Our Fall wedding season began last Saturday with the fabulous wedding of Dasia & Scott.  They are from Denver so the beautiful Arizona Biltmore was actually a destination wedding location for them.  It had rained a lot on Friday and some on Saturday morning (I know what you’re thinking, what are the odds that it would rain for a destination wedding in ARIZONA), so we ended up doing most of their photos inside, but the Biltmore is such a gorgeous venue it didn’t matter much to any of us.  We had such a blast working with them!  These two met as co-workers and in fact, they still work together to this day.  How cute is that?  Mr. & Mrs. working in side by side offices :-)  It’s all very “Jim & Pam”.  Their wedding was nothing less than fabulous: amazing couple, vintage classic movie theme (with the perfect splash of modern style), and the shoes . . . I’ll get to them in a minute.

Dasia’s gold Christian Louboutin shoes were AWESOME!  All day long people kept commenting on them.  And could she ever rock those stilettos – this girl is a pro in high heels.  She made a stunning bride.

I love this shot of Dasia and her sisters – it just may be one of my favorite bridesmaid shots ever :-)

My favorite portrait of the day.  She looks just like a classic leading lady.

What classic film would be complete without an equally dashing leading man?  Scott certainly fit the part.

Another thing that made this wedding so amazing was the coordination of the extremely talented Sherri Lucero of Planned to Perfection.  And perfection it was :-)  Brides, we cannot tell you enough how much of an impact a great coordinator like Sheri can make on your wedding day.  Instead of having to worry about every detail, the happy couple got to relax and take in their day because she was taking care of the rest.

Time to make it official!  Here comes the bride . . .

The Aztec room, where their ceremony took place was gorgeous and totally fit with the vintage feel.

Dasia & Scott wanted to try something a little bit untraditional for their family photos.  Gotta say, we really loved the results.  Their families were so awesome to work with and totally rocked this Annie Leibovitz style portrait.

Time for some portraits of the newlyweds.  How awesome is this vintage style shot?  Love it!

The staff at the Biltmore was kind enough to unlock their private wine cellar so we could get some stellar shots!

Party time!  Here’s just a small sample of the fabulous details.  My personal favorite . . . dessert :-)

It’s not very often that cake eating shots make it into our favorites, but this series just makes me smile :-)  Adorable!

First dance . . . so sweet!

One of the things we noticed about Dasia & Scott from our first meeting was their matching iPhones.  They’re a couple after our own hearts!  We just had to add a little bit of iLuv to their photos.

Make sure you check out the slideshow for more photos from their amazing day.  Also, we had the pleasure of hanging out with these guys the night before their wedding for the rehearsal dinner.  We’ll be posting a few images from that night in the next couple of days.  To the new Mr. & Mrs. Morton: we had such a blast with you guys!  Your wedding was such a great reflection of your style and generosity of spirit.  It was such a pleasure getting to know you guys . . . and your awesome families and friends!  Congratulations!

- Denise :-)

 

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We had so much fun with Katie and Justin last weekend! It was 112 degrees in Phoenix so we decided to take a little trip up north to Flagstaff for their engagement session.  The weather was perfect all day long, about 80 degrees.  Justin spent a year living in Flag while attending NAU back in the day so he really knows his way around which was a huge help. :-)

We first met Katie and Justin back in March at Lauren and Chris’ wedding.  Justin is actually Lauren’s brother.  Since then we’ve had the chance to see them at several other weddings including Katie’s sister Melissa and her husband Bryan.  We also shot their friends Meghan and Matt’s wedding back in May.  We are so lucky to know all of them.  They are all the most amazing couples and we love all of them so much!

There were so many wonderful colors and things to see in Flagstaff.  We parked the car at the top of the hill in the historic downtown area and headed down on foot with camera’s in hand. =-) There were tons of these awesome looking buildings along the way.  I love these two shots. Katie and Justin are so cute and playful with each other.

Next we found some railroad tracks and decided to take advantage of them.  We pulled out the old blue umbrella for a little splash of color.

We found this old unattended train car with graffiti on it.  Need we say more?

This one reminds me of an old 1950′s movie.

Maybe it was because we told them to smooch a lot, but these two couldn’t keep their hands off each other!  Made our job pretty easy.

Some Favs . . .

We told them to look serious . . . I’m thinking that they pulled it off.  Man, Katie is going to be one gorgeous bride!

Is it any surprise that we loved the yellow shoes?

We suggested that they show us some of their dance moves and they didn’t even care that there was a crowd of people watching.  How awesome is that???

After a quick change of clothes, we drove down to NAU to get some shots around the campus.

Next, we headed over to the track to hang out on the bleachers.  Time for some great acting ::watching the big game::

Katie plays “bored” really well.  I love Justin’s reaction in this shot.

Okay, so here’s an “it’s such a small world” moment. When we got to the track, Justin and I started talking about our old high school track teams and discovered that in our Junior year we actually ran against one another at a tournament!  Crazy!  There’s something about this shot I totally love.  They are so FUN!

So in love :-)

Justin’s laugh is amazingly contagious and full of life.

So sweet.

A little VW fun.

I have to say, they make a pretty hot couple.

Thank you so much Katie and Justin for hanging out with us.  We can’t wait to spend more time with both of you in a few weeks.  Lots of love from both of us!

- Ryan

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