arizona wedding photography ~ brenda eden photography

{I went to the moutains}

Flowers and bees. Jerome. Summer 2010.

In my room at the Motor Lodge in Prescott, Arizona.

Mural near Courthouse Square // Handsome Kitteh at the Motor Lodge

Two doggies outside the Quick Stop // Kids on scooters zooming past the Motor Lodge

The Motor Lodge in Prescott is located here:

503 South Montezuma Street
Prescott, AZ 86303
(928) 717-0157

At Sharlot Hall near downtown Prescott.

Flower on fire outside Sharlot Hall // My foot in flip flops

Sharlot Hall exhibits:

Carousel ponies. Camp Verde.

{candy store photobooth}

 My sister and I went to an adorable little candy store in Phoenix called Smeeks. 

 

They had an old-fashioned photo booth there so, of course, we had to get pictures!

♥♥♥{Lara dancing}♥♥♥

I ♥ dancing. I ♥ palm trees. I ♥ tilt-shift 45 mm Canon lenses. I ♥ hearing what my brides are up to on facebook. (Lara was in a dance on Saturday night!) I ♥ trying new stuff in photoshop and having it actually work (in this case, all these photos all together as one jpeg). I ♥ deep blue Arizona skies. I ♥ working with creative people like Lara (who wanted Trash the Dress type photos after her wedding at Papago Park and Hole-in-the-Rock, near the Phoenix Zoo.

I met up with Lara and Mike the day after their wedding at the Arizona Renaissance Festival to create more images of just the two of them. These are just a few of them, but they are some of my favorites! 

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Stephanie + Matt

Stephanie and Matt are from Edmonton, Canada, but were out here in Arizona for vacation. I met them in Queen Creek for photos. They were married last year, but Stephanie dressed up in her wedding dress again so that we could get some fun, creative, beautiful images of her and her new husband. I loved how they turned out.

I was trying to make this one (above) look like a platinum print. In my college photography classes I did some platinum-palladium printing and I think platinum would look so beautiful for wedding photography. So this is my try at creating a digital platinum-like image. Not exactly like platinum, but reminiscent of it, maybe. I think some day I want to do real platinum printing of wedding photos!

Stephanie told me that she had been in a wedding that Jesh de Rox photographed. I really love his work, so it was very interesting to hear what it was like to have him photograph a wedding that she was in.

For a lot of the images below, I tried different filters and actions to create different looks. So while I usually try to be really consistent with the post-processing of my images, this time I was trying new things and having fun coming up with different looks.

We drove to a dry creek full of yellow flowers, just as the sun was setting.

Thanks Stephanie and Matt! I had so much fun with you guys! :) I'm so glad you found me online, Stephanie and were up for these Trash the Dress/ Day After photos! I'm so glad you were willing to transport your wedding dress all the way from Edmonton too!

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Lan + Ron's Wedding at Ashley Manor in Chandler, Arizona

Lan and Ron got married at the Ashley Manor in Chandler Arizona, surrounded by friends and family who had traveled from all over to be there. Ashley Manor was a really beautiful place to be married.

Oh, how I love Lan and her family! They are like family to me. Lan's older sister Thuy is one of my very best and dearest friends. And not only did I get to see Thuy, who flew in from Nashville for the wedding, but Lan's other siblings and her parents and lots of other friends and family that I had not seen in a long time were there too. Lan & Ron, thank you so much for having us photograph your wedding. We love you guys and were so glad to get to capture moments and memories from your beautiful wedding. :)

I can't help posting two shoe photos. Which do you like better? 

Make-up by Tina! 

 

Lan and Ron used words from a Dr. Seuss's book The Cat in the Hat in part of the ceremony. They read the words to each other and it was really cute and sweet and funny. They also had their kids come up and join in a sand ceremony, showing the uniting of two families.

  

 

Ron's son gave an awesome toast.  

Ashley Manor ~ 1380 South Price Road
Chandler, AZ 85286-6601
(480) 857-2479  

To see more of Lan and Ron, view their engagement photography here.  

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