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Chapter Book Formatting
Chapter Book Design &Formatting My father decided he wanted to write his autobiography. Which, I think is a cool project. He asked me to format the book and design the cover. Thanks to my...
Cookbook
Cookbook Redesign & Formatting When my grandmother passed away in the early 2000s, my dad decided to make a family cookbook. The cookbook was to honor her legacy and help keep track of recipes...
Baby Shower
Baby Shower Invite & Poster Design I had the opportunity to host a baby shower for one of my best friends. She loves sunflowers, and I decided to make that the theme for the shower. The first...
Swim Convention
Swim Convention Large Scale Design I spent three years working in the convention industry as a graphic layout specialist. If you would like to know more about graphic layout click here. I thought...
Fortune
Fortune Product Re-Design Zoltar machines are iconic. They are so fun and can provide a unique souvenir. I stubled across a Zolrar machine, and got a fortune. I was so surpriesed by how dated the...
Gumball Box
Gumball Machine Package Re-Design I have always loved the idea of owning a gumball machine. Instead of it's classic red, I wanted one in black. Well, dreams do come true because I got one for...
Birthday Invites
Birthday Invites Invitation Design I decided to create birthday party invites for my niece and nephew this year. It is fun because they both have summer birthdays. I enjoyedcreating invites that fit...
YCL Sticker
YCL Sticker Sticker Design There's a tradition that on your 5th year of Girls Camp you become a Youth Camp Leader, or YCL for short. YCLs oversee the camp and help run activities. I was asked to...
Wiggle Wags
Wiggle Wags Sticker Design I convinced my mom to participate in a Moving Day even by the Parkinson's Foundations. She named our team the Wiggle Wags. Wiggle because of the tremors and wags because...
Business Stationery
Business Stationery Branding A photographer friend of mine got a sweet new logo. I loved the new logo and decided to create some branding and stationary to go with it for her. The first step was...
Scripture Quotes
Scripture Quotes Weekly Social Media Posting At the start of the new year I needed a way to get back into my creativity with graphic design. I had the idea that every week I would design a quote and...
Washington DC
Washington D.C. Architecture Photography I went to go visit a friend living in DC. We had an aboslute blast! Washington DC is one of the places where I first fell in love with photography, a decade...
Idaho
Idaho Nature Photos I love Idaho. It has some of the most gorgeous scenery on the planet! I was able to take a couple trips over the summer and here's some of the shots!
Friends Shoot at Red Springs
Kayla, Jensen & Lexy Friends Photos What's more fun than a photoshoot with friends? I love taking photos with my friends. Nothing is more fun! Also I love Calico Basin and Red Springs Park....
Brooke & Coby Engagements
Brooke & Coby Engagements Tivoli Village Photos After taking Brooke & Coby's proposal photos I was asked to take their engagement photos. Without further ado I present them to you!
Brooke & Coby Proposal
Brooke & Coby Proposal Getting Engaged in Red Springs I had the opportunity to go and take photos of my dear friends proposal. It was fun because I had to be stealth in a public park, that's...
Refined Realty Logo
Logo Design
Malad, Idaho
Ben, Chase, Noah & Maddy Friend Photos in Malad Nothing is more fun than hanging out with friends, especially when it's a long distance friendship. We decided to meet up in Malad, Idaho. We went...
Hawaii
Hawaii Photos of Freedom I went to Hawaii to go help my sister have her baby. Part of going to Hawaii during COVID-19 was I signed a form saying I would stay locked down for 14 days. Let me tell you...
Miriam Graduation
Miriam graduated from the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law! She is serioulsy so kind, friendly, smart and beautiful. It was a blast taking photos of her! My heart goes out to all of the graduates...
Warhol Style Photos
While social distancing because of COVID-19 I decided it was a good time to brush up on my photoshop skills. Creating Marilyn Diptych photos was surprisingly similar to colorizing old black and...
Las Vegas before COVID-19 shutdown
On Monday March 16, 2020 I went out to take photos of Las Vegas. The pandemic panic had already started and there was no toilet paper to be found anywhere. Governor Sisolak hadn't shut down the...
Gavin & Raquel Engagements
Can we talk about how fun it is to take engagement photos for your best friend?! It is so easy because you already know the couple and they are comfortable in front of you. Gavin and Raquel are...
Institute Posters
Istitute Posters Poster Design I was asked to help create posters for activities held after institute classes. Institute offers religion classes for 18-30 year-olds, and can be used to recieve...
Friends Shoot at Calico Basin
This year on Black Friday I impulse bought a new camera. This is because my Canon Rebel T3i started to get really grainy. In that cameras defense it was wonderful to learn on but it was eight years...
Colorized Portraits
Restoring Old Photos I was looking at old family photos and I was just thinking about how cool it would be to see them in color. I then realized that I could do that. Photos that were in color were...
Child Coloring Activity Book
Summer Adventure One of my favorite things as a kid was coloring books. I love to color pictures solve puzzles, play games. Seriously one of my favorite ways to pass the time. I would turn on the TV...
Mom Quotes
An Awesome Mother's Day Gift You how know every mom has their own catchphrases. Those things you heard her say a million times over? Well this Mother's Day I decided to immortalize those phrases by...
Macro Water Drops
Ordinary Spot Extraordinary Shot I think it is a common misconception that you need to be in some amazing place to take an amazing photo or even amazing photography equipment, but that's not true....
Coop Chicken
Food Photography BYU-Idaho is a very awesome place. One of the requirements in order for the business majors to graduate is to run their own business. The students learn how to build their business...
Cootie Catchers
Fortune Tellers for Today Back when I was considering what to do for my senior project I was joking with my friend about making a book of fortune tellers. They said what's a fortune teller and I...
Jaren Eagle Scout
Eagle Scout is the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America Program. To achieve this ranking scouts must obtain 21 merit badges and complete a Eagle Scout Project. These projects demonstrate...
Eyelash Curler Package Redesign
Design: For this project, my goal was to redesign an ugly package. I never really paid much attention to packaging until this project. It’s amazing to see how many ugly packages are out there. As I...
Snapchat Geofilters
Senior Project In order to graduate as a communication major all students have to do a senior project. This project must total a minimum of 50 hours and can be anything related to communication. I...
Snow Day at Island Park
Friends, Fun, & Photos On MLK weekend our weekend my roommates and I were invited to go with our friend Nate to his family cabin in Island Park. It was such a fun filled day! The cabin had such...
Syd and Mason
Valentines Photoshoot Syd and I are really good friends. We were roommates while she was dating Mason and honestly want to talk about a power couple because it's them. They are so cute and so good...
Ana at the Palisades
Winter Portraits As I have stated before Ana and I are really good friends. One Saturday when the weather was nice we decided to take photos. The Palisades are part of the Caribou - Targhee forest...
Haydn and Yama Engagements
Backyard Engagement Shoot Just before this last Christmas my sister got engaged. Haydn & Yama met at Brigham Young University- Hawaii. So when Haydn and her now fiancé Yama came home for...
Bro Photos
Drake, Josh & Lee Friend Photos There's nothing better than a good friend. You go through so much together. Now typically when we think best friend photo shoot you think of girls but this is not...
Spencer and Jessica Engagements
Sand Dune Engagement Photos My friend Ana contacted me asking if I wanted to be her second for this engagement photo shoot. For these photos, we went out the St. Anthony Sand Dunes. The sand dunes...
Las Vegas Infographic
Facts about Las Vegas The Process I created this infographic because I'm from Las Vegas. I love the city and I know that lots of other people enjoy Las Vegas as well. Background: I knew that...
Lauren at Red Rock
Desert Portraits Lauren is my most dear friend. We met when we were thirteen at a girls camp retreat. We have been friends ever since, and she is absolutely stunning inside and out! She makes taking...
Kevin at Bannack
Portraits in a Ghost Town Bannack, Montana is one of my favorite places to go take portraits. It is amazing to go and see the buildings because people lived in them until the 1950s. The buildings...
Ana at Sand Dunes
Lifestyle Shoot Seeing how it is January I'm throwing it back to warmer times. By warmer times I'm talking May of 2017. I know, I know I'm behind on posting but better late than never, right?...
Human Trafficking
Design Thinking an Idea to Help End Human Trafficking A few semesters ago I took a class on Design Thinking. For those of you who don't know what that is it is a different way to go about solving a...
St. Catherine Point Swatch
Making a Skeuomorphic Swatch This was quite the project, but I’m excited to share with you what I’ve made! In order to get started I had to pick a watch, and I picked St. Catherine Point Swatch from...
Swim Gear Icon Set
Vector Icons of Items used for Swimming I decided to create icons of something that I love, and that is swimming! I did competitive swim for all four years of high school. It was a big part of my...
Creative Resume Handout
A fun way to showcase your work Hello! I am Lauren Wagner and I am a junior here at Brigham Young University-Idaho. I am studying communication and it has been one of the best decisions I have ever...
Personal Best
Top 10 So the last three months I have been in a professional imaging class (COMM 316) taught by the wonderful Caryn Esplin. I have grown so much as a photographer. This class has allowed me to try...
Stock Photography
Taking Practical Images Recently I signed up for five different stock agencies. Which are Shutterstock, Adobe Stock, 123RF, Big Stock, and iStock. Stock photography is really different from all...
Accessories in Fashion
Selling Products The main point in accessory fashion photography is to sell a product. Whether that is a watch a ring or shoes it all matters and the styling of a photo can really communicate to...
Group Fashion
Capturing Style in Pairs Group Fashion is exciting and quite fun. I worked with lots of great people and it's what happens when a large group of people come together for a photo shoot. If you want...
Mens Fashion
Capturing Style Men's Fashion is exciting and quite fun. I worked with lots of great people and it's what happens when a large group of people come together for a photo shoot. If you want tips on...
Womens Fashion
Capturing Style Women's Fashion is exciting and quite fun. I worked with lots of great people and it's what happens when a large group of people come together for a photo shoot. If you want tips on...
Johnson Family Portraits
Capturing the Beauty of a Family Exciting news: this was my first paid client shoot! I'm sure you're all wondering how this came about. Well, since my family has learned that I have started to take...
Auxiliary Lighting in Portraits
Einsteins, Westcott Spider Light, and Speedlights Auxiliary lighting is a great way to ensure good consistent lighting in your portraits. Now there are many different types of auxiliary lighting...
Group Portraits
Tips on Capturing a Group Group portraits are very hard to capture. It's hard to get everyone looking in the same direction, with a normal face. So some tips on how to overcome that to take lots of...
Fairy Light Portraits
Creating Magical Portraits at Night My friend Ana bought some battery operated fairy lights and we decided that we needed a photo shoot asap. We knew that the fairy lights would make our portraits...
Using Speedlights to Light Objects
Freezing Motion and Balancing Light Speedlights are so great. You can use them to light any scene. They are fast enough to freeze motion such as water drops or sugar. For trying to freeze motion...
Using Speedlights for Portraits
Balancing Light and Special Effects Speedlights are great tools for photography! By properly exposing the background in camera and using a speedlight to properly expose the subject you are able to...
Fine Art Print
The Process of Printing This is a macro image of three water droplets. I thought it looked neat and would make a great fine art print. The original image is great but it's very muted and would not...
Bannack, Montana
Ghost Town Photography I had the amazing opportunity to be a group leader for a university photography excursion. The excursion is for a digital imaging class in the communications department, and I...
Creative Light Painting
Light Painting People & Drawing Light painting is great because you get to control light and make it do anything you want. Once you understand the basic principles of light painting you truly...
Table Top Light Painting
How to Light Paint at Home Light painting is so much fun and it's really easy to do. Just like with product photography it is very important to set up your shots, and stage it. It is also important...
Farm Photography
Turning Normal into Fine Art While I was visiting Jackson I stayed at sky mountain lodge and the first three images are from the different things from there. The entire time I was on my photo...
Grand Teton National Park
Capturing the Beauty of the Tetons Nothing is better than capturing the Tetons. They look so majestic and nothing is more impressive than seeing the sunrise. So I woke up very early to go take...
Macro Nature
Capturing the Beautiful Details of Nature Nature is so amazing. Every plant, fruit, bug, ect. has such detail and shooting in macro allows you to capture that detail. Some tips for macro nature...
Macro Still Life
Capturing Details of Ordinary Objects Macro photography is so much fun! You are able to see tiny details you would typically overlook. One hard thing about macro is getting the object to be in...
Macro Outdoor
Capturing the Beauty of Ice Taking pictures outdoors in winter means lots of snow and ice. Ice is so unique. Just like every snowflake is different all ice is different, and macro photography allows...
Food Photogaphy
Stylizing Food Taking photos of food is great! It's fun to style your shot and then you get to eat it! Here are some tips for food photography. LIGHT, LIGHT, LIGHT. As you can see lighting is very...
Product Photography
Styling Products Taking photos of products is a very important skill to have. People want to see products styled in different ways. They also want to see products photographed against white...
Restaurant Food Photography
The Art of Yum I had the amazing opportunity to photography the food from The Lift Restaurant in Jackson, Wyoming! Can I just say photography is great, but photographing food is the best. The Lift...
Textured Portraits
Creating Textured Portraits using Photoshop For this assignment I went to this website and downloaded a texture that I liked. I found some portraits that I liked and then I opened them in Photoshop....
Scanography
How to use a scanner to create photography This was a different, yet fun shoot. Before you begin scanning I highly recommend you look up some examples first. I found this cool website with a bunch...
13 going on 30: Movie Poster
The Process of Remaking a Movie Poster Do you ever love a movie so much that you want to be in it? Well, that's what inspired me to remake this movie poster. 13 Going on 30 is an early 2000 classic...
Ordinary Spot, Extraordinary Shot
Turning the Ordinary into the Extraordinary The last week I have been sick, and in order to get better it is important that I stay indoors and don't go out into the freezing weather. This has...
Lighting Patterns
Different ways to set up light Ever look at a professional photo and wonder why are they so good? Well the trick is all in how you set up the light. It is important to create a triangle of light...
SQIBB: Studio Quality Invisible Black Background
Tips on how to get studio quality photos anywhere In order to accomplish this you need to have the right equipment. This means a DSLR camera and some speedlights. The next task is to figure out...