Aah Sushi with Rhett and Ryan

So I just got back from SLC for a little business lunch at Aah Sushi in downtown SLC. It's a regular spot for Ryan and a first for Rhett and I.

Dang; I think the "Crazy Vegas" Roll was my favorite, not shown. It sure was tasty! Oh and a Diet Coke with lemon to wash it all down. We've been trying to get together since WPPI and we've all been so busy. In case you were wondering and would like to try them, the roll on the left and middle are "Playboys" and the roll on the right is a "Mars."

Ryan and I brought our cameras, his is some nikon whatever and I have the Canon 1D MarkIII, did I mention that I love my Canon camera? Now that we've got that out of the way, we decided to take some fun pix while we had 30 minutes before it was off to work. Got to pays bills :)

More pix to follow.........

Steve and Meghan's Engagement shoot

Steve, Meghan and I had the coolest engagement shoot Tuesday night! We shot in downtown Provo and at The Castle (which I LOVE) for their engagement session. When they arrived I was sitting on a chair watching them stroll up hand in hand and they were so cute and full of excitement! Our first spot was just along the parking way between the building's. I shot wide angle first and then some cropped in detail shots of their hand's and feet. Next we went to the stinky alley way (sorry guys!) and just around the corner from their were some window's. Meghan loves windows and stairways. A few kissing shots and then off to downtown. We stopped for a few shots with a Huge AMERICAN FLAG along University Ave.

Steve, Michael and Meghan

Next a wooden bench for a few shots. The next thing we knew we had an audience of a dozen or so and it was kind of awkward for Steve and Meghan, so we moved on for a little refresher at the nearby pizza shop. I LOVE Apple Beer...yummy.

We decided to make a quick stop at the Provo City Library. We did some cool shots on the stairs, up in the rail openings and in front of the monument. The monument shots were funky wide angle and their feet looked huge!

We were now on our way back to the cars and off to The Castle.

Photo of the day (above)

We pulled up and of course 6 bazillion people were there! I said, "We are going as far away from them as possible!" When we got out of the cars, the light was already amazing and holy cow we just went nuts with all of the fun, funky and crazy shots! Mixed hats, sun-glasses, mixed together etc.
Around the corner was a cool set of stairs with just Rad lighting! I shot some through a hand rail and some with the killer sky and sunset. Just before the sun went away we shot a few more with the Steve's yodeler hat and Meghan's pee-pee hat (inside joke).

Man they were so fun!!

Ryan in Las Vegas

Solarized in two layers. Mostly hand painted for the exact look I wanted.

Infrared B&W, I love the texture. It reminds me of a still you might see in a Quentin Tarantino film. I'm torn but I think this one is my favorite.

Color Infrared, cross-processed. I love how Ryan's left hand looks like it's on fire.

So I've been putting of tweaking these images of Ryan since our trip to Vegas for WPPI. I have looked at the vanilla version for so long now that I just couldn't wait any longer. At first you may think, "WOW....What is this??" But to be honest this is what I need to do every once and a while, when I am spending allot of time touching up and perfecting the "Traditional" images and filling print orders etc. It was sure fun to tweak these images!! :)

Dang Cute Family!

Yes, everyone's eyes are open :)

Brrrr that was some cold water, but worth all of the fun and personality that came out of it!

Photo of the day :)

Hi guys I just wanted to tell you that I had so much fun shooting your pix! Even with a sleepy Itty Bitty, I thought they turned out great. I can't wait until 1 year baby pix!

I Love you all, Michael

Nightowlphotoholic; what's that??

When I was texting in between the wedding today, I came up with a crazy word that defines a certain person I know!?

So who do you get when you cross a night owl with a photographer who works and edits weddings until 6 a.m.?........Michael Lloyd, that's who.
Hence: Night Owl, Photographer, Workaholic. (Nightowlphotoholic).

Seriously this is my life and yes, I shoot good exposures in camera but...I imagine the potential of the image. I work my guts out to exceed my client's expectations and so far after 8+ years, it still works! Call me crazy, but I get so excited to see and share an image that otherwise is average.