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  • Hi! I'm Cynthi (yep, it's short for Cynthia). I'm a wedding and portrait photographer serving the Treasure Valley in Southwest Idaho. I'm a lover of beautiful light, sweet glass (nerdy photographer lingo for camera lenses), and the whole creative process that each and every session brings!

    I have a casual and relaxed approach to sessions. I'm a pretty mellow kind of girl...until I nail a really killer shot...at which point I've been known to squeal and/or scream. :) Have a look around and if you have any questions or are ready to book a session, just click on the "Contact Me" form above!

Beautiful You | JaNae’s Vintage Photo Shoot in the Snow

When you’re around JaNae you can’t help but smile.  She’s got such an infectious, sparkly personality!  I first met her last year when I photographed her newborn baby boy and soon after got to experience her amazing masseuse skills (is that the right word?).  She’s an amazing massage therapist!  And I recently discovered her singing talents as well.  Basically, one talented, nurturing, fun little personality all wrapped up in this gorgeous-ness! Yes, I’m making up words now. :)

I was so glad that she was able to come to my spontaneous beauty shoot!  And even with the short notice, boy was she ready!  I needed about twice the time we had allotted to shoot all the gorgeous outfits she had brought!  She couldn’t decide so she just brought them all. And let me tell ya, it was hard for me to narrow down.  But we decided on starting with this vintage fur coat.  Her blue blazer and jewelry added a lovely pop of color.  Then for a classic black top, adorable hat, shimmery shawl, pearls, and some perfect ruby red pumps.  And of course, don’t forget the red lipstick!

It was only about 10 degrees out, but you wouldn’t be able to tell from her pictures.  JaNae is a natural, even if she doesn’t think so.

“I just looked at the rest of the pics, YOU ARE A FLIPPIN MIRACLE WORKER WITH SOME KIND OF EXTREME SUPER POWERS…heaven knows I don’t REALLY look like that!”  -JaNae

Yes, yes you do.  But it was a blast and we  have to do this again!

 

Beautiful You | Lisa’s Photo Session

Welcome to the 3rd in our series of Beauty Sessions in the snow.  I had to twist Lisa’s arm a bit to get her to come out for this.  Being pregnant can sometimes make you feel even more uncomfortable in front of the camera than usual.  But I think everyone would agree that she is one of the cutest little pregnant gals ever!  Lisa’s getting ready to welcome her third little baby boy into their family, and I’m so happy for her!

So without furthur ado… meet Lisa!

 

Beautiful You | Ali’s Photo Session

When was the last time you had your own professional portraits taken?  No, not the family pictures last fall.  But a custom session just for YOU?

For most women I know the answer would be their high school senior pictures.  Well, isn’t it about time?

As a mother, somedays when my shoulder is stained with spit up, my hair’s been in a pony tail since yesterday, and my toddler just wiped his boogers on my pant leg…well, I don’t exactly feel all that attractive.  We all need a little pampering and a reminder that we are women.  We are curvy, we are strong, and we are beautiful.  And believe me, getting a little dressed up and primped up can make you feel like a model.  Then, just wait until the sneak peeks start showing up on Facebook, and the “likes” and comments start pouring in!  That’s just the kind of ego boost we all need every once in a while!

Meet Alli.  Wife, mother, small business owner, friend, and all around awesome girl!  We froze our tushes off in the snow, but it was so worth it!

 

Beautiful You | Mallory’s Snow Photo Shoot

This is the first in a series of beautiful snow portraits I’ll be featuring here on the blog.

The winter months are generally slower business months which is perfect for giving more time to update the blog, prepare the taxes, improve my skills and even get a little creative.  Besides the fact that it was about 10 degrees outside, it was beautiful! And I was itching to get out and shoot in it!  So I put out a quick casting call on the Facebook page (yet another reason why you should already “Like” me) for a few girls willing to freeze their tushes off with me.  And people actually responed!

One of those crazy ladies was Mallory.  I was so excited that she wanted to come out because I’ll be shooting her wedding in June so it was a great oppurtunity to see how the wedding plans were going and for her to see my shooting style first hand.  We made it a quick session (again, it was TEN degrees) but we were able to get several really great shots!  Enjoy!

 

 

 

Mary + Justin | Boise Wedding Photographer | Hoff Building

Now that I have a little extra time after the busy fall season, I’ve been finding a few photos that I overlooked and didn’t get around to posting.  And these are too good NOT to post! :)

Mary and Justin are such a fun, and easy going couple.  And their easy going nature was definitely tested when there arose some pretty major problems during their wedding.  But through it all they were laughing and joking, and now they’ve got some hilarious stories to tell the future kids and grandkids!

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