This sunflower shoot in Buckeye, Arizona at Sweet Flower Home farm with Stacey and her baby was done at sunrise on November 2nd. Sunrise sessions sometimes work really well for babies, so I suggest considering them! I will get up early and meet you at the sunflowers! I used a gold light reflector to get that glowy gold look. I shoot sunflower sessions in May and June in Gilbert, Arizona, in Dewey during September and August, and in Buckeye in October and very early November.
On Stage with Sunflowers!!! That is how I think of the very end of this photo session with Jessica and her daughters and husband at their sunset photo session at Sweet Flower Home in Buckeye, Arizona. I loved how the sky turned shades of pink and lavendar.
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Sunflowers at the blue hour—that magical time just after sunset when the sky turns a deep, velvety blue—are a breathtaking sight. Their golden petals, usually so bright and bold in the daylight, take on a softer, almost glowing quality against the cool tones of the evening sky.
A field of sunflowers, their faces still turned toward the last memory of the sun, silhouetted gently against a horizon that fades from indigo to sapphire. The air is calm, maybe carrying the scent of warm earth and the faint rustle of leaves. The contrast between the warm yellows and oranges of the flowers and the cool blues and purples of the sky creates a dreamy, cinematic palette—like nature’s own painting.
Photographers and painters absolutely love this moment because the light is diffuse and moody, casting soft shadows and enhancing textures. The sunflowers seem almost contemplative, as if pausing before nightfall.
This is model and photographer Cheyenne at the peach tree orchard at Agritopia when it was in bloom on February 22, 2025.
The peach trees at Agritopia are in bloom in February and sometimes the very beginning of March.
Agritopia is a super fun location to visit in Gilbert, Arizona. There are multiple restaurants and a cute coffee house that have delicious food and drinks, little shops, a real working farm that grows and sells its produce, paths to walk around, garden plots to rent, huge trees, and picnic tables.
There is a citrus and peach orchard that is rented out to photographers a few times a year for about $100. If you want to be the first to learn about when their orchard permits go on sale, get on their email list. They usually make it available for three hours at either sunrise or sunset and only sell it to a few photographers, so while you sometimes have to work around other photographers and their clients, you usually have enough space.
Photo info: I shoot with a Canon 5D, 50mm1.2 and 24-70 mm 2.8 lenses. I edit with retouchup, Topaz, Evoto, and Greater Than Gatsby actions for Adobe Photoshop. I sometimes use a Godox flash and a gold or white reflector. I deliver images in a Shootproof gallery.
Locations that Brenda Eden Photography likes to use for photo shoots.