Buckeye, Arizona Pumpkins and Sunflowers

Rocker 7 Farm Patch Sunflower Photo Shoot in Buckeye, Arizona

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Pumpkins at Rocker 7 Farm Patch

This coming year in Fall 2023, I will be doing sunflower photo shoots at Rocker 7 Farm Patch on Thursdays and Fridays instead of the weekend so that I can serve clients better and we can all have a great time!

Lupita and her family pictured here had their photo shoot on a week day and it was absolulely magical to have the place mostly to ourselves. We had originally planned for the weekend, but Rocker 7 Farm Patch got rained out. There was a massive storm that turned the sunflower fields and pumpkin patch into a lake. There were a few other people there that week night, but we didn’t have to try to stay out of other photographer’s shots and could go about the photo shoot in a much more leisurely way!

After the portrait session part of our photo shoot was finished, we went to the pumpkin patch just as it was getting dark - during the blue hour - and I took a bunch of documentation type photos. I love doing portraits, but I also just really love getting these slice of life type pics.

If you would like to get on my list for when sunflower photo shoot dates open up in Buckeye at Rocker 7 Farm Patch, message me here and I will make sure you are the first to know when I announce fall dates!

My portraits of this sweet family at Rocker 7 Farm Patch in Buckeye, Arizona

Tree with purple flowers

I wonder if the tree with the purple blossoms at Four Silos Farm and Olive Grove in Gilbert is in bloom yet. (This is the location where I photographed the Easter egg hunts last month.) When I drove out that way on Saturday, April 22, 2023, they were not yet in bloom. But these photos below of Kim and her husband Jared were taken in the middle of April in 2022. It’s interesting how things change from season to season! I know that in Arizona, 2023 was a much colder and rainier year, so I guess I shouldn’t surprised that blooming would be delayed. Could someone quickly go by there and give me the flower report? ;)

Kim and Jared at the Four Silos Farm and Olive Grove in Gilbert.

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Rocker 7 Sunflowers

It’s April 2023 as I write this. I find myself thinking about the sunflowers in Buckeye. I know I will be photographing there again this fall. I have made the decision that I will only photograph on Thursday and Friday evenings so that I can best serve my clients and give them a fantastic experience. It’s less crowded on Thursday and Friday evenings and so we can wander around and not get in anyone’s way for photos. There will be limited spots available. Available dates are usually the middle to end of October. If you are interested in sunflower portrait session in Buckeye this fall with me, drop me a message here!

Sunflowers at Sunrise

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Sunflowers at Sunrise ~ My client and her daughter met up with me early in the morning, not long after 6 AM, in the middle of October 2022 at Sweet Flower Home in Buckeye, Arizona. I’d only ever done one other sunrise session (with twin toddlers and their mom at the Agritopia peach orchards.)

This session made me decide that I will probably do sunflower sunrise sessions again in the future. There was something absolutely magical about being out there in the dawn twilight just as the sun was rising. I see a lot of sunsets, but in the morning I’m usually so busy getting ready for the day that I don’t concentrate on the rising sun. Seeing the morning golden hour was very memorable.

I check the weather a LOT. I have three different weather apps on my phone (two that I pay for because of all the great info they provide to me as a photographer) and so I know that the coldest time of day is usually daybreak.

My client and her daughter and I got photos in the morning blue hour as we walked further back into the sunflowers. We saw that the sun was just about to break over the horizon and so we looked east to watch and for just a few quick seconds it was like the sun rise sent a wave of air towards us, like a breeze hit us and the temperature dropped a few degrees. Such a surreal experience!

I really want to go back in the early hours to see if I experience that again!

Are you a photographer thinking of photographing at Sweet Flower Home during sunflower season in Fall 2023?

Here is some info for you!

• Follow @sweetflowerhome on Instagram. That is how I found out when the owner announced that she was opening booking for sunflower sessions.

• In 2022, sunflower season was very late September until the end of October. The sunflowers are at their tallest the last two weeks of October.

• In 2022, the cost was $65 per one client or $100 for 2 or more clients.

• The best weekends (mid October) fill up quickly. So if you want those time slots, be prepared.

• Mondays and Tuesdays seem to be the least crowded days, so they are a great choice if you want a lot of room to wander around and not have other people in your shots! If you really want the place all to yourself, try sunrise sessions!

• The fields can be really, really muddy. I saw photographers wearing irrigation boots and thought this was a fantastic idea. Warn your clients/set expectations about how they will probably get muddy feet (maybe bring extra shoes to change into.)

• Speaking of setting expectations, let your clients know that there are plenty of bees and insects in the sunflower fields.

• The sunflower field is VAST. The first few times I went there, I photographed on the north side, because that is where you enter the parking lot. Later on I realized I would find a lot of great sunflowers if I went south.

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