Ashley and Bryan's Wedding ~ 12.28.08

Ashley and Bryan were married last Sunday at the beautiful Arizona Inn. It was a lovely day (well, maybe a bit chilly, especially for Ashley) but it was such a day of celebration and a bringing together of two wonderful families. I had a great time with everyone and enjoyed getting to know Ashley and Bryan's families throughout the day.

The slide show will be up on my website early next week. There are so many beautiful images I am having a hard time choosing the ones for the show. Here are a few sneak peeks to tide you over until next week...

Congratulations to Ashley and Bryan!

Family Session at Agua Caliente Park ~ 11.08.08

Yesterday I had a fun family session out at Agua Caliente Park. Jen is a friend of mine from my days at Savannah and Nick's elementary school. I've known their oldest son since he was in kindergarten. Last fall they had another baby and he is as cute as a button. He was so enthralled with everything at the park, especially those ducks! His big brother gave me his very best smiles all day. Grandma and Grandpa came along to help and we got some lovely pictures of them with the boys. It was a really nice afternoon. Here are some of my favorite images so far.

Ashley and Bryan's Engagement Session ~ 10.26.08

Yesterday I spent the afternoon with one of my couples, Ashley and Bryan. They are getting married in December and we had decided to wait as late as we could to do their engagement session so the temperatures would cool down. We had temps in the low to mid 80's all last week and wouldn't you know it...come Sunday, we're back up to 90 degrees again. We started late enough in the day and brought plenty of water and there was also a bit of a breeze so things ended up being fine. They were very good sports as I dragged them all over the U of A campus for over two hours.

Ashley and Bryan met their freshman year in English class. They also lived in the same dorm on campus. One of the places they wanted to do some photos was at their old dorm (see image with the big palm tree). This was an area where they used to hang out and talk so we decided it was a perfect spot for some pictures. As I started snapping away I noticed there was a foot hanging out one of the windows on the left side of my shot! We got a big kick out of this foot...no doubt attached to a student probably studying or listening to his/her iPod and very unaware an engagement session was taking place outside the window.

Ashley and Bryan ~ I had a lot of fun hanging out with you yesterday and getting to know you better. I am very excited about your wedding and am looking forward to meeting your families and making more beautiful pictures together.

Julie