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I had a great time photographing Cierra and Colby’s engagement session a few months back – and the wedding date was finally here! When you have unusual names like Colby and Cierra, I think you were meant to meet and marry one day – their names just seem to sound perfect together. This was my...
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...
Stillwell House is a gorgeous downtown Tucson wedding venue that brings a historic 1901 Territorial style former inn together with beautiful garden courtyards and a hip urban scene only a block away. I had the pleasure of being at Stillwell House for the entire month of April – no intentional planning there, it was just...
The waterfall at Loews Ventana canyon was the beautiful setting for Jamie and Julia’s spring wedding in Tucson. Julia and Jamie met five years ago when she was studying in New Zealand. A 5 year transcontinental romance finally resulted in Jamie’s family and friends flying over from New Zealand to join Julia’s Tucson family in...
Heather and Brian met about an hour before their wedding ceremony at Saguaro Buttes on a beautiful day, with white puffy clouds just beginning to roll in before the storm that followed the next day. Heather and Brian had never kissed each other on the lips until their wedding day. As part of their Christian...
Reflections at the Buttes has a beautiful backdrop of the Pusch Ridge Mountains behind the ceremony location. A lush tropical oasis with a dramatic desert background. The first thing I noticed when I popped in to photograph Anthony and the guys before the wedding ceremony was the SHOES. Now I hardly ever notice guys shoes...
As soon as I saw Kellen’s ring bearer shoes, I burst out laughing and knew I wanted to photograph them with his mom Jannine’s wedding shoes. How perfect are those little red chucks? I want a pair just like them. Jannine and Scott’s wedding day was a perfect February day. Sunny and warm, an ideal...
I photographed Ciera and Colby’s engagement session a while back, but was so busy with weddings that I never got around to blogging this beautiful couple and their engagement photos! With the wedding just around the corner now, it seems like this is as a good time as ever :). A fun cruise around the...
Lindsay and David did their engagement shoot on a warm (hot?) summer day in Tucson, but a beautiful 60 degree day was what they were looking for at their December wedding. And that’s exactly what they got! A mariachi band escorted Lindsay down the aisle at Saguaro Buttes in Tucson. I think that everyone should...
I haven’t done a vintage inspired wedding in awhile, but then I had two just last month! Brianna and Joe planned a 1940’s World War II era wedding at West Point Military Academy, where Joe had graduated from a few years ago. This retro theme carried through every part of the day, from the vintage...
Rachel and Francisco met 10 years ago at St Pius Church in Tucson, so getting married at St Pius was the biggest must on their wedding wish list! Rachel and Francisco exited the church after a beautiful full mass to ringing bells and streamers thrown by their waiting guests and then we all headed to...
Jim is in the Navy and Alanna is a dance instructor and works at a Harley dealership. There was no way this could be a traditional wedding and I was excited as soon as I heard about some of the details. Alanna’s style incorporated a retro pin-up look, birds, a french netted veil and...
Jen and Nish chose to see each other and do all their wedding photos before their ceremony at Patriot Hills Golf Club. And yet their handwritten vows in a ceremony performed by a close friend brought both Jen and Nish to tears and laughter not once, but several times. I was smiling and laughing plenty...
I”m finally trying to catch up on blogging after a whirlwind month plus of east coast/west coast weddings! I hear it snowed in New York yesterday, which makes it seem even nicer to be catching up in the 75 degree Tucson Arizona sunshine. I met Jennifer and Brian two years ago at her sister Kristine’s...
How do you photograph the wedding of someone who looks at wedding photos all day almost every day? I mean she knows everything about wedding photography! Beth is a graphic designer/digital re-toucher at a professional photo lab in Poughkeepsie, On Location Studios. She is the person who fixes photographer’s goof-ups and mistakes. So when...
When I fist met Nikki and Owen and they were describing their wedding to me, it just didn’t seem to fit with their personalities – they seemed soooo serious. Wow was I wrong! Nikki and Owen met while attending Vassar College. So it seemed to make perfect sense that the place where they first met...
Well I am way way behind on my blogging, but that’s July for you! Lauren and Mike’s wedding was on an absolutely gorgeous July day – hot but not tooo hot. The kind of July day you are hoping for when you’re planning your New York wedding. I worked with Lauren and Mike last year...
In 2005, while dancing in the conga line at Denise and John’s wedding, Geraldine asked me to photograph her ‘someday’ wedding in Mexico. I laughed and said sure, an easy answer when she’s not engaged and I’m pretty sure she wouldn’t remember any of that conversation the next day. I didn’t even have a passport....
Lauren and Brandon are field hockey and basketball coaches. They love to hike, bike and just about anything to do with the outdoors. When I first met them, they described their search for a wedding location where all their friends and families could come together for the weekend and have plenty of outdoor activities in...
