Today was the best of days and the worst of days. I got to shoot a wedding today for the best couple ever Hailey and Nic. Over the past few months we have become so close we are like family so today I was so excited for their wedding. A fellow photographer...
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Desperate Help Needed – Please Read and Spread the Word
October 29, 2009 - 1:52 am - Thank you so much for doing this, Dustin! You are so kind and generous. I know this will spread the word and be of some help.
October 29, 2009 - 2:37 am - Dustin - what a kind and generous thing to do in order to try to help Heidi out. The kindness of the wedding photographer "family" overwhelms me sometimes.
October 29, 2009 - 2:39 am - Just posted this up on FB and will repost when the sun comes up :-) You rock Dustin!
October 29, 2009 - 6:43 am - Hey why don't you start a donation pot? I surly can't donate $200 due to our financial situation but I can do $25 or so. If a bunch of us all banned together and donated just $25-50 it might help a lot as well? Let me know...
October 29, 2009 - 9:23 am - Dustin you are one of THE KINDEST people I know! This is a horrible situation!I pray it turns out well for Heidi! You are amazingly generous person in every aspect (and your sweet wife). Did you get my text? You were super busy last night so just write me back whenev :)
October 29, 2009 - 9:26 am - Oh I sure will! That is the sickest thing I have ever heard! Im getting all my equipment insured today!!!!! Give me until next week and I will donate for sure. I just can't believe that happened to her! If they find that dirt bag, I will help with the beat down!
October 29, 2009 - 12:35 pm - Oh my GOSH! I would be heart broken! In fact, this morning as I drove with my husband to work, we were talking about the investments (in new photo gear) I've made in the past month and my thoughts turned to what in the world I'd do if it all got stolen! So I'd be happy to help out!
October 29, 2009 - 12:41 pm - That is just awful. I too love Heidi. I actually met her on the street near the Gateway Mall when I was in SLC for a few days. I am getting all my gear insured a.s.a.p.! I will definitely donate what I can.
October 29, 2009 - 12:45 pm - I just donated Dustin! Good luck Heidi!
October 29, 2009 - 1:51 pm - That makes me so sad for Heidi! I too help support my husband and I with my photography business and I sure could not do it with out my equipment! I know how much money, time, effort and energy goes into investing in a photography business. It makes me sick to know that fellow photographers are getting their equipment stolen. Best of luck to Heidi and thanks to you Dustin for being so sweet!
October 29, 2009 - 2:24 pm - You are the bomb Dustin! You're my favorite, thanks for being so kind! I feel so terrible for Heidi!
October 29, 2009 - 2:41 pm - Dustin! God bless you! How wonderful to still have kind careing people in this world. My heart SUNK as I read this. Photography is not CHEAP. And its a huge sacrafice to buy equipment when your raising a family. Im so sad for her!!
October 29, 2009 - 3:28 pm - Wow! My sister is so lucky to have people like you in her life. Thank you everyone for your help and supporting her. Photography truely is her passion.
October 29, 2009 - 5:05 pm - This is so kind of you Dustin. I would like to help out.
October 29, 2009 - 5:16 pm - This is so nice of you! My heart aches for Heidi. Talking to her last night just about broke my heart :-( I will definitely be donating.
October 29, 2009 - 8:29 pm - I see way too many dumb photographers (mostly girls) leave their gear unattended. If you leave your gear alone, you have no one to blame but yourself. Just because this is Utah does not mean that you are going to get a break. Welcome to the real world.
October 29, 2009 - 9:34 pm - That is awful news. I am so sad for her. I hope I can donate to help the cause! Thank you for sharing the story and making a way for people to donate to help her out!
October 29, 2009 - 11:04 pm - Hello Dustin, Just read the blog about Heidi Walker. I would like to donate $100. How can I do it with paypal; I have bought some of your templates in the past and you helped me with starting my website, which you really did not have to. Photographers are a different breed and we understand the pain of losing equipment and customers. How can I put the $100 dollars in your paypal account for Heidi? Nothing does the heart better than "Paying It Forward".
October 29, 2009 - 11:10 pm - Disregard the how to request; figured it out. The money is in your account; give my regards to Heidi.
October 30, 2009 - 12:13 am - Rusty, Come on man, that has to be the most shallow and careless comment ever. Heidi didn't just leave her gear laying around, some thieving bastard followed her after the temple and then busted into her car to steal the gear. If you are going to make such bold comments, why not be so bold to leave your real email address and your full name? Utah or no Utah, I am going to do everything I can to help Heidi. We all have made mistakes and I believe in Karma, what comes around goes around. I too was followed in the temple parking lot and I was lucky because I went straight home and then straight to the luncheon and took my gear with me, but it could've easily happened to me as well. Show some sympathy because if this happens to you, you won't be getting any sympathy from any of us. This is not her fault and if I had $20,000 I'd give it to her in a heart beat.
October 30, 2009 - 10:47 am - This is all just crazy! For all of you that are photographers and have a lot of money into your equipment - GET INSURANCE!! - If you are working from home and are only insuring your equipment and your liability it will only be a couple of hundred bucks a year. Im sorry that this has happened and I can totally feel for her. Rusty, yes is being a d-bag, but there is some truth to what he said. We really need to watch our gear so much closer and NEVER leave it in your car even for a second. Also, just to be safe, you should always take out the CF card and put it on you when you are done shooting. Never leave it with you gear. I think we all should get together and do a sting on these guys, because we know this is not just one or 2 guys. This is a big crew. We should stake out the temple and look for photographers being followed into the parking lots and catch them red handed. Brody
October 30, 2009 - 11:02 am - Yes Brody, there is some truth to what Rusty said, he just could of put it in better words, lol. I second what Brody says, if any of you photographers out there don't have your gear insured, call and get it insured today. Let's all be more vigilant and take our bags with us even if we stop for a minute at the store. Also, for the past year I have started keeping every single memory card on my personage in a GoBee bag, that way in case any gear was stolen, I at least had my jobs. EVERY photographer should practice this and at least protect the images. One more thing, online backup off site ;) Brody recommended lunarpages.com to me and for a very small hosting fee, they offer you UNLIMITED online storage, so now everything is backed up on two external hard drives, a dvd, and online, that way if there was a fire or theft in my home, the images would be safe online to be recovered later. Because even though those thieving scumbags didn't get my gear, they could've easily followed me home and could break into my house and take all of my expensive mac equipment and without online storage all my pictures would be gone. Same thing if there was a fire.
October 30, 2009 - 11:03 am - Call Hill and Usher today and ask for Richard Reyes, tell him I sent you. The business photography policies are VERY affordable and cover you for anything under the sun.
October 30, 2009 - 2:56 pm - Totally agree, Rusty could have been a bit nicer. He totally made it like it was her fault that some broke into her car and stole her stuff. Lunar pages rocks with online storage, but they are starting to get smart on it. The images on the site need to be a directly link to your website and business. Otherwise they will blacklist your site and delete your online backup. For me, its ok because I have my proofing site under the same account so they let it go. I would say that I have about 2Tbs online right now of storage and we are uploading to it constantly. All day, every day to be caught up. Brody
October 30, 2009 - 6:27 pm - Thanks for doing this for her Dustin! I am so glad to a photographer in a community like this! :) I am going to donate the money I make in my next portrait session to her fundraiser. Hope it helps! :)
October 30, 2009 - 7:56 pm - Seriously how hard would it be to set up a few sting operations?? Anything that I can do please let me know. Brian
October 30, 2009 - 8:17 pm - Hey Dustin. I think it's horrible what happened to Heidi! I want to help by purchasing your fotofusion templates, but for some reason a bad script keeps preventing me from purchasing them. Can you email me and let me know if there is another way to go about this? Or you can send me a paypal request. modernmother@comcast.net
October 31, 2009 - 11:05 am - Wow... I am totally blow away by your generosity. Thank you for your example and love. Is there a way that we can donate some cash?
October 31, 2009 - 12:00 pm - Jessica. You can make paypal donations to Dustin@dustinizatt.com or any sales from my album templates will also be donated to Heidi. Www.dustinizatt.com/albumtemplates thanks so much :)
November 8, 2009 - 5:58 pm - That is so sad. I am with Brody, we should set up a sting operation. It seems like it could be pretty easy.
October 29, 2009 - 2:52 am [...] it on her blog. A wonderful fellow photographer, Dustin Izatt, has so kindly set up a link on his blog to a paypal account so you can make a donation towards Heidi’s situation. Hopefully we can [...]
October 29, 2009 - 10:19 am [...] then, many have come to her aid. In fact, Dustin Izatt setup a fundraising effort in the hopes of generating enough money that Heidi can at least get back on her [...]
October 29, 2009 - 11:30 am [...] she was targeted and followed and to me that is beyond scary!! my friend and amazing photographer dustin izatt has set up a link on his blog for people to donate toward this situation. if everyone donates [...]
October 30, 2009 - 6:39 pm [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Jeremy Nicoll and Dustin Bess, Tweet Help. Tweet Help said: RT @eltiare A friend photographer had all of her equipment stolen. Please do what you can to help: http://is.gd/4Hvpk #slc #ut [...]
October 30, 2009 - 7:13 pm Social comments and analytics for this post... This post was mentioned on Twitter by Jeremy Nicoll: A friend photographer had all of her equipment stolen. Please do what you can to help: http://is.gd/4Hvpk #slc #ut...
Kat and Tyler Wedding . Cucina Nassi – Utah Wedding Photographer
Kat and Tyler were married on 10.10.2009 and since Tiffany and I had our very first date on 10.10.1998 we spent it together shooting for these adorable newlyweds The ceremony took place at the Salt Lake City Temple and then we headed over to the reception held at Cucina Nassi. The...
October 27, 2009 - 9:45 am - Fabulous!
October 27, 2009 - 12:52 pm - Dustin, this weding is so amazing! great job, i love the shot from the balcony of the bride and dad, so so cool! ummm pretty much all of them rock! i can see how you had a hard time narrowing it down!
October 27, 2009 - 1:25 pm - I so love that ring shot! you are so creative! they are all so amazing!!
October 27, 2009 - 7:36 pm - Sweet stuff!!
October 30, 2009 - 9:20 pm - Dustin you are my wedding hero...LOVE them all!!!
October 31, 2009 - 10:02 am - Simply gorgeous! Love the guys kissing the groom, the car.. ah. Congrats the coulple, they are lovely. Beautiful images!
November 1, 2009 - 1:35 pm - Great set of images Dustin as always. I really love the first dance images, I see you used a speedlite on a stand for the back lighting but did you also use one on the camera and if yes was the back one +1 exposure?
November 6, 2009 - 12:23 am - Fantastic! The skin is so deliciously creamy! Is that through canon? You and Jasmine Star get the same skin. Love your reception lighting technique as well. Maybe you can share someday. ;)
Campbell Family Session . Utah Family Photographer
Meet the Campbells. I shot this session on Saturday at Memory Grove Park in Salt Lake. It was a gorgeous day. I was totally digging the reflection of the pond and those were some of my favorite shots from the session More weddings coming this week plus a killer...
Music Video Mondays – Life Left To Go by Safety Suit
One of my favorite songs of all time and one of my top played songs on iTunes I can listen to this song over and over again and not get sick of it Unfortunately there isn’t really an official music video but this song was too good not to...
Dalton Family Video Session
On Wednesday I had another perfect family to shoot Meet the Daltons. Mom and Dad are Jeff and Laura. Offspring are Ella, Ty, Crew, and Nash. Laura is also a photographer in Lehi. I really had a blast shooting this and the kids were once again perfect little...
October 23, 2009 - 10:26 am - Okay Dustin! That was seriously the BEST thing I have seen in a while! What a special gift for the Dalton family. Miss Ella is hilarious and I just love the pics and video of all of them on the bikes! Fantastic work!
October 23, 2009 - 10:33 am - Loved it Dustin. Great photos for what looks like a really fun family. -JG
October 23, 2009 - 11:02 am - Dustin, I just can't say it enough---Thank you SO much! You are honestly the most incredible photographer/person. We had so much fun with you, you are amazing! I love your style and your work! This video is much more than I could have ever hoped for. THANK YOU!
October 23, 2009 - 12:44 pm - That was a amazing video and picture caption... I love your work. Laura your family is beautiful...
October 23, 2009 - 4:08 pm - I think this was so adorable and so special!!! Every family should have something like this to cherish! The Daltons are such a good looking family! GREAT JOB
October 26, 2009 - 9:12 am - Dustin--love this whole concept with the video and photography, what a gift you gave this family. I love the urban, the bikes, the home reading a book. Great job!
October 26, 2009 - 10:51 am - So loving this!! What a cute family- you captured them so perfectly!
November 3, 2009 - 8:56 am - Dustin, I love your style. I have a question for you about copyrights. How do you pick songs to put on videos and how do you get the copyrights because I want to start doing it, but I don't want to get in trouble. Thanks for taking the time to answer this. Brett
Callie and Johnny Wedding . Utah Wedding Photographer
Callie and Johnny were sealed on 10.09.2009 at the Salt Lake City Temple and had their reception at the Salt Lake City Country Club. These guys are so in love and I am so glad I got to bring Tiffany along to assist. We really enjoyed hearing the toasts and learning more about...
October 22, 2009 - 6:48 am - What a great looking couple! Fantastic work guys!
October 22, 2009 - 8:20 am - Oh my goodness! I love these shots. What a great looking couple. Where was their reception at, don't recognize the place? What were you using for indoor lighting? That's something that I really could learn from you. I will definitely be going to one of your mentoring sessions in the future. Thanks for sharing your pics. :)
October 22, 2009 - 9:40 am - These are INSANELY beautiful Dustin!!!
October 22, 2009 - 9:59 am - Ah Dustin..just stunning...gorgeous work!
October 22, 2009 - 2:29 pm - GORGEOUS DUSTIN! You're amazing as always.
October 22, 2009 - 4:39 pm - Love them Dust!! These are some of my favorites!
October 22, 2009 - 4:40 pm - Stunning couple! Love all the detail shots!
October 22, 2009 - 9:05 pm - Wow!! This is the first time I have looked at your blog, and I'm pretty positive that I am in love. Your fantastic! Thanks for sharing your talent. Love the ring shot!
October 23, 2009 - 9:57 am - DUSTIN!!! These are OMG-Fabulous. Seriously.. what a stunning bride and PERFECT shots! WOW! :)
October 25, 2009 - 10:18 am - This is such an awesome wedding, and your photos are just amazing! They are just so beautiful, especially together. Wonderful job!
October 26, 2009 - 10:49 am - Dustin! you rocked these!!! awesome! such attention to detail too- lovely!!
October 31, 2009 - 6:57 pm - wow...such a talented photographer!...and that couple! can we say B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L times a million! what is their names! we need more pics!!!
November 5, 2009 - 11:57 am - These photos are all so fabulous! And what a beautiful wedding gown! Do you happen to know the designer?
Barker Family Video Session – Utah Family Photographer
Last night I had the pleasure of shooting a Family Video Session for the Barker Family at the Layton Park. What an adorable family and once again I was blessed with angelic kids that were born to be supermodels. I was so nervous because Britney is also a very talented Photographer right here...
October 21, 2009 - 1:15 am - Love it Dust!! You are the man! You never fail to amaze me with your talent!
October 21, 2009 - 5:16 am - WOW, just WOW...Very good! I love that park by the way. And your last photo on there really, really perfect!
October 21, 2009 - 7:15 am - oh Dustin, there are no words! I wish you could see the smile on my face and the tears in my eyes. What a priceless gift you've given my family and I. Your talent inspires me and it was a pleasure to finally meet you. A million times, again and again...thank you!!!
October 21, 2009 - 7:37 am - OK, I am crying and it's not even my family! Really, YOU are the most amazing photographer/videoagrapher!
October 21, 2009 - 8:07 am - What a special gift you have. that was a beautiful video! Such a neat thing to be able to offer that family. They will always cherish that. I am in awe with your work. Keep going, it is amazing and you are an inspiration to so many people.
October 21, 2009 - 9:17 am - BEAUTIFUL! Britney, your family is beautiful!
October 21, 2009 - 9:31 am - SPEECHLESS...okay...maybe a few words. This was just SO beautiful!!! What a wonderful, wonderful gift. I want it! :) Britney, your family is amazing...so gorgeous! Your little girl is just a ray of sunshine.
October 21, 2009 - 10:04 am - I loved it Dustin! Awesome!
October 21, 2009 - 10:09 am - Dustin... I am a baby and I am sitting here crying. I LOVE it! What an amazing gift for Brittany to have! And Britt I swear I still can't get over how much your boys look like Josh!
October 21, 2009 - 10:38 am - AMAZING. Just breathtaking. You are fabulous, Dustin!
October 21, 2009 - 11:21 am - AWESOME!
October 21, 2009 - 1:25 pm - Oh my! Are you serious??!! That is the most perfect video and photos! Dustin you rock!! Brit, your family is just gorgeous! I even have tears in my eyes!! :)
October 21, 2009 - 2:37 pm - Are u KIDDING ME? i don't even know this family and it brought tears. gorgeous art.
October 21, 2009 - 3:53 pm - Beautiful session! That video was just perfect.
October 21, 2009 - 4:15 pm - wow! i loved it!!
October 22, 2009 - 1:24 pm - This is just amazing!
October 22, 2009 - 6:07 pm - Dustin that is absolutely amazing! you seriously are so inspirational!!!! Britney your family is gorgeous! I had tears in my eyes for you lol! I know what im asking for for mothers day!
October 22, 2009 - 4:19 am Social comments and analytics for this post... This post was mentioned on Twitter by Dustin_izatt: New family video session of the Barkers on the blog in a few hours but you get to see now ;) http://tinyurl.com/ylbs5j3 #fb...
Utah Wedding Photography Workshop 10.17.2009 Lizzie and Adam
So yesterday I hosted the last of my 2009 Full Day Wedding Photography Workshops. Adam (who took my last full day wedding workshop) of Amped Photo and his fiance Lizzie were kind enough to come and model for us Adam and Lizzie are getting married next month and I am so...
October 19, 2009 - 10:47 am - OH.MY. I love love love this session! Gorgeous couple! The lighting is beautiful. good work my friend!
October 19, 2009 - 11:05 am - Dustin these rock!! I am just loving these! Fab locations too!
October 19, 2009 - 12:29 pm - All I have to say about these, are H-O-DoubleT HOTT! They are awesome! Great job, Dustin!
October 19, 2009 - 2:50 pm - These are freaking GREAT Dustin!
October 19, 2009 - 9:53 pm - HOTT couple! Love the sunglasses shots!
October 20, 2009 - 10:32 am - Dustin, these are ULTRA fabulous. Love every single one.
October 21, 2009 - 5:04 pm - Dustin, you are the bomb and your workshop ROCKED my freaking world. Thank you for being so awesome and I HIGHLY encourage any of you photogs just starting out or looking to take your photography to the next level to sign up for Dustin's workshop. JUST DO IT! We already know he is AHHHHMAZING so what are you waiting for?
October 21, 2009 - 5:34 pm - Great work Dustin. I wish I would have known about the workshop.
October 22, 2009 - 12:13 am - dude. i freaking LOVE these! the shots from the first location are especially amazing!
October 19, 2009 - 11:50 am [...] More: Utah Wedding Photography Workshop 10.17.2009 Lizzie and Adam ... [...]
February 2, 2010 - 1:46 am [...] full day wedding workshop last May. Some of you will remember when he proposed to Lizzie and their engagements. Their wedding was held in Lizzie’s grandparents home in Salt Lake City Utah and it was an [...]
Music Video Mondays – Brim Full Of Asha by Cornershop
I came across this song and music video in the the late 90’s and loved it. Catchy tune, happy girl bouncing around smiling, and a pile full of old LP’s. How can one not be happy with this combo? I can’t help but smile every time I see this video. Enjoy
Cornershop...
October 19, 2009 - 10:49 am - this song has significance to me haha it must have been the late 90's as well, we were in seattle walking around pike place and some indian brother was blasting cornershop- i ran into his little booth and said "WHO IS THAT?!" and he skipped the CD ahead to brimful of asha and said "you're going to love this" and i did and have been hooked ever since! hahahaha that is one of my favorite memories for some reason, but no one else ever knows this song! more reason to love the dustin izatt!
Have Your Wedding Cake (and eat it too) . NOW ON SALE
I am so excited to announce that my dear friend Bonnie Humphrey’s recently published book (with photography from yours truly) “Have Your Wedding Cake (and Eat It Too) – A Newlywed’s Guide to Budgeting for a Happily Ever After” is now for sale. This makes an awesome gift for newlywed couples or anyone that...
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