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02.04.10
Lindsey contacted me a few months ago to book a portrait session with her newly married man Mike! I noticed at the bottom of her email a link to her blog, so I decided to click and suddenly, 15 minutes later, I was still looking at her beautiful work! I always get so flattered when other talented photographers contact Justin and I to schedule a portrait session. It's really humbling to shoot and provide a product for someone else that can really appreciate all of the hard work that goes into a simple portrait session.
We shot Lindsey + Mike right before Christmas in Palm Springs. We started their session out at the Viceroy Hotel and then courageously ventured out toward the desert to the windmills (I say "courageously" because the winds were INSANELY fast that day and there was all sorts of dust and debris flying around in the air, but the light and backdrop was too amazing to pass up).
I absolutely ADORED this shoot because of all the thought Lindsey put into her "look" and outfits (Mike looked dashing as well). You'll see what I mean below. Plus, to make things even better Lindsey hired Nicole DeAnne to come out for hair & make-up...it was a RAD shoot, to say the least!
Lindsey + Mike, thanks for having us out!
Alison, TKB blog said:
Love the lighting, Amelia. LOVE the LIGHTING. Everyone should wear hats for shoots. Wouldn't that be great? That would be great. I'm gonna start this thing. Hats, people, wear 'em.
(02.04.10 11:08 PM)
Amanda Patrice said:
I love the windmills in the background... and the mall was such a great find! Beautiful portraits!
(02.04.10 11:16 PM)
corey said:
Man you guys rocked this session i LOVE it esp the windmill shots your stuff has always been a daily favorite of mines...
(02.04.10 11:29 PM)
Kayleen T. said:
I freaking love Justin's shot! I have a slight obsession with windswept hair! and love your favorite too.
(02.04.10 11:37 PM)
Joanna Tano said:
Love all of these images! You are so TALENTED!
(02.04.10 11:44 PM)
Mary said:
woweeee! I love this session! My fav is the one with Mike up close in the abandoned mall lot and Lindsey out of focus in the background...beautiful composition! All of these are great! bravo!
(02.05.10 12:01 AM)
Cameron Ingalls said:
can you shoot me and my wife and my baby please?!
k.... thanks!
(02.05.10 12:15 AM)
Mel said:
Oh My. These are so Fresh! Love them and how you incorporated their style into a truly fun landscape~
(02.05.10 05:24 AM)
Lindseybelle said:
Wow. Amelia. Justin. These are insane. Thank you so much for your beautiful work. We LOVE LOVE LOVE all of them!!!!! You are incredible.
(02.05.10 05:47 AM)
Briony said:
wow what an amazing set of images....i love the one with the windmills in the background, her hair blowing in the breeze...epic!
great job :)
(02.05.10 06:00 AM)
Jane Hasty said:
Gorgeous!
(02.05.10 06:10 AM)
Cat Watson said:
Wow. These are beautiful! The colors are just so soft and yummy. I love her headpiece, and her shoes:)
(02.05.10 06:35 AM)
Dognbird said:
I love what you have done with the light here, especially how you played up all the details surrounding this adorable couple. Beautiful!
(02.05.10 06:55 AM)
Amy Carson said:
Amazing shoot, I love the feeling of these images. Lindsey has great style too!
(02.05.10 07:22 AM)
yan palmer said:
sigh... you make it look so easy. what a fun and beautiful couple. soooo impressed you trekked to the windmills---i've dreamt about it but lacked the gumption, but not miss amelia lyon and co., so awesome.
(02.05.10 07:48 AM)
Katie Neal Photo said:
LOVE EM! Especially out by the windmills!!! And I love the hair pieces!!!
(02.05.10 08:25 AM)
Melissa Gartner said:
Awesome stuff Amelia & Justin!! Fabulous shoot. LOVE LOVE LOVE the pink hair piece, love the color pop it gives to the photos!!
(02.05.10 08:38 AM)
Michelle Guzman said:
I love her headbands and outfits. The photos in the parking garage are so great. Wow, the dramatic lighting is amazing.
(02.05.10 08:38 AM)
Micah Cordes said:
loooove the last couple shots. great shoot!
(02.05.10 09:06 AM)
Paige said:
Oh my goodness.. i NEED you guys to have another workshop so I can come learn how you do your lighting. It is freaking amazing!!
(02.05.10 09:49 AM)
Rachel Castillero said:
This is SO AWESOME....I think I just died. Those desert shots! Beautiful work!
(02.05.10 10:24 AM)
Heather Kincaid said:
Oh- Love!! What a great couple in a great location! Love those shots with windmills... so great and inspiring. :)
(02.05.10 10:50 AM)
Chris Hunt said:
love the windmill shot. Also amazing to follow justin's updates from Haiti, our prayers are with him and those affected.
(02.05.10 11:46 AM)
denise bovee said:
love love love!
(02.05.10 05:45 PM)
matthew morgan said:
these are really pretty
(02.06.10 12:10 AM)
Stacey Malleck said:
Gorgeous. My faves are the windmill shots. Nice work!
(02.08.10 09:41 AM)
Ellena van Tonder said:
Wow, these are FANTASTIC!!!!!
(02.08.10 10:02 AM)
Rachel said:
I love the windmills in the background! Did you do a family portrait shoot there before?
(02.08.10 10:26 AM)
rog said:
you guys are still the best.
(02.08.10 09:31 PM)
amy little said:
I LOVE IT! it's crazy that everything you do is perfect. I love the shot Justin took with the little wisps of hair flying in the wind. plus your off camera flash is spectacular.
nice.
(02.08.10 11:52 PM)
Sergio said:
I love this engagement session! It is very creative and passionate. Fantastic images!
(02.08.10 11:54 PM)
Kia Gregory said:
Thanks for the recommendation! Will definitely check them out.
(02.09.10 03:26 PM)
Olivia said:
What a great shoot and good looking couple! I love the lighting!
(02.10.10 07:34 PM)
Jill Ison said:
I adore your work. I never comment but man your stuff is cool! I hope my stuff is that cool someday. I think the windmills brought the comment in me out :) i just did a blog post and my last picture was of the windmills on the way home from CA. I've always thought it would be a wonderful place for a photoshoot... thought confirmed, by you! always a pleasure to check out your stuff. thanks.
jill
(02.12.10 11:28 PM)
dean ray said:
WOW!!!! SWWWEEEEETTTT!!!!!! these r GREAT!!!! no.6 is to die for......... "A MOMENT IN TIME"
(02.15.10 03:56 PM)
Emily Scott said:
The light in these photos are stunning and the last few are amazing. Also, I want her SHOES. beautiful.
(02.16.10 11:42 PM)
Jennifer said:
The desert and windmills was oh so totally worth the trip! Wowsers. These are amazing.
(02.17.10 01:51 PM)
Carl Reid said:
Thanks for the pics and the recipes. My favourite pic is the side portrait of Lindsey with the off-lighting.
Regards,
Carl from T.O.
(02.20.10 05:36 PM)
Dognbird said:
Very romantic photos, love the tonal quality!
(02.21.10 09:02 AM)
cl sandal said:
we should help them .now they are in trouble.cheapsexyshoes
(03.09.10 06:37 PM)
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01.07.10
I had never been to Tennessee/Mississippi until December of 2009! Justin and I were hired to fly to mid-USA to photograph the ever talented husband and wife team that make up Allison Rodgers Photography. I was very excited to meet both Allison + Jeff after hearing the fun stories from Justin when he met them at Imaging USA last year in Arizona.
The Rodgers needed their photos taken because they will soon be going on tour with PPA around the country, teaching and inspiring hundreds of other photographers along their way. I'm not going to lie, I was VERY surprised that they wanted us to photograph them and I was that much more intimidated once we got into town and toured their amazing studio. These people really know what they are doing, and it was great to see how a different studio across the country runs their photography biz. Despite my nerves, Justin and I were glad and excited to do them the honors!
Of course we had to take advantage of the the twiggy trees...I have a slight obsession with this sort of setting (maybe it's because we don't get to see much of this here in SoCal).
Thank you to Allison & Jeff for having us out! I had a great time visiting Tennessee/Mississippi, even though it was only for a day and a half. PLUS, I got to try fried pickles for the first time and I have to say that they are delish!
We're also very excited to be new members of the highly recognized photography organization known as PPA!
Beth Morgan said:
Oh...I adore these! The Rogers are such precious people! AMAZING job capturing them!
(01.08.10 12:01 AM)
Wendy Hwang (Lee) said:
wow! Just wow! Beautiful! I love the lighting :) sooo talented you are
(01.08.10 02:03 AM)
Antonina Mamzenko said:
Adore these! Stunning work! I might steal a couple of ideas off you! :)
(01.08.10 05:36 AM)
Allison Rodgers said:
You guys are so awesome and we had so much fun that day!!! We were so honored that you said "yes" to flying south for this event! I have to say it feels amazing to have a family portrait finally... THANK YOU for that. We LOVE all of our images and are so excited about them being used for the tour and plastered all over our house. Thank you thank you thank you - you guys rock :)
(01.08.10 05:53 AM)
Kyle Vaughn said:
You Lyons are the best. The family has got to be excited about all of these!
(01.08.10 07:04 AM)
David said:
Amazing! And really nice to see some photos without a lot of sun. Brilliant.
(01.08.10 07:10 AM)
Tonya Peterson said:
Great pictures Amelia and Justin! That is always how it goes! Photographers never have family pictures taken for themselves! The ones you took of us were the first and ONLY ones we have!
(01.08.10 07:47 AM)
Kat Speyer said:
Aaaah! I love your off-camera lighting. I need to learn how to do that. Then I can die happy. :)
(01.08.10 09:41 AM)
Mel said:
Twiggy trees are the BEST! Love this shoot, everything looks effortlessly flawless as usual...
(01.08.10 10:38 AM)
Josh Rigsby said:
the last image is phenomenal! Great work.
(01.08.10 12:30 PM)
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(01.09.10 06:51 AM)
Susan Hydzik said:
Wow, these are so stunning! I love the lighting in the darker photographs! The family photos are so adorable and yet trendy... the ones in front of the fence are some of my favs ever! Beautiful, beautiful work!
(01.09.10 11:28 AM)
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12.11.09
We've been friends with the Bates family for quite sometime, in fact, some of you might remember the session I shot of Marianne with baby Tanner in her belly.When were just barely learning how to work a camera the Bates family let us shoot our first family portrait session with them way back in 2004 (man, I wish I had those images just laying around so I could blog them for everyone to see). We love the Bates family and are so thankful to call them friends. Justin and I met them when we first got married, in Pasadena. The friendship has grown since then and so have both of our families! Glad they still let me photograph them as the years pass by:).
My favorite shot of the day!
Also, a special thanks to Jessica Claire for lending me a helping hand that day, you're a good friend:).
Feuza said:
Probably my favorite holiday session EVER! oh my Amelia, how do you do it!
(12.11.09 04:56 PM)
jackie wonders said:
holy cow...that family's unbelieveable! per usual, great images Amelia :)
(12.11.09 05:31 PM)
Beth said:
Gorgeous family. I love every single of these - I am sure you friends are over the moon! (wow I sound like my mom...). Seriously, if I ever can I coming to the west coast to have shoot of me and my kids :o) Beautiful work
(12.11.09 05:51 PM)
Briony said:
these are insanely awesome. every shoot just gets better and better. beautiful job!
(12.11.09 06:34 PM)
lroah said:
Wow. I simply must have you photograph my family sometime soon! These are gorgeous.
(12.11.09 07:47 PM)
yan palmer said:
this post makes me want the baby in my belly to be a boy so so so so so so bad (have two girls already). fun to check out some of your roots, your eye has always been amazing. i think my favorite is the second to last shot...or my favorite might be all of them.
(12.11.09 08:54 PM)
Brandon M Sweet said:
blam! Thats the sound my brain makes from being blown, especially by that first and last photograph. Amazing! Love the Tone's of the last one especially!
-Brandon M Sweet
(12.12.09 07:19 AM)
Ellena van Tonder said:
Absolutely stunning!!!
(12.12.09 07:22 AM)
Katie Neal Photo said:
I think this is my fave family shoot you've done to date. They are gorgeous and the shots are phenomenal!
(12.12.09 08:57 AM)
Jeanette LeBlanc said:
I head over heels love your work, but this family shoot blows me away. Awesome, awesome. awesome.
(12.12.09 11:35 AM)
marianne said:
Amelia....I love these photos, but I love you more! I can't wait to plaster them everwhere. You really captured my kids personalities. It helps that they think you're awesome! Thanks again, and thanks internet world for all the lovely comments.
(12.12.09 03:54 PM)
brooke bowland said:
i want to take my family and jump into these photos. they are perfectly perfect. love.
(12.12.09 10:36 PM)
Alexandra said:
What beautiful family portraits! I love the colors and the feel. Gorgeousssss!
(12.13.09 02:44 PM)
Travis Smith said:
Beautiful family. Inspirational work. You never cease to amaze!
(12.15.09 12:18 AM)
Stacey said:
Goodness gracious, I LOVE the use of RED!!!!! Such gorgeous photos and lighting... and people :-) Incredible!
(12.15.09 07:30 AM)
Vania -SimplyBloom Photography, LLC said:
these are really amazing! wow! i would love some photos of my fam like these one day
(12.19.09 11:26 PM)
Carol Benesh said:
Such a darling family, such great photos! Is Tyler ever going to quit being irresistible?
(12.20.09 07:54 PM)
Paul said:
The chairs in the field are really beautiful and I love that last shot with the kids walking!
(12.21.09 11:12 PM)
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12.08.09
With Christmas fast approaching and the holiday season present, I've been cranking out family portrait sessions like a mad woman! Plus, I still have at least SIX more weddings to blog before the year is over!!!! So hold on to your seats, its going to be a crazy ride all the way through the new year!
I had a great afternoon working with the Crowder family. I was especially looking forward to the session since I've been long time friends with Jordan (the dad) since I was about 10 years old and I was also high school buddies with Kellie (the mom)! It really has been fun to watch Jordan and Kellie with their growing family. They were high school sweethearts and now they have two beautiful boys. I loved seeing how far we've all come since way back when!
Kellie Crowder said:
Amelia these are unbelievable!!!! Thank you so much. We had so much fun and are even more excited about how they turned out!
(12.08.09 09:45 PM)
Katie Neal Photo said:
It was crazy cool to meet you and Justin at the smug last night. You two are way cute together and SO nice. I'm in love with these pictures. This family is SUPER hot and you did an awesome job capturing their bond!
(12.09.09 08:43 AM)
cindy said:
Their hair is just too much cuteness to handle. The session is equally as beautiful as they are!
(12.09.09 12:06 PM)
brooke bowland said:
love. love. LOVE. i so want my family in front of your camera.
(12.12.09 10:38 PM)
Ashley said:
I agree with everyone else... love this family! I love the family shots so much!
(12.15.09 09:53 PM)
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Over Thanksgiving we went to Arizona to visit Justin's family and we had planned on shooting his lovely sister's family during our trip, unfortunately little Olivia came down with the stomach flu and it never happened. That following weekend Justin had to travel to Frisco in Texas to help with the Yo Gabba Gabba! Live show there. It just so happens that Justin's sister's family recently moved there. So Justin was able to do a family session for them after all. A huge thanks to our good friend Kyle Barnes for letting Justin borrow your equipment and for helping him out at the shoot!
Now onto the good stuff! For one, I'm absolutely obsessed with twiggy trees and for two, I'm ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED with twiggy trees! You can imagine what fun I had editing these! Plus, Justin did an amazing job! I'm a little biased because the Abbotts are family and I am so glad be apart of them somehow!
Natalie Norton said:
Oh mercy. Don't I just NEED a shot like that last one with Rich and I and the boys??! So awesome!
(12.05.09 02:30 PM)
jessie said:
Oh how happy, Happy, HAPPY these photos make me!!
(12.05.09 03:05 PM)
rookie cookie said:
Damn it, I need you to take my family portraits in a few weeks. I will confirm that with you soon. I just have to have you. I just do. Love these pictures.
(12.05.09 03:38 PM)
Lisa Dunham said:
What a darling family! I LOVE the attitude of this shoot. It's got some MOJO fo sho.
(12.05.09 05:11 PM)
Heather Kincaid said:
Those girls are the cutest! Great session! Love everything about it. :)
(12.06.09 12:26 PM)
miranda said:
Those girls are divine...What beautiful complexions they have..And a awesome photographer uncle...
(12.06.09 03:34 PM)
C.T.Daniel said:
i love your family sessions. I like your ideas and especially the effect.
god bless you
(12.07.09 12:47 AM)
imthiaz houseman said:
what a beautiful family! i really love the "olivia" making a funny face. great session.
(12.07.09 09:22 AM)
Dina Dalziel said:
AMAZING!! Those little girls are precious. Great job, Justin!
(12.07.09 04:37 PM)
nancy {So Happi Together} said:
such a beautiful family! I feel like I can hear the giggles coming from those two cutie pies!! Great job, Justin!!!
(12.07.09 08:15 PM)
Olivia said:
Great shots! I love the movement in the last picture...such a beautiful family!
(12.08.09 01:56 PM)
Lyndzee of EP said:
What a cute family,, Justin rocked it. I CAN NOT believe how much the older girl reminds me of Hudson. They have the same eyes,, she could be his sister!!!!
(12.09.09 11:44 PM)
lina said:
so adoreable..... how swwet.... lovely pictures....
(12.10.09 02:31 AM)
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