New Year's Day

It seems that Clive took a couple of photos of Darren & Mars at the shooting range after all!

The annual family New Year's Day tradition consists of Clive, the guys, and Marisa traipsing off with as many people as they can recruit to go shotgun shooting west of Utah Lake. I counted on Clive taking lots of photos, but naturally this was the one year that he neglected to shoot the camera instead of the gun! So ... I snapped a couple of pictures of him cleaning his guns and one of them was erased. My grand ideas of starting the year out with nice Blog photos have been sabotaged big time!

I spent my New Year's Day tromping through the snow with Marisa and Jonathan for their "Wedding" photo shoot. Being the individual that she is, Marisa decided that having "Bridals" with the snow as a background would be ideal. Of course, it was the coldest day of the season so far and the temperatures hovered between 19 & 23 degrees. It was a challenge dressing her in her gown outdoors, and then keeping the dress protected from the wet and mud. After five hours of creative photography, we were able to return to the warmth of home and hearth. Of course, I was unable to shoot any photos of our adventures or I'd ruin the whole "seeing the bride in her gown before the big event" scenario. So, I'll tell the tale, but without photographic proof for the time being.