I’ve photographed quite a few events for the Watson’s and was extremely excited to take a lifestyle family session for them with their new adorable baby girl!! An epic rain storm came through southern California when we had the session originally scheduled, but we were lucky that I had an opening the following weekend! It was scheduled to rain again, but we got lucky and got a little sunshine in between the clouds!
Lila and Tony had a gorgeous and elegant spring Coronado wedding at Loews Coronado!! After their tea ceremony, they changed into their wedding attire and we did the first look and got some photos done before the ceremony. All day it threatened to rain and had become extremely cold, so we did all of their photos inside. The rain held out though and they an amazing ceremony overlooking the bay! We headed over to the Coronado Community Center for their reception. Some of their guests are part of a dance crew and they surprised them with an awesome performance!!
They started their wedding with a tea ceremony in one of the rooms at the gorgeous Loews Coronado!! I’ve photographed tea ceremonies before, but this was the first full-blown tea ceremony that I’ve ever seen. I really enjoyed watching all of the different traditions!
Diana and Matt had an urban wedding in downtown Mesa. Matt plays in a band and they both love music. Instead of a guest book, they had people sign records. Definitely one of the coolest guest book ideas that I’ve seen. Diana surprised Matt with a back to the future cake topper! They had the dancing on clouds for their first dance and they didn’t realize how much “clouds” there would be. Their reaction was pretty awesome! Diana also surprised her dad during their dance together. It started out with a slow song and then a little way in, it turned into the chicken dance. Her dad was super happy and had a great time dancing to the chicken dance with his daughter.
Every year, the De Valle family has a holiday party. This year, they were also celebrating a 95th birthday!! We started with a few family photos and then went inside for a lunch. After lunch, they had a gift exchange which was pretty fun to watch.
Jon is an umpire for local baseball games and Marci also loves baseball. So a baseball themed wedding was the perfect wedding!! The first look was quite emotional, I haven’t seen a groom that emotional about seeing his bride for the first time. He even cried when she walked down the aisle! The bouquet that she threw to the single ladies even looked like a baseball and instead of throwing it over her head, she threw it like a pitch! 🙂
I love winter in Phoenix, it makes this outdoor portrait session look like it was in the fall. 🙂 We started out with the traditional portraits, then had lots of fun with the rest of the photos. The fun ones are always my favorite, they really show everyone’s different personality.
I love one year old cake smashing sessions!! Laurel is the first one year old baby that dug into the cake almost right away. I love the idea of photographing the bath afterwards, such cute pictures!
We started off in a park and then headed to out to finish off their engagement session in the desert. We were chatting at the end of the session and ended up with one of the most amazing sunsets!!
Curtis and Laura are good friends of mine and I was very excited when they asked me to photograph their downtown urban wedding! Curtis is an amazing DJ and they planned their wedding around a wedding industry event. The wedding was a surprise for the guests of the event. We started with a first look before the sun went down and did all of their photos ahead of time and the wedding was on stage towards the end of the event. Curtis sang the song that Laura walked down the aisle to, it was pretty awesome! Curtis’s brother in law was the officiant and the few friends and family that they invited had front row seats for the event. After the ceremony, they had their first dance, then Curtis’s son gave them a toast, then a few of the guests came on stage to dance and enjoy the rest of the event. It was a small and short event, but perfect in so many ways!
