Salt River Portraits

My sister and I photographed Nancy and Kevin and their daughter at the Salt River before they welcome their brand new baby. Nancy and her family live in our neighborhood, just a 5-10 minute walk away. I’m so glad we are neighbors!

The Salt River has always been one of my favorite places to go for all sorts of recreation - I love going stand up paddle boarding, getting to see the wild Salt River horses, going out there for picnics and just to sit by the water, I love tubing down the Salt River and I’ve been biking out there. My absolute favorite thing to do is to go out there and watch meteor showers. Darker skies = seeing more falling stars!

But something I’d never done, and been wanting to do for quite a while, was do a photo shoot at the Salt River. I’d love to do another one. Something we learned is that it’s pretty busy at the river, week days might be less crowded than a Sunday afternoon. I photoshopped a lot of people out of their images. I’d rather make it so that clients have a more peaceful experience and find a quieter time to go.

We met up at Phon D Sutton and then just before the sun set, we headed to Granite Reef. Phon D Sutton was beautiful, but I’d really like to go back to Granite Reef. I feel like it has a lot of potential.

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Big sister to be!

To a little brother!

Easter egg hunt

Every March and April I photograph Easter egg hunts and I absolutely love how much fun they are and how we always get really beautiful photos. The kids have a blast and their families get lovely photos to hang on the walls of their home or office.

I started photographing Easter egg hunts at my mom and dad’s house on 2 acres in Gilbert ten years ago, and now I mostly photograph them at the Queen Creek Wash in Queen Creek, at Nichols Park in Gilbert, and Veterans Oasis Park in Chandler.

Parents dress their kiddos up in their cute spring outfits (sometimes frilly beautiful dresses and cute bow ties, other times much more casual) and we meet up for the kids to get portraits and then to do the Easter egg hunt. I like getting the really cool eggs - every year there are different types of pretty sparkly eggs to buy from Target.

So first we snap some beautiful portraits - the type you can hang on your walls of your home - and then I tell the kids I am going to count to 3 and say “Go!” and they can run around collecting the eggs. Sometimes I put candy in the eggs, sometimes not - it just depends on the preference of the parents.

I met up with these three siblings and their mom and dad at the Queen Creek Wash. Their outfits are just so cute! Scroll through to see the photos we got!

If you’d like to be part of the Easter egg hunts in 2023, scroll down to the form below and I will put you on my list to be contacted in early 2023.

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Twin babies at the Agritopia Peach Orchard

I had so much fun chasing these sweet babies around in the Agritopia peach orchard in Gilbert and getting pictures of them.

Peach orchard sessions at Agritopia happen a few times a year in the spring and fall. Agritopia opens up their orchards for a day or two in February when the peach trees bloom with pink flowers.

Interested in getting a peach orchard session with me? Fill out this form and we can make plans for when Agritopia announces that they are opening for photographers to buy permits and photograph there.