Well if we I wasn’t tickled enough that my images were shown in a feature for Culinary Crafts on Amy Atlas’ blog, now I am double elated that “the knot” has chosen to feature the circus birthday party too! Congratulations Culinary Crafts for being featured on two very prestigious blogs/websites! And thank you for the kudos for the images! I just love shooting for you!!! Click here to read the rest of the feature on “the knot“.
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ZumaPhoto’s Photos Featured on The Knot
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ZumaPhoto’s photos Featured on Amy Atlas
Friday, May 28th, 2010
This week an event created by Culinary Crafts was featured on Amy Atlas’ “sweet designs” blog. For those of you who don’t know who Amy Atlas is, check her out. She is kind of a big deal. 
The event was a colorful circus birthday party for a child and I had a blast photographing all of the wonderful details Culinary Crafts came up with. And well, since the images were all taken by me with ZumaPhoto, I figure we should pass this fun feature along to you! Click here to view the whole blog post.
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WPPI ‘Accolade of Excellence’ Prints | Salt Lake City Photographer
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
Just a quick little brag that I forgot to mention…
Every spring, tens of thousands of wedding and portrait photographers from around the world descend upon Las Vegas for the Wedding & Portrait Photographers International convention. One of the highlights is the 16×20 print competition. The competition is notorious for the exacting standards and crazy attention to detail of the judges, for the world-class quality of the entries, and for the sheer number of entries from around the world. Let’s just say this particular competition has some street cred.
I am honored to be able to share with you that two of my prints attained an Accolade of Excellence award this year and I am nothing short of humbled when I look around at the company I am in.
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Kelli Bramble Joins the Sprout Photo Team | Sprout Photo
Monday, March 29th, 2010
As many of you probably know we have a sister studio that specializes in contemporary child and family portraiture run by our very own Logan Walker – Sprout Photo. Sprout’s style is characterized by genuine, spontaneous expressions and candid, penetrating portraits that reveal some inner truth about their subjects. It takes a photographer with a rare set of skills and vision to create such intimate and revealing work and we have always counted ourselves lucky to have Logan on our team.
While it doesn’t happen often, but sometimes, lightening does strike twice!
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that the very gifted Kelli Bramble has joined the Sprout Photo team!! We are great admirers of Kelli’s images and we think that she is a perfect fit for our studio in style, philosophy and sense of humor! We are so happy to be working with her and I can’t wait to see where Logan and Kelli are going to take Sprout in the coming months!
Welcome aboard Kelli!
What follows is the text from Logan’s announcement from earlier this morning:
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Ultimate Utah Wedding | The Tower at Rice Eccles | Nick + Whitnee
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
The Wedding Reception for Nick and Whitnee’s Ultimate Utah Wedding was just spectacular. All of the generous vendors who came together for this event gave 110%. As the sun set on the city, the view of downtown Salt Lake and the Great Salt Lake was a beautiful treat for Nick and Whitnee’s guests to take in. The Tower is one of the only places in the Salt Lake Valley where such a view can be enjoyed. Guests were served a number of mouth watering hors d’oeuvres, delightful gelato, and refreshing signature mocktails, compliments of Culinary Crafts. Scene Makers set the stage with an illuminated dance floor, red, black and white lounge furniture and gorgeous seasonal red floral designs. I loved the wintery trees and white floral balls dangling from the backdrop behind the head table. Nick and Whitnee’s red, black and white wedding cake was provided by Ambrosia. Durvin from Laughing Gravy kept the evening rolling from the reception line into the traditions of cake cutting, first dance, and the bouquet and garter toss. The party was really going when Swoop, the University of Utah Mascott dropped by for a little performance. Nick and Whitnee were surrounded by friends and family as they danced into the night. When it came time for the two to depart, they were driven away into the night in a handsome vintage Rolls Royce provided by Something Vintage, Something Blue.
Ryan and I had so much fun working with Nick and Whitnee. We would like to thank them and all of the people who voted for ZumaPhoto to be part of their Ultimate Utah Wedding. Nick and Whitnee, you two are Rock Stars!
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Ultimate Utah Wedding | Salt Lake City Temple | Nick + Whitnee
Friday, March 5th, 2010
Nick and Whitnee, the couple chosen for the Ultimate Utah Wedding giveaway are finally married! It was a gorgeous February day with the warm sun peeking through the cool clouds. Nick and Whitnee were sealed for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple surrounded by family and loved ones. The couple was just glowing as they exited the temple to be greeted by everyone who came down for the ceremony. After taking the standard family and group portraits on the stairs of the temple, Ryan and I were able to take the two around the temple grounds for some personal time and some personal photos. They were so excited to be married, they couldn’t stop looking at each other. Just so, so, so cute! Whitnee’s exquisite gown is a Maggie Soterro original and her lovely boquet was created by Scene Makers. Nick’s Tux comes from Jim’s Formal Wear. When we were finished with photos, Nick and Whitnee were whisked away in a vintage Rolls Royce provided by Something Vintage Something Blue.
Here are the images from the first half of the day at the Temple. Check back soon for the reception images at The Tower at Rice Eccles Stadium at the University of Utah.
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David Perry Films | Award Winning Videographer
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Congratulations to David Perry! He has been named one of the “25 Hottest and Most Influential Event Event Filmmakers in the World” by Event DV Magazine!
David, a Salt Lake City based wedding videographer, truly is an amazing artist. I have had the pleasure of working many weddings with David, and not only is David deserving of this award, but he’s a incredibly nice guy! Congratulations, David!
Check out his website www.davidperryfilms.com
Ryan
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NEW Off-Season Pricing! | ZumaPhoto
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
So far 2010 is turning out to be ZumaPhoto’s best year ever! We have been booking our summer and fall dates earlier and faster than we ever have before and we are stoked to be working with clients that have so much great energy!
As always though, Spring is the rather slow stepchild of our year….
Its not really something that photographers talk about much, but the truth is that wedding photography is highly seasonal, with the great majority of events taking place in the summer, autumn and winter months, and only a paltry few landing in spring. Well we decided to address that issue straight up and we think that we’re the first studio to do so.
Taking a cue from the many world-class ski resorts in the area, we thought that we’d hold a little experiment in market-demand pricing. We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of off-season pricing on local events that take place between
February 1 – May 15th, 2010
This limited time, special pricing that represents extraordinary savings over our standard rates. What’s more, both the full-day AND half-day packages come with the option to take the full-resolution files at no additional cost!
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We Won! | Ultimate Utah Wedding | ZumaPhoto
Sunday, January 10th, 2010
Just a quick one to announce that we have won the Ultimate Utah Wedding viewers choice competition!!
To view all of the winners, tune into Good Things Utah tomorrow (Monday) morning at 10am.
A huge THANK YOU to all of the viewers, friends, fans and clients who took the time to vote for us!
We feel very loved.
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Utah Bridal Fair | Bridal Showcase | Salt Palace
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Come join us this weekend at The Bridal Showcase this Friday (3pm-8pm) and Saturday (11am-7pm).
We’ll be there with some hip new albums check out, the Foto Cabina photo booth to play in, and we’ll have something new to announce…
We have a few free tickets left to give out so contact us at the studio if you’d like to grab your pair.
Hope to see you there!
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New Print Ad Released – ‘Gracie’ | ZumaPhoto
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
This year, we decided to do an ad in Utah Bride & Groom. It features neither bride nor groom, shows no wedding decor, no stunning vista, makes no claims to our prowess, and doesn’t really even demonstrate much by way of its own design. And while it does contain a young couple, they are distinctly relegated to the background in support of the real star…a big playful, slobbery dog named Gracie.
What up with that?
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Featured in Utah Bride & Groom | Kim & Sean
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
We are again honored to have a six-page feature in the hot-off-the-presses 2010 edition of Utah Bride & Groom Magazine !
This time around its Kim and Sean’s spectacular Fourth o’ July a-hitchin’ at Johnson Mill. Kym wore an Atelier Aimee gown from Alta Moda Bridal with a very cool handmade purse by Leigh-Ann Kline. Flowers were by Basket of Gold, music was by Kim’s son Adrian’s band (they rocked it), and the fireworks were provided courtesy of the Heber City Chamber of Commerce (though admittedly they probably had another occasion in mind…).
Go get your copy of Utah Bride & Groom, wherever better local bridal magazines are sold. ;)
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Mitch Interviewed for F-Stop Beyond Radio | ZumaPhoto
Friday, December 11th, 2009
A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed, along with my lovely and talented wife Pepper, for F-Stop Beyond Radio – Ron Dawson’s interview series ‘for the visually inspired’. We are honored to be included among the ranks of some pretty major-league company. I don’t think we talked about photography itself even once, but we had some fun. Hopefully its worth a listen:
Thanks to Ron for chasing us down and putting up with our funky phone connections!
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Holiday Music from ZumaPhoto to You | ZumaPhoto
Monday, December 7th, 2009
When I was a child my father had a 4+ hour reel-to-reel mix of Christmas music that he would bring out every December and that labor of love became an integral part of my holiday memories. About 5 years ago I began to gather all of the songs on my father’s original collection and have been adding my own selections to that core group ever since. Today we have nearly 1200 songs in nearly every genre and period, including timeless classics, contemporary updates, irreverent satire, and the just plain strange…. ZumaPhoto would like to share it with you as our way of saying thanks, and of course Happy Holidays!
This is a tradition that I wish to pass on to my own children, and so I have named the stream after my son Zen. So far, he isn’t really showing what I consider to be appropriate appreciation, but then he’s not yet 2.
And so without further ado, we offer for your listening pleasure Zen’s Christmas Toybox.
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Mitch on Good Things Utah | Ultimate Utah Wedding | ZumaPhoto
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
Just playing catch up a bit here.
I appeared on Good Things Utah in support of the Ultimate Utah Wedding giveaway last week, but the video of Mitch on Good Things Utah wasn’t available in time to make it into our last post, but we wanted to include it here for posterity. I don’t set fire to the studio or anything!
Expand to view the full post for the embedded segment as well as the tag-along video that was produced for the show but never aired.
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All New ZumaPhoto Website | ZumaPhoto
Friday, November 27th, 2009
ZumaPhoto has an ALL NEW, totally redesigned website, and guess what? YOU’RE ON IT!! (unless you’re reading this through an RSS feed, Facebook, etc., in which case, click the link and come visit us!). And while you’re here, why not go vote for us in The Ultimate Utah Wedding giveaway! Its tax-deductible!
The site that we’ve had up until this point was literally put together in one day and we’ve not done much to it in two years. We’ve had compliments about it, but the truth is that it looked and acted much like everyone else’s – such is the weakness of Flash template sites. I’ve had something very particular in mind for many many months now, but because of our hectic schedule its taken quite a while to get all the details together. We still have a number of things waiting in the wings, but Its finally ready to unveil! I havn’t seen anything quite like this done by another photography studio, and its our hope that this is going to increase our ability to actively communicate with our clients and fans. Thanks for looking!
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Ultimate Utah Wedding | Engagements | ZumaPhoto
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
As you know by now, ZumaPhoto is involved with The Ultimate Utah Wedding giveaway and we’re in competition to be selected as the photographer for the chosen couple, Whitnee & Nick! Now that the show has aired we’re allowed to share with you some of the images from our session.
Take a look, and then rush over to the voting page to vote for Zuma! The competition is fierce, so we really need your help to bring it home. Voting closes THIS Sunday – November 28th, so head over there right away!
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ZumaPhoto to be on ‘Good Things Utah’ TV Morning Show!
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
On Monday, November 23rd at 10am, Logan and Mitch will be on the ‘Good Things Utah’ Television show on ABC (Channel 4 in Salt Lake). We will be on in support of the engagement images that we took of Whitnee & Nick, the couple chosen for The Ultimate Utah Wedding contest. We are in competition with another photographer to see who gets to shoot the actual wedding and we need your help! After the show airs on Monday (10am), viewers will be able to log in to the voting page to select which vendors they would like to have provide services for Whitnee & Nick’s wedding. They are a fun, energetic and beautiful couple and we would absolutely love to be the ones to capture their wedding day memories for them.
How can you help?
1) Watch us on ‘Good Things Utah’!
2) Vote early (and often…just kidding)
3) Tell your friends to vote! (more…)
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Irving Penn 1917-2009 | Thank You
Friday, October 9th, 2009
Wednesday the world lost one of the centuries most prolific and influential photographers. Irving Penn’s signature blend of classical elegance and cool minimalism was recognizable to magazine readers and museumgoers worldwide. His contribution to the worlds of art and fashion are priceless. He has certainly inspired my photography over the years. His portraits are simple and clean, yet reveal a deep emotion and history. His still lifes of food and mundane objects show sculptured balances of shape, color and texture. Mr. Penn has left a thumbprint in my fascination and love for photography. His work will be remembered for centuries. To read more about Mr. Penn, you can read his obituary from the New York Times. “Photographing a cake can be art”
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Get KISSED, Salt Lake City! | KISS Wedding Books
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
HEY PHOTOGRAPHERS! Did you know that one of the world’s premier wedding album manufacturers has its albums produced RIGHT HERE in Salt Lake City? IT’S TRUE!
KISS Wedding Books – ‘the world’s simplest book company” - has enjoyed such success that they’ve had to expand their production facilities earlier this year and chose our own back yard as their new production home! Want a tour? YOU GOT IT!
On October 14th Shaun Austin & Kevin Swan bring their Get Simple Tour to Salt Lake City with special guest speaker, Utah’s own Pepper Nix….and a tour of the plant is included! All for a measly $100.
Why, you probably spend more on lint rollers every month…
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Vera Wang Trunk Show – Oct. 9 &10 | Alta MODA Bridal
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Join our friends at Alta MODA Bridal for the first ever Vera Wang bridal trunk show in Utah.
“We are thrilled to offer brides the chance to select their gown from this 2010 preview collection.”
You’ll find Vera Wang’s signature clean but feminine lines with new details like wide belts, cherry blossom embroidery, and ruffled layers.This is an event no Utah bride will want to miss. Call us early to book your appointment. 801.531.1215
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Simone Carvalli Trunk Show – October 2-3 in Park City | White Couture
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Our good friends at Park City’s White Couture Designer Bridal & Tuxedos are pleased to welcome Simone Carvalli to the White Couture studio Friday and Saturday, October 2-3, 2009 for her trunk show. “A trunk show is a special engagement where the gown designer or a representative of the designer travels to our studio to meet with you in person and brings the entire collection for you to view. Trunk shows are a great way to get a good look at every gown from a particular designer. Additionally, Simone Carvalli will offer a 10% discount on your selection including the custom changes.” Make your appointment with one of our bridal stylist at (435) 655-3180.
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Reem Acra Trunk Show – THIS WEEKEND – Sept 25-26 | White Couture
Monday, September 21st, 2009
Date: September 25 – 26, 2009
Time: 9:00am-5:00pm
Location: White Couture located inside the Soiree Studio, Park City
Our friends at White Couture Bridal & Tuxedo are hosting designer Reem Acra at her first ever trunk show in Utah! Her collection is now exclusively available at White Couture. Be the first to see the gorgeous collection. Appointments are required and times are limited so don’t delay. Call us at (435) 655-3180. 10% off of every gown purchase. Refreshments and wedding planning tips! A day of shopping and planning all in one. See you there.
Date: September 25 – 26, 2009
Time: 9:00am-5:00pm
Location: White Couture located inside the Soiree Studio, Park City
Other Information: Our friends at White Couture are hosting designer Reem Acra at her first ever trunk show in Utah! Her collection is now exclusively available at White Couture. Be the first to see the gorgeous collection. Appointments are required and times are limited so don’t delay. Call us at (435) 655-3180. 10% off of every gown purchase. Refreshments and wedding planning tips! A day of shopping and planning all in one. See you there.Date: September 25 – 26, 2009
Time: 9:00am-5:00pm
Location: White Couture located inside the Soiree Studio, Park City
Other Information: Our friends at White Couture are hosting designer Reem Acra at her first ever trunk show in Utah! Her collection is now exclusively available at White Couture. Be the first to see the gorgeous collection. Appointments are required and times are limited so don’t delay. Call us at (435) 655-3180. 10% off of every gown purchase. Refreshments and wedding planning tips! A day of shopping and planning all in one. See you there.
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Workshop: Almost Alone with David Williams | ZumaPhoto
Monday, September 14th, 2009
UPDATE: Due to the proximity of Thanksgiving, it was decided that the seminar is being postponed until sometime next year. We’ll keep you posted when we know more.
About four years ago I attended a seminar in Los Angeles by famed Australian photographer David A. Williams. I’ve attended many seminars and I find something useful in all of them – but David’s message was the only one that I can honestly say left me….moved. There are many gifted photographers out there who can show you a new way to see images, help you redefine what to shoot, teach you how to wrangle the most from your equipment, or offer priceless information on how to reach your ideal client. But David speaks to something altogether different, and arguably more important: why we shoot. David shoots from the heart. And he will inspire you to do the same.
I am honored to be co-hosting David in his new 3-day seminar presentation along with the inimitable Pepper Nix of Pepper Nix Photography and Heidi & Tim Uhl of Retrospect. The seminar runs from November 23-25, 2009 at the ZumaPhoto studio in Salt Lake City, UT. You really owe it to yourself to attend.
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ZumaPhoto Featured on Rock ‘N Roll Bride | ZumaPhoto
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Big Ups to our very own Ryan Galbraith who just had his shots of Erika & Chris featured on the ultra-cool Rock ‘N Roll Bride blog!
Erika & Chris were selected for their tattooed hipness and all around punk rock goodness. Mmmmm…..punk rock goodness……
Congrats to a very cool Mr. and Mrs. !
This puts ZumaPhoto in the company of some of the edgiest, hippest and TALLEST photographers in the world.
Give Ryan pats and love in the comments! Mmmmm…..pats and love……
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New Studio Grand Opening Video | ZumaPhoto
Monday, August 31st, 2009
We are proud to announce the recent Grand Opening of our new studio in Sugar House and we’ve got this KILLER video from the amazingly talented David Perry to share a bit of it with you!
The new studio, dubbed ‘Studio 1053′, is home to ZumaPhoto, its sister studio Sprout Photo, and the Salt Lake annex of the incomparable, 6-time Best of State winning caterer, Culinary Crafts.
Thanks to a lot of help from our partners and friends, we were able to throw an awesome party for some 200 or so of our friends and favorite vendors! We make a pretty sweet team, if I do say so myself. ;)
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