Weddings

The main locations we wanted to shoot in during our trip were the Antelope slot canyons.  We probably should have done some more research before we just showed up because when we got there and started asking around, we kept hearing something along the lines of how the folks in charge would have a 12 year old lead us in…and then leave us to die.

Nice.

Well, we decided to give it a go anyway.

This was our first exposure to the canyon – this and the memorial to the 15 tourists who had died in the 90’s.  Mind you, August is monsoon season for Arizona.  Even better!

So you keep going and this is the entrance to the canyons.  You climb in through this crack…

You then climb down a series of ladders (this was from our scouting trip before we involved the dress)…

and then tunnel you way through this – in a wedding dress.  Tara is my hero.

So is Andrew because he was this excited about it! :o)

In case you were wondering, they didn’t even send us down with a 12 year old – they just let us wander down all by ourselves to die.  Was it worth it?  Uh, yah.  Soooo worth it!

One of my favorites from Sean…

The bump and the tourist who decided Tara and Andrew were quite the attraction…

and my resulting image…

…and then one from the sunset on the way home – you know, just for fun. :o)

The end.

One thing about our job that makes it constantly interesting is meeting really interesting people.  Some are charismatic, others are funny; there are those that are extremly kind-hearted, the quirky (which I love!), and the generally intriguing people who take a little more time to see completely.  Calin and Collin are a little bit of all of these things and they’ve been such a joy to spend time with!  I’m really pretty sad to have wrapped up with their Us Session.  Ya’ll just have to come hang out now, ya hear? (A bit too much twang?  I sense I just reached a little too far into my roots…and Beverly Hillbillies.)   

So we’re getting ready to head out again for another fabulous adventure!  We’re meeting up with the wonderful Tara and Andrew in Sedona, Arizona for what promises to be a totally rockin’ shoot!  We have a dress, we have a suit, we have desert and canyons – we’re so excited!! :o)  I’ve never been to Arizona but I hear Sedona is gorgeous and I love the desert scape! 

In an attempt to ensure you don’t forget about us while we’re gone, I’m prepping a few blog posts to go up while we’re away.  The first will be of the lovely Calin and Collin (because I think everyone should have a fancy introduction tonight).  We did a little “temporary trespassing” into a hay field and had to play around with these great hay rolls!  In my ever-increasing preggo state, climbing is getting a bit more…”interesting” than it used to be so Sean took the adventurous role on this one…

Calin and Collin – thanks so much for getting dressed back up and coming out to be beautiful for our cameras! :o) 

The day after Amber and Tyler’s wedding, we all got up bright and early to do an Us Session before heading out of town.  The mosquitos were thick and blood-thirsty but the sunrise was beautiful!  It made for a perfect quiet morning on the beach…

Good morning everyone!  Hope your day is off to a wonderful start.