A Little Spin on the Good Ol’ LDS Art
The Women’s Expo I went to this weekend was awesome. Not only did we get the word out there for Lavender Days, but I also saw a lot of very cool Utah vendors that are doing very cool things! (Shout out to my booth neighbors HugaMonkey!)
One of my favorite booths to walk through was Raymond Designs. I love them because they have LDS art that is different than all the usual stuff out there. (If you’re not LDS, you might not know that just about every member of the LDS Church has some type of religious themed art in their house. So, after going to a few LDS people’s houses it may seem like they all have the exact same pictures on their walls. You might actually start thinking that they pass pictures out at church for people to hang on the walls. But they don’t. Everyone just happens to have the exact same pictures as everyone else. It is one of those quarky things about those Mormons.)
I especially love the temple pictures from Raymond Designs. The designer, John Raymond, just knows how to make the pictures beautiful. The thing is, Deseret Book is now carrying his stuff, so this might become too mainstream for me. We’ll see.
What I really want is a picture of my family in front of the temple with this sepia toned, washed out look. If a photographer out there is willing to give it a try, let me know!
This is my favorite of all his artwork, but I’m not sure which temple I would choose because I have too many favorites. I hope you don’t buy this one so that I can hang it in my house!
Tricia, I know this post is old, but I just happened upon it while searching for LDS temple art - just to see what other photographers are doing in this area. Photography has been my hobby for longer than you’ve been on earth and I have just recently become more serious with it. If you still are looking for the photo you described ["a picture of my family in front of the temple with this sepia toned, washed out look"], my son and I would love to make it happen. We live in Moroni. Just email me and we’ll set it up.
BTW, I like your blog.