Lisa and Todd's Engagement Session
Monday, September 15, 2008

I met Todd and Lisa this summer for an engagement session and we had fun despite it being the single hottest day of the year! They are getting married in Hawaii and sadly have to use the photographer that comes with the Ritz there (sniff, sniff for me) but wanted to do some fun pictures here before the big day. We went up to DC Ranch area, one of my favorites here in town for all its rustic but contemporary architecture. Thanks for a fun shoot Lisa and Todd!










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Laura and AJ's Engagement Session
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

I recently met up with Laura and AJ, who are getting married this November, to take some engagement photos. We went over to The Sanctuary Camelback Resort, where they got engaged, to capture the beautiful grounds before they had dinner and drinks there. Laura and AJ are getting married at Grayhawk Golf Club, a place near and dear to my heart since that is where I got married as well. I can't wait for their wedding, because they are such a fun and very easy going pair!













Laura is definitely going to make a beautiful bride


Before they headed into dinner, they grabbed a martini, and we took a few photos since that is very them and something they love to do!

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Andy and Neil's Engagement Session
Thursday, June 12, 2008

I met Andy and Neil recently to take some engagement photos for them. I'm not shooting their wedding as they are getting married in California later this summer, but I sometimes have couples who find me here for these types of sessions and we go out and capture some fun images for them.

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Elissa and Ryan's Engagement Session
Saturday, March 29, 2008

I met up with super HOT Elissa and Ryan recently to shoot their engagement session. Elissa loved Charlie and Kent's engagement session, so we went back to Old Town Scottsdale and walked around for awhile. Actually as pretty as they are on the outside, they are also incredibly nice on the inside too and very, very in love. They could not keep their eyes or hands off of each other, making my time with them very easy and inspiring.

They are both so excited to finally be marrying each other this summer. They first met years ago in Iowa when they were next door neighbors and had their eye on each other. After finally meeting, they dated for one month (and Elissa told me she even "knew" then), but Ryan was then sent off to Marines Boot Camp and they had to say goodbye. Elissa thought that if it was meant to be, they would meet again. He spent four long years in Japan and just came back last July, where they met up again (now in Arizona) and it was quickly apparent that when you set someone free and they come back to you, it's definitely meant to be.







Elissa is going to make an absolutely beautiful bride...


And Ryan a pretty handsome groom... (He reminds me of Ben Affleck)








I loved this moment. We were getting up from the stairs and Ryan just leaned down to rest his head on Elissa's chest and held her for a moment. Her whole face just completely softened and she held him back. I almost felt bad taking a picture of their moment, but then I figured they might appreciate it :)



Thank you Ryan and Elissa! I can't wait for your wedding this July!

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Charlie & Kent's Engagement Session
Monday, March 03, 2008

Charlie and Kent are getting married this Saturday at Brophy Chapel and Desert Botanical Garden, so we met up recently to take some engagement pictures before their big day. I'm so looking forward to their wedding as it will no doubt be a beautiful, beautiful affair! We had a lot of fun taking these pictures over in Old Town Scottsdale. I look forward to seeing you both again this weekend! (These images are super low resolution because for some reason the back-end kept making me downsize the files.)


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Chris and Allison's Engagement Session
Saturday, January 19, 2008

Another beautiful couple! I met up with Chris and Allison recently at The Royal Palms for their engagement session where we had a great time. They are both so cute and nice, and they have such of sense of easiness between them, so I'm really looking forward to their wedding this April at Brophy Prep and Desert Botanical Gardens. Here is a little montage from our time...

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Ginny and Dave's Engagement Session
Friday, January 18, 2008

I recently had a super fun engagement session with Ginny and Dave at Brophy Prep in downtown Phoenix, which is near and dear to them as they attended the schools there. Ginny and Dave live in Chicago now, but are getting married in San Diego this summer at one of the brand new resorts there. They are such an adorable couple and so much fun, so I can't wait for their wedding in August. Dave is the brother of one of my friends, so not only will their wedding be beautiful Im sure it will also be so much fun.

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Rocio and Ben's Engagement Photos
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

I have had three engagement sessions recently -- Ben and Rocio being my first. They are getting married this winter in Puerto Rico where Rocio is from. I don't know if I'll be on hand for the wedding, but I really enjoyed getting to know these two. They were so cute and sweet -- met in college -- and just have a very real affection for one another. We went to the Paradise Valley Country Club which is absolutely beautiful and it was nice to see them all dressed up! I think Rocio was freezing the whole time, but she never complained once and was such a trooper.

My sister was in town at the time and she came along for the session as well, which was so fun to get and shoot with her. With her living in Florida, we don't get to do that very often :)
















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Julie and Dan's Engagement Session
Thursday, November 01, 2007

I had a fun engagement session with Julie and Dan recently. At one point we all managed to get the "church giggles" and couldn't stop laughing. They are getting married next April and it is pretty clear they have an obvious chemistry between them. Julie designs her own line of beautiful jewelry and in fact made me a necklace that I always wear now and get tons of compliments on. Thanks for such a fun time Julie and Dan!




This next one is my favorite. I love this.


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Welcome to my new blog!
Wednesday, September 05, 2007

I am so excited to launch my brand new blog! In addition to much bigger pictures and a new layout, I'm looking forward to being able to provide valuable links to other things and people out there specific to weddings and portraits, as well as give personal recommendations for books, music, cool blogs, resources and more. You can certainly take them or leave them, but I enjoy sharing ideas, things and places when I come across new things to love. Maybe you'll enjoy a thing or two as well. :-)

I also welcome your feedback! We are still working on an interactive comment box for the end of each post and hopefully that will be up in the coming weeks. But in the meantime, I love getting your feedback, thoughts and ideas, so please do share. I read them all and will be commenting back more frequently now.

Finally, I have to give a big, big thanks to
Ryan Brannen for designing this new look and feel for me as well as executing on all the back end coding. He did a great job and is such a pleasure to work with. I told him I wanted BIG pictures and he certainly delivered on that, as well as on so many other components to try and make this unique to my business. This blog will continue to evolve and change a bit, so keep checking back for some new features. Thank you again Ryan!

I've already posted a few new sessions below, so I hope you enjoy this new format... let me know what you think?

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