Shannon and Erik from Minnesota

Saturday I had a great wedding day. First of all, Shannon and Erik were very nice, easy going, and photos were important to them. I know that photos are important to all brides and grooms, but only a portion of couples make photos a priority on their wedding day. We had great weather and lots of time slotted for taking photos. We even had permission to shoot at the 'forbidden' Sun City Grand waterfall. The ceremony was a beautiful backyard wedding. After the ceremony, I only stayed for a little bit to take some more group shots and to get candids of mingling and toasting. When it was time for me to go, Shannon (our bride) insisted that I take home dinner for me and for my family. They were so great to work with...wish that I could have this type of wedding every Saturday!

Meet Devinn

A couple weeks ago, I had the pleasure of taking
senior portraits for Devinn. She had her outfits
all picked out and showed up ready to have fun.
We went to Sun City Grand's community center.
Her mom and her aunt enthusiastically came along,
and even gave us a pose idea here and there.
Nice afternoon, and a drum roll please...

My website address is....

www.photopassion.us

My 8th graders...

This past Saturday was my last Saturday off from
weddings for a long while. So my daughter, Katie,
and I decided it was photo shoot day. She needed
some 8th grade grad photos anyways. We also thought
that having her best friend, Kaya, and her boyfriend,
P.J., come along would be a great idea. Katie and
Kaya love the 'LOVE' sign, so we went to Scottsdale Civic
Center. There is one shot below of the 'LOVE' sign.
On the way home from the shoot I told P.J. that I hoped
he had a good time, because if you are going to date
my daughter, you are going to be in a lot of photo shoots!
Here are our results of the shoot... you can see we had fun!

Sarah and Eric, bundle of joy coming soon!

Sarah and Eric were one of my brides and grooms
from 2009. I was so excited when I found out they
wanted maternity photos-- I love pregnant bellies!
Pregnant bellies are so beautiful, maybe it is because
they are full of hope and the future?

They don't know if it is a boy or a girl...waiting until
the birth to be surprised. I wish them all the best,
for a quick and uneventful birth, and a healthy, happy
baby!

Second Shooter...

Every once in a while I get the pleasure of being a 'second shooter'. Normally I am the main photographer with all the responsibility of getting all the shots. A 'second shooter' gets to look at things from different angles and different viewpoints. Plus a 'second shooter' gets to concentrate more on the art and less on the requirements. Not to say that main photographers aren't artistic, it is just that they can't take as much time and thought about the creative side because the main photographer has a timeline to stick to.

I was 'second shooter' to Mary Sandy this past Friday at Seville. I love shooting with Mary and just love shooting! Here are some of my artistic and photojournalistic selections from the wedding. Congratulations to Britany and Murphy!

Click on an image to enlarge it...

Felt like playing with the rings...

This dress had 'to die for' details!

You can tell that the groom and his dad are close.

Bears Fanatic-- the grooms cake!

These three cuties had no clue that there was a ceremony going on!

This groom knew how to work the shot!

The water was so beautiful at dusk!