Category Archives: portraits

Hannah | Inspiration shoot with Floral Design by Erin

A few weeks ago, I decided it was time for me to shoot something for me. I think it’s a good idea to do some personal work every once in a while. With spring in full bloom, I wanted to incorporate something with flowers. Other than that, I just wanted soft, beautiful portraits. My lovely...

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The Platt Family | utah family photographer

My sweet friend and fellow wedding photographer, Mikki Platt, asked me to take some photos of their family and new arrival, Ellery, a few weeks ago. Such a beautiful family.  I was honored to spend an afternoon with them and cuddle that sweet baby. Tweet

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A collaboration & my new love affair with fog.

Last week I collaborated with two of my closest photographer friends, Kiera Eve Photography & Mikki Platt Photography, on a little personal project. These two women are exceptionally talented photographers and I feel so blessed to call them friends. We had talked for months about branching out and doing something fresh and different from what...

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April 23, 2012 - 11:17 am

Mikki Platt - Beautiful, BEAUTIFUL. The 8th one down of Priscilla is stunning:)

April 23, 2012 - 11:32 am

Communikate - Jalene! This is awesome! I love this project. Great job!

April 23, 2012 - 11:39 am

kristin - pretttttyyyyy!

April 23, 2012 - 12:01 pm

Kiera Eve - You and Priscilla made a CONNECTION!! You served her so well Jalene. Nicely done.

April 23, 2012 - 12:46 pm

Kaycie Eddie - Wow, these are so cool! I definitely want to pick up a fog machine and try this out :)

April 23, 2012 - 4:05 pm

kelli anderson - AMAZING JALENE!

April 23, 2012 - 7:43 pm

Jessica Parker - So fun! I love them!

May 1, 2012 - 11:23 am

Lindsay Kay - Holy crap! Now THAT is an awesome shoot! How fun! Nice work, Jaleny Bean!

Berkley | utah portrait photographer

Last week I had a wonderful mentoring session and a wonderful model. Here are some shots I took of Berkley during the session. *********************************** I love teaching!  Would you like to schedule a mentoring session? Email me! Tweet

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WPPI

This past week I have been in Vegas attending WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International). It was a week full of learning, inspiration, laughs, photos that moved me to tears and shooting. I loved the conference, but I was very happy to leave that nasty cigarette smoke filled city yesterday. I have so many ideas...

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February 24, 2012 - 1:05 pm

brynne - those photos look awesome, jalene!! really, so simple but they look so fresh.

February 24, 2012 - 2:55 pm

heather nan - Nice. Jealous of the Kiera + Mikki + Jalene time, but I’ll get over it…. someday.

February 24, 2012 - 5:23 pm

Belinda Olsen - I love that we *finally* met! WPPI was a blast and I hope that we do more together than just waiting for WPPI next year!

February 24, 2012 - 10:46 pm

kristin brown - I love them! and you! I’m so glad you came and that you had fun. The photos are lovely. :)

February 25, 2012 - 12:40 pm

kelli anderson - you rock jalene! i’m jealous that would’ve been so awesome to attend!

amber

yesterday, amber came to help me out while i experimented with some window light for indoor portraits.. it was absolutely a blast and she was such a good sport! it was fun for me to take some time and work on some techniques i haven’t had the chance to with a client. i think they...

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January 28, 2012 - 11:19 am

Holly - beautiful, jalene! the girl AND the portraits! i’m diggin’ the backlit ones the most. :)

tailored by tiffany.

last fall, i was privileged to photograph tiffany and her fabulous wardrobe! you can view the first shoot i did with tiffany here. it is fun for me to look back and see how  much my photography has progressed since then. anyway, we got together to update her shop and blog and had a blast!...

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January 10, 2012 - 3:39 pm

Anna - Oh that purple dress is to die for.

sarah.

recently i’ve had the opportunity to teach a few mentoring sessions.  it is something new that i have incorporated into my business and i am so glad i have because they are so fun! it has been a good and different outlet from my regular sessions and it also gives me the opportunity to work...

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my weekend.

the lovely brittany. Tweet

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October 17, 2011 - 11:18 pm

Brittany - Oh Jalene! You are so brilliant!! Thanks again for everything :) now going to refer all my peeps to you! You’re the best!

October 20, 2011 - 4:32 pm

Kaylie - Pretty! That is a cool dress! You’re an AWESOME photographer;)

mentoring.

i can’t get over how beautiful this photo is that i snapped on a mentoring session i did tonight. sarah is beautiful! perfection. seriously.  and we had so much fun. if you are interested in being mentored, please contact me: jalenetaylor@gmail.com Tweet

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September 23, 2011 - 3:51 pm

krista - Jalene,

Do you have a button for your site? I’d like to get a button for your site and link it, so that my friends who view my blog can contact you easier for photos and stuff. If not, I’ll just make one for you!

Thanks for the photo session! Great to hang out! Now all I want to do is run around taking pictures ALLLLLL the time!!!!!

Thanks!!
krista

ragan is a senior.

my oldest sister was in town from AZ this week. we scheduled a quick shoot with her youngest (my niece), ragan. i can’t believe she is going to be graduating this year! she is also pretty much a model! drop dead gorgeous girl, let me tell you. my favs: Tweet

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