Bri's Senior Pictures (October 2012)

Bri asked us to do her senior/graduation pictures.  We chose to do them at the Red Mountain Campus of MCC.  They have great walls with fun textures and colors and they have some desert landscape that is really nice as well.  Bri is gorgeous and is so easy to do a photo shoot with.  She loves to pose for the camera and is a natural.  I mean, these pictures tell it all:

 Looking to her future...

Beautiful...

Love this one in the street. Luckily, we were there on a Friday night and almost no one was around. As a side note, I wish I had my own camera to take a picture of Jared laying on the street on his stomach to capture this picture. The lengths he will go to get a perfect shot.

When Bri and her mom came over to view the pictures, they really loved this picture - although it was just black and white. They asked Jared if he could make the green glass still green with everything else black and white. It was a little bit of a challenge, but he figured it out and it looks amazing.  I love the little pop of color it gives the picture.

We ended up in the right spot at just the right time.  The sun was setting and it was perfect to capture this photo.

Bri, we wish you luck in where ever your life takes you. Thank you for allowing us to be part of your senior pictures. You are a wonderful young woman with a bright future ahead of you. We hope you will allow us to be a part of many other great accomplishments in your future.

Beyer Family (October 2012)

Jared and I had so much fun with the Beyer family. They asked for a sunrise shoot at the Mesa Arts Center.  We are not morning people so I knew it would be hard for me to get up and be happy at that time of the morning - but this family made it so worth getting up before the sun. They were all so happy and cheerful and just a pleasure to work with.

They came with the idea for this first picture. I love it. It really shows what is important to them.

The Mesa Arts Center is a wonderful place to take pictures. There are so many textures and colors there.  Sunrise was the perfect time to capture some amazing light and make these color walls pop.

Mom and Dad are the rock of this family and I love when we can capture these moments that are not staged.

 Dad and his daughters. They all adore him.

This was another idea  that they had for us. It was wonderful that they had done some of their own research of what they wanted. This shot was not as easy as it looks - but was totally worth the time and effort.

This one just makes me laugh every time I look at it. The 2 girls and looking at this sister and wondering what is going on with her. I understand this is a typical reaction to each other.

 They had a lot of fun with these frames.

 I don't need to say anything special about these next 3 - just beautiful...

 Dad's and daughters have a special bond.

I love this picture. Here you have a dad who is front and center - the rock of the family and the only male in a houseful of women. I love their attitudes behind him and the fact that his expression never changes in any of the pictures we took.  

Thank you to the Beyer family for the wonderful photo shoot. It really has been our pleasure to work with you and be with your wonderful family. You all make me smile all the time.

Gavin's Baptism (September 2012)

Gavin was baptized this past month, so, of course, we have to get baptism pictures! Gavin actually came up with a few of the poses. I was going to do them as well, but I though it was very fun to let him think he had control over what was going on.

Hancock Kids (June 2012)

A friend of ours wanted to have pictures of her kids, not the parents, just the kids. So, we went right out into their front yard and took care of it. She liked the idea of the "close up" picture, so that's what we tried for most of the time.

Quaranta Family (May 2012)

This was probably the most fun I've had at a photo session. The girls were are terribly fun, and Marci was with me to help keep things moving along. We went to the Mesa Arts Center for this session as well. With a lot of really good late afternoon shade you can have a longer session.

Fowkes family (December 2011)

 This was my first and, so far, only large family photo shoot. The family really wanted to go to Freestone Park in Gilbert, but we had to go at sunrise. We didn't get started soon enough for the very best light, but we managed okay. I think the group shots turned out pretty good, and there were one or two individual family shots that turned out okay.

Carmen Elicio (March 2011)

This was my first baby photo session. I learned a lot, mostly that shooting new-born babies is really hard. You have to have a LOT of patience and take a lot of pictures and hope that the baby cooperates. But, if you can manage all that, you can get some excellent results. 

I included a few B&W conversions of pictures just because I think they work really well for baby pictures.

Tietjen Family (March 2011)

One of my first portrait jobs. We went to the Mesa Arts Center at the suggestion of the family, it ended up being a really good location for a session. Here is a selection of some of my favorite photos.