They decided on a desert engagement session since they love everything about the desert. So we decided on a trail near where Sara grew up because she also loves the big boulders that can be found in the northern part of the city. They brought their lab puppy with them for a few of the photos. For only being a year old, she did really good! I love it when people bring their furry kids with them to photo shoots!
Hallie and Wes had their fun wedding on a chilly and windy day in January. Luckily it didn’t start raining unit after we were inside for the reception! They decided not to see each other before the ceremony but still wanted to calm their nerves a little. So we did a first touch around a wall where they had a few minutes to pray and get a few of the emotions out before the ceremony. Flowers by Jodi did an amazing job on the florals! Frosted Art created a beautifully simple and elegant cake for them. I love how Hallie danced one song with her dad and one with her stepdad! Their reception was loaded with fun events and equally fun people! Chad from All American DJ helped a lot with keeping the reception fun and making sure everyone was having a great time!
James lives in New Mexico and traveled to Arizona for his senior pictures. He chose to do a combination of both urban and desert senior photos. They are so vastly different, but I love both of the looks!
They knew each other when they were younger and grew apart when Brandon went off to college. When he came back to town, he looked her up again and the rest was history! They chose to have a golf course wedding at McDowell Mountain Golf Club for its gorgeous sunset views of the mountains. She did a first look with her dad and they decided to just do a first touch with each other. After Brandon danced with his mom, he danced with their 18 month old little girl as well! I love when they include their kiddos in the wedding some way! Gold Ring Entertainment did an amazing job with the room lighting and keeping the dance floor going all night! Instead of sparklers for their exit, they bought foam light sticks. They brought them out early in the reception and they made some fun pictures on the dance floor. their love for each other is amazing!
They had a small family reunion planned around an 80th birthday at the Flying E Ranch. Since it’s a western themed venue in the desert, they decided to bring them both together a little and do some western and desert themed family portraits.
I’ve been photographing these guys since their engagement session and have loved watching their family grow! Since they have 2 young kiddos, we usually end up taking lifestyle family portraits instead of the more traditional type. It keeps the kiddos attention a little longer, not much though. 🙂
Every year they have a combined Christmas and birthday party. They celebrate Christmas by doing a gift exchange and also celebrate mom/grandma’s birthday which is at the end of the year. She is 96 this year!! We always start with a few family photos, then lunch and the gift exchange. The nice part about being at The Secret Garden is that there is room for some of them to play with their new gifts when everything is done! 🙂
Sara and Cole had a wedding with a natural, organic feel to it. I love the wood tables and all of the greenery in the reception! Jacque’s team from TWW did an amazing job! Their wedding was at the gorgeous Trilogy at Vistancia’s Kiva Club!! Frosted Art did another awesome job on the cake!! The wedding ran 45 minutes late because the rings were forgotten and the ceremony was longer than normal. So by the time the ceremony was done, we only had 15 minutes of light left to take photos. Sara opted to have pictures of her and Cole taken first, then the wedding party and the family inside. We were extremely lucky that we got such an amazing sunset to get some great photos within the short amount of time we had!! I’m glad everything worked out for them, they are such a sweet couple!! Push Play Entertainment did an amazing job at getting the reception almost caught back up and on time and still keeping people happy on the dance floor!!
Andrea and Matt’s wedding had a great combination of fun and elegant wedding themes. The decorations were mostly elegant and they had some fun activities as well. It’s a family tradition on Matt’s side, for guests to dress up as bears and do a skit. It’s different people and a different skit each time. After the skit is done, they then go out and get people out on the dance floor. It was pretty fun to watch. 🙂 They also really wanted a t-rex photo. This is the first time that I have done a t-rex photo, it turned out kind of fun! They got married at the gorgeous Trilogy at Vistancia’s Kiva Club!! Push Play Entertainment did a great job keeping the party going! Jacque’s team from TWW did an awesome job on the florals!! And Frosted Art did another amazing job on the cake and the little bite size pies!!
They got married at Sahuaro Ranch Park and we also did their first maternity session there as well. This time they had a family maternity session there. We do a few recreations of certain photos each time and then go on from there. I love that everyone was involved in the maternity session, it makes it so much fun!
