Announcing another Photography Class…

Hey friends. I am so excited to be teaching another Photography Class in Vernal on Wednesday, September 7th. Basic Photography I is all about learning to use your SLR camera. We will be learning how to shoot your camera in manual mode, understanding light, nailing your exposure and basic composition. I strongly believe that the best way to learn is to shoot your heart out and get your work critiqued. So we will have a bunch of that too! The last class will be a shooting field trip. Fully adjustable digital or film SLR camera is required.

Don’t let the “Basics” part of the class name fool you. If you are still not nailing your exposure in manual mode 100% of the time, you will learn something in this class! I absolutely love the art of photography and have a true passion for teaching others about it. I hope you will join me for this fun filled class. I am limiting this class to 10 people and I only have 6 spots left. If you would like one of the remaining six please email me info@tonyapeterson.com and I will send you information on how to sign up. Hope to see you soon!

xoxo
Tonya

It is a raspberry sort of day

I don’t know if you have checked out our weight loss blog The Chubby Girls Diary yet, But you should! Last week my brilliant sister (you should check out her blog too) wrote an article about fresh raspberries. It was so well written I wanted to share it with you here too. I also couldn’t wait to share the pictures of my Lemon Raspberry Yogurt Pops on here. I have really enjoyed playing around with food photography. So here is the write up my sister did for our blog. Love her!

 

When I was a kid we used to visit my Grandma Udy in Salt Lake a lot. My Aunt Jerrie lived in the house next door. Jerrie had a raspberry thicket running along the east side of her house. I spent many summers picking raspberries and eating them from the vine with out a thought to washing them.  I’d come back inside, my stomach a little sick and my fingers stained red. No one ever got after me or any of the other cousins. Jerrie was such an amazing woman and loved all of us so much. She’s been gone a while now and I miss her a lot.  She was an amazing cook and I learned how to cook for an army from her. James always makes fun of me because I don’t know how to cook for three people, but three hundred, no big deal. My amazing cousin Darci Nash inherited her amazing ability to make chocolate fudge cake (she does amazing wedding cakes by the way if you’re in need of one!)

While at my mom’s house for the Pioneer Day Weekend with the whole family, my mom told Bridget and Paige she had raspberries that needed to be picked. Tonya and I promptly pushed them out of the way and flew out to pick them (raspberries before motherhood, seriously).  As the girls pushed their way in and helped pick the berries, I caught them sneaking a few, just like Tonya and I used to do at Jerrie’s house, completely oblivious to the fact they needed to be washed. It made me miss Jerrie but warmed my heart to know the tradition of picking raspberries has been passed on to another generation of little girls.

We decided to try Lemon Raspberry Yogurt Pops and you should be glad we did. Cool, tangy, creamy and sweet, these little beauties will satisfy your summer cold/sweet cravings with out the fat of ice cream.

A few things about them – we used Greek Yogurt (my favorite, versatile staple) in this recipe. Normally, I advocate buying fat free yogurt because in most recipes you can’t tell the difference. However, for these I recommend the full fat kind…..wait! Don’t leave! Trust me, we tested both kinds of yogurt – full fat and fat free and decided the full fat had a creamier texture and didn’t leave a weird aftertaste.

Consider this though, a serving of Greek Yogurt is eight ounces (a full cup) and although it has about eight grams of fat, these ice pops were only two ounce servings, so you’re still getting less than two grams of fat. Not bad for a dessert. Each one of these puppies only have 100 calories, and they will definitely satisfy your sweet tooth. Enjoy!

You have to try this delish summer recipe.

We are also giving away a $25 gift certificate to Sunflower Farmers Market to one of our blog readers on The Chubby Girls Blog. All you have to do to enter is go to our blog and leave a comment. We will be drawing our winner at 5:00 p.m. MST TONIGHT! So get entering!

Nick + Amber

There are a lot of reason I love living back in Utah, but maybe one of the best reasons is being able to go to more family functions. I hated missing weddings, birthdays, baptisms and big family dinners when I live in New Mexico. About a week after we moved back Alex’s cousin Nick got married to the lovely Amber. I was so happy to snap a few shots for them on their special day. Amber and Nick, you are both adorable. Love you both so much!

This is my favorite picture from the day. They are so sweet.

Their reaction when they saw each other was so amazing and sweet. Best EVER!

Amber. You are gorgeous.

the other blog . . .

Hi friends. You may (or may not) have been wondering why I am posting so little on the blog these days and I have and answer for you. I have been spending all my free time working on a new blog about me and my sister Brenda’s constant and somewhat hilarious weight loss journey. We had an old ugly blogger blog, but that just would do. I really hope you will take a few minutes to check it out. I think you will really enjoy it.

We are also giving away a $25 gift certificate to Sunflower Farmers Market to one of our blog readers. All you have to do is leave us a comment.

xoxo
Tonya

P.S. Tomorrow on Chubby Girls Blog we will be posting some delish lemon raspberry frozen yogurt pops with pictures by yours truly.

Northern Michigan Shoot featured on Stye Unveiled

Remember about a month ago my Northern Michigan wedding shoot was featured on 100 Layer Cake? Well I am so pleased to announce that it was also featured on Style Unveiled. I am so honored to have been a part of this shoot. I can’t wait to work again with Rhiannon from Hey Gorgeous Events.

 

Here is a list of all the amazing vendors who worked on the shoot.

Photography: Tonya Peterson Photography / Styling and Design: Rhiannon Nicole, Hey Gorgeous Events / Venue: Crooked Creek Ranch / Florals: Liz Andre-Stotz, The Parsonage Events / Cake: Kelly Kobus, A Piece o’ Cake / Paper Products: Michelle Ellen Lee, Papertalk Press / Favors: Nicole Ebbitt, The Caramel Jar / Dress: Maggie Torongo, Renee Austin Weddings / Hair and Make Up: Lydia Terpstra / Wood links: West Elm / Videography: Paul and Vanessa Filan, Future Focus Media / Models: Real life married couple, Nick and Jen Doornbos

 

Make sure you head over to Style Unveiled and leave some love in the form of comments.

xoxo
Tonya