Christine Armbruster Photography

Outdoor Lifestyle Photography at Lake Powell, Utah

Published at: 10:11 pm - Saturday November 26 2016

End of September I headed to Lake Powell to do some paddling and some outdoor lifestyle photography for a few commercial clients. A few friends, a film camera, and a bunch of product were loaded into kayaks for a multi-day kayak camping trip. We had heard so much, received tips from friends who knew the area like the back of their hands, and headed out.

I had never been to Lake Powell before, and I get it. I get why friends who live here or have moved away miss this place. I now understand the obsession with the blue waters and red rocks. The houseboats were a bit much for the kayaks, but being able to camp on any patch of sand or rock and ample spots to climb and then jump into the lake make it worth every wake. The warmth of the sun in early fall, just as welcomed as it will be come Spring.

Below is a sample of images taken at Lake Powell for a few clients including Igloo Coolers, Hanz, and ORU Kayak. It was a great trip, a big learning experience, and truly tested my technical kayaking skills loading up a boat and then strapping the big tan cooler to the top!

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International Day of the Girl on Misadventures

Published at: 10:10 am - Wednesday October 12 2016

Some of you may already know but for others this may be new to you, I work with Girl Scouts. Not just any Girl Scouts, but the ones that are 14-18 years old and interested in travel. I’ve been doing this for many years now, starting with a food trip in L.A. where we explored food culture and took cooking classes, but eventually it grew to photography programs in Yosemite and international trips of kayaking, trekking, and exploring. For International Day of the Girl, Misadventures asked me to share an editorial photo essay and write a little bit about what these trips are like. It was a fun little piece to put together, and even more fun to see the ripple effect from it. Being contacted by so many who had been Scouts and loved it or those with young girls and want to know how to get them involved. It was a wildfire that spread and reached so many young girls in a positive way, and I am so happy Misadventures had the idea to start it.

Christine Armbruster is a Utah editorial travel photographer. While not guiding trips for Girl Scouts, she is combining documentary style photography for commercial clients. Blending the two, she creates authentic content for brands in the travel and outdoor markets.

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Salt Lake City Restaurant Photography: Taqueria 27

Published at: 01:09 pm - Friday September 02 2016

It’s been a while since I have posted images of food photography. It’s been a crazy summer with lots of travels, and I feel like it’s time to settle down a bit, cook some meals, can some of summer’s bounty, and photograph some food. Well.. I am also trying to plan a bike trip, some kayaking, and who knows whatever else in between. I think this is as “settled down” as I get. I think it should count for something.

More restaurant and food images are in the works currently. In the meantime, here are some images taken for Taqueria 27. I have been working a little bit to make more images for restaurants. I did quite a bit of restaurant photography while living in Chicago and previous to life there, I am currently upping my Salt Lake food photography game. If you are looking for images whether shooting a new menu or creating piles of content for social media, let me know and we can work something out.

These images were taken for Taqueria 27. If you haven’t been there yet, I highly recommend stopping by. They have three different locations across the Salt Lake City area. Delicious mole, great taco variations, and an amazing brunch.

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Iceland: Product Photography on Location

Published at: 03:08 pm - Monday August 08 2016

It was my first, and definitely not my last time in Iceland. I went for a couple of reasons, but one was to do commercial outdoor photography in Iceland. Blown away by the amazing landscapes, I was constantly surprised by the varying beauty of Iceland. I knew it would be beautiful and incredible as people and photos describe, but it was even more than that.

I went to Iceland in June, headed out with a few friends and bags of products for different companies. We spent our time on the south part of the country, exploring glaciers, volcanoes, and fields of wildflowers and lava. Geyser made me giggle like a child as they erupted all around me, and I was constantly in awe at how active the area was with volcanos and glacier movement. Next time I need to go North and over to the fjords. Or amp it up and go to Greenland.

Clients shot for in Iceland: Darn Tough, Armpocket, Bridgedale

To learn more about working with me, please contact me directly info (at) christinearmbruster (dot) com

I have lots of trips coming up and would love to bring your brand along. If you are interested in hearing more about how I work with various brands in travel, send me an e-mail to figure out how we can work together to get you great imagery in beautiful locations.

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Editorial Travel Photography: Morocco

Published at: 01:06 pm - Monday June 06 2016

For the last two years, I have had the opportunity to travel to Morocco. I have explored the Atlas Mountains, hiked Toubkal (the tallest mountain in North Africa), seen the Sahara Desert, and gotten lost in the streets of Marrakech. In August I will be back for a third time. Each time gets better as I find new places and rekindle with old friends I have made in the last couple of years. Though it always feels like such a short trip, and my experiences often are a bit guided, there is something amazing about the little moment and the little connections I make. Each time a shop owner recognizes me from the year before, a tour guide remembers my name, or a winding street is familiar, I feel like I have made a small victory. These images are just a small amount of the editorial travel photography I have done in Morocco. I cannot wait for there to be more to share soon.

To see more of my travel photography, please check out the travel documentary section on my website, or search this blog for more travel photography.

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Food Photography Salt Lake City: Communal Restaurant (Provo, Utah)

Published at: 08:04 pm - Monday April 25 2016

When I first started photographing for restaurants, Communal was one of the first that I reached out to in order to shoot some portfolio work. I started off by doing some restaurant location photography, eventually returning to do some food photography. Over the last year, I have been hired by Heirloom Restaurant Group (which Communal is a part of) to create photographs of their restaurants and curate their social media content. It’s been a lot of learning, and a lot of forcing myself to push harder. It has been nice to not only branch out from doing food photography Salt Lake City, but expand to Utah County and all over Utah.

Over the last couple of days, I have been redoing portions of my website. I have been moving around sections and updating ignored portfolios with current work. As I have been editing and digging through images, it has been fun to see progress. Comparing some of the same dishes of the restaurant, and how I have learned how to photograph and edit them differently. I love seeing my work evolve over time. Sometimes it’s hard to step back and see progress, but here just looking at the previous links it is fun to see how things have changed.

I get to visit Heirloom’s restaurants on a near monthly basis and create imagery for social media and of new menu items. This is a collection of images taken at brunch a couple of months ago.

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Lifestyle Photographers in Salt Lake: Photography for Max Love Brand

Published at: 05:11 pm - Tuesday November 24 2015

The holidays are now in full swing and new goals on the mind. I feel like there is no better time to showcase some images I took for a fantastic company over the last few months. Max Love Brand is a nonprofit accessory company. Their products are named after children with life-threatening diseases and proceeds go towards treatments, research, and resources for these children. Social media image creation is a product I offer for many companies. Packages of professional images for social media are a great way to help develop a brand with a single identity through high quality imagery. Though I say I am a lifestyle photographers Salt Lake, I spend most of my time traveling out of Utah. For these images, I have taken the products all over the world to get a diverse portfolio of shots for the company.

All images were taken on film with Kodak Portra 400.

Locations include: Northern Ireland; The West Highland Way, Scotland; Mono Lake, California; Death Valley, California.

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Lifestyle Photographers Utah: End of Summer Camping in the Uintas

Published at: 12:11 am - Tuesday November 24 2015

I was talking with a mentor today about local places. The beautiful camp sites, hidden gem diners, and back roads through pristine ghost towns, all within a few hours of my home. I just got back from a trip to the Republic of Georgia and Armenia, turned around and headed to Northern Ireland almost immediately. He laughed when hearing of my Thanksgiving plans to go to the Tetons, exclaiming that I’ve never been there before. Just four or so hours away, one of the most incredible mountain ranges in the country, and I have never been. The Unitas are one of those places. I hear good things, see beautiful photos, but it’s one of those places that I’ve never really spent any time.

Recently a few friends and I decided to hit the high desert of alpine lakes for a few days. I think that is part of the magic of local undiscovered places. They are little surprises, reminding me that I don’t really have to go far to see something incredible. These are the true hidden gems, the beautiful places that we often take for granted.

Images taken for Lenka Bar. Scanned and developed by MY Film Lab.

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Documentary Travel Photography: Camping with Bedouins on The Spirited Pursuit

Published at: 09:07 am - Sunday July 19 2015

I got the pleasure of being interviewed by The Spirited Pursuit for my documentary travel photography work that I did with the Bedouins in Jordan. It was my first published collection of images from this project. Though the project was photographed a while ago, I have goals of more publications and a longer story to come. Sometimes I feel like you need to step back from a story in order to fully understand it and where you want to take it. This project took exactly that. It’s a hard balance to strike between being timely and making sure something is perfect. Some projects just take a little bit more time than others. This one is no exception. There is a bit more to process.

The Spirited Pursuit is a lovely publication of a new style of travel work from off the beaten path. They focus on local experts as well as strange places and unique experiences. They have many great travel memoirs, antidotes, and is overall a really great curated publication to inspire your next trip.

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Park City Commercial Photography: Proof Eyewear

Published at: 09:07 am - Tuesday July 14 2015

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Over the winter (yes, I am aware it is July), I was asked to photograph a few frames for Proof Eyewear and their #ProofFrontierProject series. It was a fun project in which I was given a set of frames and informed to go outdoors and get inspired. I feel like many of my assignments lately have been this way, which is great to get the open ended freedom, it makes my photography feel (and in return, it looks) more like personal work than commissioned work. For this series of product photography, I took off to Park City and Sundance Mountain Resort to make the images.

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“When I first opened my package from Proof, I was instantly impressed. Wood cut designs, soft fabrics, and beautiful crafted framed neatly placed. A designers work of art from the inside out. The frames referenced nights hot drinks near a bonfire, cabins of foraged treasures, and a well spun story of adventure. Simple concepts portrayed with sophistication and refinement: Proof Eyewear. I wanted to show the same elements through my images. Finding places and ideas that were both rustic and had style, I chose lifestyles that would compliment the lives of those who would choose Proof.” -Excerpt from the blurb I wrote about the project on their site.

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