Artist Conrad Nebeker

Meet Conrad. He paints. He has an amazing painting, of Mount Timpanogos,

on display now at the Covey Center for the Arts.

Chip Neff

Hair by Cortney Francis

Ben Gourley - Shoot Revisted

These were shot for Square Magazine back in 2005. I loved this concept and, if I can find the right couple, would love to use this concept again for an engagement sitting.

Hairology - Shoot Revisited

These hairstyle shots were taken on two really cold days in December of '06. And I mean really cold. The models endured it well though.

The Brit
The ShirleyThe Cleo The Garrison Hair done by one of my favorites, while she was still in hair school.

Thanks 2008

Just a few people I can't thank enough for a great '08.
Glad to call them friends.

Jeremy Jones

I'll spare you the journal entry I could write about my time with pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones. But, I will say this, Jeremy Jones is an A+ guy. Humble, confident, gracious...and awesome. My writer, assistant and I were so impressed with how down-to-earth he was.

I'll share a couple things from my 45 minute session with Jeremy. I would love to share more, but there were a lot of "You had to be there" kinda moments.

We set up in Jeremy's garage. Both of his kids hung around to watch dad. Jeremy's son was so memorized by the lights that Jeremy picked him up to give him a better look. Jeremy's wife was behind me trying to get her son to look at the camera. I kept my mouth shut and fired away.

The first thing Jeremy told me was to not ask him to smile. He said that he hated his "photo smile." So these are 100% natural Jeremy Jone smiles.

"Here you go. I'm giving it to you Matt."

When I think about capturing a genuine emotion, I hope to always remember this image. Jeremy's daughter was just to the right of me, on her tricycle, watching. Jeremy had just asked her what her favorite Disney Princess was. It was Cinderella.

Jeremy has had his picture taken a number of times for magazines and ad campaigns, so he had challenged me to come up with a pose that he hadn't done before (no pressure right?). This had been a running joke during the shoot, so towards the end of our time I had asked him to run his hands through his hair.

"Ah, The Push," he responded.

"Oh no, [you] even [have] a name for it." I said.

We laughed.

To read Jeremy's article in the latest issue of Square Magazine visit here.

Deck Your Halls - Shoot Revisited

Today's snowfall only encouraged this post to go up sooner than scheduled. These shots were taken in 2005 and I remember being excited for two things: faking out Christmas in October and using my friend, Casey's, dog.

The Rugby Re-Shaped

Big thanks to Berit and Nate for being a part of this. They did a great job and were a lot of fun to work with.

"Big Kid" - shoot revisited

In commemoration of Square Magazine's third birthday this week, here are a few shots from one of my favorite Square Magazine cover shoots. These were taken over a year ago for "The Big Kid Issue."
I wanted a Doris Day/Rock Hudson type of couple for the cover, so I was stoked when we found Dan and Natalie. Both of which, were found through Facebook and still remain two of my most favorite "models" that I've ever photographed for one of Square's covers.

Utah Valley University Athletes

Washed & Worn - Shoot revisited

These shots were taken for Square Magazine's first issue in the summer of 2005. Shooting inside of the ol' coin laundry mat on State Street in American Fork was a dream come true.
I know, I dream big.