The Color Color and more Color in Tucson’s Barrio Viejo

Sometimes I think the colors in the Barrio are what drew me to Tucson in the first place.  The colors just jump out and almost overwhelm the senses.  Whenever people say that Tucson is too brown – I just want to put them in their car, put Meyer or Cushing Street into their GPS and push go – they really haven’t seen Tucson yet at all.

Abby and Ben grew up just a few miles apart from each other in Nogales, but they never met until years later.  Instant attraction, and now a wedding this summer.  They had booked me sight unseen to photograph their wedding, but thought an engagement shoot would be a great way to intro ourselves.  And it was :).  We decided to meet up downtown at El Charro and head into the barrio.  (you’ll spot me right away – I’ll be small person carrying a very large camera)   Like a blind date, I’m all nervous – Will I like them?  I hope we click….will they like me?  I always start off with a few standard things to warm people up and get a feel for who they are as a couple.  I’d say it took a whole maybe 3  minutes for us to find a groove and then it stopped being work and started being fun!  Abby and Ben are attracted to bright colors so we were in the perfect place.   And thank you to the very nice man (I am so sorry to say I forgot your name 30 minutes later – I really should have written it down.  But thank you for letting us crash your courtyard.  It was painted the most wonderful happy blue and the bougainvillea was a stunning pink against that blue background.  Your courtyard made me want to come back and sit there every day – I am leaving you a bottle of wine as a thank you the next time I drop by…

Dear Abby and Ben – I am hoping you love your photos as much as I do – I cannot wait until I see you again at your wedding this summer!  I really do have the greatest job ever.