding

At golden hour the salt turns the whole ground into a reflector, and a couple in strong color reads against it from a long way off.We shoot wide out here on purpose. The scale is the point.

A sunset session on the salt flats, color and reflection across an open white plain.

Bonneville Salt Flats Sunset Session

Montana in summer gives long evenings and mountains on every side, which is a generous combination for a wedding day.We travel for weddings regularly, and a destination day usually means we are with the couple for more of it, not less.

A destination wedding in Montana, in the mountains near Glacier country.

Mountainside Weddings, Kalispell

American Fork Canyon peaks for about two weeks in the autumn, and Tibble Fork is the spot everyone wants during them.Formal sessions are a good rehearsal. By the wedding day a couple already knows how we work and what being photographed together feels like.

Fall formals at Tibble Fork Reservoir, with the canyon turning gold behind.

Tibble Fork Fall Formals

The Egyptian Theater is a restored 1924 movie palace, and a couple who loves Broadway used every bit of it.Venues like this need light that respects the room, so we work with what the building already has rather than flattening it.

A Broadway-inspired wedding inside a restored 1924 movie palace in Ogden.

Peery's Egyptian Theater Wedding

Glacier is one of those places where the landscape does not need any help, so the job is mostly staying out of its way.Adventure days involve real hiking and real weather. We pack for both and keep the coverage moving.

An adventure session in Glacier National Park, high country and hard light.

Glacier National Park Adventure Session

Winter weddings get written off too easily. Snow is the best natural reflector there is, and Snowbasin has the mountains behind it to match.Cold days run on a tighter clock, so we plan short outdoor windows and use them properly.

A winter wedding at Snowbasin, snow and mountain light above Ogden Valley.

Snowbasin Resort Winter Wedding

Downtown in winter is all warm windows against blue evening light, and it suits couples who would rather not be standing in a field.City sessions move. We walk, we talk, and the photographs happen between the two.

A winter engagement session through downtown, city light and cold air.

Winter Downtown Salt Lake Engagement

A temple day has its own rhythm and its own constraints, and we have photographed enough of them to keep the whole thing calm.Moving between a morning ceremony and an evening reception is mostly logistics. We build the timeline so nobody is rushed at either end.

A temple morning in Bountiful followed by a reception at Oak Hills.

Bountiful Temple and Oak Hills Reception

Tony Grove sits high in Logan Canyon and holds its wildflowers late into the summer.When a couple brings a strong styling idea, our job is to build the light and the location around it rather than compete with it.

A western-styled engagement session high in Logan Canyon.

Tony Grove Western Engagement

Red Pine sits at the top of a gondola ride, which makes the arrival part of the day rather than a detail.Park City gives you altitude, aspens and evening light that drops fast, so the sunset window gets planned first.

A mountain wedding reached by gondola above Park City.

Red Pine Lodge Wedding

The Capitol has the columns and the marble, and Ensign Peak just above it has the whole valley. Together they cover a lot of ground in one evening.Strong color and strong architecture need each other kept in balance, so we expose for the fabric and let the stone fall where it lands.

A Moroccan-inspired formal session at the Capitol and Ensign Peak.

Utah State Capitol Moroccan Formals

Tracy Aviary is a garden venue hidden inside Liberty Park, which means mature trees and shade in the middle of a Salt Lake summer.Dappled light is the challenge here, so we place people deliberately rather than fighting it afterwards.

A summer wedding in a garden venue hidden inside Liberty Park.

Tracy Aviary Summer Wedding

The lights only run for a few weeks, and they turn the whole block into one enormous soft source.These sessions are busy and cold and completely worth it. We shoot fast and keep it fun.

An engagement session among the Christmas lights on Temple Square.

Christmas Lights Engagement

Millennial Falls has a working waterfall at the center of the property, which gives a spring wedding a backdrop that changes with the light all evening.Spring in Utah is unpredictable. We plan for both versions of the day so the couple can stop worrying about it.

A spring wedding beside a working waterfall in Draper.

Millennial Falls Spring Wedding

The Capitol lawn faces west, so the last half hour of light comes straight up the valley and across the front of the building.Formals are short by design. Twenty good minutes at the right time beats two hours at the wrong one.

Sunset formals on the steps and lawns of the Utah State Capitol.

Utah State Capitol Sunset Formals

Cactus and Tropicals is a working greenhouse, so the reception happens inside a room that is already full of plants and diffused light.Two very different rooms in one day is a good problem. The pictures end up with real contrast between the ceremony and the party.

A church ceremony followed by a reception among the glasshouses.

All Saints and Cactus and Tropicals

This one became an heirloom album, which changes how we shoot it. Albums want sequences and quiet connecting frames, not only the highlights.Designing the album with the couple afterwards is part of the collection, and it is usually the part they keep out on the table.

A temple morning in Payson and a reception at White Willow, made into an album.