I spent an evening chasing around these two little men at Buckskin State Park. Anthony is 7 years old and Mason is 3. If you’ve ever encountered boys at this age for any length of time you’ll know that getting them to sit still for even 30 seconds is near impossible! Haha! It’s so much fun though! Rather than try to fit kids into the normal portrait session mold of sit still and smile, I work with them and they’re personalities. We decided to meet on the river so they could have a chance to play on the playground and then spend some time in the water which always brings the smiles out!
In this first photos I asked them to give me their best super hero face. Haha!
This is what happens when you ask to little boys to pose when all they want to do is play! Still adorable though!
This handsome little man is Xander. Quite the fitting name since his parent’s names are Alex and Alex! He was such a little trooper for his first photo shoot but he absolutely refused to sleep! Apparently the photographer was far too interesting!
Look at this. A newborn baby, figuring out the world:
New life. Really reminds you how precious and amazing it all is! For Arizona newborn photography, get in touch!
We had so many lovely couples enter into our Engagement Session Giveaway drawing at the Bridal Show last Saturday. Actually, the number was 411 to be exact. We thank each and every one of you for taking the time to stop in and say hello, tell us a bit about your wedding and fill out one of our little cards. In the end I decided to give away two engagement session because well… it was fate really. As I was pulling out one of the cards another came along with it. Lucky thing you ladies were using those address labels!
Congratulations to Devan Keller & John Hyland and Jacob & Kyrsten (The Bowens)! I’m looking forward to both these sessions! Yay!
We’ve had some people asking us about the video that was playing on the screen at our Bridal Show booth on Saturday. With all the hubbub of the Phoenix Convention Center, it was hard to hear the audio.
It’s actually a short film (a little over 8 minutes) by Hemet Productions, featuring Melissa’s life and work, part of an artist profile series showing artists doing their thing. Melissa’s film lets you see her working at weddings and portrait sessions, explains some of the process, and gives a context to her photos that I think is just really great.
People who have already used Melissa as their photographer, please share this video! It’s a great way to brag about your good taste! For those who are just exploring, check this out and share it if you like it. It may be the best way to let you see who you’ll be hiring and why!
(Click vimeo to watch in HD.)