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Fossil Creek in Strawberry is a spectacular creek with its stunning blue waters and falls.  We also found the most curious thing ... a set of three old, yellow chairs, positioned in the creek facing towards a 20-foot plus waterfall.  It was hilarious and it was even more hilarious when Phuong and Kevin sat in them to pose for the camera :-).

 

Devil's Bridge is located in Sedona and it is simply amazing.  It takes a bit of a vertical hike to reach it but is well worth the effort!  Phuong and I really freaked out some pour woman from New Jersey who isn't used to seeing people walking out to the edge of a rock with a very long drop on the other side of it ... to that woman, we pass along our apologies :-)!

 

Some fun graffiti we found under a bridge at Fossil Creek.

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The drive down to Fossil Creek is a little treacherous ...
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Love this frog's choice of home :-).
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This is so funny ...
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... and this is even funnier :-)!!!
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Phuong and I really love cows ... so we thought we would take a short walk with some :-).
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Devil's Bridge ... gorgeous!!
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We got a little silly with our shadow puppets ... I kind of resemble the creature from the movie "Aliens."
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OK mom, please don't have a heart attack ... it looks bad, but we were VERY, VERY careful - I promise :-).  Again, our apologies to the poosr New Jersey lady.
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Pita Stanton:

I LOVE the picture of you two running across devils bridge. Is that in Sedona?

(07.16.09 @ 08:42 PM)
Caitlin Smith:

Looks like an absolute BLAST!!! :-D

(07.05.10 @ 12:17 AM)

We had a great time exploring Antelope Canyon and a little of Lake Powell.  Kevin and I had never been to Antelope Canyon before and we definitely plan on returning for some serious landscape photography!

 

Heading out to the slot canyon.

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I love taking photos of cows :-)!!
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Our guide, Zac, playing the flute.
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I love this shot :-)!
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Lake Powell was just a tad windy :-)!!!!
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Alison K. Juberg:

very whimsical pictures. Love the dog and the nature pictures.

(08.03.09 @ 01:23 AM)

The Grand Canyon ... that was our final trip on the "Tina & Phuong take on Arizona" expedition.  We had gone to the Canyon when Phuong first arrived, but that was the Trash-the-Dress shoot, so we decided to end our trip here - a place that Phuong was so excited to see.  We brought Yoshi along as well since Phuong developed such a close relationship with him during her stay.  We stopped by Snowbowl on the way to take a photo illustrating the change in season from the photo taken on the first day, seemed befitting.  It was a fun trip, but at the sam time a bittersweet one.  After ten years of not seeing my high school friend, I had grown accustomed to her presence again ... hopefully it won't be another ten years before we meet again and take on another destination :-)!  Love ya Phuong!!

 

Back to where our trip began ... on top of Snowbowl.  Amazing how different it looked after almost 5 weeks.

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I had really been wanting a photo like this.  It symbolizes how great a friend he has been to me over the past 11 years and for me it is a very important image ... it will live on even when I don't have him around anymore and I will always be able to remember and cherish this moment.
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Phuong IM'ing on the phone with her husband at the edge of the canyon ... hilarious :-)!
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Bye Phuong - it was quite an adventure!!!
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Pita Stanton:

The picture of you and Yoshi is really cute. The picture of the canyon with the storms all along the rim is absolutely amazing!!! I brag about you guys all of the time to people. I am so, so, so happy we went with you for our wedding!!! I come back to your blog at least once a week just to see you work and what you have been up to. Thank you!!

(07.16.09 @ 08:45 PM)

We have been fortunate this year to have quite a few publications in several magazines and we are really excited about them!!  Aside from the ones shown here, one of our images made the cover of the July/August issue of the Wedding Chronicle.  We were blown away when we got the news from the editor and we will definitely be posting that when we receive a copy!

 

Arizona Weddings Magazine featured Armanda and Jon's wedding in Monument Valley and they used another image from their wedding as a full page spread to introduce their "Northern Arizona" section.

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Arizona Weddings Magazine - Digest Edition, featured a full page spread of Armanda in Monument Valley to illustrate their "Northern Arizona" section. 
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Arizona Bride Magazine featured ... you guessed it ... Armanda and Jon's wedding in Monument Valley in their Fall/Winter 2009 issue. 
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And finally, the most important one to Kevin and I ... Phoenix Bride & Groom Magazine featured our wedding in Hawaii in their Summer/Fall 2009 issue.  We are extremely excited to have our wedding published and again we have to thank our AMAZING photographer, Daniela Hood, www.danielahood.com , for doing such a wonderful job!!  We (Sierra Blanco) also have quite a few miscellaneous publications throughout the magazine as well.  Side note: I love the magazine's choice of title for our wedding story - "Images of Love" :-)!
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Aubrey Reel:

Wow!! That is amazing! Congrats!!

(07.15.09 @ 07:20 PM)
Pita Stanton:

Congratulations!!!

(07.16.09 @ 08:40 PM)

It is always an honor to place in any competition but especially the Wedding Photojournalist Association's quarterly contests.  The competition spans the globe and the photographers are extremely talented.  I am happy to say that I one of my images placed fourteenth in the Ceremony category.  I love this image and am proud it placed!  Thank you to Payvand and Jeremy for allowing me to photograph their exceptionally beautiful Persian wedding!

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Aubrey Reel:

Yay! I LOVE this one! :) Great moment!

(07.14.09 @ 08:04 PM)