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hi dear friends.  as you may have noticed, the blog makeover is still not finished.  i've been soo busy the past few nights and have hardly had a moment to even think about the other adjustments i have in store! 

p.s. don't you just love that the warm weather is coming? ahh! 
yesterday, i almost thought about taking my laptop to a park or something and sitting outside while i edited pictures.  but of course, it wasn't THAT warm, and i get cold even when it's hot out, so i knew that was not gonna happen.
instead, i bundled up all warm in sweats and knee socks, and got my hot water bottle for my feet, and i edited allll night.  sadly, i didn't even get as much done as i'd expected.  but, that's what this week is for.  i'll be editing every night this week until i leave for St. George on friday!  so excited to get away for the weekend and see my grandma and aunt :)

well, i think after work, i'm going to go rent some movies. the past few days, i've had the urge to watch Whip It!  if you haven't seen it, you should.  it's really sweet and funny.  gotta love those little indie flicks.

xoxo,

me.

hi friends!

tonight i'll be doin a little makeover work on the ol' blog.  so please bear with me while i (possibly) make sudden changes every few minutes! :)

p.s. i love your faces.  yes. all of you.

mm mmmmm :)

this sweet boy helped me try out some night shooting techniques the other night.  i was feeling a bit down, and he thought doing something artistic might cheer me up, so i told him i had been wanting to try out the lighting equipment i bought a few months ago in some night shots.  he helped me figure out all of the equipment, read the manuals, put together the light stands, and then he stood in the freezing cold for almost an hour and just let me take practice shot after practice shot until i felt like we had gotten an idea of how to make it all work.  even when i was freezing cold, he kept encouraging me not to give in until i felt good about the set-up.

he looks cute, eh? :)  tonight he's feeling under the weather.  i think he has the flu or something :(  

so, i'll probably make him some soup and bring a few movies over to his house and just have a fun, relaxing night.

hope you all are doing well!

love, 

m.e.

utah county wedding photographer-a week of sneak peeks i guess! :)

hello friends! and thank you all for your sweet sweet comments yesterday :)

i've been busy the past few weeks!  it's been so amazing, and i'm so excited for the changing seasons; spring can't get here fast enough!

meet scott and elise.
elise contacted me through my twin sister, chloe, a few months ago about getting some bridal pictures done with her and her husband, scott.  to tell you honestly, i could not have been more thrilled!  they seemed like such a sweet, fun couple from their blog, i knew from the beginning we were gonna have some fun!
due to some bad weather a few weekends ago, we had to cancel the shoot (because who wants to get all drenched when you're in an expensive, gorgeous dress with your hair and make-up all did?? nobody.  that's who), so we thought we'd try again for the following saturday.
well, i sleep in a basement bedroom, and when i woke up the morning of our shoot, i could see falling snow just building up on the leaves in my window well. so i thought "oh great, stupid weather. . .".
i texted elise to ask her what she thought of the weather conditions, and apparently it was pretty sunny and nice up in salt lake city, so things were definitely still a go!

when we met up at the SLC temple, it was definitely sunny out, but man, it was NOT very warm.  poor elise was just freezing up! but who knew she could totally whip out the model fierce-ness and look totally stunning anyway?  she totally killed it.  she knows it.  i know it.  scott definitely knows it!






. . . needless to say, i can't wait to finish editing these.

this week has been wonderful.  i'm in the process of editing 3 shoots (obviously i can't keep them to myself and just do one at a time),  and just i've just been getting a lot of tasks accomplished and getting big plans sorted out for the coming months.

my friend lee and i are planning some awesome and totally stylized bridal and engagement shoots, so if any of you are shopping around for wedding photographers and are interested in doing something a little bit edgy and different, please shoot me an email at madelynethomas@gmail.com.

well, back to work! have a wonderful night everyone!

xoxo,
maddie

p.s. . . .

i wish i was brave enough to wear these fake glasses in public.  if i had to wear glasses, i totally would get frames like this.  stupid 20/20 vision!

utah engagement photographer-tara and brett engagements.

i realize i posted tara and brett's pictures out of order.  first engagements, bridals, mooore engagements . . .
the day after we took their bridal pictures, tara wanted to do another engagement shoot, just to get some more variety.  it was on valentine's day, and i loved the idea of shooting engagement pictures on valentine's day!  obviously, we were a little inspired :)
we found this decrepit, old apartment building that was perfect for this little mini-shoot!

*yawn*
i'm sleepy.
more editing tomorrow.
which hopefully means more posting.

goodnight!

-m.e.

utah county wedding photographer - tara and brett sneak peek! :)

enjoy :)




more to come soon!

xoxo
-maddie

wednesday.

so, despite what it looks like here on the blog, i've been quite busy lately! although, maybe my lack of posting could make one think that anyway.
mostly, i've been taking time to go through old photos, and practice my editing.  i don't know how many photographers out there read my lonely little blog, but finding an editing style is tough, am i right?!  i'm drawn to so many different styles myself, and i feel like the more i've tried to find one that feels like me, the more lost i am and the more i hate my pictures.  and i almost feel like i've consistently been getting worse.
so.  that's what i've been working on lately.  finding my creative self, planning photoshoots for when the warm weather finally comes, thinking about business models, contracts, pricing, where i want to take this whole photography thang . . . blah!

in much happier, more exciting news, i bought a new laptop!  it's not here yet, but i'm oh so excited :)
my macbook runs photoshop SO terribly slow, so i bought a PC back in april that has made all of the difference in the world!  my new laptop will supposedly run just as fast as my desktop because it's chalk-full of all sorts of amazing hardware (lots of parts with lots of big words that all equal AWESOMENESS!! i'm really not computer-savvy, but luckily my BF is)!!  so, now i can edit other places than my freezing cold basement bedroom (sometimes i call it "the cave").  i can actually sit upstairs in my house, where there are people, or i can go to barnes and noble, or get together with people to work on things . . .  i'm very excited :)

well, i'm off for now, but maybe another post later tonight? we'll see.

much love <3

xoxo
-maddie