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You really couldn’t have asked for a prettier morning for a Mesa Temple wedding! With a first look at 7:30am, I got there early to pick a spot and to check the light and had to snap the above shot right away. It was gorgeous (even if it was humid…humid for AZ)!! Abby and Connor […]

Connor and Abby’s Mesa Temple Wedding

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Do you remember Donald and Terena’s Backyard wedding from last year? It was a beautiful ceremony in Payson, AZ when Covid changed their original wedding plans for their Gilbert Temple Sealing. This year, for their 1st anniversary, Donald and Terena were able to finally have their reception and to have their religious ceremony. In The […]

Donald and Terena’s Gilbert Temple Sealing

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I have a treat for you! I’ve been sitting on these bridal images for a few weeks so that I could do the full wedding blog all in one go. Shaun and Bridgette tied the knot this last weekend and now I finally get to share them and their celebrations! Bridgette wanted someone green with […]

Bridgette and Shaun’s Wedding

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John and Maya’s sunflower wedding day started early on a smoke filled morning in the Gila Valley. The sun was just a red ball through the smoke from the California fires. It kept the temperatures lower, which is never a complaint in southern Arizona! The day started early for us at Maya’s home where she […]

John and Maya’s Sunflower Wedding

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Less than two weeks after Roger and Pat’s Engagement Session I got a message from them. “Hey, could you give us a call?” I’d just sent an email about getting wedding details figured out and thought we’d be talking about that. “Roger, do you want to tell her?”“We eloped!!” I cracked up and grinned. I […]

Gila Valley Bridal Session: Roger & Pat

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On Leap Day 2020 I got to photograph a very special wedding. I wasn’t back in business yet, but I didn’t have to be for this one, because this was my little brother’s wedding! Brigham and Becca got married on Leap Day in the Gila Valley AZ Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Brigham & Becca’s Gila Valley Temple Wedding