MICHELE AND JAKE - ENGAGEMENT SESSION

On October 2nd, only two days before their wedding took place, we photographed Michele and Jake's engagement session in Sedona. They reside in Wisconsin but Michele grew up in Arizona and they wanted to have their wedding amongst the beautiful Red Rocks.

Due to the distance they decided to plan the shoot while they would be in town for the wedding. It was really nice to get to know a little more about them before the big event.

We had a great time wandering around Red Rock Crossing, including the occasional dip in Oak Creek. Clouds were rolling in and Michele made mention of the fact that they were really concerned about the possibility of rain on their wedding day ... more on that in the next posting ...

AMANDA AND TONY - ENGAGEMENT SESSION

This past Sunday we met with Amanda and Tony to photograph their engagement session. They will be having their wedding in Sedona at Los Abrigados in May and we can't wait. They were so much fun to work with (as was their sweet Golden Retriever, Butters) and as you can see, they make a lovely couple.

We started the shoot at Snowbowl. We were in search of wildflowers though and the top of the mountain is starting to die out for the season, so after grabbing a few shots we headed down the I-17. This is not where you would typically think of finding beautiful wildflowers, but there is a very large pasture near Munds Park that is drawing crowds of photographers for its magnificent display of yellow flowers. Due to the great snows we had this past winter, this field has exploded into a giant yellow carpet of flowers the likes of which we have not seen before ... an amazing photo opp! From there we went to Merry-Go-Round Rock to finish up. Amanda and Tony live in Tucson and had never been this far north, so it was a nice excuse to show them around a bit. Thanks guys and we look forward to May 2nd!

WE ARE GETTING MARRIED!!!

As this very busy wedding season comes to a close, we have one final summer wedding to deal with ... our own!! That's right, Kevin and I are getting married! Like most brides, I have been more than a little stressed to say the least, but things are finally winding down and we are heading off for our big day. We opted to have a destination wedding and will be leaving this weekend for Hawaii ... Maui to be exact.

We didn't really have time to do an engagement shoot, so we chose instead to do photos in several different areas of Arizona as time allowed. These were all done by us with the use of a tripod, self-timer and a lot of running back and fourth - I am really glad we will actually have somebody on the other end of the camera for the wedding :-). All-in-all, we are quite pleased with the outcome.

With that, we will be out of the office until September 1st, but we will periodically be checking our email. Thank you to all of our clients for all your well-wishes ... you are all so sweet! Check back in September for postings from our wedding :-)!