Elizabeth Taylor Frandsen Photography » Portraits

Hair & Makeup

Liz Frandsen — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:14:46 +0000

Last weekend I had the opportunity to reconnect with a few of my past brides (and maybe future too!) to shoot some images for the hair & makeup portfolios of Brennan & Tia. It’s so fun to see fresh talent in the wedding industry. I wish them both the best of luck.

First up I shot two models for Brennan. To see more from her shoot click HERE. To visit her website go HERE.

Then later that day after some crazy weather, I met up with Tia and her crew, including my past bride Makel who is one incredible dancer!! To see more from Tia’s shoot click HERE. To view her website go HERE.

fall fairies

Liz Frandsen — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:43:22 +0000

I can’t believe how remarkably warm it still is for December. I’m dying to shoot Hazel outside, but my husband says NO. So we’ll see… This weather reminded me that I never posted these cute little Fall fairies. We shot these the day after my maternity session in the same location, but with morning light. It was a mother-daughter day out. Flavia, Aria & I all brought our girls and had some fun.

I’m so dying to shoot again soon… Anybody want to style a session for me? I want to just show up and shoot something awesome, like these cuties! Except maybe not 2-year-olds. I think I’m only up for one person who’ll do exactly what I say…lol. Ella definitely does not fit that description, but at least she had fun with the other girls. And the second to last shot of this post is so one of my all time FAVES! The last shot I just had to throw in of my little Haze. Even yawns look cute when you’re a newborn

can you tell the difference?

Liz Frandsen — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:14:07 +0000

I know some of you have seen some of these images below on Facebook… BUT there are some new ones added in. These were all taken at Ali Hohn’s Off Camera Flash workshop I attended. I was going to do two seperate posts so you could see the OCF vs. Natural light shots. Instead, I thought it would be fun to just mix them all together. Can you tell the difference? Let me know your favorite shot or two and if you think I used flash or good ole’ mother nature to light them.

back to work

Liz Frandsen — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:28:40 +0000

So I had a lovely “staycation” as my husband called it, but now I’m home and have mounds of work to get done! SO you’ll have to be patient with me this week. But I thought before I dig in I’d share a peak of what’s to come…

a gorgeous mountain blacktie session…the happiest of adoption stories…a first attempt at OCF

AND another feature on the Utah Bride & Groom Magazine website! What a lovely surprise to come home to… Check out Friday’s post featuring my mountain peacock session I shot while camping. To see the feature click HERE.

my little gift

Liz Frandsen — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:27:13 +0000

I attended the cutest baby shower yesterday! And this was my little gift… I should’ve taken pictures of the actual book, but you can picture it, 5×5, red suede cover, adorable. And here’s the spreads and beautiful Kimley. Congratulations you two!!

Keith Bryce’s World

Liz Frandsen — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:10:37 +0000

I’ve never seen Project Runway, not because I’m opposed to the show, simply because we don’t have a TV. I know. We’re weird. BUT if you’re a fan, you’re probably going to love this post. And even if you’re not, hopefully you’ll enjoy another taste of somthing new to me: Fashion Photography…

This past Saturday I attended Keith Bryce’s Big Bang Photoshoot. Keith won season 5 of Project Runway. He’s the creative mind behind all of these costumes and sets. And then there were various teams of makeup artists and hair stylists who pulled his vision together with the styling. It was a huge group effort, one I’m happy to have been a part of. I edited a whole bunch and instead of posting them all here, I put them up on facebook for a change. That way everyone could go to town tagging themselves and all their hard work. So if you enjoy these faves, click HERE to see more of the party

And here are a few from behind the scenes that I really loved…

And this is poor Julie Parker. I say poor only because she’s about to realize she’s sitting on wet paint

At least she can laugh about and still look lovely all the while…

cirque du bebe

Liz Frandsen — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:54:17 +0000

Miss Lyla May turned one this Wednesday and her mommy is throwing her a fabulous birthday bash! (See the killer invitation Analeis designed at the end of this post) But to my utter dismay, I won’t be in attendance. I’ll be HERE instead I just hope I learn enough to compensate for the fun I’ll be missing. Especially knowing Ella and her daddy will be there.

SIGH.

Somedays I love my job. Other days I have to work, real hard. Like yesterday. Can I just say all day weddings kick my trash? Mentally I LOVE it. Physically, it’s rough, especially as of late. There’s no way I would do it for strangers. Lucky for me, I love my clients and seriously rank them as friends. I just wish I didn’t have to wait until the “luncheon speeches” to find out who they really are I mean, I already knew Jared and Amber were something special, but I had THE best time hearing about the beautiful lives they’ve lived yesterday. Not to mention I could’ve listened to their wedding singer for the rest of my life…

BUT ANYWAY…

I’ll have pictures from their marvelous event soon. And tomorrow’s fashion shoot should provide something interesting images at the least.
Today, right now, I bring you the cutest little girls ever. This is a post mostly about Lyla. However, when Ella’s in the room, she can’t help but interject. Afterall, Lyla is one of her BFF’s.

Remember when Lyla was this tiny?

Well she’s filled out a bit, and it’s ADORABLE. I always wanted a chunky baby. But, as you know and will see, Ella’s more on the non-chunky side

Remember these letters… I still love them.

So we joked about putting Lyla on the shelf again, but decided otherwise.

Apparently Lyla loves her bunny just as much as Ella loves hers…

Ella was all set to open this present but we wanted Lyla to do it…

Ella thinks Lyla’s bumbo is her own. And what’s funny, is she easily slides in and out. When you go to remove Lyla, her chubby legs make it a bit more difficult I promise Ella asks to eat at least every hour of the day.

And now I present the most FABULOUSly designed birthday invitation ever. Seriously Analeis. I still love it. Picture it printed on shimmery pearl paper because it is

My husband’s promised to take some pictures for me tomorrow. I just hope this nasty rain goes away and doesn’t ruin all the hard work and planning. Oh how I love March in Utah.

(I just previewed this post and noticed two things: 1. I forgot to stamp my logo on all of these shots. Oh well. 2. You’re probably going to be wondering what’s up with Ella’s upper lip area. It’s that permanent lipstick. The kind that’s supposed to last all day. Well it turns out, in Ella’s field testing she’s discovered that if you put a generous amount on your skin rather than lips, it stays on for days at a time, or until your mom scrubs really hard to get it off)