As a couples photographer in Mesa, Arizona, I don’t get to photograph couples in the pines very often! This session in Payson is what dreams are made of.

The hardest part about living and being a family photographer in Mesa, Arizona, is that we don’t actually have Fall here! I love the changing of the leaves, but really I only get to see that on movies and TV shows.

As a couples photographer in Mesa, Arizona, getting the chance to photograph engagements in a new location (especially Sedona!) is SO exciting.

A few months ago, I got to be a part of a huge wedding giveaway, and I gave away a couples photography session in Mesa, Arizona! We lucked out with the CUTEST giveaway winners, ever.

Have you ever photographed a session that just goes exactly how you wanted it to? That was this couples session in Mesa, Arizona.

I always forget out much fun engaged couples are, until I get the chance to photograph them again! This cute couple is getting married in Mesa, Arizona, and picked me to be their engagement and wedding photographer!

This gorgeous bridal session was a happy accident. Two weeks before the wedding, her photographer had to suddenly cancel on her, leaving her to find a last minute photographer during the busy wedding season in Mesa, Arizona.

I may be alone here, but one of my favorite things parents say to me before a session is, "good luck getting my kids to smile!" And that's exactly what Amanda said to me before her family photography session at Coon Bluff in Mesa, Arizona.

A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to trade talents with Jackilyn Boehme, an amazing videographer in the Mesa, Arizona area. She created this beautiful promo video for my website.

Justine tried to warn me before our couples photography session in Mesa, Arizona, that she was "awkward" and that her and her boyfriend, Shaheed, didn't know how to pose in front of the camera...but Justine was SO WRONG!

Before I decided to start learning about photography and opened my family photography business in Arizona, way back when I started college, I used to blog. Throughout the years I have done it off and on, and even during those "off" times, I felt the pull to come back to the keyboard.

Even though I absolutely love being a photographer and photographing families, I am notorious for forgetting to pull my camera out for family events and vacations. I still haven't quite found the balance of toting my camera and my baby at the same time...