{ i've gone crazy }

Yep!  You read it right!  From today thru

the 31st of July, family sessions are 50% OFF!  

Of course there's always the small print with additional details & restrictions, so here they are:

Offer cannot be combined with any other offer, promotion, or gift certificate.  Offer only good towards  sessions of immediate family, not extended family.  The discount is good towards the price of the first 4 people and does not apply towards the charge for additional family members.  Offer valid in Salt Lake and Utah counties only.

For anyone who would like to purchase the session, I will allow it, but the session must be held no later than August 31st, 2012.

For session pricing CLICK HERE.  If you have additional questions or would like to take advantage of this fabulous offer, either call me at (801) 651-6990 or email me at micah@icandymadeyousmile.com.

Become a Class of 2013 Senior Rep!

Up and coming Class of 2013 - how does getting your Senior Photo Session for FREE sound?  And who DOESN'T want to earn CASH, plus earn discounts towards your prints?  If  I've caught your attention and you're a student at LONE PEAK, AMERICAN FORK, PLEASANT GROVE, OR LEHI HIGH SCHOOLS, then CLICK HERE to get all the information you need about becoming & applying to be a Senior Rep for iCandy Photography!

Applications will be accepted from July 9 through July 31!  Don't miss out on your chance to get AMAZING senior photos for FREE plus earn CASH for each and every person you refer to iCandy Photography through April 30, 2013!

Get all your DETAILS HERE and then APPLY HERE!

I'm truly excited to hear what you have to say about why you think you should be selected to be an iCandy Photography Senior Rep!

{ cody } aka mr. photogenic

Meet Cody!  One of the most photogenic people I have ran across, especially for a teenage boy!  He's cute, funny, whitty, and a complete charmer.

When we moved to Alpine, I kept hearing about another lady that was also from Blackfoot, Idaho and finally I found out who it was...  It was Cody's mom, Jennifer!  I did know her, but she was closer to my brother's age, so I didn't know her "personally," but since then, I've been so lucky to have gotten to know her as well as form a bond and friendship with her.  So Jennifer called me just needing a "couple shots" of Cody for his announcements.  Well, once I started going through the pictures, I found it extremely hard to narrow down to just a few - he has such a natural yet eye-catching look to him.  None-the-less, we had fun and he made me laugh.  Once again.... another moment of me lucking out with a fabulous person on the other end of my lens!

Thanks, Jennifer and Cody!

{ stacy } | the not-so-naughty nurse!

Congratulations, Stacy!  She's graduating college next month and she'll be off to take care of her patients!  This chick is tough stuff, an amazing mother, and an inspirational soul.  She's worked hard to get where she is and I'm so proud of her.

Of course she wanted a few shots of herself to celebrate her accomplishment and I was so happy to be the one to do it for her!

Once again, congratulations, Stacy. The world is yours!

{ 1 year down } let's celebrate!

Well it's officially been 1 year since I left the world of going to an office for 40 hours a week and decided to be a stay-at-home mom and tackle my dream of photography.  In that year, I've learned SO much... not just about being a photographer, but also about being home daily taking care of my family and being my own boss (other than getting bossed around by my family!) I've had amazing clients and lots of trials and errors through my journey of being a self-taught photographer (but also with the help of my amazing photographer sister-in-law, Ang). In celebration, I'm giving away one family session to the most deserving family.

Everyone would love a free session, but this time I want this session to go to a family who could really use and deserves it.  A family who's been going through some struggles, either financially, because of health, or maybe even tragedy.

So what I need from you guys is to let me know what family out there deserves this free session.  But I don't just want some names thrown at me, I want to hear all about it... and yes, in the form of an essay, so to speak.  Please email me letting me know all the details.  After I've received these emails, I will go over each and every one of them very closely, and with the help of others, I will choose the family who I will give this free session to.

Beginning today, April 18th, I will start accepting emails.  You'll have through May 2nd to tell me their story and then the winner will be announced Saturday, May 5th.

Please limit the family to either the Southeast Idaho or Salt Lake Valley area (including Utah county).

If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact me - phone, email, or Facebook.

Here's the email address to send your nominations:  micah@icandymadeyousmile.com

Thank you to everyone for your continued support and all the kind words and compliments that you've given me throughout my first year in business.  Here's to many, many more years to come!

{ elyn } | historic townsite senior shoot

I got to spend a very windy afternoon with this high school senior, Elyn - what a doll!

The day didn't start off so swell because I misjudged my driving time to Bancroft, ID and really had no idea that it was literally in the middle of nowhere!  So I was late and then to top it off, the wind blows really hard in the middle of nowhere!  We definitely got our exercise in for the day running around from building to building trying to get away from the shifting wind!  Elyn chose to have her session in the Chesterfield Historic Town Site and it was an absolutely amazing place - I did a little rummaging & found some pretty cool stuff!

Check out all this cool stuff that was inside one old shed

(plus the pretty girl sittin' in the middle of it all).

The old sheds & buildings were endless & on each side of them was something new - like this wagon - I was STOKED when I came around the corner and laid my eyes on it!

And then this one had these fun, bright colors on the doors and windows,

and Elyn really brought the best out in them.

Rickety fences are one of my most favorite things!

And by Elyn's special request.....

She's a basketball chick & wanted a picture like this done.

I LOVE it when by clients have a cool idea!

Thanks, Elyn, for choosing me to make memories of your senior year!!

{ chelsea & nassri } ...gone fishin'

MEET CHELSEA & NASSRI!

Cute, huh?  I've known Chelsea since she was just a little tyke!  I absolutely adore she & her family!  Well I guess that even lil' tykes grow up and she has and now she's getting married!  The lucky man is Nassri, who is just an absolute hoot! He'd been sick for a couple of weeks but was a pretty stinkin' good sport during this shoot - even at the end of the shoot when he got a ticket from the good ol' fish and game for having live bait on his hook (restricted in this area) even though he was fake fishing just for the shoot!  Grrrrr......  

Chelsea comes from a "fishing" family & Nas loves it too, so they wanted to do their shoot on the dock below the American Falls dam, which happens to be one of their fishin' spots.

And of course we couldn't leave out their "babies," their loyal dogs!

Lots of love goin' on here!

I really do believe that I captured their true selves & the fun they have together, even though throughout the shoot I made fun of them, teasing that they act like an old married couple!

But there was no doubt in my mind that what they share together is something true & something beautiful & something that we all try to accomplish in our own relationships.

Chelsea had this fabulous idea to hang her ring from a fishin' hook, so she & I took off to the edge of the water (while the fish 'n game guy wrote Nas a citation) and put her idea into play.  I think we accomplished it!

Thanks, guys, for choosing ME to be your photographer!

I'm truly honored and also very excited for you guys!