The Stork Is Coming Soon!

Will and Nadia are one of my favorite wedding couples. I photographed their engagement photos first, then their wedding in New York, and some wedding portraits in Arizona, too. Recently I photographed their maternity photos. Nadia is due at the end of June I believe. I hope to then photograph their newborn photos as well (hint hint you guys)! Here are a few of my favorite belly shots...pregnant bellies are so beautiful!

Waterfall Romance...

This engagement shoot was from May 1st. Rachal and Jeff are getting married August 14th at the Arizona Grand Resort. They suggested this waterfall area for part of the shoot, and I knew where they were talking about-- had shot there once before. They brought their little pug, who loved my kitty cat meow's. I can't remember his name, May has just been that crazy that I can't remember a name from 2 weeks ago. Anyways, we had fun that morning, and were lucky that the wind didn't pick up until hours after the shoot. Here are our non-Arizona looking photos...

The famous "Love" sign...

Lindsay and Austtin wanted to do their engagement photos at Scottsdale Civic Center because Austtin proposed at the "Love" sign there. I know the place well, so we met there at the end of April for a shoot. Their wedding is November 5th at the Moon Valley Country Club. Can't wait until November! They definately exuberate 'being in love'!

Family of 4

Recently I did this family shoot in downtown historic Glendale. It was a complimentary shoot that I donated to my son's school. This family won the shoot at the silent auction in March. We were lucky to have one of the last cool weekends to do this shoot. We did a variety of shots, as usual. Here are the top 15 shots that caught my eye as I went thru them. The family has over 100 to choose from though! And here they are...

Missy and Brett's Maternity

Missy and Brett were one of my bride's and groom's from early 2007. We have kept in touch over the years, and I was honored when they wanted me to photograph some maternity portraits for them. I set up my studio backdrops and lights at their home, and we had fun being artistic with the big 'b' (belly!) I love pregnant bellies, I think because I loved being pregnant, and love being a mom! Anyways, here are some of our masterpieces...

This next one is my fav and Missy's fav...it is her personality showing thru...it is art!

Kathryn and Tom's engagement

This first one is one of my favorites from the shoot...

Kathryn and Tom officially hired me on April 1st, so it was recently that we met. Their wedding is in November. While calling around to find a wedding photographer, they said that there was one photographer that was actually kind of mean to them on the phone. I told them that I would be glad to be nice to them, all the time! Kathryn and Tom are so nice and easy going, hard to believe that they had such an experience with a mean vendor. I am very happy and excited to work with them both.

We had a few ideas of places for an engagement shoot. They finally settled on Desert Botanical Gardens. It was a bit of a warm day on Saturday, but it was a beautiful day. Kathryn and I have a fear of bees, and we amazingly didn't run in to any. We walked around for about an hour and a half. Here are the images...aren't they sweet together?!

The next two are the same shot; I just can't seem to decide whether I like the color one or the chocolate one better...