Every Little Moment Photography

I know, I know, I know.  This post is almost a month late.  Better late than never right?

We can’t miss our opportunity to congratulate the new Miss American Fork 2008, Kaitlin Hale!  All the ladies did a wonderful job at the pageant.  They were all so confident and beautiful; It was an honor for Aubrey and me to be a part of it.

We are so proud of Kaitlin, Juli, Carrie, and all the girls for representing American Fork so well!  We can’t wait to support Kaitlin at Miss Utah next year!

Miss American Fork 2008 Royalty:
2nd Attendant: Carrie Helland, Miss American Fork: Kaitlin Hale, 1st Attendant: Juli Carter

And of course, we can’t forget the teen girls.  Congratulations to Jessica Taylor who was crowned the very first American Fork Outstanding Teen.  This pageant, for girls ages 13-17, is a first for American Fork.  Jessica now has the chance to compete for Utah’s Outstanding Teen in October.  We wish her the very best of luck!

American Fork Outstanding Teen 2008 Royalty:
2nd Attendant: Chloe Cox, American Fork Outstanding Teen: Jessica Taylor, 1st Attendant: Kylie Cox

Stay tuned!  You’re sure to hear more of these amazing girls in the year to come.
Support Jessica at the Miss Utah’s Outstanding Teen Pageant on Saturday, October 4th at the Covey Center for the Arts, 425 W. Center St, Provo.
The Miss Utah Pageant will be held sometime next year.

(Note to the contestants:  If you bought a photo package, hang tight!  We’re working hard on getting all the photos finished and the album designed.  We’ll definitely be in touch.)

Hang on! I am finally updating the blog with the last few weeks of amazing shoots! We are also right in the middle of launching an all new website and blog, so stay tuned for some exciting changes!

We’ll start things off with what has been occupying a large chunk of our time lately…the upcoming Miss American Fork 2008 Scholarship Pageant. We have been heavily involved with the pageant this year and have had so much fun getting to know these girls. They all have amazing goals and are all so self-aware and confident!

Meet Liesl. She is the reigning 2007 Miss American Fork, who will be handing her crown down to this year’s winner. We had the opportunity to spend a week in Salt Lake watching Liesl compete for Miss Utah. She did a fantastic job…but more about that later!

This year, the pageant director extraordinaire Staci wanted a fun, fresh approach to the pageant. The Miss America program is trying to get away from the stereotypical pageant, where everyone is plastic and fake and wants “world peace”. They want real girls, with real goals, real problems and real confidence.

Meet the contestants!

Contestant #1 – Breanna Proctor

Contestant #2 – Adrienne Shelley

Contestant #3 – Trina Williams

Contestant #4 – Kelli Sumsion

Contestant #5 – Alliesha O’Neal

Contestant #6 – Jennifer Chambers

Contestant #7 – Kaitlin Hale

Contestant #8 – Carrie Helland

Contestant #9 – Juli Carter

If you’re in the area, you should definitely think about coming to the pageant! It will be held August 16th, 7:00 p.m. at the American Fork High School. Come watch the girls compete, as well as Sam and I in photo-action!

We will also be choosing one of these lovely ladies to be named ‘Miss Photogenic’ at the pageant. Any guesses? Who is your favorite?

Liesl has done an amazing job as the 2007-2008 Miss American Fork. She has worked with city officials and schools to help implement her platform, Teenage Financial Awareness. She has been an integral part in getting a financial literacy class required for graduating seniors, and has really shown how much she is capable of!

We spent the week in Salt Lake watching Liesl compete for Miss Utah about a month ago. She did an incredible job! She wanted photos of her in each of her competition outfits…here are a few of my favorites.

Her beautiful evening gown. Unfortunately it wasn’t finished in time to be worn for the competition, but it is so beautiful we had to get a couple shots of it!

Liesl is a very accomplished ballroom dancer. She put together an amazing routine-not an easy thing to choreograph when you are used to dancing with a partner all the time!

Her awesome, patriotic shoes for the Miss Utah “Show Your Shoes” parade!

We have recently tested our toes in the waters of commercial photography…sort of. These past few weeks I have been helping a friend get her website off the ground for her new business, The Posie Patch. They have some way cute stuff, including custom boutique purses, WAY cute baby towels, blankets, etc, magnetic boards, and so forth. Check them out if you get a second. Here are some photos taken of one of the owners’ daughter…she was such a cutie.