arizona wedding photography ~ brenda eden photography: January 2010

27 January 2010

Icecream Mountain Mirages

From where I live near Baseline Road, you could look east past the Superstitions on Sunday and see snow-covered mountains. In the rain-cleared crisp blue skies, the snow looked SO close. And it looked like icecream. Which made me want two things: ice cream to eat and snow to play in.

So we took off to see the snow. I didn't think it would take very long to get to the snow. It seemed so close. But it was like a mirage. We just kept driving and driving. And after a while we couldn't even see the snow-covered mountains. How does that work? I can see them from my house, but they totally disappear when I drive towards them?? But we kept going, past Superior, past Oak Flat, and up to Top of the World where there was snow!!! gorgeous snow!!! We got there as the sun was setting and so I got to see what I really wanted to see: the setting sun turning the snow a pink color, making me not just want snow but every pink dessert out there like cotton candy and fruit punch and bubblegum.

We never ended up getting ice cream, but we did get tortillas to go from Los Hermanos in Superior. I still want ice cream.

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07 January 2010

Paris + Wes {gorgeous sunset wedding}

Paris and Wes wedding got married late in the afternoon in early October at Paris's parents' beautiful home in the McDowell Mountains in Scottsdale, Arizona. We had taken Paris and Wes's engagement photos in Scottsdale a couple months earlier and we were touched by the incredible love they have for each other. We had laughed with them as Paris recounted how nervous Wes was when he proposed to her on the beach on a trip they had taken with her family. At the beginning of the ceremony, when Paris exited the door and stepped out onto the path that was an inch deep with red and yellow rose petals, Wes's eyes brimmed with tears and his smile was so bright! Paris's white gown and veil with beading was absolutely gorgeous.

We were so excited when we found out Paris was having yellow, along with red, as her wedding colors, because mmm yellow is sooo pretty! The colors ended up really matching the amazing sunset that evening.

Married!

We love getting portrait-type photos where the person in the image is aware they are being photographed, but there are still a ton of details that tell the story of what is happening at the wedding, like this one of the little boy holding the bouquet for his mom. So cute!

After the ceremony, we walked down the road with Paris and Wes to get some images of just the two of them before the sun completely set on the desert. The sunset was on fire and it was so much fun to be out on the street with them getting photos. Up the road you could hear music and the party getting started and so we soon walked back up to the house, but I think that was my favorite part of the wedding, being out amongst the cactus and seeing all the amazing colors sunsets in Arizona can be and just getting photos of the two of them. Thanks Paris and Wes for having us there to document your beautiful wedding!