Staci and Alfonso

Staci and Alfonso got married a few weeks before this reception. They had a small intimate ceremony and reception at the Provencal side of the Wright House. Mary Sandy was the photographer for that wedding, and the images were amazing! She was already booked for their big reception date of 2/19/11, so she called me and hired me to shoot for her.

This reception was at Inside the Bungalow. Staci and Alfonso's theme is baseball. This is because he is a Major League umpire. It was raining on and off the entire weekend of their reception-- we had to run outside for portraits in between showers, very quickly. They didn't let some raindrops ruin their party! It was a pleasure working with Staci and Alfonso.


The party favors were chocolate covered coffee beans, fitting since the reception was at Inside the Bungalow, a cute coffeehouse in Mesa.

Landon and family

Three week old Landon was such a cute healthy baby boy. But he only had two things on his agenda the day of our photo shoot-- 1. eating 2. sleeping. Since he is the boss, we went with what he would give us. The camera loves him, though he didn't even know I was taking his portraits. His parents, Amanda and Mike, were calm, loving, and patient. They are a great little family!



Landon likes to suck his hands, as this next photo shows...


Grandma, grandpa, and crew.


Awake for a little bit, but would NOT let us take his pacifier away.

Nice and relaxed for grandma for a moment.

Power to the people! This was the only truly awake shot.








This was a special request, special monkey that they wanted a pic with. And Landon sleeps right on through.

Sedona, Trash The Dress!

This blog post is going to be HUGE! This is because we had two brides, two grooms, plus 3 bouquets to shoot, all in beautiful Sedona. Sara & Chris were my bride and groom from November 20th (on my blog with Thank and You on their underwear, if you recall). They wanted to do a TTD in Sedona. We invited their friends (also newlyweds from May) Katelynn & Ryan to join us, and also my friend and fellow wedding photographer, Mary Sandy. Rita of Rita's Floral Designs not only made a bouquet for each bride for me, but made a third for variety. Thanks again Rita-- appreciate your talents!

First we met up at the brides and grooms' hotel room to get ready. We began at Tlaquepaque, where we were told we needed a permit but were allowed to stay and shoot for a couple hours. Next we went to a spot by the creek, by a trout farm. After shooting by the creek, we were about to leave when the owner of the property called me over. Thinking I was in trouble, I went reluctantly over to him. Dan introduced himself and told us about the back end of his property where there is amazing landscaping, trees, water, and cabins. He said we could shoot there all we wanted. Then we headed to Slide Rock Park. It was just closing-- bummers! But we found a scenic trail with red rock to rap up the day of shooting. Such a great day was ended by sushi and beers, the six of us. Thank you each one of you for a fabulous day and shoot! Heeerrrre we go...


This bouquet was gorgeous-- sat on my desk for a week after and smelled and looked great!


Cascading bouquets are making a comeback-- Rita rocked this one!





Laying at the feet of two brides...



















Mary was having a field day! 8-)

This bouquet's color theme was my idea, and Rita put it into action.







Steamy!

Girls wanted to pretend to cat fight for the cameras... I do NOT make my brides fight, as a general rule. 8-)

Adding the guys made it even more dramatic, though they were all laughing away the whole time!


If you would like to do a Trash The Dress (TTD) session, call or email me. We only dirty the dress, and so far always cleanable at the dry cleaners. It is fun, artistic, and what else you going to do with the dress? Make it into art!