Ryan & Sarah's engagement shoot

Last night I got to shoot Ryan & Sarah's engagement shoot in Flagstaff, Arizona. I feel so blessed to be here--it's perfect weather and I feel like I'm on vacation or something. Plus Sarah & Ryan are friends and I really enjoy spending time with them. This is the Sarah, by the way, who designed my website. She's super-talented.

Downtown Flagstaff is where we spent most of our time and there were tons of fun places to shoot. We started out where every good engagement shoot should--at a huge mural of a cow painted on the side of a building.


Being goofy:


Sarah & Ryan are perfect for one another. She admits to being more pessimistic by nature whereas Ryan is optimistic. They claim they balance each other out. We saw these shirts at two different stores across the street and had to shoot a few shots with them:


Here's a close-up in case you can't read them:


This is totally unrelated to the shoot, but as we were walking around we came across this newspaper distribution-thingy (what do you call these things anyway?):


Ok, now down to the serious business. Check out how gorgeous Sarah looks here. I love her eyes.


Ryan's not bad looking either :).



More cute photos:









We had fun by the railroad tracks which were surprisingly busy:





I played around with a slow shutter speed to get the movement of the train as it passed by:




At the end of the shoot Sarah and I got Ryan to take a shot of us.


Oh--and this was my first shoot using my new Shootsac by Jessica Claire. It worked great! Here's me modeling it although I also had a black sweatshirt around my waist so it doesn't show off the bag that well:


What a fun shoot! I wish I could stay in Flagstaff all summer...

2 more guest book designs

We just finished up 2 more fabulous guest book designs. Tatum & Shane are getting married in September and Katina and Robert are getting hitched in October.

These guest books are a hot product. They're such a unique idea for a guest book to use at your wedding. And they look great filled with notes from your family and friends all over the pages.

Click here to view Tatum & Shane's guest book and here to view Katina & Robert's. Keep in mind that the actual books are 11x8 in size.

Jim & Julie's Engagement Shoot

Friday I shot Jim & Julie's Engagement Shoot up at Desert Mountain near where they live and where they will be getting married in November. They have a great story of how they met and began doing business together, developing a friendship before their relationship blossomed into a romance. They're a great couple and we had a fun shoot. Here's some of my favorites:





Jim has a two-year-old daughter named Bella who came along as well--super cute!





It's so beautiful up at Desert Mountain. I can't wait for the wedding!





Thanks for the great shoot and for dinner you guys!

Greg & Shannon's Guest Book

We just finished another great guest book design! This product is turning out to be quite the hit with brides. Everybody wants one to use for guests to sign notes to them at their wedding.

I shot Shannon & Greg's engagement shoot in Jerome and Prescott, Arizona. The book turned out very colorful because of the photos we had to work with. You can see the design by clicking here.

Miles & Alison's Engagement Shoot

Tonight I shot Miles & Alison's engagement shoot at the Phoenix Zoo. Miles loves animals and they've spent some fun time together there. We went a little after the zoo closed with the permission of the park ranger and had a great time. There was beautiful light and great locations to shoot. Here are some of my favorites:














Miles and Alison were really cute together. Can you believe that Alison doesn't think she's photojenic?

We didn't have full run of the zoo so we didn't see too many animals but here's a few. The buzzard (glad he was behind a cage):


An elephant who despite my prodding wouldn't turn and smile for me:


And a hummingbird happily doing his job:


Alison has a beautiful and unique ring:


And a few more of my faves:




Thanks you two! I'm looking forward to October!