So after we did a bridal shoot with Crystal (the model in the short dress), she asked if we could get a few photos of her and Tallen because they recently got engaged. These two are such an awesome couple! They are very sweet with each other and we had a lot of fun doing this! Congrats on your recent engagement you two! 
Crystals engagement session
jhaleah-3rd birthday!
So I know this is a little past her party, but I wanted to share the photos we got at her party. Plus, Stephen actually took a photo of me! being a photographer, I am rarely in photos, so it was a nice treat to upload these photos and find a photo of me!
Jhaleah and Katelyn
presents!
grandma made these bracelets for both the girls present
jhaleah rolling UP the hill, or at least trying to!
photo of me, taken by stephen
Megan and Katelyn
So last week, two of my nieces from Washington came down to get their senior pictures done by me. We had a blast! First we drove up to Sedona and took photos at Tilaquepaque. Neither had ever been and they had fun looking at all the galleries and cool buildings. Then we drove back down to Phoenix, went back to school shopping, and took some more photos at a local museum. They are both so beautiful and it has been a pleasure seeing them grow into strong, independant, beautiful young women with many talents and aspirations for the future. Megan is outgoing, a talented dancer, and smart. Katelyn is artistic, insightful, and intelligent. Both are so different, but because of that, they compliment each other so well. What can I say? I love these girls!
Yay! We got our new marketing materials in!
I am so proud of these new pieces I designed. I used a pearl paper pocket wedding invitation and cut the slits for the card and brochure so everything fits in nice and snug.
If you have fallen in love with the design and would love it for your own invites, contact me and we can work something out!
I have also included photos of our new gift certificates that come in a beautiful pearl quarts paper pochette, the actual 5×5 gift certificate all in a beautiful aquamarine pearl envelope. This is a great gift idea for baby showers for newborn sessions, at Christmas for a family portrait session. and so on.
Sisters Kathy and Brooke
I recently took on a project of photographing my whole family. These two were the last photo sessions from my side. This is my sister Kathy who is a year younger than me. When we were little, everyone thought we were twins because of our close age. It can be tough having a sister who is so close, but also a lot of fun. Kathy is an extremely talented hair dresser who has worked with me on a few of my weddings. Brooke is my step-sister who was in the same class as Kathy. When my mom started dating her dad, I thought it was so much fun that we had a new sister who was about our age. I look at her and her two brothers and feel lucky my mom married into such a great family.
kathy and her dog nisa
kathy
brooke
brooke
Coffee Table Book
Our coffee table album is another choice in our album lineup. The cover is a photo print laminated for added durability with the beauty of a custom high end book cover. The pages are hinged and the album is designed with one image per side. It’s a great solution for the couple who is more price conscious but still would like to have a beautiful wedding book, or as albums for parents or other family.
Baby Treven
We had the great pleasure to shoot Jamie and Jason (and their adorable baby!) on mothers day. We did their wedding back in October and I was looking forward to shooting them again! We spent a good 1-2 hours shooting them and talking with them. It was nice! Then, Jamie told us about a place called The Olive Mill in Queen Creek that was down the road from them and that we had to go and check it out. We ended up buying some great olive oil that is pressed right there and went to see Stephens mom. We gave her some olive oil as a mothers day present and she loved it!
Baby Melemosiana
This last week, I was fortunate enough to shoot Melemosiana, my 2nd cousin Vanessa’s newest baby. Her and Patrick got married a year ago and had the best wedding. She is half Samoan and he is from Tonga. If you have never been to a Polynesian wedding celebration, you are missing out! She danced a traditional Samoan dance for him and they had a group of friends from her Polynesian dance group do a whole dance show. It was so neat!
Now they have a beautiful little girl names Melemosiana, or Mosiana for short. She is such a beautiful active baby. Patrick is such a great dad, you can see how very proud he is of his new little girl and how much love he has for both Melemosiana and Vanessa.
The beautiful Mosiana
baby feet
Mosiana
patrick and mosiana
what a cute family!
Vanessa, Patrick, and Mosiana
Baby announcements
I did a recent newborn photo session with baby Owen and was asked to design something beautiful for the birth announcement. Here is what I came up with, a flat two-sided pearl paper design. Here you can see the detail of the pearl paper (which is worth the extra $). I love how it shines! It is the perfect paper to add a bit of class and drama without being in your face metallic.
detail of the pearl paper
photo of card-front and back
digital proof of front
digital proof of back
Blane and Jordan
This wedding was special to us because the groom was the son of one of our brides from last year. Blane and Jordan were high school sweethearts and were so cute together! They decided to get married in Vegas on Valentines day then have a nice reception here for all of their friends and family. The place was beautiful and we got some great photos.
The bride and groom with his parents. We shot their wedding last year in downtown Phoenix.
Jordan and Blane
Jordan and Blane
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