Tiffany Rushforth Photography

The Hermann Family starring..... MEYAH :)

2008-07-19T07:50:00.014-06:00

I love it when I get to do families more than once~ I met the Hermanns last year to do Meyahs new born photos and when they called me to do her one year photos I was so excited to be able to do them again!\
They are such a kind family!
Meyah is such a cutie pie!! She has the biggest personality~ Some of these shots just make me think "Rockstar"!!
(until I can figure out how to post horizontal images bigger, I have just done it the old way to avoid cutting half off) :)

Shark Dive Video!

2008-07-17T16:41:00.005-06:00

Ok so here is a video my husband shot with our point and shoot camera with the underwater housing. In Roatan Honduras. I am in the process of having someone redesign my blog so I haven't posted photos for a while, but I am hoping to very soon. Until then, here is another fun video! :)

Lucy...Our boxer~

2008-07-09T19:51:00.005-06:00

We have the most hilarious dog!! It is a nonstop laugh around our house with toys and our dog Lucy~ I have finally gotten a video to work on my blog so please take a second to watch it! Hopefully you will find it as funny as I did~
Video shot by my husband Jed :)

Hannahs 11th Birthday Party ~

2008-07-04T07:52:00.008-06:00

Gotta love summertime Birthday parties!!

Got Books?

2008-06-30T17:20:00.000-06:00

So I have recently just gotten back in the habit of reading~
While we were on our vacation in Roatan Honduras, the place where we stayed had a big drawer full of books~ Take a book, leave a book,~ So I took one and began to read it. I only read about 5 chapters while we were there, and it took me about 5 more weeks before I picked it up again and finished it. Just after I finished, I picked up another book and read it in a few days~ I have been reminded how much I love to take the time to read~ So I started thinking about sharing books...
Take a book, leave a book.
I have the last 2 books that I read that I would love to send your way if you are interested~
The 2 books I have right now are
"Bones to Ashes"
and
"The Alchemist"
Anyone interested in sharing books???
We can start sending them around.
My friend Nicole also sent me a link to join a site called www.goodreads.com
where you can post and review your books. Anyways, I thought this could all be fun, so I started a blog for this specifically and can invite anyone to post on that blog if you'd like to share books are receive books, or review etc....
Bookshare Blog...

Teasdale Utah~

2008-06-29T08:18:00.005-06:00

I have not been very on top of blogging lately~ I have a bunch of shoots I still need to post~ But for now, I am posting about our trip to Southern Utah last weekend.
My husbands family has a cabin in Teasdale, just outside of Capitol Reef. So we took the dogs down there and hung out for a few days~ I did not get a good shot of one of our dogs so only 2 of the 3 are represented ~ And looking a little rugged :)
The lizard shot is courtesy of my husband Jed!
We always like to eat breakfast here at the Capitol Reef Inn...
Another thing we love down here is this HUGE eagles nest in the amazing tree~ Sometimes there are little babies, but this time just the one Eagle was there. It is always incredible to see them!

Isaac 1 Year

2008-06-23T20:02:00.006-06:00

Claire~

2008-06-17T21:27:00.005-06:00

Wow, I sure have not been very good at keeping up on the blog lately!
Here are a few photos I took of cute little Claire~

Regan and Annabelle

2008-06-08T09:52:00.004-06:00

Darren 3 years~

2008-06-05T17:21:00.009-06:00

This is Darren. I have taken his photos since he was very little. And every year on his birthday we go to Wheeler Farm for some fun photos!!
Here are some of my favorites from this session.
"Sally, I picked this one just for you"~

Showing me an ant~

Showing himself the ant :)

Here is a shot from his First year photos~ We tried to revisit this one, hence the sepia photo above!

And a shot from his 2 year photos~ Thanks to these bubbles that is still how he refers to me... "Tiffany Bubbles"

Honduras

2008-06-02T20:30:00.001-06:00

I don't ever really know where to begin~
After such an incredible week in Guatemala we headed over to Honduras to stay in one place for 8 days~ We wanted to do some diving, we ended up doing LOTS of diving... :) 15 dives in 7 days~
What an incredible time. If you ever get the chance to go diving, I highly recommend it. It is an entirely different world!!
We got to Barefoot Cay... I can't even call it a hotel because it was so much more. 4 bungalows on a private little cay with a fully staffed kitchen, a pool and a palapa. Sailboats can also dock there, we met some really incredible people there. The staff were truly fantastic! We really felt at home.

They had their own dive shop and they were truly amazing people too. All of the dive masters and boat captains were so fun and great~ We felt like part of the family with the hotel and dive staff. Everyone was really fantastic!!
Some of the dive staff...

Shark dive photos! I cannot say enough about this amazing dive with these fascinating creatures. We sat through the briefing. I admit I might have been a little nervous. But more about the current they warned us there could be...Luckily...No current! We jump and head for the line~ I took a look down and could see a few of the circling. We headed down to about 70 feet and waited on the bottom as they swam around. We even got to swim around with them for a few minutes and then back to the sandy bottom while they opened the bucket with a few fishheads...
If I can figure out how to post video I will~ Jed took an awesome short video down there too. These are taken by my husband Jed with our point and shoot in an underwater housing....

The Dolphin Dive...
This was an amazing experience too~ There were only 3 dolphins that we got to dive with and they pretty much come up to you when they want to~ They are such neat animals~

Here are some more random diving photos~

As you can tell, aside from diving and relaxing at Barefoot Cay, we did not get to venture out much. But we did meet some new friends and we drove to the East end with them to hang out~ they snorkeled while I lounged in a hammock~
Here are just a few shots from the East End...

That pretty much sums up our trip to Roatan...
Thank you for letting me share so much.
**Most underwater photos were taken by my husband Jed**

What an incredible experience....

2008-05-20T19:59:00.038-06:00

GUATEMALA!!!!!
It is hard to sum up 2 weeks in an amazing couple of places...
I wish that I had the talent with words to describe my thoughts and experiences properly, but..... I don't think I can really express the way I feel about our trip and the experiences that we had in both Guatemala and Honduras!
Here goes....
I will start with a few photos from our first night in Guatemala~
These are a few shots from our cool hotel, our giant key, the hammock outside our room, the beautiful flowers etc....
We started our trip in Antigua, Guatemala and stayed here for one night~

Early the next morning we headed out to Chichicastenango, where they have a big market every Thursday and Sunday. We met up with our guide, Andre in Chichi and went through the market and through a few churches and to the cemetery there. What a beautiful place as well...

I have to admit that when I first knew of this place, I thought it would be awesome for color enhancing some photos, but when it comes down to it, I like the way it was captured and I tried to color enhance a few and it did not have the feel I was hoping for... :)

Next we headed to Lake Atitlan~ We stayed one night here.

And then headed across the lake by small boat to 2 very small towns.

The first town was my favorite~ San Juan la Laguna.

I love local art galleries~ It is great to see this in a place that is so small~

We went to 2 separate places where they make things. This place had these machines that are used to make fabric. They are powered by someones legs!!

The second place that we went was much smaller. They grow their own cotton and make their own thread.
This place really touched my heart~ I loved these ladies!!
This first lady was so excited to share with us the process and the way it all works. (Jed had to translate, since I don't speak much Spanish)...

This cute lady in red was so sweet and made one of my favorite memories. She was just staring at me the whole time we were there, she was smiling at me so big and genuine and she kept touching my arm and smiling~ When we left she gave us hugs and a kiss on the cheek. What an incredible experience for me.

This is a tuktuk, pronounced took took~ They were so fun to ride around in. A little further below is a slideshow of one of our rides on the tuk tuk while I took pictures out the side with my camera in my lap~ (So inconspicuous).

We met a man there out in the coffee fields working with a machete to clear out some of the overgrown areas by power lines. He was 76 years old and was such a sweet man.

We got back on the boat and headed over to Santiago Atitlan for some lunch~ We met a very sweet dog there who may very well have ended up with more of our lunch than we did ~ (my husband has a soft spot and fed him a bunch~ I loved that).

PRESS PLAY ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE BELOW THE PHOTO!!

That afternoon we went back to Antigua for 2 more nights. The next morning we went on a walking tour of Antigua with a woman named Jane.
She showed us a bunch of historic places. And, of course, some old churches. It is a very cool little town with cobble stone streets and old buildings.

In the center of the town there is a public place that you can do your washing. Those are was bins and there is a big section in front that is full of water. This lady then bundled up the wet, heavy clothes and put it on top of her head to carry it home. The people are amazing!

It is hard to describe the facade of every build, basically the entire block is one solid building from the look of the front, but then it is separated somehow inside. Check out the photo below to see more of what I mean :) (photos speak louder than words) :)

Early on Wednesday morning we were picked up and taken to the airport for our flight to Flores for our tour and nights stay in Tikal~
WOW!!! What an incredible experience :) I know I have said that a bunch of times but it is true.
When we arrived at our hotel we were met by our guide, Pablo and started our tour of the ruins.
PABLO...

It is very cool to see ruins in the midst of an amazing jungle. We stopped because we saw a beautiful bird in a tree along the path and when we were looking at him I noticed some Monkeys and we walked over to see them playing in the trees. It was a bunch of Howler monkeys and we were lucky enough to even see a few Spider monkeys come swinging by. I took photos but most of them don't look like much of anything beside black dots amidst a bunch of jungle plants~ It was so amazing.

We walked to a few of the different Temples and such, and ran into one more family of Howlers. There were babies this time, ohhhhh I think it was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. They came down pretty low and close to us. The father did not like it very much and actually tried to poop on us. And pee on us~

So after about 15 minutes we wondered around somemore.

It was pretty hot there, but luckily the hotel we stayed at was right outside of the entrance to Tikal and had a pool. I loved this place. It is funny because there is no power during the day, only for a few hours in the evening and a few hours in the morning. But who needs power with a pool in the middle of the jungle!

We toured Tikal one more time the following day and got to see and hear somemore Monkeys. We went to a few different ruins in the park this time.

And climbed up the steepest ladder to one of the tops of the ruins. I was scared....But it was so worth it. The view was awesome!!

This post does not do this trip justice...I cannot tell you enough just how much we loved Guatemala~
If you ever get the chance to go there~ You MUST!!
Thanks for letting me share this!
Honduras photos to come...Most of those are underwater! :)

So much to post!

2008-05-20T15:24:00.001-06:00

What an amazing trip!! I cannot say enough about both Guatemala and Honduras~ AMAZING!! AMAZING!! We had the time of our lives! We have a few thousand photos from both land and water (It may take a little while to figure out what to post and to go through them all)! :) I thought I would first post a few photos from point and shoot in an underwater housing from our shark dive! More photos and videos to come!
A photo of each of us to prove that we were actually on that dive :)
It was amazing!! You'll hear that word so much to describe every aspect of this trip~ FYI!!
(I have the braid, he has the beard) :)