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.

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...