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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Food Family Stickers
Concept and Objectives After the abortion law passed in New York, I felt very sad for these children who would never get to live. I wanted to find a way to show the importance of families and that families come in all different shapes, sizes, ethnicities,...