About Utah Iris Photographer - Utah Iris Photographer

Hi, I am Dustin izatt

Close-up macro photograph of a human eye iris in golden amber and green tones with detailed texture on black background.

This page is a little bit about me as a human and the journey that led me to iris photography. I look forward to sharing a little bit more about myself and can't wait to chat more during your session to learn a little about you in return.

I figure since you are allowing me to photograph the window to your soul, that it's only fair you get to know a little more about me as your photographer! The window to my soul is above these words, yep that's right that's one of my eyeballs haha.

Here's some fun random facts about me.......

I am super introverted

I am highly empathetic

I give world famous hugs

I love anything cotton candy flavored

I am a professional anxiety sufferer haha.

I am a genuine caring person.

I am a photographer.

I am a giver.

I am sensitive.

I cry in movies.

I am addicted to music.

I am afraid of grasshoppers and heights and flying and Lightning.

I love to go hiking.

I love people of all religions, race, sexual orientations and creeds.

I am shy.

I am confident.

I ponder life and revel in the beauty of it often.

I love deeply.

I love deep conversations and human connection.

I love making new friends.

I am quick to forgive others and let go of grudges but slower to forgive myself.

I rejoice when others succeed and feel deep empathy for others pain.

I sometimes struggle when trying to understand the cruelty of others.

I believe in uplifting others no matter who they are. I live and breathe kindness.

I love to stargaze and love the sound of chirping crickets.

I love hugs both giving and receiving.

I love laughing with those I love and laughing so hard that I cry.

I sometimes feel so powerful and yet so helpless.

I feel a burning in my soul and my heart to add love to the lives of everyone I meet.

To uplift those who struggle and to shower the world with gratitude and compassion.

I am a hopeless romantic and believe chivalry needs a revival.

I am human.

I have weaknesses and I am on a journey to overcome them.

I struggle on my journey.

Sometimes life can be hard.

I seek the beauty in those hard times.

I hope deep down every day that I will do good in my life and hope to be remembered as a driving force of love by others when I am gone.

This is a small glimpse of who I am.

I can't wait to capture and learn a small glimpse of who you are!

Man in Utah Iris Photography shirt smiles beside eye imaging equipment with colorful iris artwork displayed behind him.

my journey to becoming an iris photographer

the back story

Ever since I learned iris photography was a genre of photography, I immediately became obsessed! What an intimate and deeply connecting form of photography. Every eye so beautiful and unique just as each of us as humans are a whole unique world full of memories and beliefs and hopes and dreams and each of us bring our own form of talents and personalities into the world. I really resonated with what a beautiful art form this was and instantly knew it was something I had to do.

I came across Iris photography on September 9th of 2024, when we saw a local photographer offering them at the Utah State Fair in Salt Lake City. I paid for a session for my wife and I to have this done and told her how amazing it would be to have our eyes documented, so that after we are no longer walking this mortal realm, our kids could still peer into our souls and feel close to us. I knew I had found my passion and my calling.

I went home that night and spent every waking moment researching and learning this new adventure, ordered a macro lens and some macro lights and shot my first few irises of my kids when my gear arrived about a week later and then had a couple friends come and do some sessions. Having 25 years of professional photography experience, I was able to pick it up fairly quickly.

Did those first couple sessions out of my garage and knew that I couldn't bring clients there because holy ghetto!

I officially launched my website, converted one of my homes small bedrooms into an iris studio and opened my doors for business on September 19th, 2024 doing sessions out of my home in Layton Utah

In June of 2025 I finally graduated out of the house and rented my first commercial studio space in Layton in an executive suite on Fairfield road right next to the Cal Ranch. So Utah Iris Photographer is now legit, 2 legit 2 quit, and finally in a larger space than my tiny home office. Since then I have photographed hundreds of amazing irises and am closing in on 1,000 irises photographed soon in just two short years.

I truly am passionate and love doing this form of photography and connecting with amazing humans as I capture their irises in my studio.

My old home studio

Modern office room with hexagonal LED ceiling lights, colorful eye-themed wall art, blue sofa, and black desk with ergonomic chair.

My current commercial studio

Modern home office with navy blue sofa, geometric ceiling light, shelving units, and colorful area rug under a black desk.

fun Facts about me

Latest addiction

dutch bros!

Married to my high school sweetheart

for 25 years!

Favorite candy bar

snickers

Two overlapping human eyes with golden-brown irises float against a dark cosmic nebula background filled with stars.

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor

Playdoh from farrs!

Favorite Food

tacos

Dream vacation

iceland

Six human eyes in a row showing color variation from blue to brown, displayed against a black background with light particles.