Caleb + Julie - Engaged | Gilbert Arizona Engagement Portraits

I was so pleased to meet Julie and Caleb. I had never met them until the day of their engagement session. I'm so glad we got to spend some time together becoming friends and making some incredible images at Freestone Park in Gilbert. I'm so excited for their wedding next month.

Casandra and Nyla

September and October were so crazy busy for me I am just going through my photo-library now and trying to catch up on the blogging I got behind on. While I have been shooting mostly weddings this year it really is nice to get a break from white dresses and tux's and chase little kids around a park, every once in a while. These guys are from my hometown and I went to high school with their Mom and Aunt. I really think it's great when parents recognize the importance of getting great images made of their kids. These kiddos were so adorable and I'm so glad I was able to catch a couple grins from the Nyla.

The Bloomers

The Bloomer kids all got organized for a big family photoshoot as part of a gift for Grandma and grandpa.

One of the things that makes me most nervous in photography is a group of kids. You never know what they are going to be like and sometimes I know they are looking at me thinking "I dare you to make me smile,'cameraboy'!"
But these lil guys were great and I was thrilled that we got all of them to look at the camera at the same time.
All the grandkids:









I'm thinking about writing a book about the ethical dilemma of letting kids fall while I'm photographing them (look down a couple posts on my blog, same kinda shot in almost the exact same place with a different family).

The K Family. Freestone Park, Gilbert, Arizona Family Photographerr

Meet the K, family.
We went out to Freestone the other week and got some great fall family portraits done.






This inevitably happens with little guys in this age range where they can absolutely sit up on their own but if you put them on slope they don't quite have the balance to stay upright. And herein lies my dilemma: I am within an arms reach and the closest person to him. Do I do the humane thing and reach out and grab him? or do I keep my face behind the camera and capture the fall. The photographer beat out the humanitarian in this case and decided to capture the fall.

Courtney + Reese | Gilbert Arizona Engagement Portrait Photographer

Happy 200th blog post! Woo-hoo!
And what an awesome session to blog for such a momentous post-ha ha!
I've known Courtney and her family since she was in grade school and Reese's mom and my mom were best buds in high school. We went out and made some awesome images together down at Freestone park in Gilbert, AZ. Courtney owns and operates the hottest wedding/reception/event venue in Mesa called 12 WEST . If you're planning a wedding or event check them out.



This was such a fun one...they made us pay for a ticket to run the carousel in the background to get this shot, I think it was worth it though.

The Nielsens/ Gilbert, Arizona Family Photographer

I wanted to share this collage I made of a family photo session I did a couple weeks ago with the Nielsen's. I think everyone had fun trying to get little baby "G" to look at the camera. Here are some of my favorites from that day.

Ashley + Freestone

I took Ashley's senior pictures when I was first starting out, she is living in Tempe now, and I have come a long way with photography since then too. We went out to Freestone after work on yesterday. Here is my favorite:

Brandon & Lindsey

More to come. . .