Stephanie Lorraine Photography Blog Stories

Lately I’ve been toying around with the idea of doing some mentoring for newborn sessions. I have been super lucky and have worked with the cutest little babies. But because I don’t do newborn sessions often enough, I feel like I need to spend more time learning to wrap properly and be efficient with my sessions. It’s funny how difficult swaddling can be with little wiggly worms like a 3-4 week old baby.

Something I love about Great Saltair for photos is how much variety you can get in just one hour. You can get photos in front of the main building, out on the sand where it’s got the blank canvas look and even some greenery. I feel like I don’t do sessions enough here but, I feel this way about every location in Utah. It’s just never enough!

Mom and me session are one of my absolute favorite sessions to do. When Sarah booked her session, we talked about her being in a few photos and I’m so glad she did! Not only is she a gorgeous mama but look at all that love she’s getting. These are moments I dream of catching and hope mom treasures forever.

Jessica signed up for fall minis last year and I was so excited to see her family again this year! This time of year is so nutty, Donut falls parking lot was backed and there were families everywhere! As busy as it is, I still love holding family session there. Seeing the leaves change and seeing the gorgeous color just never gets old.

While timing the fall color can get tricky, the colors are always gorgeous.

For the longest time, I’ve been wanting to do more jean maternity session in the studio. You can imagine my excitement when I got to do 2 jean maternity sessions back to back! This mama is the sweetest person and I’m so excited for her and her first little one.

I have been photographing this adorable mama and her 2 kids for years now, and I feel so grateful to see how her kids have grown. Now, not to say that it’s always been smooth sailing. We usually get one kiddo that cries and won’t leave her side. So naturally, that’s what we were expecting when we booked her Santa photos. We were expecting to have some really unhappy babes for these photos.

One of the things I’ve been wanting to improve on, is taking black and white headshots. I don’t know what it is about them but I love everything about them. Again, one of the things that has changed the last few years. When I started, I was all about color and avoided doing anything black and white. And now I get giddy when I headshots in the studio so I can play with black and white images.

When it comes to kids, I want to make sessions as comfortable as possible. Because weather here can be so unpredictable, I wanted to offer portrait sessions in studio. There’s just something about studio sessions that takes away the stress

Utah Studio Sibling Session I have been photographing these cute kids since they were born and seeing their relationship is my favorite thing. When I talked to their mom about their session, we knew we wanted to keep clean and simple. I’ve slowly started putting together a little wardrobe for girls and had the perfect […]

Alyssa reached out to me about do their family photos because her brothers, who live outside of Utah, were going to be in town in October. She explained that they have never really done family photos and she wanted to take advantage of her family being together and surprise her dad with a family session. We started talking location options and settled on Great Saltair for family pictures.