Whitney Lewis Photography

More Little People

Whitney — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:27:24 +0000

I did two shoots yesterday, with the theme “Kids acting as adults.” This included a 2 yr old girl playing with pearl necklaces and 3 young boys dressed in business-casual playing with technology. So fun! Here are a few more of the boys:

Little Businessmen

Whitney — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:56:20 +0000

I love what I do. But sometimes, like any job, it’s just a really really long day at the computer. At least today I had some company. Another little businessman had a long day at the computer too and I was happy to take pictures of him…

Too dang cute

Happy Birthday Chelsea!

Whitney — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:13:12 +0000

Happy birthday to my amazing older sister Chelsea!

Newlyweds!!!

Whitney — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:23:20 +0000

With all these fall colors, you wouldn’t even know Silvina and Josh got married on 11/11/11! I guess such an auspicious date deserved truly gorgeous scenery to show it off. :)

Small Wedding in a Courthouse

Whitney — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:23:01 +0000

Who says a wedding has to be big? Sometimes less is more, and this courthouse wedding was just as full of love as any other wedding I have attended.

Followup photos from Silvina and Josh’s newlyweds to come!

FAQ

Whitney — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:00:06 +0000

I often get emails for aspiring photographers with questions about my photography or equipment. So, I’ve decided to answer the most commonly asked questions here:

1. What camera do you use?

I have 2 Nikon D700s (Thomas and I call them our babies. TWINS! :D)

I also have a Canon G11 (point and shoot, but it shoots RAW) with the underwater case. That one’s fun to play with!

2. What is your favorite lens?

Hands down the 70-200mm f/2.8. I shoot 90% of all portraits and weddings with this lens. I also have the 14-24mm f/2.8, 24-70 f/2.8, 85mm f/1.4, 50mm 1.8, 105mm macro, and a backup 70-200mm f/2.8.

3. Other equipment?

I have 5 Nikon SB-900s, 1 Sb-800, 1 Sb-700, pocket wizards for 4 of the flashes, and several lightstands and reflectors.

4. How did you learn photoshop?

This one is really a trick question. I learned Photoshop through online tutorial videos. But I rarely use Photoshop. I do 98% of all my editing in Adobe Lightroom. And I learned the basics of Lightroom from Scott Jarvie several years ago.

5. How long have you been a photographer?

I got my first camera, a Nikon D40, almost 4 years ago. I shot my first wedding a year after that. And I was working full time about 4 months after that. I didn’t start making any profit until about 2 years ago. It all was invested back in the business until then.

6. How do you get clients?

Great question. I have done 5 bridal shows, a little bit of Facebook advertising, contests and giveaways, a LOT of social networking. The rest comes from referrals – friends, past clients, other wedding vendors.

Feel free to email me or comment on this post if you have other questions, I’ll try to answer all of them!

Weber Reception

Mountains… “For a Change of Scenery”

Whitney — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:08:48 +0000

I never really liked the movie “Little Mermaid,” but I LOVED one song from it – “Under the Sea.” Bear with me for a moment, and this statement will soon be relevant.

I love the mountains and the snow for photos, but when winter comes around in Utah, all I want to do is go somewhere warm and spend time at the beach (hence the cruise). So when Nicole emailed me and said she’s getting married in Miami etc… all I could think about was gorgeous beach engagements and just how picturesque that would be. But it turns out she wanted to come up to Utah for engagements! In the snow. And dead trees. Because, as she said “it’s a background I can’t get in Miami!” I had to change my perspective a little bit and recognize just how beautiful my state gets. I’ve always loved Fall and Summer, but sometimes I get grumpy during winter and forget to look around. I appreciated the reminder.

We had the beautiful location of the Park City Historic Barn, snow on the fields. It was very picturesque. They were a pretty good-lookin’ couple too!

Nicole had one picture she wanted and showed up with these cute scrabble tiles to say “forever and always.” Such a cute idea, we had fun playing with it!

And isn’t her ring incredible???

Happy Holidays!

Whitney — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:16:22 +0000

A belated Merry Christmas, and a happy New Year! We’ll see ya’ll in 2012!

Karaoke

Whitney — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:24:57 +0000

When Thomas and I met, we were swing dancing like it was a part time job – 15+ hours a week. And it was awesome! Somewhere along the road, though, we turned into boring… err… “responsible”… adults. I had health problems, he got a full time job with an investment firm, then I got a business that grew much faster than my social life could handle. We haven’t exactly gone dancing much over the last few years… But a couple months ago we vowed to be fun people again! Yay! Discovered a dueling piano bar in Salt Lake called Keys on Main. As long as the crowd doesn’t get too rowdy, it is an awesome venue. And better yet, they have karaoke on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Some nights it’s a lot of drunk people singing and they might have beautiful voices, but it’s hard to tell because they’re a little out of control. Sometimes they get great talent on stage! This night, one of the best songs was definitely Thomas’s “Come Together” by the Beatles. Every girl (and guy! Might have picked up a few admirers) in the room had eyes on him.

Holli and David (remember them? We did their wedding a while back, then family photos) also went with us. Let me know if anyone else wants to go next time, the more the merrier!

And I look like a crazy person in this photo below, but my mouth is making the shape for the beginning of the word “Love.” When I was a little kid, we used to blast my mom’s CD (or maybe it was a tape back then, I’m not sure!) to Linda Ronstadt’s “It’s so Easy to Fall in Love” and sing it at the top of our lungs. What I didn’t remember when I requested this song at karaoke is that the reason we knew that song so well as kids is because it was so darn repetitive. I think I must’ve sang the phrase “It’s so easy” 100 times in the song! So they teased me a little bit when I sat back down – “How easy is it to fall in love?” but it’s all in fun. That’s what karaoke is about, isn’t it?

“Thank you very much, we’ll be here all week”

Studio Day Minipost #6- Baby Lindy (Hop)

Jamaica

Whitney — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:49:59 +0000

When Jasmine and I started looking for locations for our cruise, the first requirement was warm. She’s moved out to New York City and I’m still in Utah, so we wanted to get away from the winter. This vetoed the Antarctica cruise. The second thing that sparked our interest was Jamaica. To be honest, we chose this cruise specifically so that we could go to Jamaica. We grew up with the movie “Cool Runnings”, and we were just a little tinsey bit obsessed. We loved quoting the movie- “Ya mon!” ”No problem, mon!” ”Hey Sanka, ya dead?!” And everything you see if movies is true, right? OK, maybe not. But we were still excited.

Sooooo, we didn’t see a bobsled team practicing going downhill, and there wasn’t live music on every corner. But Jamaica did have vivid colors everywhere. The blues in the water, the umbrellas and clothes, the lush greenery and even some flowers. I was bummed we didn’t really meet a “Sanka” character like in Cool Runnings, but we had a few funny experiences with some locals. ”Can we get you girls anything? A taxi? …Some grass?” Yeaaah, definitely not in Utah anymore ;-)

Below is the patio where we tried jerk chicken and pork. It was decent, but I imagine it’s a lot like BBQ, the flavors, spiciness, and overall quality varies. I’ll definitely try it again some time in a less tourist-y area. I love how the umbrellas match the flowers though.

This guy made me smile – singing “Don’t worry about a thing, cuz every little thing is gonna be alright…” Love music like that! And the colors from the market behind him.

The top right photo above is my favorite from the whole trip – the yellow umbrella with the blue water and the gorgeous sand. Looks like the perfect vacation to me.

And I thought the bottom left photo below was really cool, but Thomas said you can’t really tell it’s a wave coming up on the sand. Maybe we’ll call it abstract art?

Played a bit with the Canon G11 and the underwater casing, first time really using it and I say 2 thumbs up. However, we also had the rest of our camera gear and didn’t want to just leave it sitting on the beach, so we actually traded off – Jasmine would go swimming while I sat on the beach, then I would go swimming while she sat on the beach. Definitely remembering to bring a larger group to the beach next time. We met a cute little old lady who seemed trustworthy (and apparently was since she didn’t steal our stuff!) set the cameras by her for the last 10 minutes so we could play in the water together. Can you believe how blue that water is though? Unreal!