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Paris and Wes ~~~~ engagement session at the Millennium Hotel and Intercontinental Montelucia in Paradise Valley, Arizona

Paris and Wes met up with us very, very early in the morning in early August to do their engagement photos. We usually only shoot afternoon and evening engagement sessions, so I was so glad they were willing to meet up so early, before the rest of the world was awake, because we were able to get beautiful morning light and because it really was at the coolest time of the day. 

First we met at the Millennium Hotel for some photos by the water's edge, and then we went to the InterContinental Montelucia for more photos. I think I am in love with that place. I want to move into one of the rooms and live there permanently. Near the base of Camelback Mountain, it's so gorgeous. 

Paris's colors for her wedding are yellow and red. There were a lot of yellow and red backgrounds at the InterContinental Montelucia and I love creating engagement photos that incorporate the same colors that will be in the wedding. 

Paris and Wes, you rocked this! Thank you so much for laughing at all the silly things I was saying. You were laughing so much at my attempts at humor, Paris, that for days afterward I kept thinking, Hey I must actually be pretty funny and good at making people laugh! 

We can't wait for your wedding in October! 

{Planning a wedding for 2010 or 2011 and need photographers?

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LOVE {Jesssica + Stan's Engagement session sneak peek}

Just a few here from Jessica and Stan's Engagement---way more to come! We met in Scottsdale at the LOVE sculpture and had so much to talk about immediately because Jessica's brother had just gotten married that weekend! Jessica, I can totally picture you with that feather pen you were talking about, it sounds like your brother's wedding was a blast and it was so cool getting to see Stan's photos of it.

We've got a lot of LOVE photos, but I'm posting this one right now because of the bird flying over. (Start noticing the bird theme in the photos to come!)

 

Jessica's colors for her wedding? Red. Which made me want to get some red backgrounds for her and Stan. The walls on this elevator were really red!

 

 

I love her eyes. I love her hair. (I love the dreamy way my camera and lens can make pictures.)

 

Becky was taking photos and I was stepping back to look at my images and adjust settings, while all these birds started flying through.

 

Jessica makes hair adornments (is that what they are called?) and I really really really want to buy some from her. I'll find out the link to her store and you can get some made too! I love this one that she is wearing---with two tiny little Love Birds.

 

Oooh, I still have so many to post, but here is one I love. Sparkly night lights over the Salt River Bridge, an airplane on its way to Sky Harbor, an extremely beautiful couple (inside and out!) in love....we had such a wonderful day and evening with you Jessica and Stan! :)

  

{Planning a wedding for 2010 or 2011 and need photographers?

We're booking! Contact me, Brenda Eden, to find out more. Just email me at brenda.eden@gmail.com and I will send you a link to our wedding photography information.

If you know your date, please include that date in your email, so I can let you know right away if we have your date available. Thanks and Happy Wedding Planning!!! :)}

. more of amber and isaac's engagement session .

Amber and Isaac are getting married next month! We had so much fun taking their pictures. We met up with them at Olive and Ivy  in Scottsdale and then walked around there getting pictures and after that we went to Arizona Falls. Amber's cousin Christine, who we've known since we were in high school, came with us. 

It was around 110 degrees that whole weekend, which kinda freaked me out when I saw on the weather station that it was going to be that hot. The weekend before we had had a storm, so it was much more comfortable, in the lower 90s. Even when it's hot, when I start taking pictures, I am having so much fun and I am so focused on the job that I can kinda forget how hot it is. But when you are standing there modeling and just having your picture taken over and over, I can imagine it gets really hot and you feel it a lot more than I would. Amber and Isaac, wow, you guys were amazing! I'm so glad you put up with the heat. I love the pictures we got and I had so much fun! 

Seriously hot:

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

So glad Isaac was up for jumping, I really like this pic Becky got.

   

Amber's eyes are so gorgeous. I think this is definitely one of my favorites.

   

 

 

 

 

I like how it seems like they are kind of playing hide and seek with each other. ;-)

  

 

So glad they were up for trying this polaroid idea. I've seen this done on other blogs and thought it was so cute, so of course I was looking forward to trying it and I love how Amber's eye is visible in this one....also it was kinda fun to give them polaroids to take home with them.

 

Sexy girl! 

 

 

I've seen this done on other photographer's blogs and I thought it was so romantic.  I'm glad Amber and Isaac were willing to try it and then it worked just how I hoped it would!   

 

Thanks, Amber and Isaac, for trusting us with your engagement pictures. Can't wait for your wedding! :-)

 

. amber and isaac's engagement session .

Amber and Isaac, you two are so gorgeous, inside and out, and we had so much fun taking pictures of you. :-) I really want to post more of you guys, but here is one for now.