Tilt Shift Engagement Photos!

These photos are from quite some time ago! These are engagement photos for Jenn and Mike. We started out in downtown Phoenix at Lola Coffee, went across the street to a little park, then we went uptown to Smeeks and Francis, and then to downtown Scottsdale to take photos in the tiny secret alley, at the LOVE statue and around the Scottsdale Civic Center. Jenn brought origami paper birds that she had created that she was going to use as part of her wedding decor.

I used a tilt shift lens for a lot of these photos. Tilt shift lenses are super fun to use for photo shoots and make dreamy images. They are mostly meant for shooting architecture, but about ten years ago wedding photographers were using them a bunch. I don’t see this trend nowadays, but I don’t think it looks dated, I still think it looks fun and enchanting. I don’t own a tilt shift lens, but I can easily rent one if you like this look and want to have it for your own photo shoot.

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Agritopia sunflowers

I met up with Alice and her Little Sister Lila at the gorgeous sunflower fields at Agritopia one early evening in late July, after Arizona got a ton of summer rain. I know Alice from playing ultimate frisbee at local pick up games. It was the first time I had met Lila, but now I follow her on social media and know that she does roller derby (which seems very cool to me!)

We were warned to be careful because the farm fields were flooded and muddy due to recent monsoon storms. If you scroll down a little you will see Sarah, who I think is a farm manager at Agritopia, holding a huge bouquet of sunflowers that she had just cut. She shared all those gorgeous sunflowers with Alice and Lila and me.

Thanks for meeting up with me for sunflower photos, Alice and Lila!

Want sunflower photos for yourself? I am always on the look out for sunflower fields, and right now I have sessions available in October 2022 at Rocker 7 Farm Patch in Buckeye, Arizona. More info about that here: SUNFLOWER PHOTOS AT ROCKER 7 FARM.

Photography equipment used:

Canon 5D, Canon 1.2 prime lens, 43 inch gold reflector, Adobe Photoshop for editing.

Are you looking for a photographer so that you can get photos at Agritopia? All year long photographers and their clients can walk around Agritopia to get photos, after buying a location permit. Agritopia also gives photographers a chance to purchase permits to photograph in their peach orchards. Those are usually available in September, October, and November and sometimes in the spring. Permits for the pink peach blossoms are available in February. Some years permits are available for the sunflower fields.

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Lauren Lee Mural

In Arizona, we have soooo many talented muralists and gorgeous murals. I am absolutely amazed sometimes at the talent of muralists that exists here in the Phoenix area. By being involved in downtown Phoenix, I have gotten to know a lot of the muralists, or at least become a little bit acquainted with them. At least enough to follow them on Facebook and see what they are up to!

In 2012, I met Lauren Lee when she was painting for the Phoenix Festival of the Arts, organized by Hugo Medina and Joseph Benesh. I already knew of Lauren Lee as the painter of the Three Birds mural on the greenHaus building on Roosevelt Row. Since then, she has painted so many other enchanting murals. Some of them are in Tempe, and since I live in Tempe, I will purposely drive home down streets where I know they exist in order to see them. One of my absolute favorites is Don’t Wake the Dreamer on Hardy near 5th Street.

When I met up with Eliza, pictured here, and her mom, we first met on the Arizona State University campus. I love doing photos there because you get a great variety of backgrounds with nature and cool looking buildings, and it’s never crowded on the weekends. It’s got a lot going for it, but it’s not very colorful. I wanted Eliza to have some images with bright color, so right before sunset, we headed to see Don’t Wake the Dreamer. Scroll down to the end of these images to see the soft, blurry, dreamy last photos. It was getting very dark at this point, so we didn’t have much light, hence: soft, dreamy, blurry.

Which seems pretty much perfect! Eliza was finishing up one part of her life and on to the next. I hope her dreams for this next part of her life come true!

Are you looking for high school or college grad senior photos? You graduating people are one of my absolute favorite subjects to photograph! We go all over and have a little adventure and get tons of good stuff.

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Photo Booth for Phoenix Style Collective

I’m available to photograph “photo booth” style images for events - especially for birthdays and weddings. Message me if you are wanting a photo booth photographer at your event!