This is the holiday session for Deb & Brett Preach in 2013. Again, I am so lucky and grateful to have this wonderful family in my life. They really are a great group of people. I played volleyball with their oldest daughter Lindsay; and now they are all grown up. graduated from college, with adult jobs! Weird how times have changed! They are an easy going, lovely family which makes it easy for me to photograph! Here is their session: 

I didn't know Andrea prior to our meeting for her senior pictures. She was a senior at Peoria and I was asked if I would take a few pictures of her. I agreed and upon meeting her I was floored by her sweet nature. She was a beautiful girl, who I'm glad I had the privilege of meeting. We didn't go very far for her session, literally, we did her session at Peoria. The campus is full of beautiful new building and old ones that I thought it would be fun. When I saw her last she was planning on attending a community college to get started on her nursing degree. I hope that wherever she ended up is doing well. Here is her session: 

Trisha Hersh received her session as a gift from her sister several months prior to her session. We had waited a while to schedule hoping the Arizona temperatures would cool down, as well as she wanted some images with her mother-in-law who was in town visiting. For this session we met at Marley Park in Surprise; which if you haven't been there it is such an adorable community with a open and green park. They were a beautiful family, very natural in front of the camera. I am glad that I had the opportunity to meet and photograph them. 

I didn't really know Monse prior to our meeting for her senior pictures. I had seen her around campus, but that was pretty much it. I am glad that I went out on a limb and asked her about senior pictures. We did her session out in Vistancia and that was the first time I had photographed there in a long while. I was super excited for her session, she not only brought her sparkling personality but PROPS, which made the session a little more fun and it brought out her personality a little more. It was definitely hard for me to pick favorites from this session, because I loved them all! 

Oh you have to love a good old fashioned surprise. Well most people would. I hate surprises, but this was a great surprise that I felt so lucky to have gotten to be apart of. Brian is the son of one of my co-works, she approached me asking me if I would be interested in helping plan out his proposal. I was so honored to have been thought of and ask, especially because I hadn't done anything like that before. In our covert operation we figured out a date and location. Even though Arizona decided to have weather the weekend of the scheduled session, we still managed to keep the surprise. At the right moment, I signed Brian and he spoke to Ashley about their time they've spent together and how she has impacted his life, he got down on one knee and popped the question!! Awww..I was so honored to be a part of their special moment. Check out her reaction; priceless. 

This beautiful baby girl is Heidi. In the summer of 2014 she had just turned 15 months and her mom wanted to capture this fun age! We met up at CCV for a mini session, Heidi was so fun and active. She was completely fascinated by everything around that she could run and grab. We did play a few rounds of tag which consisted of me chasing her; but well worth it for the images I captured of her gorgeous blue eyes and smile! Check out her session:

In the Spring of 2014 I did a session for a friend who was interested in entering the Miss Arizona beauty pageant. Kaitlyn is someone who I met while I worked at Hollister, she is not only beautiful but she has genuine spirit about herself. My favorite thing about Kaitlyn is her ability to not take life too seriously. She has no problem finding the silver lining in life and even laughing at herself. For a while she studied at NAU and then moved back down to Phoenix to finish up her schooling at ASU. In September she had a glorious day as a bride and got to marry her best friend, and former Hollister coworker Joey. It was a fun afternoon with a lot of laughs, here is her session: