Kim Nevels Photography

My beautiful Ellie who begged for a photo shoot

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Mr C is seriously such a handsome guy!!!

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The adorable Miss H

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She is so fun to get to smile and show that personality but my favorite was seeing her look up to her step brother with love in her eyes!

Mr D got giggling and couldn't stop!

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Mr A had some fun with me for a minute or two

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Some Diamondback love!

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Gotta love the family who loves their sports as a family! Fun to throw these pictures in at the end of the night.

The B family

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I had fun running out in the cold to snap a few pictures for one of my favorite ladies!

Love the fun and spunk of this family

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We were pretty much done and Mr T jumped down into this awesome pose and got miss B to join him. What fun!!!

Love me this family!

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I love that I have had the opportunity to do this families pictures each year. To watch their cute little one grow up. To see this great mom find a new great guy! It's just fun to watch them grow together!

A tasty Birthday cake!

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Happy Birthday Katherine! Hope you enjoyed your triple chocolate birthday cake with chocolate pudding filling and covered in chocolate fudge frosting with Chocolate dipped strawberries on top. I had fun making it for you!

Another wedding cake

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This one was from this summer. While I was in Utah I had the opportunity to work with a great friend Sharon who I've known since Jr High on her brother's wedding cake.

J & T sittin in a tree....okay so not in a tree but you get the idea

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Miss B is a beauty in red

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Miss K has the most original fake smile

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Miss K's mom didn't purchase these pictures because of the fake smile she was sure was all I could get. Most people have a fake smile, but how many only raise one side of their mouth in their fake smile. Funny girl! I did get one picture..the first one without just one side lifted.

Miss J brought a smile to my face

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She was a little taller than the rest of the class, but she was so proud of how tall she was. I love a girl who is comfortable in her own skin!

Miss M is such a sweetie!

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I get to learn a lot about a family when I take pictures of a kid without their parents around. Like her mom doesn't let her watch sponge bob and her brother is the stinkiest person in their house.

A labor of love for a Thanksgiving wedding

2011-11-26T15:57:00.000-08:00

This cake came about after some love was not shown by those who should to the bride and groom. I was brought in three days before the wedding to pull this cake off for them. I think it turned out lovely. It is also a great time to give thanks to friends and family who help me do what I do. There are some that life just wouldn't happen without.

A thousand edible leaves....cake to follow

2011-11-25T15:57:00.000-08:00

With the help of friends and my husband I pulled off the impossible. With a horrid migraine I made thousands of these little leaves out of gumpaste and covered them with glitter. I will post the cake in another post.

I love my little dancer!

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R & C Wedding cake

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I made the wedding cake for my friend R. I met him through my soccer mom life. It was fun to do his cake. The bottom level was red velvet with cream cheese filling. The top three were white chocolate cake with strawberries and whip cream between each layer. The whole thing was covered in whip cream frosting.

R & C get married

2011-11-22T10:24:00.000-08:00

I wasn't the photographer for the wedding. It was nice to just be at a wedding and enjoy it. But I did snap a few pictures since I brought my camera due to the cake. Here are the pictures I got during the reception.

There will be a seperate post for the wedding cake

Cupcake wedding cake

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I didn't get a picture of it all set up as I had to drop it off early before the decorator had the table ready for the cupcakes. But they turned out pretty and once set up I'm sure it was really pretty. Hopefully they get me a picture of it all set up like I asked.

We did 150 cupcakes with a variety of flavors:
pumpkin with cream cheese frosting
special spice with cream cheese frosting
red velvet with heavenly frosting
white chocolate with buttercream frosting
and dark chocolate coconut with coconut buttercream frosting

Though we stuck mostly to white we threw in a few with the teal color that was their wedding color for a little fun.

Carson's cool skater cake

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For a boy who loves skateboards and van's this cake was fun to make. My 13 year old drew out Carson's name in the Van's style writing for me to copy onto the cake. It was a chocolate cake with chocolate and buttercream frosting.

Chicken farmer boots are so cute

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I love that she calls these chicken farmer boots instead of cowboy boots. Etiher way they are pretty cute!

Another happy Couple!

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It's always fun for me to capture those moments when couples look at each
other and you can just see the adoration they feel towards each other.

A fun vintage wedding cake

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It was fun to make this fun vintage wedding cake. I made it with pumpkin cake and cream cheese frosting.

The S family hanging out

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Miss S and her handsome Beau

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An eagle court of honor for Mr A

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I had the great pleasure to make the cake for this court of honor. It was so much fun to be there for the ceremony and watch a boy who didn't think he'd get his eagle be awarded it. It was just by the skin of his teeth, or his grandma's teeth who pushed him the last little way. But he did! So proud of him!

The S family hanging out at the park together

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Miss K, a girl who knows what she wants!

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Miss S has some of the funnest hair!

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Just Horsing around

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This isn't anything too fancy and not the most "amazing picture" or anything. But this is the cake and party bags we threw together for my daughter's 4th birthday.

Mr J enjoying an afternoon at the park

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Miss E...so cute even if we didn't plan on pictures

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Mr N is growing up so much!

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I used to babysit this little guy when he was a newborn. He is not a baby anymore, he is turning into such a big kid!

I loved all the faces Mr T gave me

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Miss S knew how to pose for the camera

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Mr T hanging out!

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Miss S loves her accessories!

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I love how put together with all the fun necklaces Miss S always is. But when I asked her how much she loved her mom, she loved her "this much" Too cute!

Miss A loves to laugh!

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Mr I is four! Just ask him!

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Mr A earned his Eagle!

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I loved getting to take pictures to make the announcement for his Eagle Court of honor! Way to go! I get to make the cake too, so pictures of that will come later!

Miss S is such a beauty

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Mr T is a styling kid!

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Mr T-Rex as he called himself!

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My friend does this littel preschool in her house. Each year I get to go take the kids school pictures in her yard. We have a lot of fun with these funny kids. This will be the first of many posts of some cute kiddos. Plus, I get to learn a lot about their families. Like in this family I know who has the stinkiest feet. :)

A cake I made this week for an 8 year old Birthday

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After spending an entire day a few weeks ago making all these flowers, I finally put the cake together to showcase all the pretty in pink that an 8 year old girl loves!

That time of year again

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My goal right now as a photographer is simple. I would like to provide nice family pictures like I want every year to those who can only afford pictures once every 5 years from most photographers. I know that's the boat I fit into. I love all the amazing stuff you can get with those photographers and am envious of those of you who get to get those pictures this year. I know I don't. So for those like me who still want nice photos but are on a budget, I'm your gal!

It's that time of year again for family pictures! I would love to capture your family for you. My deals I offer are pretty simple this year. I will take 25.00 off for anyone who books through me with mentioning this coupon. Pretty simple. Saturday afternoons are usually the best but I can do some Saturday mornings and some week days if that is what you need. Just send me an email or leave me a comment here.

I will also do mini sessions again where it's near my house, just a couple family pictures, no "break downs" and individuals for 30.00. Just a couple options for your christmas card type of thing.

As always photos come with a cd of edited images you can take to print anywhere you love. No added on costs later from me!

Playing at the Great Salt Lake

2011-10-01T19:00:00.000-07:00

I don't usually put personal pictures on this blog. But while we were visiting Utah this summer we enjoyed an impromptu trip to the Lake with some friends. These were a couple of the pictures we got while we were there and the kids were playing.

I keep busy doing more than just pictures

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The cake picture will come later, when I actually decorate the cake. But the other day I spent most of the day making over 200 flowers out of Royal frosting. It was a fun but long day!

Miss O in her blessing dress

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You always know when a photoshoot is done for a baby. They make sure you know they are done!

Miss O and her momma!

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The M kids

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I just love how sweet it is to see the love siblings have for a new baby addition to their home!

Baby O and her mom's great hair accessories

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I can't get enough of the cute shoes and hair accessories that Miss O's mom is so talented in making!

A few cakes/cupcakes I've done this summer

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Here is just a sampling of the fun and treats I've done this summer! I may have posted some of these at some point this summer already but I'm cleaning off my hard drive and wanted to get them out here just in case I hadn't already.

Miss Gwen's Olivia birthday cake

Miss Ellie's Let's play music preschool cake

More cupcakes than you can imagine for Miss Monica!

Miss R is beautiful and ready for school

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Miss R was so proud of herself having picked out and won the battle on the first day of school shirt, then she has reached the stage where she fixes her own hair and so I think she couldn't have looked better if an adult picked out her clothes and got her ready. Check out the independence on this one!

Mr C and his friends start school

2011-08-11T11:06:00.000-07:00

Here is the second group of kids I did the first day of school picture for at the school. I loved that last year we did these same kids on this rock so this year that was where they all climbed up first to get the same group shot. I think that will be fun later to look back through and see the changes from year to year.

First day of school for the S kids

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The first day of school I pull out my camera and grab pictures for other families that want them. Here is the S boys ready for their first day.

A little sass from Miss A!

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Gotta love a girl who knows how to show her sass!

Miss K and little A, all dressed in white

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Part of what I loved about this photo shoot was that this blessing dress of Miss A was Miss K's when she was a baby. I love the mother and daughter in white at temple.

Baby J, look at all that hair!

2011-07-21T08:00:00.000-07:00

I have been horrible at posting this as this little guy is not little anymore, but I was cleaning off my hard drive and found these pictures of him that I'd never shared and just needed to share them!

Miss A in her momma's white dress

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When I saw miss A on her blessing day I begged her mom to let me take her picture in it I loved the dress so much. Not only was it her mom's blessing dress as a baby, but I love the vintage lace and ruffle look. I was so excited when she agreed and I hopefully caught the beauty of it to save for many years to come!

One of my favorite AZ flowers

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While up in Payson for the 4th of July we took a little hike and finally snapped some pictures of one of my favorite flowers in Arizona. I don't know what it's called, but they are so different. When we drive up to northern Arizona you just see these super tall flowers shoot out of no where. I love the magisty of them just standing alone is such a brown landscape typically.

Miss E lovin a fun spot in Price

2011-07-09T00:30:00.000-07:00

So we stopped in Price to visit my sister. When Ellie saw the back of her property that they are planning on turning to a garden but haven't gotten to yet both Ellie's and my eyes lit up. Ellie's hair wasn't done and she wasn't wearing anything special but we took a little time for her to be in heaven blowing the dandilions or "blower flowers" as she calls them and me to photograph in such a fun field! Thanks melynde for the great photo spot!

Snowing in Summer

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I know there have been some crazy weather in Utah but we were shocked to see snow on the mountain tops. But when we went to visit my Uncle Mike's house and he said it was snowing at his place we were disbelieving. Until we got there, literally there was a constant fall of snow. But this snow was cotton from the cottonwood tree in his yard. Here's to two weeks of "snow" in Uncle Mike's yard.

Northern Utah Nature...Have I mentioned I love flowers???

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Cupcakes Galore!

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I had fun for my sister's going away party with cupcakes, I made over two hundred from these flavors:
black and white brownies with cream cheese frosting, pumpkin with cream cheese frosting, strawberry lemonade with butter cream frosting, funfetti with decorator white frosting and red velvet cake with heavenly frosting.

Temple Square flowers

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Caitie's graduation cake

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I had fun throwing together this graduation cake for my friend's daughter. I hope they liked it.

A little nature in Utah

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I love all the flowers and beauty that I get to stop and see when we visit Utah. There will be a few posts of these coming, but here is the first from St George Utah.

Happy Mother's Day

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Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mom's in my life from my sweet little girl!

Mrs V and her brothers

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I love a cactus in bloom

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Cub Scout Day Camp

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I spent several hours one Saturday taking photos for our local cub scout day camp. The kids had a blast from what it seemed. It was a fun day for cubs and leaders with a great space theme. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the day.

And at the end of a fun day with cub scouts...this is what you end up with

Baby Shower Service project

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Miss A's Baptism day

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Basketball boys

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Mr W earned his Eagle

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Being asked to be the photographer for a young man as he earned his Eagle was a fun project. You have the normal things to work with, but you get to add horrible gym lighting and trying to stay out of the way yet capture things while they are going on. It was a lot of fun, and most importantly, he and his mom are thrilled!

Miss L's baby shower

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Beautiful winter in England

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If you ask me, especially after living in Arizona for so many years where we don't get a true winter, there is something beautiful and magistic about a world covered in snow. I can feel that way since I don't have to freeze in it, live in it, or drive in it for months at a time. Here are a few of my favorites from Rusper England taken by my husband. (He's pretty good if you ask me!

T & J, the fun of new love!

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I love a fun urban family shoot!

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Miss B another year older

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Miss B loves her momma almost as much as her momma loves her!

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Miss J who is willing to go whereever I say

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Mr T was one of the easiest men I've ever worked with!

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People from the Photography class

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Though much of the class was spent on inanimate objects, we also did some of each other. Here are a few that turned out pretty good.

Yes as you can tell, it as a large class. I would guess around 200 students, but it was put together so well it didn't seem to matter.

These are the instructors of the class. They offer a couple "on location" type things that one day I will have the 1700.00 for the class plus the money to get there and a hotel to stay at in Montana so I can go shoot horses stampeding and such. It would really be sooo cool. One day.

Val Westover also took these photos of me with my camera during the class so I thought I would include them.

Since we didn't have the horses, they ran through the gauntlet of photographers to teach us how to "capture movement" or "freeze movement" depending on what effect you are trying to get. It was lots of fun.

It was a really fun full day. Thanks John for the class and taking the day off work to keep Ellie so I could go to the class too.

The Hacienda in Tempe

2010-12-28T12:14:00.000-08:00

So a few months ago, I went to another photography class. To perfect things I'm not perfect at, to learn things I may have missed, to get a different perspective and idea on my photos I take.

Typically I haven't done much with nature and such so it was fun to spend a few hours working on those types of shots. Really figuring out and understanding my camera and lighting and my eye even more than I did. I've taken several photography classes. I have loved each one for different reasons. This was a very different approach than the others I have taken. While some of the stuff was review for me, I still came away thinking that was some well spent money! Here's a few of my favorites from the hundreds and hundreds of shots I took of inanimate objects.

A beautiful white dress

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