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{Yvette + Peter}

Yvette and Peter!

I met up with Yvette and Peter for engagement session photos in downtown Phoenix on a Sunday afternoon. It felt like we were the only people in the city while we wandered around a coffee shop, through empty alleys and past boarded up houses as the sun started to set. Later on we climbed up to the top of a parking garage to see the city skyscrapers as it got dark. And then after that, Yvette changed into a gorgeous dress and Peter changed into his military uniform. And then, even though it started to get pretty freezing, we went to the Arizona Center and I used my video lights to create the last images for fun.

Gorgeousness!

Thank you Yvette and Peter! You guys are so sweet and I had soooo much fun with you! :)

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{Martha + Cindy engaged}

Engagement photos for Cindy and Martha!

I've known Martha since I took a photo class at Chandler Gilbert Community College years ago. The class met on a high school campus and Martha was one of the high school kids who would come in to use the photo lab after school when our class was meeting. Martha and Cindy met  while taking classes at ASU. 

We started out in Phoenix at this painted wall that had caught my eye and then we went back to my house (which is pretty much my favorite place to create photos) and finally we went to a carnival.

I asked Cindy to dance for these photos and I didn't have to ask twice.

This is a me-checking-the-light photo. So it's not something I ever meant to process and give them. And I know Martha's eyes are closed. But I post it as message to myself: the message being, Don't be afraid to shoot in open, mid-day light at wide f-stops, just because you think you can't get anything good in that kind of light, because clearly, done right, that kind of light can be really pretty and even dreamy.

Cindy wanted orange trees in her engagement shoot. Yeah, orange trees and oranges are kinda trendy in engagement shoots, but I thought it was a cute idea and wanted to also. So it turns out I have a bunch of orange trees and thought they would be perfect for the shoot. What I didn't realize is that my orange trees weren't looking so great and the oranges weren't either, but I guess you can't really tell from the photos, can you? 

Beautiful girls. Beautiful winter light.

I love the catch-light in their eyes here in this one (below). And I love the framing.  Actually, I just flat out love it.

I've always wanted to shoot engagement photos at a carnival. Turns out there was a carnival that weekend and Martha and Cindy and I went there and walked around. And they kindly put up with my one more photo, wait just one more, ok I promise, just go stand over there and it will be the last one, remember how I said, just one more, well yeah, just one more. ;) 

Thanks you guys! We had such a fun day! I always regret I never get to see you both nearly as much as I would like to, which made spending the better part of a day with you totally sweet and fun. We have to do it again soon!