Shooting Gavin and his parents

Gavin just turned a year old! Mommy was really nervous about the photo shoot but Gavin did great!

Gavin has so much energy! Everytime we tried to sit him down, he sprang up and walked away from the scene.
We had such a good time shooting beautiful images at Gavin's house. He's such a cutie and is developing a cute little personality! I know the family is going to love the images!

Stephanie and Kevin

Stephanie and Kevin are having a baby soon so met at the Wigwam and took some maternity photos.

They're also getting married next year, so we shot some announcement images as well.

We took advantage of the mirrors for several of the maternity images.

And the gardens for the engagement images. Stay tuned soon for images of the baby!

Images of Oscar at Tempe Town Lake

Oscar and his "nina" met me at Tempe Town Lake today to shoot some images around the water. My clients know I don't normally shoot in the summer but Oscar's visit was ending today and we needed to get the job done! While I waited for them to arrive I scoped out the areas I wanted to shoot in and found an area under the bridge where the weather was a cool temperature the whole time, and the view was amazing! It was so cool under the bridge that we lost all track of time! We made it to Splash around 11 (what a difference in temperature!) but Oscar wasn't as thrilled with the water as he was with the book and the bubbles under the bridge. Oscar was a delight to shoot! He was so animated that his personality came through in each image!

Photos at Freestone Park

Today was a muggy day in sunny Arizona but I packed the camera equipment into the car, hiked up the air conditioning full blast, and headed out to Freestone Park this morning to meet my friends and clients.


Here, Julianna and Alaya are not even bothered by the high humidity as they look over a peek-a-boo book. At one point they became so animated that I worried I may not get canvas quality shots. As you can see below, the worrying was for nothing.













Here Julianna is in black and white with the blue monkey bars framing her beautiful face.



Mom and Alaya were busy blowing bubbles...

Or catching them...

Alaya hams it up with her dad.


Julianna makes a great little model.

And here, both girls just hang out in front of the water.

It was fun hanging out with Alaya and Julianna... Oh and the adults were cool too!

Ryan's infant photos

Since the monsoons are keeping me indoors with the high humidity, it is a pleasure to have such wonderful infant photos to work on.

Ryan is 3 months old in these images...



I love this age because his little personality is clear in each image.




This one was fun to photoshop with a special filter.

What a difference between his 4 week images and these! Still beautiful but so smiley and cute!

Ryan is such a cute baby! I can't wait to take the next ones! If you want to see his 4 week photos you can see a few at facebook.com/apmphotos

Sunset Photography

I love to photograph sunsets! When I am on my way home around sunset time and it looks like the sky will explode with color, it becomes a race to see if I can get to the top of a hill, mountain, or parking garage before the colors turn to shades of grey.


This first image was taken on a backroad in Apache Junction, AZ. This is one of my favorites due to the composition.

These next 2 images were taken at McDowell mountains in Phoenix, AZ.

For the following sunset photos, the race was not to the top of the hill but from one side of the beach to the other on Isla Mujeres near Cancun, Mexico.

























Where have you seen beautiful sunsets?

Hooked on helicopter rides and photography

Last month we went to Las Vegas, and while I can't speak of everything that we did (due the the "stays in Vegas" clause) I can share that we went on an awesome helicopter ride at night. The trip only lasted 15 minutes but it was enough to get a tour of the city lights and hear a little tour guide info as well.

Now if I could only figure out how to finance future helicopter rides... I have a list going:
Hoover Dam
Grand Canyon
Niagara Falls
Monument Valley

Where would you like to go???