Phoenix wedding photographer shoots United Blood Services High School Challenge event at Chase Field

On Wednesday, I shot another event for United Blood Services. The event was their annual training session and awards banquet for the High School Blood Drive Challenge. High schools around the state compete in the challenge to earn awards based on the blood drive participation at their school. Few people realize how important high school students are to the Arizona blood supply. In fact, high school students have become the single largest donor group in the state. This event is aimed at training students to maximize their blood drive potential as well as recognizing the schools that achieved awards from the previous school year. The program, as well as this event, is generously sponsored by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

This year, the training session portion of the event was actually held on top of the dugout at Chase field. It was really fun to be so close to the field, although it sure created some unusual lighting to work with. The roof was open so the field was bathed in bright sunlight, while the stands were in dark shade. The photos may have suffered some, but the students seemed to really enjoy the experinence. Here’s a few shots from the day:

Phoenix wedding photographers love their puppy

Now I wouldn’t say that I’m “obsessed” with photographing our dog, Molly, but I do have to admit that there’s a file of photos on our hard drive that’s dedicated just to her . . . and it contains 1,275 items. That’s right, 1,275 photos of our dog. Seriously though, I’ve been posting to this blog since May and this is only the 3rd Molly specific post. That’s less than one per month! I think that’s pretty good for the loving puppy parent that I am. Anyhow, Molly just got a haircut and she’s SO CUTE. What can I say? I just can’t help myself . . .

I have to say, I think that this last one was probably Molly’s favorite. Thanks for letting me indulge.

Phoenix wedding photographer shoots the United Blood Services Saturn Grand Prize Give Away

On Wednesday, I shot an event at the United Blood Services headquarters in Scottsdale (as part of my “day job” of course!) The event was the grand prize give away for the summer “Drive Away a Hero” campaign. Every blood donor who gave July 1st through August 31st, was automatically entered in a raffle to win a 2007 Saturn AURA, courtesy of valley Saturn retailers. Over the course of the campaign, eight finalists were chosen to participate in the grand prize drawing where one of them would “drive away a hero” with a new 2007 Saturn AURA. Here are some of my favorite shots from the day:

Congratulations to all of our finalists and especially to our lucky winner! To view a slideshow of the event click here. To learn more about blood donation check out http://www.unitedbloodservicesaz.org/