ashley & justin, april 24

here are some of my favorites from ashley and justin's wedding last thursday. they were sealed in the bountiful temple, and it snowed like crazy, but it was a lot of fun.

some pictures of anne

anne kindly let me take some photographs of her for my final assignment in my portrait class.

myth and moral

i just finished the next image from my mythology series. this one is my friend/coworker braden's wife as demeter--the goddess of fertility and the harvest.

megan's mock bridals

i shot these for a bridal assignment in my portrait class, and had originally planned on doing something similar to andreas laszlo konrath's my generation series, except with a bride instead of skaters and hooligans. sweet,right?

but then when megan and houston told me about the style they're going for on their engagement photos, i was so enamored with the idea that i decided to use it for the bridal assignment. even though megan doesn't have her dress yet, she graciously agreed to be my model. i went to d.i. and and found this incredible wedding dress for $10: massive amounts of lace, puffy sleeves, and a huge train. i doubt i could have bought the fabric for that dress for $10.

the theme was kind of a de-saturated sepia-ish high fashion-y look with modern/victorian influences.

personal work and assignments

from my myth and moral series, still a work in progress

percephone

medusa

portraits

the beginning

i suppose i should start at the beginning because ( julie andrews would agree) it is indeed the best place to start.
my name is claire marika goussard, and i'm a photographer.
i am currently based in provo, utah, working on a bfa in photography at brigham young university.

i've been photographing since my dad gave me my first camera, probably when i was fourteen or so. it was an old 35mm slr he decided was too bulky and impractical for him to run around with, a minolta x-370s, that i still shoot with.

i've worked as a photo assistant for two summers with tom addison of afsi in st. augustine florida for two summers, and for brad slade--the photographer for seeing the everyday and most byu publications--since january.

i decided to create this blog as more and more people have asked to see my work and have shown interest in my wedding photography. i also plan to start working on a website this summer.

thanks for checking this out, i'm sure you'll be hearing from me again.