I'm lucky enough to live in such a beautiful state. (If only it had an Ocean like the Oregon Coast - then Utah would be perfect!) There is such a range of geography that we are so lucky to have. From mountains to deserts and all the goodness in between! In an effort to be transparent, when I first found out my family would be moving from Oregon to Utah I was not happy about it. I even went as far as to pull the, "I'm 18 and will live with my grandma until classes start at BYU-I" card. Needless to say that did not go over well with my parents. I came kicking and screaming. (My poor parents!) Not my finest hour. I think it was just a lot of change all at once. Fresh out of high school, all my friends and I were going different places and we didn't know when we'd see each other again. Me especially since I wouldn't even be able to see them on holiday breaks now that the Jones clan's home base was Sandy, Utah! I had about half of year to hang out and get to know Utah before classes started for me in January. It was lonely at first. Moving to a new state with no friends was hard, all the kids my age were already off at college while I waited for my turn to go. (thank you track system at BYU-I!) So I had a lot of family and "me" time. It was during this time that I really found a love for the beauty of Utah. I had nothing better to do when I wasn't working, so I explored. My family and I went on hikes, looked up fun places to go and started to get to know our new backyard. 

     My photography portfolio began to grow as I visited new places and hiked new trails. I started joining Utah photo groups on Facebook and would see all the amazing locations and want to go there. My bucket list began to grow. I had never taken the time to write down any of the places, they were more of just mental notes of "I want to shoot there someday." As it's grown, I've also been able to cross things off. In my head I have two qualifications to be able to cross something off my list; 1. That I shoot there & 2. That I have my family's picture taken there. (Usually if it's a cool enough location then I'm going to want to have some personal pictures taken there too!) I'm sure I'll keep adding to this list as I discover more places in Utah, but for now, I'm pretty pleased with the size of it and I can't wait to check off more places! If you have a place in mind that you think I would love, let me know! 

1. Albion Basin  - 

2. The Alpine & Mantua Poppies

3. The Spiral Jetty

4. Antelope Island

5. The Salt Flats 

     This one I've half done. We took my nephew who was visiting from Florida on a "Tour de Utah" - I wold love to come back at sunrise or sunset and do a session there!

6. Alpine Tree Farm 

     I was lucky enough to squeeze my own family pictures in at this location this year! This is the last year that the tree farm will be up and running. They are planning on developing the land now that the original owner passed away. 

7. The Grotto 

8. Mystic Hot Springs

9. Zions National Park

10. The Lavender Fields at Young Living

11. Goblin Valley

12. Silver Lake (Big Cottonwood Canyon) 

13. Tibble Fork Reservoir 

     (My maternity pictures with Jones <3 )

14. Tunnel Springs

15. Ensign Peak

16. Jordan Pines 

17. Ice Castles

18. Lantern Festival

19. Hot Air Balloon Festival

20. Silver Lake up AF Canyon

21. Blossoms at Utah State Hospital 

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22. Blossoms at Utah State Capital

     (Technically I haven't had anything personal shot here, but I'm planning on doing my maternity pictures here this spring!)

23. Big Springs Hollow

24. Random hard to find field up past Vivian Park

25. Squaw Peak

26. Emigration Canyon 

27. Alpine Loop in the Aspens

28. A Rainbow of every color of wall

29. A wall of Lilac bushes

30. Giant Sunflower Farm

I'll keep adding to this as more come to me, but it's been fun to look back at all the places I've been in this beautiful state! See a location you'd like a shoot at? Shoot me a message! Lets make it happen!