in my house growing up, christmas celebrating was always reserved as the next step after thanksgiving ended. don’t get me wrong, we love christmastime around here just as much as the next family, but my mom always wanted to properly support and celebrate thanksgiving, which i’m allll about. i mean, what’s better than the season of gratitude, family, and food?
but since we’ve made it through thanksgiving and black friday and all of that craziness, it’s time to officially kick off the holiday season!
and what better way than to showcase one of my favorite december weddings via a happy little video. jake + amber got married on the snowiest of days last december. the wedding video centers around their ceremony in the salt lake city lds temple, their luncheon at the joseph smith memorial building, + their reception later that evening.
jake + amber are like family to me, so it was such a pleasure to take part in their day. i loved getting to capture their love and wedding moments (both via photo and video… photos to come soon!)
can’t wait to keep the holiday spirit coming around these parts!
XO,
anna
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don’t get me wrong, i love summer weddings. but lately, i’ve been drawn to fall and winter weddings because of the ability to incorporate bolder color schemes, more unique ideas, + a bit more glimmer.
today i’m so excited to share with you a shoot that screams november (!!!) and bridges the gap between both fall + winter and modern + vintage perfectly. i was inspired by the modern charcoal and gold invitations and wanted to balance the modern vibes with the perfect amount of vintage flair.
i teamed up with some of salt lake city’s most talented wedding vendors to pull together my vision; and i think it turned out beautifully!
i wanted to feature the talented betsy couture’s gold “audrey” dress and use the depot at union station in salt lake for this wedding inspiration shoot; can you believe how gorgeous that tiled floor is?! i balanced the vintage and modern again with the delicate (but a little bit funky) place setting, the vintage shoes and veil, and the gold, glitter-glazed cake… not to mention the unique floral arrangements!
my darling/hilarious cousins from plein air design helped with the styling, and i joined forces with another local talent from natalie felt photography to carry out the vision!
my model, gracie (who also happens to be a sweet friend!), pulled it all together for us and looked so sweet and beautiful. i can honestly say that this is one of my favorite shoots to date!
see what i mean?!
and it wouldn’t be just to not give credit to all of my talented vendor friends. i can sincerely recommend any one of them to you all.
i am editing this beautiful october wedding today and am floored by this girl’s beauty.
austen is one of the kindest people i’ve met (and i’m not just saying that because she married one of my best friends!), and i feel like this image really captures her inner beauty and innate joy. plus, can you believe that eye shadow?! so cool.
i can’t wait to share more from their wedding soon! so much love to the newlywed evans’.
XO,
anna
since november in colorado can be the most misleading of months with 65-degree-weather and constant sunshine, i figured we should just embrace it and celebrate it with similarly sunny photos… even if they’re from the summer.
stewart + mariah’s engagement session was one of my favorites from this past summer! we escaped to hobble creek canyon (one of my new favorite locations!) to capture the green mountain beauty and these two’s sweet love.
the evening was filled with laughter, love, + sweet nothings (on their end, of course; i just got to be the observer).
congratulations to the recently wed averetts!
XO,
anna
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making that transition from summer to fall to winter is killlller (at least in my book it is!)
but fortunately, i have the best job in the world (haven’t you heard?!) that gives me a chance to celebrate the beauty in every season. travis + jessica took advantage of the late fall utah beauty by picking the most stunning location down in mona.
these two were a pleasure to photograph. i met jessica in the public health program in our undergrads at BYU, and after a plane-long study session on the way home from washington, d.c. (and a consequential aced exam), i knew that we were destined to be friends. she’s a brilliant, incredibly driven individual that will undoubtedly make a difference in the public health world but also in the world of her travis. it’s pretty clear after about two seconds with these guys that travis just adores her.
the whole session was full of laughs and nature walks and that gorgeous, late-afternoon sunshine.
i can’t wait for their wedding next month!
XO,
anna
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jake + amber // wedding luncheon // salt lake city, ut » anna gleave photography - […] and if you’d like a real-action glimpse into their lovely wedding, be sure to view their winter wedding video here. […]