Congratulations Joel and Sarrah!

I love weddings! There is something about them that makes me so happy; I think happiness is contagious.  The entire day, anytime you walk by someone, they smile at you and I can’t help but smile back.

I first met Taylor and Chris a few years back  when I photographed  Keiko and Zach’s wedding (Taylor’s brother). What a fun family and they certainly know how to throw a party!

Taylor and Chris are a great couple, happy, fun, casual and very much in love.  They chose the Royal Palms for both their ceremony and reception.  It was a beautiful ceremony with a rocking reception, everybody danced!

What a fantastic wedding!  Congratulations Chris and Taylor!

And here are Zach and Keiko.

Super cute baby Maya has the most beautiful eyes, deep blue on the outer edge and light blue on the inner; they are so blue that her mom’s blue eyes appear to be grey when they are close together.  Maya is 7 months old here, just the perfect age for a photo shoot (aren’t they all perfect ages , she can sit really well but has not yet started crawling.

When Lucas was three, he developed a deep love for Orcas (the killer whales), and we dreaded the day that he would ask: “What does it eat?”. We could just imagine the tears coming down as we talked about all the cute penguins, seals, sea lions, and other fish that become prey. When he finally asked the question, we approached it with caution, told him the truth and braced for the worst.

Greg and I:  “It eats other fish”.

Lucas:  “What else?”.

Greg and I: “Bigger fish”.

Lucas: “Does it eat penguins?”

Greg and I: “Yes”

Lucas:  Big Long pause

Greg and I: “Are you OK with that?”

Lucas:  “Yeah.  Everybody needs to eat something.”  And off he went.

Lucas Loves watching animal shows, mostly wild animals.  Often times, when the  lion is chasing the gazelle, we are all cheering for the gazelle (run, run, run…) but Lucas is going: “Catch it, catch it, catch it…”  He is always surprising us with how much he knows about all sorts of animals. I never knew that there was a ‘hissing cockroach’ much less that it actually made a hissing sound or that the monitor lizard uses its tail as a whip to defend itself, really??!!!

Yesterday we had a party for Lucas and since he is our animal lover we just had to have lots of animals, and we are not talking about the cute and fuzzy ones, oh no, he loves the large predatory animals, the reptiles and of course the creepy crawlers.

I had a lot of fun working on the party decorations, the cake, cupcakes and cake pops (thank you Mary for all your help!).

Towards the end of the party we had a fun animal encounter with  Jungle Jill , some creepy crawlers and reptiles , it was great, even the adults enjoyed the animal show with all the curious facts about them. During the show Lucas got to help with some of the animals, he was in heaven. Thank you Jill for being so patient with the kids. Check out the images in the end, of the kids holding their favorite animal.

Thanks you to all of our wonderful friends that helped us in the making of this big birthday production, and thank you all for coming to help us celebrate Lucas’ birthday!

Inflatable by Inflatable Fun AZ
Reptile Show by Jungle Jill – Animal Encounters

Congratulations Jenee & Kenji!!!

If you don’t believe in love at first site then you need to meet Amber and Travis,  it happened to them.  The very first time when they met, they clicked, they just knew it was love at first sight!  Travis and Amber are down to earth  people, easy going and fun to be around. When you spend time with them you understand how love at first sight is possible, they belong together!

Amber says: ‘Travis is a very passionate person, everything he does, he gives it his all – I admire that fire!’.  Travis loves that they enjoy hanging out and they both LOVE going to sporting events together, seriously what guy would not like that in a partner

The wedding day started a little chilly full of dark clouds in the sky and a little on the back of my mind about  the possibility of rain,  but as the guests start arriving, the clouds lighten up and sure enough the sun comes out,  right before Amber walks down the aisle.

The weather combined with Firesky’s ambiance, their terrific Family and Friends was a perfect mixture, the party started with the first dance as soon as they were introduced into the ballroom and just kept on going stronger with people dancing all night long including a “drink/dance line”  that was too much fun (definitely a first for me).

Congratulations Amber and Travis!

A big thanks to all the wedding vendors that made their day so perfect!

Flowers:  Set the Mood Floral

Cake: Let Them Eat Cake

Wedding Dress: Suzanne’s Bridal Boutique

Hair: Laura Stewart

Makeup Artist: Val Pensky

DJ:  Citron Sound/Jimmy Davenport

Officiant: Jerry Law

Venue: Firesky Resort

Mae and Hugh had a very intimate and beautiful ceremony at the Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain Resort and Spa with just their families. We had a great time (I definitely did!), Hugh is a little shy and I did promised him not to post kissing pictures here Of course they kissed in front of the camera, but I promised…

So without any delays here are some of my favorite Images.

Congratulations Mae & Hugh!

The ceremony was beautiful and the weather perfect could not have been better. Check out some of our favorite images from the day, my personal favorites are from the photo booth (so much fun!)

Flowers: Flowers by Jodi
DJ: Got You Covered
Venue: Westin Kierland Resrt and Spa

Congratulations Jen and Craig!

When I first met Michael and Elizabeth to talk about their wedding, one of the most important things to both of them was to capture all the cute and fun moments, not only of the bride and groom but all the family and friends too, the simple smiles, the friends having a good time.  they wanted to have a great wedding day surrounded by their family and closest friends and just have fun! Well, I can attest that they did that and much more!

Elizabeth and Michael currently live in San Francisco,  Elizabeth is from Phoenix and that is why they decided to have the wedding here at the Camelback Inn, a place that Elizabeth has always loved and has had some great family memories at, including her older brother’s wedding rehearsal dinner.  Once Michael saw the place he too thought it was perfect for an outdoor ceremony and also great for all the friends and family to come a few days before the wedding, relax, hang out and spend time together.

The wedding was beautiful, the sun came out during the ceremony to shine on our happy couple and gave us some gorgeous light. Everywhere we turned there were smiles, they were contagious… I found myself smiling behind the camera.

Elizabeth was stunning and Michael did pretty good too. They make a great couple. At the end of the ceremony when they walked down the aisle together Michael said “it was the moment that the wedding went from this big event they’ve been planning for months and months to a real celebration”. For them It was great to see all their friends and family really coming together to celebrate their wedding day. And it was a celebration in Style, the dance floor was packed all night long, so much fun happening.

The one thing that was so hard to believe but after the fact they both agree on is that the day went by so fast! Everything went by so fast -They couldn’t believe it when it was over! People told them: “It goes by in a flash.” Now they can confirm, IT REALLY DOES!

Here are some of our favorite images from the day!

Congratulations Elizabeth and Michael!

Little baby Lili is just over 4 months old here and she is so cute. We first met Lili’s mom Jennifer for a photo shoot we did for the cover of  Finest Wedding Sites magazine, she was the model for the shoot. Like mother like daughter Lili is making her debut to submit images for an agency. She definitely has her mom’s talent, check out all the cute faces she made for us.

‘look at me I’m sassy’

Looking out in the distance

Cute Smile

Looking like a doll.

Looking surprised.

Just happy.

The basic baby photo looking up.

Looking pensive

I have to say, I love this relationship image, so soft.
She is already a super star!