Home Sweet Home

Well, I am finally back from Vegas and I had the time of my life. I got to meet so many wonderful photographers and learned so much. Special thanks to Jason Groupp, Chris and Lynn Jaska, and TJ for putting together the photoshoots. We did a lot of walking and my wife was a trooper being 7 months pregnant and all. My favorite part of the trip was probably the drive there and back, because it is the only time my wife and I really get to talk. We hardly ever get to see each other with her working full time and going to school full time, and me on photoshoots. So it was nice to have some time to ourselves. I also found a lot of new vendors and products that are unique and will be using. I'll post more about that later. I am getting ready to leave and second shoot at a wedding, so I will be posting more tomorrow morning, check back then. Hope you enjoy my latest photos down in Vegas. The first two shots are a maternity shoot that I did of my wife arranged by the famous Timco.

Vegas or Bust!!!

Just wanted to let everybody know that I am heading out of town to Las Vegas to attend WPPI, a very large convention/tradeshow/workshops/education available for photographers to learn the latest industry ins and outs. I will have my cell phone on me but have limited access to email, so please feel free to give me a call if you need anything. I will be getting back late Wednesday night. I have a couple of awesome shoots lined up down in Vegas, so be sure to check back next week for some killer shots.

7/7/07 Now Available!!!

Just wanted to let everybody know that my 7/7/07 wedding got cancelled, so I now have that date open. Give me a call or shoot me an email if you are needing a photographer on the most popular wedding day this year.

Trash The Dress Website

For those of you that haven't checked out Trash The Dress I had some of my photos featured on it and will soon have a link added to their site for brides looking for trash the dress photographers. It is very exciting for me and I love doing trash the dress sessions. One thing that is frustrating for photographers is when a bride is so worried about getting her dress dirty, which is understandable as you paid so much money for it, but at the same time, it really restricts the kind of photos you can take. Why trash your dress? In the words of my great friend Mark Eric

"Go ahead, you know you want to. Trash it. Get it dirty. Get it wet. Roll around in the mud. Drench it in the ocean. Totally trash it.

Why? … Why not? You’ve made a commitment to your husband. He’s your one and only true love, right? Then you’ll never need the dress again. And no, your daughter won’t wear it in 20-30 years. So you have two choices:

1) Suffocate it in plastic and throw it in a closet
2) Show your husband how committed you are by trashing the dress, and get some great fun pictures while you do it!

Then after you do it- send the pictures to us to publish for all the world to see. What are you waiting on? Call one of the trusted photographers on this page or find one you trust and go trash the dress!

How to submit:

Have your photographer submit a few sample pictures and and optional story of how and why you trashed your dress! Of course, the photographer will need to give us permission to publish the pictures . We will gladly put a link up for all “trash the dress” photographers! E-mail your submission to mark@markeric.net.

So send in your story, and your pictures!"

Kayci Trashes A Dress Too

Yesterday Kayci and I had an absolute blast trashing her dress. She was so willing to do anything and was such a good sport. She got into the freezing water of the Great Salt Lake and rolled around in the sand for me. We got so many killer shots it was hard to narrow it down so I am posting a lot of my favorites. You can view more by viewing the slideshow link below.

Kayci TTD Slideshow

Tawsha Trashed Her Dress!!!!

This morning I had the pleasure of shooting my first ever Trash The Dress session in SLC for Tawsha. Tawsha got married March 17, 2006 and didn't have a professional photographer for her wedding and never got bridal photos, so when she saw my Trash The Dress post, she wanted to trash her dress as an anniversary present for her husband. So we found the dirtiest places we could in SLC and went to town. She was such a good sport and got down and sat in some dirty dirty places. Here are a couple of my favorite shots from the shoot. Also, check back on Tuesday for another trash the dress session!!!

Kristie and Kory

Yesterday, I was back at the Union Station in Ogden and 25th Street for Kristie and Kory's engagement shoot. I love this couple to death, not only are they so hot and photogenic, but they are ultra cool and sweet. They brought along their six month old son Parker for some pictures and they all wore coordinating brown colors. They are such a cute family and Parker is so adorable. I can't wait for their wedding in May. Here are MANY favorites from the shoot.