I LOVE this trio!  Mary, if you couldn’t tell, is the mother of two beautiful young ladies, Sage and Morgan.  I have been friends with this awesome group of women for a few years now, and it is always a pleasure to photograph them.  For this shoot we headed down to another friend of ours, Shannon Shields’ farm, southeast of Bellevue, Idaho.  Below are a few photos from the shoot!

Hello!  I am a professional photographer based out of Ketchum, Idaho who started out shooting professional motocross.  Today I shoot much, much more, and have developed a great passion for wedding photography.  Thank you for stopping by and visiting my blog, and please be sure to check back often, as you never know what you’ll see next!  Oh, and please make sure to leave a comment, I love to know who’s stopped by!

Kristin

Friday I had the great pleasure of photographing the wedding of Augusta and Jon!  After their wedding, however, I shot two more on Saturday and Sunday!  So needless to say, I have a bit of catching up (both on sleep and work!).  In the meantime, here’s a sneak peek of a few shots I captured of Augusta and Jon!

Stay tuned for more!!

Wheh!  Summer is in FULL EFFECT here in Ketchum/Sun Valley!  Last weekend Hillary and I photographed an outdoor wedding in 95 degree heat!  My usual wedding photographing attire is the standard black pant/black top.   Hillary, however, has made the switch to cute dresses!  Not only are they fashionable but also keep you cool!  This weekend I am shooting a total of three weddings: 1 solo on Friday and 2 with Hillary on Sat/Sun.  After last weekend’s wedding I immediate began to shop online for some fun/cute dresses!  This is what I’ll be shooting in this weekend:

From Anthropologie:

From Overstock.com

Last weekend I had the pleasure to document Ashley and Rob’s wedding.  The intimate ceremony took place on the property of a beautiful house located in Hailey, ID.  Below are a few of my favorite photos

I finally received the 09/10 Snowmobile catalog.  I originally posted some photos from the photoshoot back in April.  Now, here are some of my photos in print:

Wow.  What a difference a year makes!  So much in my life has changed within the past year, and Hillary Maybery is the woman who has changed it, both professional and personally.  12 months ago, the only thing I shot was motocross.  Lots and lots of motocross.  It was my passion, and I was finally starting to get published in major magazines.

Then, a friend approached me about shooting a wedding for her friend.  I told her I had never shot one before but she said the couple was desperate and they liked the photos I had taken at various Christmas parties.  So on June 21st, 2008, I shot my first wedding.  I had hired my friend Allison to help me, or rather, to help keep me calm, and we did a pretty good job.

Come July I was looking to find a second job to add to my income, as Sun Valley is quite the expensive place to live!  I was just about to plaster the local elementary school with babysitting fliers, then came up with a BRILLIANT idea!  I would offer my photography services for the local wedding photographers!  I could do what I love (shooting photos) and contribute to one of the most memorable days of people’s lives while making money at the same time!  I called 4 local wedding photographers, and the first one who called me back was the best of them all, Hillary Maybery.  She called me back almost instaneously…I had told her that I was a motorsports photographer, but that I had shot one wedding.  I told her I would print out and show her some of the photos I took, and she said, “If you can run around and shoot fast moving objects, like motorcycles, I don’t need to see your work, I know you can hang.”  We met on Wednesday the 30th at Wrap City, then two days later I shot a wedding with her.  It was such an incredible experience, I’ll never forget it.  We ran our butts off, shot our index fingers off, and laughed and smiled the whole time.  It was the perfect combination.  She went on to book me for 4 more weddings that year, and now, this year, she has booked me for 13!  I also have 5 solo weddings booked for myself as well.  That’s a total of 18 weddings this year!

I can not express how grateful I am to have met and spent time with Hillary.  She has boosted my confidence, made me a better photographer (even my motorsports shots are 100% better), and has made me a better person as well.  She is not only a coworker, but a great friend as well.  I love her family like they were my own!  I look forward to many many more weddings with Hillary.  Oh, and if you are wondering about CHEAT-BERY…we were shooting a wedding a few months ago and she and I were just clicking soo great together and she said to me “we need like a phrase or something to describe the two of us” and I belted out “CHEAT-BERY!” Hil laughed sooo hard, and I don’t know if it was the fact that I used part of my name first, or what, but every now and then, when we’re in the middle of a shoot I like to give shout outs to CHEAT-BERY to see her giant smile and hear her laugh!  Below are a few photos of us, as well as 1 photo I have captured from each of the weddings we have shot so far that are most memorable to me…

Here they are!  CHEAT-BERY!

Oftentimes Hillary and I will sneak a couple shots of each other while we’re shooting weddings…

Now for my favorites…

Hillary, you’re the best!  Love you dearly!  XOXO, KK.

Just received my July issue of Parts Magazine and saw photos of mine from Seattle Supercross, Glen Helen Motocross, and Las Vegas Supercross.  Check ‘em out below:

I recently had the opportunity to photograph Stacy and her fabulous family!  They came from locations near and far to meet up for their annual family reunion here in Sun Valley!  We shot on the day that Sara Evans was playing a concert at the Sun Valley Pavillion and were shooting during her rehearsal!  Awesome time with an awesome family!  Here’s a few of my favorite shots: