kelsie rae photography

mary hazel

2012-01-24T14:07:00.000-08:00

here is the result of that bump below!
she basically is the new love of mine and nate's life.

i love our new little sweetheart and i love being a mom!

baby bump

2011-10-17T14:42:00.000-07:00

check out my awesome husband's camera skills.

granted i set it up for him, but he did an awesome job!

this is me 28 weeks pregnant (i'm now 30!)

see more photos here on my personal blog.

brooklyn : baptism photos

2011-09-23T13:07:00.000-07:00

i took brooklyn's baptism pictures for her upcoming baptism in the lds church.

there is nothing sweeter than photographing a little girl in white! so precious.
here are some of my favorite from the shoot.

the n fam

2011-09-23T13:00:00.000-07:00

this family was so awesome to photograph! it didn't take long to get some great images.

thank you nelson family for spending the morning with me!

preston&meaghan

2011-09-13T11:16:00.000-07:00

nate and i went to california for my brother's wedding a couple of weeks ago.

i took a few pictures of the bride and groom and thought i'd share some with you :)
they got married in the los angeles lds temple, which has to be one of
my favorite temples, it's so beautiful!

congratulations big brother, i'm so happy for you two.

whitney&timmy

2011-09-05T09:46:00.000-07:00

first off, whitney is my sister and i love her! i'm so happy for her and timmy. we had a great engagement shoot that start with some more formal shots then we brought out the longboards.

whitney and timmy met while going longboarding with mutual friends so it was a must to break out the longboards during this engagement sesh. i love it when couples want to do something that is personal to them. it makes the session so much more fun!

sneak peak : whitney&timmy

2011-08-29T21:34:00.000-07:00

i thought i'd share one of my favorite shots from the session.

congrats you guys! i'll post more lata.

teresa & kc - mini shoot

2011-08-29T11:06:00.000-07:00

i took these pictures of teresa and kc back before summer break!

teresa and kc are in our ward and have been really good friends to us,

nate and i love hanging out with them.

sorry for taking so long to post guys! here is a little sneak peak for ya.

while editing these pictures i realized how much i miss you both!

stevensons in seabrook

2011-08-29T07:55:00.000-07:00

here are some more photos of the s fam at seabrook!

missy

2011-08-28T19:28:00.000-07:00

missy is a photographer and is one of my favorite people!
[check out her awesome photography here

or check out some pictures she took of me this spring here.]
we had fun running through the fields together :)
here are some of my favorites from the shoot!

available for utah photoshoots!

2011-08-16T23:42:00.000-07:00

i'm going to be in utah for a little while and would LOVE to help you with your photo needs.

call or email me to schedule a session. i hope to hear from you!

xoxo

kelsie

daddy daughter.

2011-08-13T22:28:00.000-07:00

nate and i went out to the washington coast with his family and i did a shoot with his sister and her beautiful family in the beach town of seabrook.

i just wanted to share this one image as a little sneak peak.

when derik suggested getting all of the girls on the bike with him i thought he was crazy! but nothing is impossible for him, and we got one of the cutest daddy daughter shots i've ever seen.

can't wait to post more from this shot! i love this family!

i'm catching up on all my editing after a few weeks of vacation

so make sure to check the blog this next week!

ana

2011-07-27T22:22:00.000-07:00

congratulations ana and tiago!!!! i'm so excited to meet your little guy :) thanks for being such awesome friends to n and i we are so happy for your family!

sweet baby j

2011-07-22T17:05:00.000-07:00

here are some more picures of sweet baby jaida!

i'm crossing my fingers that our little babe will be just as cute as her :)

enjoy!

sneak peak : baby j

2011-07-14T22:40:00.000-07:00

here is a sneak peak of baby jaida. this first picture is a peek literally :)

being with this beautiful little babe makes me so excited for nate and i to have our own!

dallin & robyn : married

2011-07-11T19:32:00.000-07:00

this day was so sweet to photograph. you could just feel the love :)

congratulations dallin & robyn!

here are some of my favorite images from the day.

thanks for bearing the 90 degree weather with me!

jenna

2011-07-02T23:10:00.000-07:00

meaghan & preston

2011-07-02T22:17:00.000-07:00

my brother is getting married!

and of course, i'm really excited for him and his beautiful fiance.

here is another peak of their engagement pictures.

we had a beautiful day taking pictures on my grandpa's farm,

i loved every minute of it.

thanks guys!

more from a portrait project

2011-06-28T12:44:00.000-07:00

preston&meaghan [sneak peak]

2011-06-25T23:47:00.000-07:00

congratulations to my brother pj and meaghan on their engagement!!!

more to come!

the j fam

2011-06-12T17:09:00.000-07:00

i was so excited when the j fam asked me to take their family pictures, and i'm so glad we got rained out on our first scheduled day because the day we did the shoot was absolutely beautiful.

(these days are sometimes rare in rexburg).

thanks guys! enjoy :)

there is nothing more special then a cute little family.

more of k&j

2011-06-10T20:41:00.000-07:00

meet my lovely neighbors, k and j.

happy 6th month anniversary guys!

karli & jeff [sneak peak]

2011-06-05T13:32:00.000-07:00

a beautiful couple, a beautiful day.

more to come!

rachel & jason : 5.26.11

2011-06-05T12:57:00.000-07:00

rachel & jason are the picture perfect couple.

congratulations you two! thanks for letting me be a part of your day.

rachel & jason [sneak peak]

2011-06-02T16:15:00.001-07:00

a project not yet named.

2011-05-31T22:24:00.000-07:00

the beginnings of a project. a project i'm pretty excited about!

happy green.

2011-05-21T12:13:00.000-07:00

i love driving down the street and seeing everything has turned green.
such a nice change from the brown and grey from a month ago.

geese.

2011-05-15T19:04:00.000-07:00

jenna & marissa

2011-04-19T21:44:00.000-07:00

bffs till the end.

olivia : it's great to be 8

2011-04-16T10:26:00.000-07:00

i was so excited when my sister-in-law jami asked me to take olivia's baptism pictures.
i know i've said it before but i have the cutest nieces.

here are some of my favorites from the shoot
[which i actually have way more favorites but this will do for now]

my lil sis is a babe.

2011-04-14T21:51:00.000-07:00

here's the proof.

vacay

2011-04-12T19:27:00.000-07:00

nate and i have been on vacation from school and it's been so awesome.

my favorite part is falling asleep at night not being stressed out about

everything that's due the next day at school.

i'll be doing some shoots this week and i'm so excited to shoot them and

share them with you [so stay tuned!]

I recently upgraded to the canon 7d so n and i have been playing with it alot. here are some pictures we took today while admiring the beautiful golf course backyard here in st. george.

april 9th.

2011-04-09T19:52:00.000-07:00

heads.

2011-04-09T09:05:00.000-07:00

[these heads were a final for my digital photography class.]

numbers.

2011-04-02T23:50:00.000-07:00

here is an image from a series i've been working on for my digital photography class.

[all the elements were a photograph or scanned.]

more of leea.

2011-03-27T20:46:00.000-07:00

i love taking pictures of friends.

and i loved this shoot.

i especially loved that the sun was out this day in rexburg.

[that never happens]

enjoy.

leea. [sneak peak]

2011-03-23T22:09:00.000-07:00

check out leea.

we took some pictures today and she is a total babe.

plus i like the way she spells her name...llleeeeeaaaaa. no "h" and a double "e" .

love it.

leea is preparing to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

and I'm so proud of her! you go guurrrll!

kristin

2011-03-16T21:24:00.000-07:00

hey kristin you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind!

................

(you know the rest)

congratulations on graduating kristin!

it seems like just yesterday that we were tiny little college sophomores!

my lunch.

2011-03-07T15:32:00.000-08:00

i love it when my dear husband makes me lunch.

he is basically the most thoughtful husband ever.

i liked this sandwich so much today that i scanned it.
haha :)

i spy

2011-02-28T21:43:00.000-08:00

i spy with my little eye...

some sort of surprise..

here's a hint, it's not the pies. :)

pie shakes and snow engagements

2011-02-24T20:27:00.000-08:00

here we go!

are you ready to see a full post of chelsea + tyler?

alright, then you may begin scrolling.

congratulations you two on your engagement!

chelsea+tyler [sneak peak]

2011-02-21T22:17:00.000-08:00

i had fun with these two today.

[these two = tyler & chelsea]

they claimed they weren't photogenic, but i beg to differ :)

more to come soon!

my husband and i drive a toyota tundra.

2011-02-21T14:19:00.001-08:00

and we love it.

have you met tootsie?

2011-02-21T14:15:00.000-08:00

don'tcha just wanna kiss her?

a typical day in rexburg

2011-02-18T17:07:00.001-08:00

looks like this.

more or less.

big blues

2011-02-16T16:51:00.000-08:00

i can't get over this babe's eyes.

love you rosy!

my cute lil niece.

2011-02-12T21:51:00.000-08:00

before i married nate i had a total of zero nieces/nephews. now i have a dozen or so and i love them all very much. this little girl is such a sweetheart and has the prettiest eyes. even in black and white.

p.s. isn't window light awesome?

a little hdr for ya.

2011-02-08T21:57:00.000-08:00

here's a picture from my first time experimenting with hdr.

surprisingly.....i kinda like it!

thanks tara for gearing up for this shoot!

i hope to post more pictures later....prob not hdr though, but we'll see :)

busy.

2011-02-03T00:42:00.000-08:00

this is how life feels right now.

a little chaotic and no time to make the bed.

for some reason i would rather sleep longer than use that time to make it.

but the thing is, just like black & white photographs life is still beautiful.

p.s. i think i like panoramas

so don't be surprised if i post some more :)

tara

2011-01-27T22:20:00.000-08:00

this is tara.

tara and i met in typography class and she is an awesome designer/photographer.

and when i saw awesome, i'm serious.

don't believe me?

check out her work yourself by clicking here.

tara and i went and took pictures together in a beautiful new building here on campus.

[you can see the pictures she took of me here.]

i love tara's style,

and that she let me try out her lens to take some of these pics :)

thanks tara!

nici

2011-01-22T19:09:00.000-08:00

remember this rockstar from this post?

i love taking pictures of nici because she rocks the camera. thanks for toughin out the cold with me and for freezing your toes off, i think we got some keepers.

nici [sneak peak]

2011-01-21T21:29:00.000-08:00

a beautiful black & white image

of a beautiful interior designer.

happy weekend!

look a little closer.

2011-01-20T22:05:00.000-08:00

sometimes in photography you need to look past a "boring" subject and you just need to look a little closer.

that's how i felt about these annoying ducks. (mostly the geese thing was because it kept following me around and i was afraid it was going to ATTACK!)

as i was trying to get past these birds to find something interesting to photograph i decide to give them a chance.

as i looked closer i saw some beauty in these creatures and was happy that i caught this moment below.

see it?

see the love birds cuddling?

aww...i never thought ducks could be cute. did you?

landon

2011-01-19T16:37:00.000-08:00

today i'm in love with black and white.

i used to be all about color.

today i'm all about black and white.

beautiful rich contrast.

mmmm. mmm.

pet project [week 1]

2011-01-17T11:50:00.000-08:00

my pet: miss salt shaker

self-portrait

2011-01-12T17:26:00.000-08:00

even though my eyes aren't as sharp and in focus as i would of liked,

here it is...my little self-portrait.

bottle caps

2010-12-29T20:28:00.000-08:00

i miss the summer.

2010-12-28T20:19:00.000-08:00

photo from our summer trip to seattle.

monet project

2010-12-12T18:54:00.000-08:00

here is one of the projects i did for school this semester. we were to pick a location and study the different times of day and the color of light.

yesterday

2010-11-28T12:27:00.000-08:00

yesterday my cousin got married. i was so happy nate and i were able to make it on her special day! congratulations you two!

for all you cat lovers

2010-11-23T20:35:00.001-08:00

this is storm. my family's cat. she is a queen and a beauty. one of her favorite things is to lay by an open window and bask in the sun.

brownie points

2010-11-16T16:03:00.000-08:00

earn some brownie points with your parents and do what these kids did.

get your pictures done without being bribed.

it's a pretty nice gift if you ask me.

how i saw LA

2010-11-11T21:48:00.000-08:00

love

2010-11-09T13:40:00.000-08:00

just wanted to post this picture again.

one of my favorite pictures from one of my favorite shoots.

heidi

2010-10-30T20:53:00.000-07:00

here are some more pictures of my dear friend heidi.

heidi is an inspiration to me and always will be! heidi is really one of my favorite people to photograph. she was the first portrait session i had ever done in 2007 [which was what really sparked my interest in photography.] i then shot her again in 2008.

In the winter of 2009 heidi suffered from an AVM burst and had a stroke. from that point she had to learn to walk and talk all over again.

almost two years later heidi is 100 times stronger, and will be for the rest of her life.

i'm telling you this so when you look at these pictures you can notice the strength in her eyes, and the happiness she has for life. a happiness we should all have.

i love you heidi!

learn more about heidi and her journey of recovery here.

heidi. [sneak peak]

2010-10-30T08:44:00.000-07:00

those eyes with that red hair...is so breathtaking. and with the fall colors surrounding her, even more so.

i'm so lucky to have such gorgeous friends! more to come :)

a little cliche, but so beautiful.

2010-10-26T16:30:00.000-07:00

one of the most beautiful things in rexburg is the sunsets. they are drop dead gorgeous. it's really the only thing good about being done with school so late....walking outside and going home to a beautiful sunset.

i love it when color comes straight out of my camera like this. maybe it's just so nice not to edit or maybe i love knowing that it came straight from nature.

gotta love that nature.

number 13

2010-10-24T15:23:00.000-07:00

my husband is playing on an intramural competitive football team at our university and i needed a few shots of him for a photo assignment. the assignment was to photograph with mixed light. in this case it was artificial light mixed with natural lighting.

go hawks!

one of my favorite parts about the burg'. . .

2010-10-23T21:05:00.000-07:00

. . .is this beautiful LDS temple. i took this shot walking home one day. the temple always is so elegant looking, and the fall colors make it look even more beautiful.

i think it might just be print worthy and i'll frame it... along with the two other temple pictures i have been wanting to hang up.

i don't think you can ever have too many pictures of the temple in your home.

halloween time. . .

2010-10-17T20:56:00.000-07:00

calls for lots and lots of pumpkins.

today i was craving pumpkin cookies, cake, bread,pancake, muffins, and everything pumpkin.

the s fam

2010-10-10T23:19:00.000-07:00

meet the "s" family. i've been dying to post these pictures to the blog. they are one good lookin' family don'tcha think? and guess what?

all the adorable little girls are MY NIECES!! aren't they beautiful!?

thanks jami for asking me to take some pictures!

p.s. this shoot took only 20 minutes. not too shabby eh?

pillows.

2010-10-08T14:43:00.002-07:00

afton zobell : 1933 - 2010

2010-09-20T16:48:00.000-07:00

this last weekend was my lovely grandma's funeral. i was able to document a little.

i love my grandma, she will never be forgotten :)

warren & desi

2010-09-19T23:18:00.000-07:00

you know how they say "april showers bring may flowers" ? i wish they had a cool saying about how the summer brings beautiful fall colors. even if they don't really scientifically. . . .

this is desi my cousin and her fiance warren. we did a quick shoot up the canyon and did our best to capture the beautiful fall colors before the sun went down. i love the mountains at this time of year. so beautiful!

i'm excited for there two love birds! aren't they cute?

jennasita

2010-09-07T13:02:00.000-07:00

this is my baby sister jenna. we decided to take some "updated" pictures since she forgot it was picture day at school the other week. i think these pictures are way more fun then "school" pictures. i hope you do too.

the thornocks

2010-09-03T15:15:00.000-07:00

meet the thornocks.

they are the cutest little family and so much fun to photograph! so natural, and good in front of the camera. it was a little windy (like always) but we got a lot of cute shots!

thank you thornocks for letting me take some pictures! (here is a sneak peek for you :)

thinking about getting some family pictures done?

contact me at : kelsieraephotography@gmail.com

our trip to yellowstone

2010-08-11T14:41:00.001-07:00

a few b&w from our trip to island park, idaho/yellowstone

my husband's face

2010-08-05T09:45:00.001-07:00

is nice and scruffy.

erica.

2010-07-24T23:55:00.000-07:00

erica is getting married august 3rd! i'm so excited for her, randy is a lucky guy.

we did her bridals in two takes, first we went to a wheat field and then the next day we went to some pretty gardens. i love you erica! thanks for being so beautiful and for being an amazing friend.

erica : sneak peak!

2010-07-24T22:31:00.000-07:00

this is my friend erica who's getting married.

more to come soon!

earth by elsie : handmade headbands

2010-06-16T10:15:00.002-07:00

i took pictures of my sister jenna for my new etsy shop: earth by elsie

i created earth by elsie in the winter

to help feed my creative hunger, and help with my cabin fever.

(where i live it's way too cold in the winter to go outside)

my little sister is beautiful, and i love her.

thanks jenna for modeling!

my little sister. . .

2010-06-14T15:02:00.000-07:00

is very pretty.

and a good singer too.

and. . .is a teenager. . .scary!

i'll post more pictures of her soon.

we did a photo shoot for earth by elsie.

what's earth by elsie you ask? i'll tell you soon.

erica+randy = ♥

2010-06-06T15:27:00.000-07:00

erica and i were roommates at byu-i for two semesters straight!

she is one of my most favorite people. . . ever!
her and randy are perfect for each other! they met at church. i remember always teasing her (back when we were roommates) that they'd someday get married.
and i was right!

anyways, here are some of their engagements i took.
enjoy!

jenni love.

2010-06-03T22:40:00.000-07:00

jenni is a blonde, curly-haired, babe.

[i'm crossing my fingers that one of my future children will have awesome hair like hers.]

jenni is also one of the most optimistic and happy girls i know! she always has a smile on her face (except for during this shoot when i asked her to give me a pensive look, let me tell you, it was hard for her NOT to smile!)

thanks jenni for letting me photograph you!

jenni. [sneak peak]

2010-06-03T21:54:00.000-07:00

this is my gourgeous old roommate jenni.

she needed some pictures for her soldier.

nate.

2010-05-31T22:22:00.000-07:00

this is my husband nate, whom i love.
he has the most beautiful smile, and teeth.
he is the nicest man on the planet.
i know that once you get to know him you will love him too.

but never as much as i do of course :)

a sunday walk

2010-05-30T21:03:00.000-07:00

today my dear husband and i went for a sunday walk.
we saw an old limo parked across the street and i decided i wanted to go take some pictures of it (it's not everyday you see a limo in rexburg). as i was finished taking pictures the owner came out and asked if we wanted a ride. i had never ridden in a limo before so of course i said yes (and husband did too)!!! turns out the owner's name is sterling and he is starting a business catered to the students here at byu-i. i think it's a pretty sweet idea. and he was nice enough to let me take some pictures of him.

p.s. i LOVE my new lens :)

i feel like a brand new woman

watch out folks. . .

2010-05-25T22:39:00.001-07:00

. . . because i got a new lens, and i'm ready to use it!

sorry for the lack of photo posts. . . .

2010-04-10T09:29:00.000-07:00

this last semester i put my photo classes on hold,

finished my generals, and took a ceramics class.

but don't you worry, i'm hoping to pick up my camera more this spring :)

here are six of my pieces i used for my finals.

The sixth is the small turquoise bowl inside of the big bowl :)

nici.

2010-02-11T20:17:00.000-08:00

nici and i worked together at good ol' hogi yogi. we made some yummy food together there (and not so yummy)

hahaha, we had some good times!

nici is getting close to graduating from byu-i with her bs in interior design! she asked me to take some pictures of her for her resume!

thanks for asking nici! you're a rockstar!

silver lake.

2010-02-05T08:55:00.000-08:00

dear silver lake,

i miss you.

nate+i will visit soon.

love,

kelsie rae

happy holidays everyone!

2009-12-01T15:15:00.000-08:00

learning!

2009-10-30T14:15:00.000-07:00

when nate and I got engaged I was so happy! but.... sad about not returning to school for a semester. so, when i heard nicole hill gerulat was coming back to her home town to teach a photo 101 crash course i signed up! there is nothing like learning. nothing! it's great. she helped me learn a lot about proper exposure and different lighting techniques! shooting on this hill was tough for me because it was in the middle of the day with the sun directly on my subjects, but i learned how to avoid the shadows. still need some practice ;)
i'm excited to return to byui this winter and jump right back into the art program! huzzah!

amy

2009-10-14T21:30:00.000-07:00

this senior has flawless skin and beautiful green eyes. a pure beauty.

my photographers

2009-10-07T10:09:00.000-07:00

yeah for awesome photography for my wedding!!

for my engagements i had:

missy eyre

and for everything else:

christine olson

and don't let me forget the free shoot and print credit nate and i won with darla roze.
pretty sure we got a good handful of styles don'tcha think?

i want the world to know...

2009-09-08T08:16:00.000-07:00

that i'm engaged! i will be kelsie rae christensen november 20!

next time i am proposed to remind me to bring my equipment including tripod (haha just kidding), a rock is such a nice old fashioned tripod.

i've returned from the pitts!

2009-08-08T14:45:00.000-07:00

my family and i just got back from our vacation to pittsburgh and other various eastern locations! best vaca eva.

twins?

2009-07-24T13:03:00.000-07:00

missy (mrussellstudios.blogspot.com) took a few pictures of my little sister and i. my little sister is getting too pretty!! and missy is still awesome!

the wilkinson family

2009-07-19T16:20:00.000-07:00

i'm finally posting the wilkinson family! the wilkinsons are hands down one of my favorite families, they're basically a second family to me. i've been best friends with one of their daughters (Chelsey) and have spent a lot of time at their household throughout the years.

who would have guessed my first family shoot would be an extended family with 24 people!?! oh my it was crazy, but so much fun!

a shoot with mrussell studios

2009-07-18T00:39:00.000-07:00

I'm pretty excited to post the Wilkinson Family shoot! We shot in their backyard which created an awesome intimate feel! My friend Missy Russell (soon to be Missy Eyre!) is an awesome photographer and it was so great to have her do the shoot with me. I took care of the formals while she went crazy taking the most BEAUTIFUL candid shots.

you have to check her out!

picturesbymissy.com

missy is amazing, i'd recommend her to anyone. She is a great artist and is going big places.

Anyways I'll get around to posting the Wilkinson's a little later, but in the mean time...

here is one of missy's candids,

here are shots of both missy and i shooting.

thanks missy!!!