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.

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.