Salt Lake City Family Photo Session in Mid-Century Modern Home Renovation

Tai Lee Photography | Utah Family Photographer

A few months ago I was invited into this beautiful family’s home that they had recently remodeled near Salt Lake City, Utah to photograph their love and connection. I could tell that their daughter Isla was the center of their world and the purpose of everything that they worked hard for and that their home was an expression of their creativity, and extension of their inner selves. They did such a beautiful job mixing modern and mid-century to create such cozy spaces to spend their days at home together, and made an effort to bring in lots and lots of natural light. The walls and colors were neutrals mixed with wood and stone, with giant windows everywhere.

Family Session At Home Photographed On Film | Heber, Utah Family Photographer

Tai Lee Photography | Specializing In Artfully Documenting Your Life

Film photography has been gaining a lot of popularity over the past few years and I have been sucked into all the hype around it. I actually started out my photography journey shooting on film but it was too unpredictable and not very cost effective. Plus the stress of wondering if you got your exposures right and if the photos turned out was a little overwhelming. I’ve actually hung onto my film camera and have pulled it out for fun to shoot black and white film (my all time favorite) and in the last couple years have started playing with color film.

Family Photo Session at the Sand Dunes | Utah Valley Family Photographer

Tai Lee Photography | Artistic Family Photographer

Malissa has been a good friend of mine for the last several years and when she called me and asked if I wanted to swap family pictures for each other at the sand dunes in Utah, I was ALL IN. There are several sand dunes locations in Utah. One of them is in Eureka at Little Sahara Recreation center, another is the Coral Sand Dunes, and believe it or not, there are some in the Uintah Basin. It is always so fun to photograph another photographer’s family. They come ingrained with what we call insider knowledge ;) and know a few things that are really helpful for their photographer. They have an understanding that family photos can be fun, that they don’t need to stress about yelling at their kids through the whole shoot to get them to behave, and they have a sixth sense for killer locations to do family photos. Utah is full of these outdoor places to take pictures, but the standard is to do fall family pictures and do them in the mountains where the leaves are orange and red. Nothing is wrong with this, and the mountains in Northern Utah in the fall are stunning, but I’ve found that photographers as well as other clients of mine that are creative souls, really love doing something outside of the norm. They like to break tradition a little. Something both Malissa and I have LOVED is taking family photos in the summertime. The light is delicious, and warm, and full of life. So we swapped sessions and I couldn’t be more happy with how both of our photos turned out. Malissa does BEAUTIFUL work on film, and I snuck in a few film shots of her family as well. See if you can pick them out! Check out our family session with Malissa HERE.

Utah Family Photography at Steinaker State Park

If you’re wondering where you can take family pictures in Utah, an easy way to start looking is to google search Utah State Parks. The reason this is such a good option is because it comes with such a variety of scenery, usually water, mountains, and a variety of landscapes. There is often a fee to do any type of family photography in a state park so that will need looked up for the particular location you are going. However, if you are wanting to avoid the fee, state parks are usually surrounded by a lot of public land that looks very similar to the park and does not require a fee.

Artistic Family Pictures at Home in Downtown Salt Lake City | Utah Family Photographer

This family session in downtown Salt Lake City was a dream. It was so beautiful to see how much Kailee and Jaron were in love with their babies and how much safety their babies found in being with them. There is magic that you feel walking through a family’s space that they have created for themselves to hold their family, to create in, to weave memories together and it’s always a joy to create photos within that space. We ended our session with some photos for Kailee, who is an INCREDIBLE painter.

Family Photo Session in South Ogden, Utah | Beneath the Willow Tree

Fun, free spirited family photo session in the grassy hills with the Utah mountains as a backdrop. This family was full of life and energy allowing for very natural and candid family photos session.