Tiffany and Kurt

Tiffany called me up about 3 weeks ago and told me that she was having a small wedding at the Hilton Mesa on a Thursday and was hoping I could come out for a bit and take some pictures of her and Kurt. They have been engagement for awhile now but decided about 3 weeks ago that they just wanted to have a small wedding with their parents and do it fast... so yesterday I went out and met them to take pictures of the ceremony and some pictures of the two of them.

I was also able to see one of my favorite make up artists, Deanna, and a wonderful Minister Sandi Miller with Ever After Events. I love seeing vendors that I know and recommend!!

We had a blast and I love how all the pictures turned out! What a beautiful couple!

This is Tiffany's little girl, a complete doll!!

7/7/07 - Gorgeous Wedding in Minnesota

I just finished shooting a wedding on 7/7/07. As I said, Preston Palmer, the brother of one of my brides asked me to come up to Minneapolis and shoot a wedding with him. I had a great time hanging out with the bride; she was beautiful inside and out. The wedding was so much fun and was quite the production. Eric, the groom, is a production guru and owns his own production company. The ceremony showed how good he really is; it was gorgeous with white linens hanging down everywhere. They had lighting equipment, sound guys, an entire video crew, and it was phenominal. It was so fun going to the mall to get Crystals makeup done because she had a microphone on and a video guy and photographer hanging around her the entire time. People all over were wondering who this famous person was.. she was living it up!!!

Below are some of my favorites from the day.


The wedding was at the Crown Plaza in downtown.

Crystal had so much fun; she laughed the entire time getting ready and told some great stories of how they met and the proposal. Really it was amazing.

We went to the MAC store in the mall to get makeup done. She looked phenominal.


One of my favorite parts of the day are the portraits of the bride and the groom; especially if they let me do whatever I want! Crystal and Eric were up for anything!



Isn't she GORGEOUS?



Eric looked handsome as well.

Crystal was a hoot! She has so much energy and had so much fun with the camera.






This picture is HAWT! I showed it to them after we took it and they were so excited!


Cyrstal wanted to show off her garter. It was her something blue.


The last few weddings I have been doing a lot of fun things with light during the reception. This is one example. They are gorgeously lit and you can see the crowd in the back. I love lighting.
This is one of my favorite first dance pictures.

The reception was fun; everyone laughed, danced, and had a blast.


Now for the funnest part of the day. After the reception Eric and Crystal wanted to jump in the fountain and get some fun pictures. She got soaked, but had a blast doing it and we got some really fun pictures out of it!






Thanks Preston for inviting me up there; I had a great time. Crystal and Eric, you are an amazing couple and I pray for Gods best for you! You are going to do powerful things together; change that world!!!

Carrine and Michael

Saturday I had a very special wedding. My sister's best friend Carrine got married and she asked if I would be their photographer. I was thrilled because I did not want to miss this wedding. Carrine has been such an important part of my sisters life which makes her part of the family!

The Wedding was in my hometown of Pinetop, AZ. I love being able to go back and take pictures in Pinetop because there is so much beauty there! I have such a great time going home. I have now done 1 wedding a year there, but am hoping to do more.. so if you know of anyone getting married in the mountains, just let them know I LOVE taking pictures up there!

Things have changed so much on the mountain since I lived there and some of the changes are very good.. such as a new Salon that does amazing work and is totally hip and urban.. it is called "Urban Bliss" and is where the girls got ready. If you are in the White Mountain Area you have to check out this new Salon.

Carrine is one of the most beautiful people inside and out. I'm so glad she choose to have someone pamper her and do her hair and makeup. She looked Gorgeous and had so much fun getting pampered.



As I said, the Ceremony and Reception were at Torreon Golf Resort. It was beautiful.
The dress was beautiful!
We caught this moment of Carrine about to get ready.
And of course you can't forget all the details... the pearl bracelet that her Grandmother gave her to wear.
Carrine getting dressed with the help of all the girls. The girl in the back middle is my wonderful sister (The Maid of Honor).
Carrine's beautiful rings.


My sis is the one next to Carrine... aren't they gorgeous girls?
Carrine radiated the entire day!! Beautiful!
The Guys!!!

The handsome Groom, Michael.
Of Course, I can not leave my nephew out of this whole mix of pictures. My family was invited to the wedding, which was crazy because I've never done a wedding with so many people I know. Of course it was hard not taking a ton of pictures of my nephews.. but I did good. But this is little Aidan in his tux.. and he was adorable. More pictures are below of both of the boys!
The official Ring Bearer and Flower girls... so cute.

Their Dad had to help them pick up the flowers because they wouldn't go any farther because they dumped out all the flowers alredy.. what a great father/daughter moment.


Carrine had her brother walk her down the aisle and it was a very special time for both of them.
The older brother giving his sister away.



A very fun wedding party.

Something very neat about this day was the fact that it was supposed to rain the entire day, but it didn't. The day before it rained and were so scared that we weren't going to be able to get pictures outside, but God is good.. and the rain didn't come until all the pictures were done and we were inside partying at the reception.. we just had gorgeous clouds to get great pictures.





At the reception there were a TON of kids and they all played on the dance floor. I have to show some of these pictures because I was so proud of my twin 1 year old nephews who got out and partied with all the other kids...Below is Aidan.
And this is Liam.
This is my wonderful mother with Aidan.
And because I never get to share pictures with all of you of my parents I thought I would end with this picture of my amazing mother and father dancing together. I love you guys.

Carrine and Michael... you two are truly a blessing and I can see God in your lives and pray that you will continue to seek him in your marriage!! Thank you for allowing me to be a part of such a wonderful day! I'm looking forward to so much more time spent with you both. Congratulations!!