I'll tell you a little secret, I haven't done a maternity shoot in YEARS! But, a few weeks ago my good friend Mandy asked me to come along on a maternity shoot she was shooting for a friend. It really was a lot of fun, and I was happy to hear that Melanie has safely had her little boy by now. Anyway, I thought I'd share some of my favorite images from that shoot :) 









Thanks for coming by! I'd love it if you'd go 'like' my Facebook page and visit my website if when you need some new portraits done! 

Mike
www.endless.photography

I woke up two days later with my ears still ringing, still laughing about what a great wedding this was to attend. It's been almost a week and my still has to put up with funny stories and thoughts about how amazing this wedding was! I've been to a lot of weddings, and I've shot quite a few events, but this ranks very high on the list (maybe number one) of the craziest and most fun wedding I've shot! And Jon and Aury, or should I say, Mr & Mrs Mejia, are one of the best couples I've ever met. This two are best friends, and it was fun to spend some time with them. I love attending weddings and watching the happy couple interact and celebrate their love for each other, it's one of the best things about my job. Let's take a look at some of my favorite images from their wedding day already?! 



























If you're looking for a photographer, and I can help you out, let me know! You can see my portfolio at www.endless.photography!

Thanks for stopping by! 
Mike Johnson
435-764-4241

I spend a lot of time on the computer! A lot! Between editing, blogging, emails, education, and social media I am on here way to much! Last night I was editing a couple shoots I had this week, and I just about went crazy! I was sitting there and just couldn't do it anymore, I had to get out! So, I grabbed my camera and walked out the door (to make more pictures, that will need more editing... I never catch up!)... Anyway, I ended up at Summerfest in downtown Logan, because there's not much to do in Logan after sunset. When I got there they had an amazing group on stage (Party Crashers), these guys were killer! I was there about two hours and they were non-stop music and fun. I had a blast running around the stage shooting images of them doing what they love... I love people that follow their dreams! Here's a few of my favorites from last night: 

Sometimes you get an itch, an itch that won't go away no matter how you try. As a photographer I get some real bad itches. One of those it adventure photography, I absolutely love the outdoors, and love shooting people doing what they love. I think my wive get's tired of hearing me talking about how much I want people to do what they love. We only have one shot at this life, YOLO as the hipsters would say, and I believe that no matter what you should chase your dreams. Give it a shot and never look back. It might cost your life saving, a few trips to the hospital or even a close friend. But do what you love! And I love to capture people doing what they love. That's why I love commercial photography, I love working with business owners who have given their all to live their dreams. 

One of my dreams, is to shoot commercial style adventure portraits. For some that may seem like a long silly bunch of words, but to me, what it means is this: I want to shoot portrait quality images of people in their favorite environment. The problem is, nobody trusts you when you don't have a portfolio. So this week I started to really build my portfolio in the direction I want to go. I begged Sammie Hansen, a local model from Provo to come work with me. I called and pleaded with my friends to come hang off a cliff with me. And we had a blast! I really have to share the behind the scenes shots from this shoot, it really was a lot of fun! 





Here is another shot of Sammie and I getting ready to shoot our second location on the cliff. She's a lot less scared of heights than I was! 


 This shot was taken by Jeff Strong, another local photographer who was driving by and stopped and took this from below us with his cell phone! You can check out Jeff's work here.


Onto what we actually got from this shoot! 



One thing I've got to tell ya! Sammie is seriously great to work with! I've worked with quite a few models over the years, and not many will let you hang them 100+ feet up! And really, the best part was, I could get her where I wanted her, and then ask her to move a hand here, or a foot there and she would. When I asked for a certain look, she would do her best to pull it off (while trying not to look down!). She was every bit as dedicated to this shot as I was, and I really appreciate that. So a shout out to her hard work as well! 




This last one is by far my favorite image from the shoot. I'm really happy with how it turned out. 

I want to give a few shout outs before I let ya go though: 

Thanks to Scot Weaver for coming out and holding lights, hauling gear and making us laugh. I always love working around him. Check out his incredible landscape and event photography here.

Thanks to Tonio Talcott for bring his extra light, his son and the willingness to climb to the edge of a cliff with me! Check out his portrait and event work here.

Thanks to Eric Schmidt, my long time friend who makes me go repelling and caving with him and pushing me to face my fear of heights. We've been talking about making a rock climbing image for over two years, and he sure made this one a lot safer! 

And finally, thanks to Sammie Hansen, because, well, without her, I've have a picture of a rock face... and I'm not good an landscapes. So thank you for trusting me and working with me to create such a fun image! 

If you or anyone you know loves an extreme sport (mountain biking, trail running, long boarding, motocross, snowboarding, ect), I have a million more ideas I wanna try, so send them my way! 

Thanks,
Mike 
http://endless.photography/

Eric is a great friend of mine (actually, he's my second cousin!), but we've been great friends since, whew, I dunno, forever. But after our missions we both came up to Utah State and I spent a few months the summer before I got married rooming with him and some of our other high school buddies, and we had a great time. He is seriously one of the most adventurous and fun guys I know, and guess what!? He's getting married! In like a month! Anyway, I had a blast shooting his engagements with his gorgeous fiance, Nichelle, who, I have learned is a famous blogger! Heck, I follow her blog, and you should too! Anyway, they are a great couple, and we had so much fun taking pictures, shaking blossoms off tree's and watching Eric fly down the path like a ninja! But, on the to picture!