Darcy Patterson Design Photography

A tribute to "Obi-wan-keno-lee"

2012-02-11T17:36:00.000-08:00

A true Jedi, Lee Bertrand, he was (and is).

Although I really was only beginning to know him well, he was someone who brighten my day each time I came in contact with him. Last year teaching, after he'd drop off his granddaughters, Lee would always walk past my classroom and say something kind... which was a nice change from the "your huge" type comments that I would receive during the last months of my pregnancy. I so looked forward to those quick interactions... it was the perfect start to my day, and gave me just the little boost that I often needed while teaching. Lee you will be missed...

may the force be with you!

Christmas card designs

2012-01-25T08:26:00.000-08:00

Here are the Christmas cards I designed for the past Christmas.

Summers family 2011 (present)

2012-01-19T00:03:00.000-08:00

December 2011

Summers family 2010 (past)

2012-01-18T22:09:00.000-08:00

Summers family (past)

2012-01-18T21:54:00.000-08:00

Summers kids December 2009 (just a simple quick indoor session)

Harris family (present)

2012-01-18T16:31:00.000-08:00

Harris family (past)

2012-01-18T15:40:00.000-08:00

December 2010

Harris family (past)

2012-01-18T15:12:00.000-08:00

Harris family... December 2009!

(And that's a wrap!)

Valencia family (present)

2012-01-18T09:24:00.000-08:00

Here is the Valencia family session "Christmas Present!"

Valencia family

2012-01-17T21:14:00.000-08:00

Since I haven't posted family photo sessions, since, humm.. probably 2009! I figured I would posted some of the family photos of "Christmas Past!" So here they are, the Valencia family, two years ago!

Real Heroes CTR kids-download link

2012-01-17T14:25:00.000-08:00

I have finally attached a link to download the "kids" version of the Real Heroes, as well as, the heroes without a background!

{click here}

I don't think I've mentioned this, but it is best when ordering prints, that you make sure the auto correct or auto color is not selected. This usually shows up when you are to review your order!

More "Real Heroes" CTR- 2012 Primary Theme

2012-01-07T22:21:00.000-08:00

I am a bit of a fiddler! I design and then redesign and redesign. I had made different heroes before the start of the holidays, but just hadn't got around to saving as a .jpg and posting them! I can upload to a file sharing site soon, but tonight... it's time for bed! :)

Sneak Peek- Real Heroes CTR kids

2012-01-07T11:50:00.000-08:00

When I first had the thought of the "Real Hero" it was the classic Superhero opening his suit to reveal the superhero underneath. (I loved that the suit was like church clothes!!) However, I thought it would be fun to design the heroes to look more like kids. Here's my "rough" design. I've been working on adding some different coloring on the heroes too... which will be coming soon!

Real Heroes Choose The Right-2012 Primary Theme-link

2012-01-05T21:21:00.000-08:00

(Click here)

for the link to download the Real Heroes bookmark and binder cover!

P.S. Sorry for the delay on these links! My hard drive crashed right before Thanksgiving, so between getting that fixed and Christmas things were a bit crazy!

Arise and Shine Forth-free printable download link

2012-01-05T21:10:00.000-08:00

So sorry to all of you who have tried to download and print from my site (I know that can be frustrating)! I'm new to the whole file sharing thing... but you should be able to get the full resolution now!

(just click here!)

You should find the 20x30 print, binder covers (I did a plain one too), bookmark, 8x10 size, and 20x20 size. Hope this works now!

2012 Primary Theme-Choose The Right- Real Heroes (2)

2011-12-12T16:40:00.000-08:00

Here are bookmarks our ward will be giving to the spotlight kid for the week. They are designed to be developed as a 4x6 and then cut in half. The other two printables are binder covers or our ward will be putting one of them up on each class room door. These heroes are designed to be "teenage-ish" age, so they can work for primary or YW/YM, but I might design more kid looking ones sometime in the future (say after the craziness of Christmas is over!)

Just right click to save. If that doesn't work, I can put them up on a download site..

2012 Primary Theme-Choose The Right- Real Heroes

2011-12-03T10:14:00.000-08:00

FREE PRINTABLE

After hearing what the new Primary theme would be, I started thinking about what would be some fun ideas to go with the theme. My first thoughts were "Chews the Right" and incorporate gum balls (which I'm still going to try to design a teacher incentive for that theme). Then, I had this thought of Super Heroes! This is a topic I am quite familiar with since I have three boys! And my boys are obsessed with all thing Super Hero!

I designed with and without the border. I usually like to print at Costco, and if I want a black border I just select to do that under the printing options. For some reason, whenever I try to print with borders, they get cropped off.

Our presidency is still brainstorming how we are going to incorporate this into our year. We are thinking of giving each kid a copy of the hero for their birthday, and probably a CTR Super Hero themed kick off activity. I'll keep posting as we finalize our ideas. If you have any ideas, I'd love to hear them!!
Click here to download

Baby Derek

2011-11-08T22:33:00.000-08:00

I really enjoyed photographing Cameron and Vivian's new little man. He's so cute and is lucky to have such cool parent (and grandparents too!)

I've loved being able to photograph Cameron and Vivian over the years (maybe I will actually post their engagement and wedding sometime! :) They are such a fun couple and it's so neat to see them become parents. Love you guys!

Baby Jules

2011-11-08T22:19:00.000-08:00

Isn't she adorable!

Arise and Shine Forth

2011-10-18T21:17:00.000-07:00

To go along with the new YW theme for 2011, I designed a bookmark and binder covers. The bookmark is designed so that it can be printed as a 4x6 photo print ($.13 at Costco/Sam's Club) and then cut in half. The binder covers and just the normal 8.5x11 size. Just right click and save as .jpg! :)

Royal

2011-10-18T14:59:00.000-07:00

My friend Sunny asked me to design a print for her daughters' rooms after hearing a quote from the last LDS General Conference. I think it is so important for young girls (and older ones too actually) to realize that they are daughters of God. I just love this phrase.

I also did two different temple crowns, wasn't sure which one I liked best and did a chandelier too! What do you think?

Flash back

2011-10-07T23:26:00.000-07:00

As I was going through my massive amount of photos on my iphoto (like 17,000 something! Yikes!) and I stubbled upon this one I took in St. Mark's square in Venice. It's been scanned in (so not great quality), since that was "way back" in like 2003, and I shot with my old school Canon (which I LOVED!) Just thought I would share one of my favorite photos from my study aboard... now I'm dying to go back! Love Europe!

New Attorney Invites

2011-10-07T23:00:00.000-07:00

These are the invites I designed for my husbands two night "BAR fest!" (meaning he passed the California State BAR exam!)

Preschool

2011-09-27T19:11:00.000-07:00

One of the reasons that I am SO glad I get to stay home now is that I will be able to teach preschool with Orin! On his first day, I did a quick First Day of Preschool photo shoot... aren't those kids just too cute! I feel oh so blessed to be where I'm at right now in life!

If you know of any preschool groups that would like pictures, I'd love to do it!

Preschool age is super fun!

YW 2012 theme- free printable

2011-09-26T09:17:00.000-07:00

First of all, I can not believe that we are coming up on a new year (well in a few months, but it sure goes fast)... and it is going to be 2012! So crazy! My mom is serving in the Young Women's stake presidency and asked me to design a poster for the new theme "Arise and Shine Forth" (which was the theme in 2006 when I was in the YW)! Here is what I came up with...

If you are serving in the LDS Youth program and want to use this print feel free! It's designed for a 20x30 poster, which works for 4x6. I also made a 20x20 size If you contact me, I can design it in another size as well. I thought bookmarks would be fun too!

darcypattersonphoto@gmail.com

Anderson family

2011-09-25T21:55:00.000-07:00

My freshman year @ BYU (Go Cougars!) I met this amazing girl... Katie! Oh what fun & wild (well BYU standard wild!) times we had. It was seriously so much fun to catch up and see her and her adorable family! (It was like 115 degrees outside, they were such troopers!)

Walker family

2011-09-05T21:17:00.000-07:00

While in St. George for Shawn's family reunion, I did a quick photo session with Shawn's cousin Adriann and her fun family! Her little girl Ivy is my son Orin's age and she is just too cute!

family

2011-08-08T19:02:00.000-07:00

girls

2011-08-08T19:00:00.000-07:00

baby

2011-08-08T18:56:00.000-07:00

Isn't she the cutest thing ever!

prom

2009-06-05T17:03:00.001-07:00

Lindsay looked sooo amazing @ her junior prom!!! It was seriously so fun being there and taking pictures (Johanna came too and we got to reminse!) Thanks Lindz for letting me be a part of it! :)

Baby Bella

2009-04-03T15:29:00.000-07:00

My good friend Crissa had an adorable baby girl in February!! It was sooo fun photographing Bella... she is adorable! And she has the cutest room, Crissa is sooo talented!

Jolie is ONE!!

2008-12-03T21:22:00.001-08:00

Thornton family

2008-11-10T07:56:00.000-08:00

summers family

2008-11-09T21:28:00.000-08:00

We did a photo shoot (in June) with our good friends the Summers... what cute boys! :)

senior photos

2008-05-29T20:47:00.000-07:00

I just did a senior photo shoot yesterday and loved it!! It's just such an exciting time in life... Here are some senior pictures I've taken in the past and never posted.

engagement

2008-05-14T22:33:00.000-07:00

Cameron (Shawn's cousin) and his beautiful fiance were so fun to photograph... and we did their wedding a few weeks ago!! Vivian was so gorgeous and it was such a fun day! I'll have more pictures to come!

senior photos

2008-05-14T16:38:00.000-07:00

Kyle G. Nelson
Class of 2008!
Can't believe he's graduating... I'm starting to feel so old!

Baby Molly

2008-04-10T08:28:00.000-07:00

My cousin Emily's brand new baby girl... she is just sooo precious!

Lindsay is 16!!

2008-02-29T22:27:00.000-08:00

Lindsay is now officially sweet 16... watch out boys, we've got a hottie!

Baby Jolie

2008-02-29T22:14:00.000-08:00

This adorable baby girl was just so fun to photograph! She is just too cute!

{i do}

2008-01-13T19:21:00.000-08:00

{wedding}

2008-01-13T19:18:00.000-08:00

{fong & adam}

2008-01-13T17:42:00.000-08:00

I figured that the best way to show some of my photographs, and not have to create a website, is to just post them on a blog... (for those of you who are interested :)!! I'll done a few weddings and here is some of what I captured.