Cedar City portrait and wedding photographer.

Welcome to my blog!

I love photography! Pretty cliché I know. There is just so much to learn and explore. So many things to try. But the main reason I love photography is this "Photography is about savoring life at 1/100th of a second." - Marc Riboud

I am a portrait and wedding photographer in Cedar City Utah. I also love landscape photography, but every great landscape I encounter, I can't help but think how much better the shot would be if I stuck a person in it.

 

CVHS Dance Concert – Cedar City Dance Photography

Monday, May 24th, 2010 by Parker Grimes Cedar City Photographer |

The Canyon View High School spring 2010 dance concert photos are posted. View the whole event and order digital downloads and prints.

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Dance

 

Grandma’s Birthday

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 by Parker Grimes Cedar City Photographer |

This weekend we celebrated my grandmother's 94th birthday. We made an up-and-back same day trip to Spanish Fork on Saturday. My grandma moved to Utah from Georgia when my dad was 11 years old. She still has her southern accent. She ...

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Personal Work

 

Poster shoot highlights

Friday, May 21st, 2010 by Parker Grimes Cedar City Photographer |

Here are the highlights from our little poster shoot. I forgot to mention, my wife made the costume that Heather is wearing. The costume was for a dance called "Boing," choreographed by my wife as well. The costumes, well, they were ...

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Dance, Featured

 

Dancer Motion Blur

Friday, May 21st, 2010 by Parker Grimes Cedar City Photographer |

I'm in the middle of downloading all the photos I took at the CVHS dance concert in the last two days. It will be a while before I can process them all and do a more complete post. As I ...

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Dance

 

Spring Dance Concert Poster Shoot

Thursday, May 20th, 2010 by Parker Grimes Cedar City Photographer |

After the last dance concert poster, I decided that shooting new images specifically for the poster is the way to go. My wife is the dance teacher at Canyon View High School in Cedar City, UT. She has two dance ...

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Behind the scenes, Dance

 

Spring • Finally

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 by Parker Grimes Cedar City Photographer |

There was an epic battle between seasons this year. Winter insisted on maintaining its dominance well into what should have been spring. Winter is still in power on our mountains. I passed over the top just over a week ago. ...

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Landscape

 

Maddie – Cedar City Teen Photography

Friday, May 14th, 2010 by Parker Grimes Cedar City Photographer |

So this is about as remote as you can get for a location shoot. For Maddie and her family, it was an 8 hour drive. Two of those hours were on a never-ending dirt road named Hole in the Rock ...

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Featured, Teens

 

Learning Time Lapse Photography

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 by Parker Grimes Cedar City Photographer |

So after the Relay for Life time lapse I did, I decided I needed to learn more about this time lapse stuff. Turns out it is really really awesome. Okay, I knew that already. But turns out there is a ...

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Landscape

 

Abbey – Cedar City Newborn Photography

Saturday, May 1st, 2010 by Parker Grimes Cedar City Photographer |

Meet the Abster. So dang cute. She was so sleepy, yet she would not go to sleep for us. Little baby yawns are so stinkin' cute. Two hours later, she was still awake and yawning. Mom and dad reported that ...

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Featured, Kids, Newborns