Now on to this SERIOUSLY ADORABLE couple. I photographed Tyeler and Zach’s engagement session right before I left and had hoped to get it blogged before we went to France, but I just simply ran out of time. Zach is an NFL player for the Jacksonville Jaguars (he plays tight end). Previous to that, he played for the Nebraska Cornhuskers (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) where he met and fell in love with Tyeler. They now both live in Florida, but are getting married here in Paradise Valley, where Tyeler grew up, next spring. These two were just awesome at our shoot and it was so great getting to meet and know them a little. We started the shoot down in Tempe, and ended up here in Scottsdale at a local highschool down the street. Funnily enough, the varsity team had just finished practice when we arrived, and I definitely noticed a few guys eyeing Zach as if they definitely recognized him.

Dont they both have the best smiles?

I told Zach I would have to Photoshop in a Cornhuskers sign of some sort here :-)

Love this

Zach and Tyeler – can’t wait for your wedding! Thanks for such a fun shoot :-)

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Last week I had the chance to hang out with Katie and Bryan and photograph their engagement session. Their wedding is this September at Firesky Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, and they pretty much brought their A-game to this session. We started in and around Bryan’s condo and then headed over to The Sanctuary Resort & Spa… I love the images we got!

Gor-geous!

Katie and Bryan, thanks for the fun session & I can’t wait for your wedding this fall!

One such couple is Jenna and Jimmy, and they are getting married later this month at the always gorgeous Royal Palms Resort & Spa in Phoenix. I recently completed their custom-designed Guest Signature Book from their engagement session images and I wanted to share.

These books provide such a nice alternative to the more traditional guest books where people simply sign their name on a line. They get to see all of your favorite engagement session images and write you nice sentiments in a professionally printed book that you can keep forever. Some couples opt to provide the questions that guests can answer and others prefer to leave some or all of the pages blank.

I use a professional lab that uses higher quality papers than you can find online with consumer sites, plus it lays completely flat, so guests don’t have to worry about funky writing angles. Plus all the books are completely custom designed by me to showcase the images from YOUR engagement session and YOU. Since no two couples are ever exactly alike, neither are engagement sessions and hence the final books.

I find I only use about 10% of the entire Kubota set because I have found my favorites over the years and how I like to process images, but I think I’ll add this look to the mix for select photos. Especially ones like this…

Photogs: for more information on actions you can purchase, and in some cases download and try a few free ones, check out www.gettotallyrad.com or www.kubotaimagetools.com

Kiley and Daniel, who are getting married this fall, rocked their recent engagement session! I had a lot of fun with them over in Old Town Scottsdale, where I shoot a great deal mostly because my clients see my sessions from there and like the look of it. It was fun trying to find new spots as well as sticking with some staple areas that I know always photograph well.

This was also one of my first sessions with clients where I used my new Canon 1D Mark IV camera. I’ll share more of my impressions with this camera in a blog post later this week and why I made the switch from the Canon 5D Mark II (or at least added this to my bag). I was nervous about such an investment in a non-full frame camera, especially when Canon rolls out cameras every year or two, however I can say with absolute certainty that I have no regrets after seeing how it handles, and the images it produces right out of the camera.

In the meantime, here are some of my favorites from their shoot. I have a lot!

I couldn’t decide which of these I liked more so I included both. I love all the feeling in these.

Thanks for such a great session guys!

Jenna and Jim are getting married this March, and we had so much fun at their engagement session a couple weeks ago. They are both so incredibly sweet and kind and I am looking so forward to their big day!

I recently met up with adorable Jeanette and Darren for their engagement session. We went to the Arizona Biltmore where they got engaged and had so much fun! They are getting married this March at the Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort and I’m looking so forward to their wedding. Here are some of my favs from the day…

LOVE this next one…

Jeanette had these fantastic red shoes on that I just loved!

‘Tis the season for engagement sessions! I travelled out to Orange County, California in mid December to meet up with Erica and Steve for their engagement session. They are getting married this October at Silverleaf Club in Scottsdale, but both live in LA and wanted to do their session out there. We had so much fun exploring San Juan Capistrano, a town I had never visited before. There were so many fun historic buildings there, so it offered a lot of variety photographically. We had planned to also go into the historic Mission to try and take some images, but since we didn’t have an appointment, they wanted to charge us $75 to use the grounds, so we decided not to spend the extra $$ and moved on to Laguna Beach. It was actually a blessing we left when we did, because the light drops over the horizon earlier in California than it does here, so we had the perfect amount of time left on the beach!

Erica knew of this quirky little petting zoo in town, complete with this shack that reminds me of that spooky house on LOST. You know, the one where “Jacob” lives. Or as Steve said, one look inside was like Poltergeist.

We figured when there is a bathtub on a porch, what else do you do but get in?

I loved this whole set of them on this random person’s stairs.

After San Juan Capistrano, we moved to Laguna. We went to The Montage Resort there and just caught the setting sun.

This shot is an HDR image of two exposures: one for the sky and one for them on the bench. The bird was luck.

Then we headed down to the beach, and Erica was a trouper for wearing shorts because it was cold!

I felt this next shot called for a little texture…

Taking advantage of the last remaining light with high ISO

We came back up and warmed up by the fire with a glass of wine. Ironically, The Montage had just finished a commercial shoot for their brochure and had some real props in place by the fire, including all the fixings for smores! How perfect, because Erica and Steve made s’mores together on one of their first dates, so it was especially fitting. They made me one too and it was yum – sticky and chocolatey, just like it should be.

Thank you for such a fun time Erica and Steve! I cant wait for your wedding in the fall. :)

Last weekend (the 10th), my husband and I travelled out to Napa Valley to 1) photograph Traci and Ryan’s AMAZING wedding and 2) to celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary. It was the perfect place to enjoy some time together, especially considering we both love good food & wine (almost impossible to get otherwise there), great weather, and sleeping in on occasion. We enjoyed all of these things immensely.

Regarding their wedding, I don’t know how to adequately express how much I loved it. First, they are a spectacular couple, so that alone made it great, but then their families and friends had to be so great as well, the decor incredible, and the location… well, romantic, beautiful, perfect. Dee Merz, who coordinated the whole affair did a terrific job. I know I’m gushing. But for those who know me well, I don’t gush for pretense. I would love to share and post photos from their wedding, but I cannot quite yet. We are going to submit their wedding to some national bridal magazines and I don’t want to take any chances with them not being published for already been seen online. However, friends & family have access to a private slideshow and all the wedding images via Traci and Ryan. And any couples who are having a wedding in Napa Valley, California and wish to see examples from a Beaulieu Garden wedding, just send me an email and I’d be happy to share images.

In the meantime, here are some images from their engagement guest signature album that we put together. I travelled to Napa Valley back in July for their engagement session and we got some great images!

Speaking of guest signature albums and wedding albums in general, I’m happy to announce that several of my templates are available for purchase at the Photojunction Store. If you need help designing albums, Photojunction is such a great resource and tool. I was honored to be asked to be included in their new store launch and think it’s such a great resource for all those out there who want to design wedding albums quickly and beautifully.