Beautiful Couple ~ Beautiful Wedding

Last weekend, I had the privilege of second shooting for a local photographer and friend, Jenny Spires. She was shooting a wedding for some dear friends of hers from her church. The wedding, and all its people, was just beautiful. Everything from the colors, to the style and decor, to the HUGE smiles plastered on the bride and groom’s faces just screamed of JOY and CELEBRATION. This was my first time to be a second shooter, and it was a ton of fun. I focussed more on the candids, details… the fun stuff. When I am the primary photographer at weddings, I rarely get to shoot as many of these kinds of shots that I would want, so I was kinda giddy about it all. Jenny did a fantastic job! Check out more of her work HERE and HERE! It was fun seeing her interact with so many of the guests and wedding party, as most of them were her friends. You can tell there was a huge amount of respect her friends had for her both as a person and as a photographer. Here are just a “few” of my favorites from the day:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kyndle & Drew – WOWZA

Please meet our good friends, Kyndle and Drew.  We share the exact same wedding anniversary (day and year). We are in a Sunday School class together at our church. And our kids are friends. I had SO much fun with this couple as they hammed it up in front of the camera and pretty much just let me push and pose and poke and move them however which way I wanted. Those are the best kind of clients, you know. Would you believe these two have two little ones of their own and have a third on the way? Drew and Kyndle, you guys were so much fun to work with and photograph and holy cow… you are just way too easy on the eyes. I had no intention of editing these tonight, but I couldn’t stop looking at these and processing them so I could see the final product of each shot. If you like them even a fraction of how much I am in love with them, then I will be happy. Blessings to you guys! See you in a couple of days.

Hello Aubrey….

Seriously? I mean seriously? How is it possible for a less than 6 week old baby to look THIS jaw-dropping gorgeous. I can’t get enough of these pictures. I mean it. Aubrey was a complete joy to work with (as if she had a choice in the matter, though). I have seen in two successive newborn sessions that the sound of my camera shutter is extremely fascinating to these little ones. I was nearly propositioned by one set of parents to come and “shoot” again, say at around 3am?? Julie and Eric, you guys have a heart breaker on your hands… I wish you blessings and the best for the years to come with this little princess.

Clients or Friends?

Or client-friends? 

Susan is definitely just that…. a client-turned-friend. I shot hers and Greg’s wedding in November of 2007 in Baltimore, MD. (If you just can’t resist…. click on the november 2007 archives on the right side of this blog for another look at their fabulous wedding)

Susan and I have kept in contact here and there over the last year or so and I feel so blessed to actually be able to call her friend now, and not just “oh she was my client back in 2007.” 

Today, I got the most amazing gift in the mail. Susan and Greg just spent a couple of weeks in India visiting her family there. She remembered how special India was/is to John and I and she picked us up “just a little something.” This gift is totally off the “thoughtfulness” scale to be sure. I was blown away. The card nearly brought me to tears. What a blessing to have client-friends in this business! Susan, thank you AGAIN for your kind thoughts and encouragement across the miles! 

The outfits are for the girls and I and the colors are just perfect. We love ethnic clothes, food, accessories, jewelry… ok, just about anything ethnic. Especially Asian and Indian.

  

Speaking of business, check out Susan’s photography business HERE. She has such an amazing artistic and creative gift, which is seen so clearly through her photography. If you are ever in the Chicago area and are looking for a photographer, call this girl up!!! 

Go say hey to her and enjoy some beautiful photography: 

GOOD ELEPHANT PHOTOGRAPHY

Meet Camden…

Matt and Christi are dear friends from church… You may remember Christi’s ridiculously hot preggo pics several weeks back (yup, she’s the one in the header on this blog). Well, their little bundle of joy has arrived and here he is! Also, I just had to include some details shots of his nursery… Christi really outdid herself here. Holy cow! As for Camden…. the kiddo has a thing for cameras. Whenever I would start shooting continuously, he would immediately stop crying and follow the sound of my camera clicking. It was so cute. I think Matt and Christi were seriously considering dropping some serious $$ and hiring me and my camera for night duty.

I just have a thing for baby feet…. I mean LOOK at them!

** And for more eye candy… click on the picture below for the whole slideshow **

Baby on the way….

Not mine!

I had the pleasure of shooting with Julie and Eric last week….. they are expecting their first, a baby girl. I can’t state enough, or with enough emotion, how much I L O V E shooting maternity photos… and I really fell in love with some of these! Congrats Julie and Eric! Doesn’t she look so radiant?? Love it!

*** For a SLIDESHOW preview, click HERE ***

 

  

 

 

 

Maryn is ONE!!

Sweet little Miss Maryn is one year old now! I got to spend some time one morning with her family to celebrate. Phoenix’s new metro system, the Light Rail, recently opened so we thought it would be fun to go shoot on and off the trains.

*** SLIDESHOW can be found HERE ***

the birthday girl

Kai and Adelaide (my daughter) are best buds on the block… and they are so cute and affectionate together. Here is the Little Casanova kissing his sister’s hand.

Levi James

aka – CUTIE PIE

** Slideshow can be seen by clicking HERE **

Christi + Matt = Baby Time

I got to go do a really fun shoot in Old Town Scottsdale the other night…. My friends Christi and Matt are expecting their first baby in a month or less. I love doing belly pics. They are just so fun and full of life (literally) and emotion. Love, love love it. So here are just a “few” of my faves.

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and now…. the Rathbun Family

When we set up a time to shoot Lauren’s senior pictures, we decided to tack on a family shoot as well. And so glad we did… the venue was to die for, and the light simply divine. The two crazy dogs on the other hand…. well, nevermind. Anyhow, it was such a pleasure to meet and work with the Rathbuns… they were up for anything, hay bale and all, and just as kind and easy going as can be. Doesn’t get much better than that, folks! 

**Click HERE for the slideshow!!!**

(next up…. a family session extravaganza…..