Alex’s Birthday Weekend + plus some random business stuff
Before I get into blogging the pictures of Alex’s Birthday weekend I wanted to announce the remaining time slot available for Fall Portraits. If you are wanting Family or Senior portraits with the Fall colors my dates avaliable are:
October 2nd, 6th, 7th & 8th @ 4:30 p.m. I am also available for a few morning sessions.
If the colors last longer than next week I have the 13th-17th open as well.
Also for anyone living in the Wasatch Front area, I will be in the city next weekend and have 2 slots available. Saturday the 11th and Sunday the 12th @ 9:00 a.m. If you are in the Park City area I might be able to squeeze you in on friday the 10th in the evening. If you are interested in booking any of these slots please email me right away. My next two weeks are filling up so quickly
Email —> tonyapetersonphoto at gmail dot com
Ok, now on to some fun stuff! A BIG thank you is in order to everyone who comes to my blog. The amount of visitors I received in September was double what I had in August. If you stop by the blog PLEASE leave me a comment so I know who has been here! If you are a photographer reading this PLEASE leave me a comment with your blog or website address so I can check out your stuff! Nothing is more fun than blog stalking!
Wow! That was a lot of stuff to cover! Now back to the original post… Alex’s Birthday Weekend! If you know when Alex’s birthday is (September 4th) that you know how behind I am at blogging. But better late than never! I decided to take Alex and Paige for a little getaway to Park City. We stayed at the Marriott’s Mountain Side Resort (which is top notch BTW) Paige loves the pools there! We also went down into the city one of the days we were there.
Alex has been dying to take Paige to the Aquarium so we finally went. I have NOT been dying to go to the Aquarium . . . I don’t even like to go down the fish aisle at the pet store (so creepy!!!) Oh the things you do for your children. It actually was pretty cool. Here are some pics!
I had to take a picture of the outside of the Aquarium in SLC. Yep it use to be an Albertson’s! So funny huh!
Paige was so deeply asleep when we got there. We couldn’t get her to wake up!!!
My fav shot of the day! I am telling you, Alex has some mad skills with the camera!!!
Paige is so spoiled! I swear she got 5 stuffed animals that weekend! The insanity needs to stop!
Again…MAD SKILLS! All of these shots were taken by Alex (except the one of him, obviously!)
Thanks again to everyone who stops by the blog! You all rock but you would be rockin my socks if you left a comment! So do it!!!
Loves
Tonya
Mike & Misty : The Wedding + Some Bridals
Okay, so my attempt to blog every day for a month went so badly. But I am determined! I am going to start my quest on October 1st. So every day in the month of October expect a blog post. If I miss a day and you are the first to catch me on it you will get a $50 gift certificate for Tonya Peterson Photography that you can use towards prints/albums or a session. Good deal right! Good way to keep me on my toes!!!
Now back to the real post. Here are some bridals and the wedding pictures from Mike and Misty’s wedding. Enjoy!
Her bridals turned out awesome!
My favorite shot from the bridals. Isn’t she stunning?!
Mike’s first glance at Misty.
Congratulations Mike and Misty.
You can see a slideshow with more pictures here
So Long Elder Hamaker . . .
A few months ago my good friend from High School contacted me about doing some family pictures of her family before her brother left on his 2 year mission to Brazil. So on the day of his farwell I went up to their hose to snap some shots of the party.
I remember when this handsome guy was a little tyke! Man I feel so old right now! I can’t believe he is old enough to be on mission!
The crazy friends!
The Hamakers! My friend Charlyn is the one on the right in the flowered dress. Love her!!!
Holy cutest kids ever!!!
Travis wanted some with his motorcycle
And some with his girl.
Good luck in Brazil Elder Hamaker! Have fun and be Safe!!!
Peterson Family
WOW! Two days in a row! only 28 more to go! I think I can do it.
I was so excited when Alex’s brother Pher (short for Christopher) asked me to take their family portraits. They have the sweetest kids on the whole Planet. I just love them so much. It was fun to go through and pick my favorites. Each kids personality really showed in their pictures. Here are my favorites:
J.R. & Christian are characters! I can’t wait until J.R. is in high school so I can show his girlfriend all of his GQ poses! It was too funny!
See that mischievous smile? No? That is because it is covered up by her cuteness! But don’t be fooled!
I love this little man. Her is the cutest chubbers baby ever!
The whole family. I love how Sammy s sticking her tongue!
They all love mommy!
My Mother In Law bought these outfits for her grandkids. Pretty cute!
I know this post was about Pher’s family, but this shot of Paige was too cute not to post! It is so her with her crazy hair and mischievous grin!
You can see a slideshow of even more pictures here
Bridget is One!
I have been a very bad blogger the past few weeks. If you are waiting for your pictures to show up on the blog I promise they are coming! There is also going to be some really cool changes happening at Tonya Peterson Photography…so stay tuned for those!
Today starts a new journey for me. On my list of thing to do there was one that was “to blog every day for a month” Well I decided that I needed to check that one off the list! So here is day one!
My little niece Bridget turned one a few months ago but I just took her one year old pictures a few weeks ago. She is the cutest little stinker ever (next to Paige of course!) She is a little tooth making machine. I think she already has 11 teeth! Paige still only has 2! Here are me favorites!
Brooke & Mitch : The Wedding
Mitch & Brooke were a dream to photography. They were very laid back and relaxed. The wedding and reception was beautiful. Thanks for letting me be part of your special day
Also thanks to Sandy Schurz and my mom Trenna for helping me shoot!
A little of everything!
The Shiner family is one of my favorites! I have done Sammi’s senior portraits, both girl’s weddings and now Blake’s senior portraits and family pictures! They are some of my best customers, but more than that they are friends. I always feel so welcomed into their home. They are one of the families that makes me love my job more and more every day! Carrie wanted a whole bunch of pictures taken so we decided to get them done all in one day!
So here is the story with Sammi’s bridals. If you have been following the blog for a while you may recognize her. She actually got married in March, but the day we were suppose to do her bridals her brother Blake got in a accident and had to cancel them. Thanks goodness he was ok! So even though it took almost 5 months to get them done we finally found to do them. Tis actually worked out great because it was is beautiful in Altamont in the summer, but not so much in the winter/early spring.
Next up was Blake’s senior portraits. To say he hates getting his picture taken is an understatement, but he did an awesome job and the pictures turned out so great!
Now on to the family shots. These were so east and fun to take because first I knew them all so well, but also because they are super goof balls and had fun with the camera.
The Kids:
Alex, Kirby, Blake, Sammi, Matt
Shane & Carrie Lynn
Thanks again Carrie Lynn! It was a blast!
Amber & Alex : The Wedding
As soon as I met Amber and Alex at their engagement session I knew that their wedding would be awesome! Their wedding and reception was at the Vernal Rod and Gun Club. Here are some shots from the day.
Amber was a bit nervous, but bridesmaids came to the rescue!
My mom was my second shooter for this wedding. How fun is that! She snagged these next two shots.
So cute huh!
When I pulled up to this location I was pretty stoked about some of the stuff outside. The green shooting platform made a great backdrop.
LOVE the green!
Ok, this shot was just for fun! Amber’s dad thought it would be so funny to borrow a shotgun from a guy shooting skeet. Amber and Alex do not hunt at all so it was kind of ironic, but I thought it was kind of a cool shot!
First dance.
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