Becky and Ben were married November 14, 2009 at Rustler's Rooste in Phoenix.  The day began under stormy skies at the Arizona Grand Resort were the couple got ready.  They opted to see one another before the ceremony to have ample time for photos around the grounds of the resort.  Just as we set up the first meeting for the couple, the skies cleared and the rest of the day was beautiful!

Becky and Ben were referred by a past couple of ours (and now close friends), Joyce and Beth.  Thank you both so much for including us in your very speacial day!  You were wonderful to work with and we wish you all the best ... congrats :-)!!

Winyan and Tim were married on November 9th, 2009.  This was a monday wedding, which I must say are becoming much more popular as an alternative to the busy weekends.  We are beginning to book quite a few of these Monday weddings ... we have a couple scheduled already for 2010.

Winyan grew up in England.  She has the most lovely accent and she is just as lovely to know ... not to mention drop dead gorgeous!!  Tim lives in Minnesota and was equally wonderful to work with.  This was a destination wedding for the couple, thus my first time meeting them was when they were dropped off on the dusty road leading up to their ceremony site at Merry-Go-Round Rock.  Their family and friends traveled from far and wide to get to this isolated little rock overlooking Sedona, most coming from as far away as England and Hong Kong!

The reception was held in town at the Sedona Golf Resort.  Winyan changed into her traditional Chinese wedding dress and the two families participated in a Chinese Tea Party.  The entire reception site was decorated in row upon row of beautiful origami cranes, 888 to be exact (8 being a lucky number in Chinese tradition), and all of them were made by Winyan ... now that is impressive!!  By the way, Winyan and Tim have the most adorable son, Oliver ... you would never look at Winyan and think she had a baby less than a year ago :-) ... and he had to be the happiest baby I have ever seen!  This was a beautiful wedding full of wonderful people and we were so pleased to be a part of it ... thank you both!!!

Kristin and Kyle have been coming to us for various portrait shoots for the past couple of years including their engagement shoot and Kristin's bridal shoot (their wedding was out of state and they had a photographer friend shoot it) and now they are back because they are having a baby!  Kristin wanted maternity photos and then newborn photos once he was born.  She was a little over 8 months when we conducted her shoot in the Superstition Mountain Range on the east side of Phoenix.  She really didn't look it though ... I think it must be the height (Kristin is 6'.)  We love these two but unfortunately it look as though our shooting foreys will soon be ending ... they are most likely moving to Kentucky.  We will miss you two!!

Jennifer and James will be getting married this April at Los Abrigados in Sedona.  I am 100% in love with these two.  Jennifer and I chit-chat regularly by email as if we were old friends.  We talk about her wedding of course, but also about more personal matters, so I have become quite close with her.  James loves photography too and is in school right now for it.  The only thing that makes me sad is that it looks as though they may be leaving the state in the next year ... but we always have email :-).

We photographed their engagement shoot in Sedona, starting in the canyon at the West Fork Trail for some great fall color.  The big highlight of the day was sunset though ... unbelievable!!!  This had to rank among the top 5 sunsets I have ever witnessed in this state.  I was in Sedona the following day and I swear, people were actually still talking about it!  We had a blast guys ... can't wait for the wedding :-)!

Sarah and Sam are so sweet ... and Sarah has been stalking us for quite some time :-).  I'm just kidding :-).  Seriously though, she has been following us for quite a while - I can't tell you how many bridal shows she has visited us at!  She is so complimentary of our work and we are so pleased that she and Sam hired us to photograph their upcoming fall wedding at Snowbowl in Flagstaff!  They live in the valley but LOVE the high country and given where their wedding will be, it only made sense to do their engagement shoot on the mountain as well.  Thanks so much you two and we can't wait for the wedding!