Photography
Sundance Apartments
Sundance Apartments Photography Real Estate Photography has quickly become a favorite for me. Something else I loved about this project was that I had the chance to design a website for this property as well. You can view that HERE. Given that it was Winter when I...
Camden Apartments
Camden Apartments Photography Real Estate Photography has quickly become a favorite for me. Something else I loved about this project was that I had the chance to design a website for this property as well. You can view that HERE. Given that it was Winter when I shot...
Alta View Apartments
Alta View Apartments Photography Real Estate Photography has quickly become a favorite for me. Something else I loved about this project was that I had the chance to design a website for this property as well. You can view that HERE. Given that it was Winter when I...
Baby Barn Swallows
Newborn Barn Swallows Aren't Baby at All! I was on my way to church one morning when I noticed something odd on the ground. It looked like a bunch of flower petals clustered together. Upon further examination, I discovered it was in fact, a ton of bird...
Best Portfolio Pieces April 2019 – July 2019
The Best Pieces in my Portfolio from April 2019-July 2019 My Personal Style can be hard to explain. Basically, I love being outdoors! My style involves capturing nature shots and wildlife shots. I love HDR (Bracketed) images and merging them together to...
Yellowstone Landscapes and Plant Life
Landscapes and Plant Life in Yellowstone Part of my Personal Style Project was to capture and edit fantastic images in Yellowstone National Park. I was unable to put all of my images in one blog post so I'm dividing them up into sections. All of these...
Yellowstone Hot Pools and Geysers
Hot Pools and Geysers in Yellowstone Part of my Personal Style Project was to capture and edit fantastic images in Yellowstone National Park. I was unable to put all of my images in one blog post so I'm dividing them up into sections. Viewing the fantastic...
Yellowstone Wildlife
Photographing Wildlife in Yellowstone Part of my Personal Style Project was to capture and edit fantastic images in Yellowstone National Park. I was unable to put all of my images in one blog post so I'm dividing them up into sections. Most of these images...
Personal Style Project: Yellowstone National Park
My Personal Style Project John Muir once said, "Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul." John Muir was a great activist for the National Parks and worked with the...
Gender Reveal
Finding out Baby Van Heerden's Gender with a Smoke Bomb Reveal! Monique and I became friends while volunteering in England for a year and a half. As luck would have it, we both ended up in Idaho with our spouses! She is from South Africa and her husband is...
Themed Portraits: More Adventurers around Grand Teton
More Themed Portraits in the Grand Teton Area While not all of these themed portraits below were taken right in Grand Teton, all of these images capture the natural moment of each individual. The thing I love most about these themed portraits is each...
Themed Portraits: Grand Teton Adventurers
Capturing Themed Portraits in Grand Teton National Park These three themed portraits from Grand Teton are more action based. Below you'll find a climber, a fisher, and a hiker. In these images, I wanted to capture more of what they were there to accomplish...
Epic Portrait
Making a Portrait into Something Epic You might be asking yourself, "What is an Epic Portrait?". An Epic Portrait is when you use a flash to help your foreground and your background have the same level of exposure. Below are some examples of this. Please...
Environment and Architecture
Creating Architecture and Environment Photography Whether it's photographing a few buildings or some individuals interacting with objects or other people in their environment, architecture and environment photography can be a useful skills to learn. First...
Food Photography
Creating Fantastic Food Photography Everyone loves food. Many people even love taking photos of their food before they eat it. The unfortunate thing is, advertisements often make food look better on the screen than in real life. In order to create food...
Balance The Light
How to Balance your Light in your Photos There are many different kinds of light balance and different ways to portray it in an image. The first image below was created by using a spray bottle and an external flash. When the mist hits the orange vanilla...
Fine Art Print: Mountain Reflections
Creating a Print of My Fine Art Image "Mountain Reflections" I had the unique opportunity to have one of my fine art images displayed in the Jacob Spori Building at Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYUI). It is currently hanging on the main floor of the...
Post Production: “Star Dust: Man in the Moon”
Using Post Production to Create A Man in the Moon image surrounded by Star Dust In order to create this post production image, I took three different photos and merged them together. The one of the man (Matt Pond), I took using two speed lights. One had a...
The Moon
Photographing the Moon This was a spur of the moment Moon capturing adventure. I had just borrowed the Tamron SP 150-600mm f5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for Nikon for another project I'm working on. When night came, it was absolutely clear outside. My husband...
Fashion: Accessories and Buildings
Fashion in Buildings and Accessories These are the images of accessories from the fashion shoot and of The Venue in Rigby, Idaho. Most of the images were taken with either some basic speed lights, LED lights or lights diffused by the "umbrella" covers. The...
Fashion: Groups
Groups of Fashion These are the images of the groups from the fashion shoot at The Venue in Rigby, Idaho. All of these images were shot with a prime lens. I loved this part of the photoshoot because I felt it gave me the opportunity to get creative. I love...
Fashion: Women
Women of Fashion These are the images of the female models from the fashion shoot at The Venue in Rigby, Idaho. All of these images were shot with a prime lens. Most of our models were not professional models but they knew exactly what to do! We used all...
Fashion: Men
Men of Fashion These are the images of the male models from the fashion shoot at The Venue in Rigby, Idaho. All of these images were shot with a prime lens. Some of these men had modeled before while others were modeling for the first time. I love how...
More Grand Teton National Park: Landscape and Nature
Capturing More Landscape and Nature Photos at Grand Teton National Park Want to see some more landscape and nature photos from Grand Teton National Park? You've come to the right place! These are a few more unique shots I was able to capture while visiting...
Sky Mountain Lodge
Pictures at a Lodge Named Sky Mountain I didn't have as many opportunities to take nature shots at the lodge as I would have liked but I still managed to capture a few unique images. Sky Mountain Lodge is where we stayed for a few days and learned some...
Grand Teton National Park – FAPOS
Creating FAPOS at a National Park (Grand Teton) Landscape and nature photography have always been my two favorite kinds of photography. On this trip to Grand Teton National Park, I was able to capture some amazing images of the scenery and some amazing...
Pack Family Photos
Photos of the Pack Family Despite rainy weather and a long drive to meet me to do photos, The Pack Family was full of big smiles and positive attitudes! We captured some truly magical moments with this sweet family. It was really an honor to be asked to...
Indoor Light Painting
Indoor Painting with Light The thing I love about indoor light painting is that it's very simple to do! All you need is a tripod, a flashlight, a camera, and something to take a picture of. This kind of style also falls under the Long Exposure Photography...
Long Exposure
Using a Long Type of Light Exposure Creating these long exposure images were incredibly fun and required a great deal of creativity. The first long exposure shot was taken over a pond to capture the reflections on the water. We had a model hold lights...
Conceptual Product Ad
Making a Product Ad That's Conceptual For my conceptual product ad, I decided to create a health promoting ad. I used a baseball glove and an apple to show that healthy physical activity and healthy eating go hand in hand. This conceptual product ad...
Product Photography
Various Photography Each Showcasing a Unique Product For my product photography series, I really wanted to find unique ways to display each product placed. No two products are exactly alike and should be displayed in a way that makes the viewer feel...
Movie Poster
Creating a Poster Based on The Movie Sabrina: The Teenage Witch I decided to create a movie poster based on the show Sabrina: The Teenage Witch. To create the movie poster, I took a few creative liberties from the original movie poster. I found a copyright...
Personal Branding
Branding Meghan L H Nelson Photography & Design to Make it More Personal Branding yourself can be a difficult challenge. You often have to consider how you want others to view your brand. What will they feel when they look at your brand? What do you...
OSES – Ordinary Spot, Extraordinary Shot
How to Get an Extraordinary Shot from an Ordinary Spot The purpose of this project was to find an ordinary place or item, then shoot it in an extraordinary way (or OSES). For my OSES project, I decided to try three different angles/photos. I have an...
SQIBB – Studio Quality Invisible Black Background
My Attempt at an Invisible Black Background in Studio Quality This was my first time using the SQIBB technique to take pictures. The invisible background effect is so easy to do and creates some amazing images! My favorite SQIBB photo was the one I took of...
Underwater Sea Stars Scanography
Learning Scanography to Make Sea Stars Appear Underwater This project helped me learn how to create images using something called Scanography. Scanography is when you arrange items (in my case, Sea Stars, Sea shells and twine) on a scanner and scan the...
Superboy Over Denver Composite Photography
Creating Composite Photography Featuring Superboy Flying Over Denver I've always had a passion for Composite Photography and was excited to try this creative kind of photography for this project. My cousin wanted a picture of her son as a Superhero (or...
Hobby Lobby Challenge
Bits & Bobs
Newborn
Family Portraits
Engagements
Wedding Portraits
Various Portraits
Western Portraits
