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 :-)!

TINA'S 38TH BIRTHDAY - ONE DAY BELATED

Happy Birthday to me! That's right, another year has passed and I am now another year older - 38 this time around. My birthday was actually yesterday and it was relatively uneventful, though Kevin and I rounded up the dog and headed out for a late afternoon drive in the back country. Unfortunately we got a flat and hobbled back into town where we could call for help (we decided not to bring cell phones so that we could enjoy some uninterrupted family time - that worked out well) - the tire mind you was completely shredded by this point. Our very nice neighbor kindly came out and helped us out of our predicament. After that we just played it safe and sat at home watching a movie. Not too exciting and not a big bash, but good enough for me :-)!

MORE WACKY WEATHER

Ahhh ... seems like just the other day we were setting record highs in Flagstaff and just two hours south, Phoenix was 110 degrees - Oh that's right, it was just the other day :-). Its May 23rd and we woke up to snow again today. The elk photos were taken in our yard this week also ... kind of wacky, but we love it here - never a dull moment!

MID-MAY SURPRISE

Look what we woke up to this mid-May morning ... go figure :-).

A BUSY START TO MAY

What a way to kick off the month of May ... three weddings and a photo shoot!! We started out on Friday in Scottsdale for Tiffany and Ashley's wedding. Saturday we went to Sedona for Joy and Johnny's wedding and continued with them on Sunday morning for their "Day After" shoot. Sunday afternoon we photographed Claudia and Alex's wedding, also in Sedona. It was a whirlwind weekend ... we have never done that many shoots back to back before. It was tiring, but exhilarating ... we love what we do :-)!

NORTH CAROLINA AND LOUIE

After leaving Glamis we headed back to Phoenix where I caught a plane the next morning to go visit my family in North Carolina. I stayed for over two weeks, which was really nice. I didn't take many photographs while I was there but I did do a photo shoot for my mom of her dog, Louie ... he is very photogenic :-). The dogwoods were also in full bloom so I took a few photos of that as well. Otherwise I just relaxed :-).

SNOW - ROUND THREE

This past Sunday, we experienced round three of this winter's big snowstorms - another couple of feet ... what an AMAZING winter :-).

SNOW - ROUND TWO

Yoshi celebrating his 10th B-day :-)

After leaving our busy weekend in Phoenix, we returned home to round two of snow - that's right, we had another huge snow storm over the weekend! We arrived home Sunday night to about one foot of fresh snow and about another foot fell overnight. This is why we like to live in Flagstaff and we are glad to finally see a really good winter!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008

Well, here we are and yet another year has seen its end as we bid goodbye to 2007 and welcome in 2008! The years always seem to pass so quickly. I can remember when the song, "1999" by Prince first came out. I was in my early teens then, and like most people in their youth, I thought to myself, "that is sooooo far away" ... oops, did I just give my age away :-). It seemed impossible to me then that 1999 would ever roll around and now that almost another decade has passed since that auspicious countdown, it somehow seems so long ago!

My life and my world back then was so radically different than today. I lived in Florida at the time and enjoyed what was to be some of the last carefree days I would see for quite some time. I was embarking on my third, and to date last, journey to Kenya - a place I had fallen in love with. I had recently opened a shop selling African arts and artifacts, called Tribal Expressions, while at the same time concentrating on selling my freelance work from my nature and travel photography. I was also married at the time, a union which unfortunately was not meant to be - though happily we still remain good friends.

A lot has happened in the years since, much of it very painful. Ultimately though, it all led me to where and what I am today. I love living out west and I adore what I do on a professional level. I also met Kevin, which has brought great calm to my previously chaotic life. Kevin and I both look forward to the coming year as it will be a big one for us - we will post more on that soon!

As for 2007, we greatly enjoyed it! To all of our couples, we wish to say thank you for allowing us to be a part of your weddings. We get very involved with all of our client's and truly love getting to know each and every one of them. It is because of all of you that we are able to make a living doing something we both feel so passionate about, and for that we are eternally grateful! We wish all of our couples a wonderful new year and a life full of happiness and joy!

Happy New Year 2008!

TINA'S FAVORITE IMAGES 2007

Click on the link below to view a slideshow of Tina's favorite wedding images of 2007.

http://www.sierrablancophotography.com/darkroom/share/?client/tina

KEVIN'S FAVORITE IMAGES 2007

Click on the link below to view a slideshow of Kevin's favorite wedding images of 2007.

http://www.sierrablancophotography.com/darkroom/share/?client/kevin