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This is Jordan. Blue eyed GORGEOUS Jordan. She is graduating this May from Boulder Creek High School with high hopes and dreams for her future. We met at the gorgeous Dc Ranch Market Place while the sun was high and bright and weather still a tad bit chilly. What amazed me about Jordan was our first conversation together as we walked to our first photo location. I asked Jordan what she wanted to do after she graduated and she enthusiastically told me that she would be attending NAU in the fall and pursing a bachelors of science in athletic training. She would then getting her masters and THEN taking that to physical therapy. I gasped with astonishment that she was SO excited about college! I was so impressed with her drive in life at such a young age. I admire that..
I had such a fun time getting to know Jordan and her mom Trina and I adore both their sweet generous hearts. Thank you so much for giving me the honor of documenting your senior year! Jordan, you are too sweet and you are seriously gorgeous. Stay the way you are and I know you'll go a far way in life! |
| OBVIOUSLY Jordan is a smart girl... I told Jordan to bring something important to her to the shoot. Something that represents her. She brought her math book!!?!?!! Awesome. This is one thing I love about her. She loves math... one thing I always loathed in high school was math. You couldn't pay me to take another math course! So Jordan, I admire you! |
I know I know what your thinking.... you're thinking that I'm crazy! I dressed my dog Margo up for her birthday and entered Margo into the Bissel MVP dog contest. Yep! I did it! The cool thing about this contest is that Margo is eligible to win 10,000 to any charity of her choice. Im all about this and would LOVE to donate this money to somewhere in need. In order for Margo to win, Margo needs the MOST AMOUNT OF VOTES. Please help her win!
So heres how to vote : Click HERE to go to vote for Margo! You'll see this photo below with a little description of Margo. Although you have to sign in to vote you wont receive any e-mails and it only takes a second. Please please please vote for Margo?!!
I need EVERYONE to vote! If you're reading this... VOTE! :)
Thank you!! |
I am so excited and so honored to be posting this wedding today. I have known Tarah and the Sazdanoff family for years and it was such a joy to watch my friends join their lives together in marriage this past Saturday. I met with Tarah months ago, to start talking about her wedding schedule and all the little details she was pulling together for the big day. We got together for coffee often to chat about wedding details, but really, we talked a lot about our lives and our future husbands. We were both engaged at the same time and planning our weddings at the same time. It was SO much fun watching all our plans tie together and it was encouraging be able to chat about the craziness of planning a wedding. I had heard a lot about this "Joshua guy" that Tarah had fallen in love with, but I would have to meet this guy for myself to really get to know him. I knew whoever Tarah would marry would HAVE to be an amazing guy.
When I first met Joshua, my first thought was "OH MY! These two are going to have some GORGEOUS blue eyed children!! " Stephen and I had a blast getting to know Joshua and Tarah as a couple at their engagement session. If there is one thing Im completely sure about, its that Joshua is head over heels for Tarah. I knew from the very beginning how much Tarah loved Joshua but watching them interact together in front of the camera was adorable. We felt so blessed to document not only your engagement but also the most important day of your lives.
Tarah and Joshua tied the knot at the gorgeous Sassi venue in Scottsdale. The tuscan Sassi was a perfect fit for their style and we feel SO blessed to have been apart of it. Thank you for all your love and your friendship. You both are some of the most amazing people I know and I can't wait to watch your lives grow stronger together! Be sure to check out the wedding slideshow HERE. |
| I LOVE this photo of Tarah and her mom Esther. The light was just perfect and it was so beautiful to watch how excited Esther was for Tarah. |
| Tamara at AZ Petal Pusher designed the gorgeous flowers at the ceremony and all the fabulous bouqets. |
| Seriously Tarah!? You are incredibly GORGEOUS! |
| Tarah purchased her dress and vail at the amazing Demetrios in Scottsdale. |
| I LOVE this photo of Joshua. So stunning! Tarah gave Joshua this vintage clock as a wedding gift with sweet engraved words on the front. |
| I chose this photo because I felt it showed how simply PROUD Tarah's dad is. |
| Sassi has gorgeous places to take photos and the light was just perfect! |
| Every door at Sassi are these big gorgeous brown doors and I just couldnt' get enough of them! |
| Even though Tarah and Joshua are out of focus, there was just something about this photo I love!! So simple, so sweet and the Arizona light is just amazing. |
| Tarah wore her moms pearls for the day |
| We also worked with the talented Daniel Wagner while he documented their wedding day on video. |
A few months ago, I received an e-mail from a blog reader that loves cars. She travels with cars, works with cars and just loves cars. She mentioned that she works with the RM Auctions car show and would be traveling to Phoenix. I felt more than honored that Veronica actually wanted to meet me and give us tickets to the show! We were more than thrilled and made our way to oh so famous car show.
When Veronica first e-mailed me I clicked on her website and was stunned at not only how good of a photographer she is but also just how MUCH she gets to travel. Her photos are gorgeous and watch out for Veronica... you'll start to see more of her!
We chatted at the car show about photographers, lighting, and just life and where it will take us. One thing Veronica mentioned was her intimidation to dive into the photography world. I think just about every one of us struggles with this. Although she travels a ton, she doesn't have the time to book weddings since her schedule is so fast paced but it was a good reminder that there are A LOT of people that struggle with the confidence to dive into this industry for a lot of reasons. For those of you out there wondering if you should or shouldn't... GO FOR IT! Our lives are driven by fear and the what ifs... but what if we put those fears aside and went for what we wanted? Lets do it. What do you have to lose? One thing I KNOW we all struggle with including me is the fear of being good. Making mistakes and not living up to others expectations. Sometimes you just have to put yourself out there and do your best with a lot of love and thats all you can give. I think Veronica has a huge future ahead of her and I can't wait to see more of what she will do!
Thank you Veronica for extending a welcoming hello and reaching out to network. It means the world and now I have a new friend in a new place. Be sure to look through Veronica's blog! Shes been to a lot of awesome places and she DEFINITELY knows how to use light well. |
I told everyone I would post the winner yesterday but I needed just a little longer to pick. Stephen and I had such a good time looking through all the entries but we could only pick ONE! SO... We decided upon ...
Ashley and Kevin
I don't know about you but when I first looked at this photo, I e-mailed Ashley back and explained that Ashely or Kevin have to actually BE IN the photograph. You cant submit photos on a table without the actual contestant being in the photograph. She e-mailed me back and explained THEY ARE IN THE FRAMES!!!! I laughed so hard when I looked at the photo again because they look like they actually are sitting on the coffee table. LOVE IT. This photo just seemed to fit all the rules and I just LOVE it. It's super creative! Congrats guys!
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The Itunes card winner goes to ....
Beka Hope!
Beka currently lives in New Zealand but photographed herself in the road with a blanket and pillow because she will be leaving home soon to continue her education in college. It symbolizes her journey in finding a new place in this world. LOVE IT.
Click HERE! to read more about Beka and to view her awesome work!
Thanks Beka!! :) |
Here are some of the other ones we really loved. Thanks so much everyone for submitting! We loved ALL of them.
Lynn, who is also a photographer and her husband are seriously BEAUTIFUL! |
Diana Jung is super creative and not only beautiful but also a SUPER talented photographer!!
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| This is Megan Welker, an AWESOME photographer in Sacramento CA. LOVE these! |
Stephanie Castillo is a fellow fabulous photographer in Sacramento. You are adorable. Thanks so much for "hearting me"!!!
LOVE IT. |
| This is Sean and Victoria. So cute! This is perfect and just in time for Valentines Day. Thanks guys! |
| THANK YOU to everyone that submitted.. they were all great! I would STILL love to hang out and photograph you ALL in beautiful San Fran! If you're still interested, shoot me an e-mail!! Thanks Everyone! |
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