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Everyone, we’d like to introduce you to: Brian & Jayme!

Last Saturday we got to hang out with them at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Scottsdale.  Such a great couple!

Here’s a little background about my relationship with them . . . well half of them anyway.  It was the first time we’ve had the pleasure of meeting the incredibly cute and sweet Jayme.  Brian and I were roommates way back in the day.  We lived together with three others guys in our “bachelor pad” about 8 years ago while we were attending some collage courses.  It was a 3 bedroom house in Mesa across from MCC.  The garage was extra special.  It was converted into an air conditioned, carpeted, 600 square foot room with brick walls.  It had a pool table, TV, and all the instruments and sound equipment you would need for a local coffee house band.  Oh yeah, the room also had a bed where I slept for a few years.  I have so many fond memories of that old place.  Seriously some of the best years of my life were in that house.  :-)

I was so excited to here from Brian last week when he contacted me on facebook asking if we could do a last minute portrait session with him and his new “lady friend” last weekend.  I’m so glad we weren’t too busy and had the chance to photograph them.  Jayme and Brian met at a church function a while back.  He has been pursuing her for about the last six months. Just in the last couple of weeks they made it official that they are “dating”.   Okay, enough rambling on I can’t take it anymore, these two are seriously cute!  SERIOUSLY. Check ‘em out.

Friendly message to anyone who cares: adding some extra color is awesome – Absolutely LOVE the yellow shoes!

I loved the walkway under the palms.  We were all having so much fun!

Next we walked back inside to get out of the heat.  I really like all the furniture in that place.  Just relaxing as if at home.

This mirror shot was pretty sweet.

Exposing for the bright backlight  = tasty silhouettes.  LOVE this one. :-)

So sweet.

Once we were able to pry these two off each other for a couple seconds we took a few silly shots.

We have come here a lot and have never been to this part of the resort.  Pleasantly surprised.  How cute are they???

Then we headed outside to brave the AZ heat for a couple.

This next is one of my favorites.

Hope you all enjoyed!  Thank you so much Brian & Jayme!  We had so much fun hanging out with you two and catching up with Brian! We’ll leave you with one more of our favorites. So adorable.

 

Back in March, I had the opportunity to shoot a baby shower for the very sweet Karina & Susan who were expecting their little girl to arrive in early May.  Newborn photo sessions usually take place within 1 to 3 weeks of a baby being born, so we planned for May 23, figuring that the timing would be just about right by then.  Well, miss Greyson had an little April Fools present for her mommies and decided she’d rather be born on April 1st :-)  Because she decided to come on on out and join the world a bit early, her weight at birth was less than 6 lbs.  So despite the fact that the photos may be a little later than usual, we decided that they still count because she just now weighs about as much as the average newborn!

Here are some of our favorites from their session – such a cutie!

 

Love those tiny little feet :-)

Miss Greyson wasn’t super crazy about laying on her belly, but she decided to give us a little smile anyway.  So cute!

One of my favorites – showing off her favorite lamb rug :-)

Time for the Mommies to get in on some of the photo action . . .

Love this one :-)  As you can see, Miss Greyson was getting pretty tuckered out towards the end.

One last shot of the cutie and her Mommies . . .

To Karina & Susan: we had a great time hanging out with you guys!  Thank you for letting us capture your beautiful family :-)

Last Saturday I did a newborn mini-shoot for Adrienne and her new baby girl, Mimi Jean.  Mimi was born on April 24.  When I arrived at their home I was surprised to find her wide awake!  For being just a couple of weeks old, she sure was attentive.  Newborns are usually asleep for most or all of their photo sessions, but she was watching me the whole time.  Such big eyes!!!  Here are a few favorites from their session.

 Love this one of Mommy & baby . . .

This one has kind of a different, moody feel to it but I really like it :-)

Check out these big brown eyes!

One last shot: love the way she’s looking up at mamma in this one :-)

Congratulations Adrienne and family on your new little sweetie pie!