WENDY HURST PORTRAIT

"Woman in the Woods" There is risk in artistic freedom. What if someone doesn't like the final image? Or worse, what will you create next ? It's a daunting task dreaming of something out of nothing, every day, to feel creatively satisfied. Sometimes I just want to exist in a creative space, and that's what Courtney Kurns helped me do. (She looks a little like Bryce Dallas Howard , am I right?) Ivy's Song by James Newton Howard on Grooveshark Model: Courtney Kurns Hair & Makeup: Courtney Kurns Handmade Cloak: Wendy Hurst Photographer: Wendy Hurst

Click here to see all the images from our shoot. Every day is a good day to wear a cloak in the woods. It's strange wandering through a rain-soaked clearing in the wilderness as rain drizzles on damp leaves and the sun shines at one's back. It's even stranger stepping into calf-deep snow when it's hardly cold outside. The weather on the Wasatch Front is funny like that, but what a cool environment to create in! There aren't really any fancy tricks to this one. Courtney's (the model) husband stood just out of frame and tossed the end of the cloak up into the air as many times as it took to get this shot. Getting a cloak to hang in the air like this isn't hard, but it's certainly unpredictable...   Click here to see all the images from our shoot.

"Destiny." Model: Amanda Solt Hair & Makeup: Amanda Solt Photographer: Wendy Hurst Portrait Location: Utah State Capital The Canvas by Imogen Heap on Grooveshark    

"Disappearing" This morning I was casually browsing new photo editing techniques to add to my arsenal. I didn't learn much because I got completely distracted by the inspiration I gleaned. My sisters-in-law helped me explore the idea: what would it be like to slowly disappear...?  "Disappearing"