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This was a great shot we were able to get of the entire family. Just looking through them again and thought I would share two more.

I had the chance to spend the morning with the beautiful Milner family.  We had 6 adults, and 5 little ones…so a park seemed like the perfect place.  On the drive there, it was 43 degrees so we had to make sure the children stayed plenty warm…there was a lot of throwing on of coats and then taking them off for pictures quickly.  Thanks for giving me the opportunity to spend some time with your family this morning.  Here are a few of my favorites, starting with the parents.

Hi all,

For all the brides and grooms to be out there, I thought I would post this up for you.  If you want your awesome photos to go along with some awesome custom designed invites for your wedding day, Rebecca at Mad Dog Design can help.  She did the invites for a recent couple of mine and they turned out great.  Give Rebecca a call at 602-532-9361 if you are interested.

Sunday afternoon Liz and I had the pleasure to meet with our Valentines Day couple, Anne and Matt. I call them that because they are getting married on Valentines Day next year in an awesome venue, The Inspirador in Chandler! Matt lives in California and he willingly makes the trek out here to spend time with Anne as much as possible. We were able to catch him on a weekend out here so that we could shoot their engagement session for them at the Biltmore in downtown Phoenix. We enjoyed some of the games throughout the location as you can tell also It was a pleasure spending some time with you both and we are looking forward to your wedding!
The first two just make me laugh…I think we were saying “I’m not sure what to do with my hands” from Talladega Nights.

Share some comment love.  I just re-designed my blog…one of the cool aspects was that the new digs allow you to post comments like a wolverine in the snow…well…not quite.  Anyways…

A bunch of great photographers across the continent have agreed to a little challenge.  Between now and the 12th of December, any comments posted gets one can of food donated to a local foodbank.

For every comment left on this blog between now and then…I will donate one can per comment.

As a photographer, it is awesome to see that our images put a smile on someone’s face…comments are the internet way to convey that smile.  You can post on my blog…other photographers blogs…all of ours.  Every comment gets a can of food to a needy family. I’ll be donating my can’s to the St Mary’s Food Bank

So the more comments…the more cans…it’s that simple.

And please be sure to check out these incredible photographers who are part of the wave as well… Chris + Lynn, BEBB studios, Ed Pingol, Anne Ruthmann, Blue Olive, Ohana Photography, Erin Gilmore, Amber Hughes, Lori Miles, Jamie Delaine, CJ Scott, Delicious Juice, Michael Wachniak, Jerk with a Camera, John Heil, Tracey Heppner, Kristel Wyman, Nicole Hensley, Perspective Eye, and Rob and Lauren. You have till Friday December 12th to donate. So please take 30 seconds, leave a comment and lets help out.

Sadie will help me deliver.

Dustin and Brandi have been married almost 2 years now. They wanted to update their walls with photos that didn’t have them in a dress and tux, so we went out and made that happen for them. It was fun working with these two and in looking through some of the other images, I have a great group of images to process this week.