Ward Family Photos Slideshow August 23, 2009

Last week the entire Ward family descended on Utah and we had a fabulous time.  One of the definite highlights was our family photo shoot with Justin Hackworth Photography.  After you get a glimpse of some of these photos, you’ll definitely see why we highly recommend Justin.  He’s awesome to work with and produces unforgettable photos, no flash required.

On Tuesday, we picked Stephanie up from the airport and drove to downtown Provo to Justin’s studio for the first round of individual/couple pictures.  Then we piled in the car and Justin led us to this industrial park where we took the remainder of our photos.  It was perfect!  Here’s a sampling…

Aren’t they unbelievable?  If you can’t get enough, click here to see a slideshow of some of the best pictures from the photo shoot with Justin Hackworth.

Keane Concert with Mat Kearney May 30, 2009

For Tim’s birthday, I treated him with tickets to the Keane concert!  I bought the tickets the moment they went on sale and we got terrific seats.  It was an AMAZING show!  Mat Kearney, whose new song Closer to Love is on the radio right now, opened for them and was really good — just good, chill music that’s easy to listen to.  On Mat Kearney’s tour blog, they said of the show, “The show tonight was the best one yet.  Mat and the band sounded amazing.”  Here’s some pictures and video we took of the show in case you missed it.

Mat Kearney opening:

I wanted to crop this man’s head… but I don’t have a cropping machine.

I was amazed at how theatrical Keane was in their performance style.  The singer, Tom, used his arms a lot — exhibit A!  And have you ever seen a keyboardist headbang?  Well theirs did!  And didn’t miss a note, amazingly!  They were absolutely amazing.  Kept us on our feet the entire time.

Here’s a video clip of Try Again:

If you aren’t familiar with either Mat Kearney or Keane, do yourself a favor and get acquainted!  It’s excellent happy music.  You’ll be happy you did.

http://www.matkearney.com/

http://www.keanemusic.com/

All photos by Sarah.

infrared photo shoot April 14, 2009

This weekend, I had the pleasure of participating in a photo shoot with Ethan Killian and Jennel McCoy at Sunset Beach at the Great Salt Lake.   Something that sets these photographers apart from the crowd is their flair for infrared photography which alters the colors of the subjects clothing, hair, eyes, etc.

Here are some of our favorites shots:

Special thanks to Adrienne Tougas for the awesome hair and makeup!

Celebrity Lookalike March 29, 2009

Apparently in this photo by Jennel I resemble Angelina Jolie.

Tim’s is Ashton Kutcher.  Thanks to Kai Photography for Tim’s awesome portrait.

Who’s yours?

I DID It! I applied for America’s Next Top Model March 10, 2009

Thank you for your incredible feedback and support about applying for America’s Next Top Model.  After much deliberation and conversation, I took the leap and applied!

It was an arduous process (story to come) which involved a subzero swimsuit photo shoot, plus filming the video application, plus a 15-page application/contract, not to mention the incredible effort of sending the package with Murphy’s Law and miracles interlaced between.

In the meantime, here are my submission photos. Kudos to the three incredible photographers that helped get these pictures ASAP for the application.

Photo by Justin Hackworth

Photo by Tuttle Photography

Photo by Molto Bella Photography

I was SO close to submitting this one instead though, but realized it needed to be a full length swimsuit pic. Oh well, great one for the portfolio…

Photo by Molto Bella Photography

Tim March 3, 2009

As I have been contemplating the Sarah+Tim blog, it occurred to me that I may need to rename it… since all I ever do is talk about myself! So, here is a post devoted to Tim, the man I love

Over Christmas, Tim and I had the chance to fly home for the holidays. One of the most memorable segments of the trip was our family photo shoot, by Kai Wong Photography. Thanks to three and a half feet of snow on the groundm, the shoot was under house arrest – but let me tell ya, you’d never know it from the pictures.

We hung up some sheets and used the lamps from the living room and with the help of an extraordinarily talented photographer, got some KILLER PHOTOGRAPHS.

Tim is an absolute natural in front of the camera. Exhibit A.

And now as Harry Potter:

Church History Museum August 17, 2008

This week, Tim and I had a chance to be chaperons at Youth Conference.  Our first day, we had a National Treasure hunt that started at the Church History Museum on Temple Square in Salt Lake City.  Here are some of our favorite memories:

Holding onto the Iron Rod on the path to the Tree of Life.  L to R: Candice, Tim, Quinton, Brady, Liz & our resident Brazilian, Manuel.

Brady standing next to a replica of the framing of the Salt Lake City tabernacle supporting the impressive roof without any pillar support – a whopping 9 feet across!

One of the highlights of the visit was spent in the kids area.  Here they are rubbing the CTR symbol in multiple languages including Arabic, Korean and Cambodian.

My impressive rubbing skills.

Liz, me & Candice sitting in chairs intended for littler people.

An impressive three dimensional painting of the prophet Joseph Smith.  The real-live arches added a lot!

Harmonautica July 21, 2008

Tim plays in a band called Harmonautica with two other incredibly talented musicians, Josh Francis on trumpet/keys and Eric Blood on bass. This Friday night, they played a show at the Music School in American Fork and I had a chance to take it all in. Here are some highlights from the show. Enjoy.

Tim setting up for the show

Josh and Eric pointing at Tim to start them off

Josh on trumpet – quite possibly the best picture of the evening

Eric tuning his bass

Below: Tim on Cajon (literally “box” in spanish – a very cool percussive instrument)

Photos by Kai July 13, 2008

One of my dear friends, Diana Wong – AKA Kai – has recently decided to start her own photography business! I’m so excited for her. She’s got a great eye and recently captured my eccentric family in print. Here are my favorites:

Mom and Dad

Saundra, Dad & Mom

Steven and Joe

Steven and Joe

Steven, Saundra, Dad, Mom, Joe

Joe, Mom & Steven in front of Chateau Ward

Weekend Update May 28, 2008

With everyone getting out of town for the weekend, traffic on the I-15 freeway Friday afternoon was a parking lot. We foraged onwards anyways, because at the end of the yellow brick road was pictures at Justin Hackworth’s photography studio. We finally made it and had a great session, some of which included Tim as well! We are anxiously awaiting the final results.

(This just in – isn’t Justin amazing?! LOVE it!)

Sunday afternoon we drove up to Lava Hot Springs in Idaho with Collette and Tracy and his kids in his diesel Ford truck at 80 mph and enjoyed fantastic Thai food, wonderful company and incredible hot springs.  I was teased for being the Asian that couldn’t take the heat.  We had a scare when we got back to the motel and our bags were gone – apparently there had been a mix-up of rooms and for some reason they had taken our bags…? We were freaking out, but all is well.

And last but not least – now for my HUGE NEWS! I happened upon a flamenco guitarist here in Utah by the name of Gabriel Edgar. We are going to start collaborating on flamenco together. I’d venture to say he is the best flamenco guitarist in Utah and I am thrilled to begin working with him. (PS: on his site, http://www.gabrieledgar.com, you can listen to his flamenco recordings)