We met Jennie & Scott at Market Street in DC Ranch. They choose this location because it has a lot of special meaning to them. The image at the top of the post is actually taken on the patio of the Armitage Bistro where they had dinner on their very first date AND, ironically enough,  the place where they went the night Scott proposed. So cute! We spent some time walking around the area which was full of great photo spots.

For some reason, a lot of my favorites this session were vertical images so there’s lots of side by side ones! Love the sweet interactions in these next two.

Jennie is a fellow “shoe girl” :-) I just adored these cute heels she wore! (Can’t wait to see what shoes she’ll be wearing for the big day!)

And her adorable curls? To die for!

Love this one! I think I’ll call it, “A look of far off wonderment” ;-)

And thanks to the Te’ Boutique for providing a fabulous pop of color for this next image. LOVE it!

One thing we learned about Jennie & Scott: these two can DANCE! They’ve got some serious moves and we got to experience them first hand. How fun is this next sequence? I love their expressions! Scott is all business and Jennie’s just got this calm blissful look like, “yes, I’m spinning around in circles. Is that unusual?” Ha ha!

As we were shooting it started to rain so we headed for a nearby covered bridge. At one point we suggested that Scott “dip” his lovely bride-to-be and they totally rocked it with the AMAZING move on the right! They tried to show Ryan and I how to do it too, but I think we’re going to need a few more lessons :-) It was seriously tough! Especially with cameras in both of our hands!

All kinds of sweetness :-)

After a quick change into some casual clothes, we headed to downtown Phoenix to soak up a little “urban grunge”. This scene was awesome!

We almost passed this awesome brick wall, but Ryan spotted it and it turned out to be one of my favorite backdrops! Both these shots make my heart smile :-)

Serious . . .

And some serious snuggling!

Jennie’s engagement ring is so unique and unusual. She was a music major in college so Scott picked out a setting that looks like a music note. The man knows his audience!

One last shot: the light was almost gone, but we just had to take advantage of the awesome city lights.

To Jennie & Scott: we’re so glad that you two found each other. You guys are a great match, like the perfect lyrics for a beautiful melody. We really enjoyed our time together and we’re so excited to be apart of your wedding day!

Make sure you click the slideshow button below for more photos from their session!

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Last Saturday we got to hang out with my awesome cousin Allison to shoot her senior portraits.  It was so much fun and I am so proud of her for turning into the beautiful person that she is both inside and out.

Just to show you how much she’s changed over the years we thought we would throw in this picture that was taken a long time ago.  Here’s on old school shot of my Aunt Linda and her kids (my cousins) Jeff, Steven and little tiny Allison.  Even back then, Allison kinda ran the show.  Good lookin’ family huh?  (Yeah, that’s right . . . we’re related.)  Over the years, we’ve had so much fun hangin’ with the cousins.  We did a lot of running around in their backyard swimming, fencing, and jumping on the trampoline while singing/yelling the theme song to friends at 11:00 at night. 

Now my little tiny cousin is all grown up.  On top of the good looks, she’s is so much fun  :-)

We love this little alley.  It’s so funny to shoot there because every time we come out from between the buildings we get the strangest looks from people.

Allison totally rocked the serious face.

Aunt Linda came along too for some photos of mom and daughter.  They are so cute together and have such a wonderful relationship.

The cousin’s have always been big into their extra curricular activities.  For Allison, it’s always been dance.  The things that she can do are incredible.  We saw her at a show one time and she stood on the very tips of her toes for like, a really long time.  We were amazed!

Showing off her hip-hop kicks :-)

Ok, ::laughing:: so I just googled “gangster names” and the first site that came up was The Original Gangsta Name Generator.  I typed in Allison to see what would come up . . .

everyone, I’d like you to meet “Head Monkey Smuggla”!  (I also tried our names and came up with “No Pants Indian” for me and “Old Killa” for Denise.  Awesome.)

Love her eyelashes in this next one.

We absolutely LOVE the contrast of taking someone gorgesous and putting them in front of something that is so not gorgeous.  In this case Allison and a dumpster.

Absolutely love this next shot.  One of my favorites for sure.

As we were walking around, we passed by this dirty, grungy alley.  Almost simultaneously, all four of us stopped and thought that it would be a great place to shoot.  Loved both of these – just couldn’t decide between them so I had to post them both.

Here’s the sassy side of Allison.

One of my favorites.  Love how the background really brings out her eyes.

I don’t know which of the next two I like better.  Both good.  Both favorites.

Loved the purple hat.  Adorable.

Now there’s the Allison I know.  Silly little “Head Monkey Smuggla”.

One more of Mom and Daughter.

Thanks Aunt Linda and Allison!  We had so much fun with you guys.  Hope we can do it again soon!  Lot’s of love!

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Vanessa & TJ are the definition of a “cute couple”.  We had so much fun getting to know them while shooting their bridal session and wedding last week!  They both live in Utah so we didn’t actually get the chance to meet until the beginning of their session on Friday, but that didn’t stop the four of us from hitting it off!  They met and started dating in high school while they were both living in Arizona and then went off to college together in Utah.  Being high school sweethearts ourselves, we liked them immediately :-)  We met up at Scottsdale Civic Plaza to wander around old town Scottsdale for their bridal portraits.  They had mentioned to us on the phone that they were really nervous about being photographed . . . and of course, once they were out posing for us we discovered that they were total naturals!  I mean seriously, look at these two – they’re adorable!  And so in love . . . all we had to do was tell these two lovebirds to focus on each other and capturing great images was a piece of cake!  Here are some of our favorites from their session:

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So cute!  Vanessa only has eyes for TJ :-)

Vanessa is a florist and did all the flowers for their wedding.  They turned out awesome!  I just loved the bright, fun color palette.  It totally fit their personalities.

Love this portrait Ryan shot of Vanessa . . .

While I was shooting from up here.

Love it!

The handsome groom :-)

That’s right, these two are so HOT they have to hang out in the fire lane!

What an adorable pair :-) It’s no wonder they were High School Prom King and Queen.  Talk about meant to be.

Love the great connection between them in this one.

Not sure I can even say why, but I think this one is my favorite :-)

We totally love it when our grooms go outside the traditional black tux . . . TJ rocked it with his gray suit!

Work it!

I’ll never know how he always manages to do this so well, but Ryan basically just set his camera on the ground in front of them and nailed this next shot.  I totally love that TJ’s carrying her dress in it too.  He was super sweet and worked so hard to make sure she would be nice and clean for the big day on Saturday.  You’ve got a keeper there Vanessa!

We scored some beautiful soft light towards the end of their session.  It makes this shot so warm and yummy :-)

I think this last one pretty much sums it up . . .

To Vanessa & TJ: Thanks so much for making our jobs so easy!  And for everyone else, there’s a lot more of this cute couple coming to the blog very soon!

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