Veronica and David

I am reposting June 25th's wedding-- so fun and vibrant! Veronica and David got married at Pebble Creek in Goodyear. Great staff, venue, food. Shoes were fabulous, bouquet and cake gorgeous. D.j. was fun and organized. Though it was hot, we all made it work into a great wedding.


Blue suede heels with added brooches...trendy and hot!

Flowergirl had on little blue suede shoes too.

Colorful tatts everywhere.

This is in bride's mom's house! Artistic stairway
with pretty lighting, and some Photoshop help from me.









Only 21 people in the wedding party, not including bride and groom.




The famous sailor dip...

He tossed his hat and I snapped and we were surprised I captured it because he didn't give me any warning.



My favorite shot of feet EVER! Love this shot...

Lillian, Brittany, and Carri

These were taken on Monday late afternoon in Historic Glendale area. Lillian wanted photos with her friends before college starts in the next 2 weeks. Two of them are going to NAU and one is going to ASU. They were very fun to shoot-- they went with my suggestions and just had a good time. I wish all 3 of them a great first year of college!

Cole

I had a newborn session with Cole and his parents, Amanda & Michael, this past Sunday. Cole is just over a week old in these photos. Amanda and Michael were in the wedding party at my last Rocky Point wedding. 'Mr. Cole' wasn't much in to doing portraits. His mind was on lunch through most of our shoot, and he had already had lunch! He has a great appetite! Here he is with all his baseball paraphernalia. Such a cutie!

"Why do professionals charge what they do?"

"A photographer went to a socialite party in New York. As he entered the front door, the host said 'I love your pictures- they're wonderful; you must have a fantastic camera.' He said nothing until dinner was finished, then: 'That was a wonderful dinner; you must have a terrific stove." -Sam Haskins-

Many people call themselves 'professional' wedding photographers. This is my definition of a professional wedding photographer:


A professional wedding photographer is one that has vast experience in wedding photography; that knows how to shoot with all manual settings on their camera (and does so most of the time); someone that has taken wedding photography seminars and classes in the past as well as continually strives to learn more skills, styles, techniques, tricks; someone that has a natural artistic talent combined with technical abilities; someone that loves shooting brides so much, they would do it for free if they could afford to; someone that has lots of back up equipment, tax licenses, and business insurance; and finally someone that you can check references for (past clients AND vendors).

All of these things cost a ton of time and/or money to attain and maintain. So if you find a photographer that will shoot your wedding for a lot less than many other photographers, just remember the list above. You will be giving up some if not most of those qualities listed!