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Rina

Rina

Rina Christensen is a Florida native who moved out to Utah in 2022 to be closer to outdoor climbing and winter sports. She started working in the youth mental health field and still does today. Shortly after moving, she desired to have a creative outlet she could call her own and started her photography business The Garden Photo Co. Having always been ‘the photographer’ on climbing trips or been trusted to take graduation photos, she wanted to take the leap and try out making a business out of what was previously a hobby. Since then, she has grown to photograph many couples, families and weddings in Southern Utah as well as being a part of the press for the International Climbers’ Festival in Lander, WY each year. When she isn’t climbing she is snowboarding in the winter, or hiking and hanging by the lake in the summer.

Rina has always worked with kids professionally, as a camp counselor, youth mentor, junior lifeguard instructor and now life coach for young adults. She has always been drawn to how silly kids can be, but also see the world with just refreshing insight. She is very grateful to work with Raise the Future to help visually capture and convey the unique personalities, and undoubtful silliness of their clients in need of a loving home.

Alyson Johnson

Midas Touch Photo

https://midastouchphotography.wordpress.com/

My name is Alyson Johnson and I am a family photographer based in Salt Lake County. I love doing photography for individuals, couples, families, and companies. I am an expert location scout, and can find you the perfect setting for your photos.

Michael Schoenfeld

Michael Schoenfeld Photography

http://www.michaelschoenfeld.com/index.html

Michael decided at an early age that the different drummer he couldn't get out of his head required him to do something no one in his family had attempted since his great uncle made a handsome living as a public muralist in 20th century Germany. A nationally recognized advertising photographer for more than 25 years, he has no intention of slowing any time soon. A native Utahn, Schoenfeld’s family is the light of his life.

Candice Bithell

Candice Renee Photography

https://www.candicereneephotography.com/

Candice is a second generation professional photographer who has been taking photos since she was a little girl. She started her own photography business in 2008 for website design and commercial products. Over the years she has expanded her business to include portrait and headshot photography. She particularly enjoys working with children, teens and families. Adopted as an older child at the age of seven, she has a passion for helping children who are in the foster care system.

Mikki Grimley

Mikki Grimley Photography

http://mikkigrimleyphotography.blogspot.com/

I am the mother of three beautiful girls and one little boy who have inspired me to be a photographer. I began by photographing my children and now have been running my small photography business since 2008. I love taking and editing photos.
I have a Bachelors degree in Math Education and teach an online AP Calculus class.
I love running, it is my time everyday that I have all to myself. I love spending time with my husband we like to waterski, camp, and play soccer. My family loves the outdoors and being together. My kids make me laugh everyday and I feel so blessed to have each of them.

Lori Jenkins

Loriann Jenkins Photography

https://loriannjenkinsphotography.smugmug.com/

Lori Jenkins was born and raised in Provo, but now calls Mapleton home with her husband and five children. Lori is very passionate about photography & children. Her award winning photography has been featured in countless magazines, newspapers, and websites. Lori is known for her natural style and uncanny ability to make everyone feel at ease in front of the camera. Her photography philosophy is simple – documenting like one memory at a time!

Brooke Jenkins Overson

Loriann Jenkins Photography

https://loriannjenkinsphotography.smugmug.com/

I’m Brooke Overson, the daughter of a dynamic photographer. When I was 10-years-old, my mom stuck a camera in my hand and told me to capture the beautiful artistry of this remarkable world, and the emotion of the people in it. She taught me the significance of having meaning, and a sense of adventure behind my photography. Ever since, I have been on an journey of a lifetime that will never end. I feel blessed, and strive to capture the essence of all that, frozen in time by the art of photography.

Amber Schiavone

Schiavone Photography

http://schiavonephotography.com/

Many people can take beautiful pictures. True photographers capture the essence of a moment and deliver it in photographs that evoke life. Laughter you can almost hear. Cake you can almost taste. A third generation photographer, Amber had a camera in her hand before she learned to ride a bike. This lifetime of experience coupled with an innate ability to make anyone feel at ease has proven invaluable to her photographic career. Her pictures to only document an event but capture true beauty of each person and situation This is simply a skill that cannot be taught.

Andrew & Denae Branch

Branch Portraits

http://branchportraits.com/

Other than maybe raising our kids, there's probably nothing we'd rather be doing than taking, editing, studying, and retouching photos together. We're a husband and wife photography team, and we make spectacular photos families. What kind of families? The kind who have kids and the kind who don't. The kind who've raised kids and the kind who are growing kids in their bellies. The kind whose children are dogs and the kind whose kids are their work. We even love the partial ones (who may need a new Tindr profile pic so they can make a family).

Ted York

Ted York Photography

http://www.tedyorkphotography.com/

An award winning photographer, Ted York has been making images since his early teens. He started Ted York Photography in the fall of 2005. By late 2006 he became one of only 17 photographers in the state of Utah to be certified by The Professional Photographer of America (PPA). He was awarded first place portraiture, man or woman, for 2006 by The Intermountain Professional Photographers of America (IPPA). Ted York photography specializes in child and family portraiture. We also photograph teens, and weddings as well as commercial work.

Karen Melby Teerlink

Fresh Images Photo Studio

http://freshimagesphotostudio.blogspot.com/

I love photography and the creativity in the art form. I am a mother of 6 wonderful adult children that make me proud. I love people and travel. So portrait photography is a natural. I love time spent on photo shoots and editing for the final product.

Drake Busath

Busath Studio and Gardens

https://busath.com/

Bry Cox

Cox Studio Celebrity Style Imaging, Inc.

http://brycox.com/

Bry Cox works hard to create unique portraits with a focus on exquisite lighting and emotion. His images are used by Capitol Records, CMT, for covers of national magazines like Billboard, TV Guide, American Girl, American Photo, and Professional Photographer Magazine, and by VIPs, filmmakers, TV anchors, musicians and prominent people like the staff of KUTV News, LeAnne Rimes, Natalie Cole, Olivia Newton-John, David Archuleta, Donny and Marie Osmond, Kenny Loggins, Linda Ronstadt, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney, and the last four Utah Governors! Bry won a Gold Medal out of 25,000 international photographers, has won the Fuji Masterpiece Award 8 times, the Kodak Gallery award 7 times, has been photographer of the year many times, is a PPA Master/Craftsman with Certification, and is on the Adobe Software Influencer team.

Adilfa Ford

Don Polo Photography

www.donpolo.com

Adilfa was born in a small town in the plains of Venezuela. She was raised on a farm by her grandparents Hipolito and Maria. Her grandfather was well known throughout the community for his integrity and work ethic. He was respectfully know as Don Polo. When Adilfa chose the name for her business she could think of nothing else that would represent her ideals as well as her grandfathers name. Adilfa has been doing photography now for 13 years and prides herself on her precision and attention to detail. Her personality and enthusiasm would well describe who she is behind the camera as well as personally. Adilfa currently serves as President of the International Professional Photography Association and regularly teaches other photographers both locally and internationally.