Amy + Lewis ~ Tlaquepaque, Sedona, Arizona

Amy and Lewis were married at the Patio de las Campanas at Tlaquepaque in Sedona.

Here's a quick peek at their wedding! Amy and Lewis, thanks for having us document your wedding day. You and your families treated us just like one of your own, and we are so honored to have shared all those special moments with you! You are both very kind people :)

Just in case anyone is wondering the colorful floral decor is from Bliss Extraordinary and the cakes are from Sedona Sweet Arts.

Enjoy the images!

There were some really sweet homemade touches added to this wedding... Lewis' mom made the yamikas.







We love Amy's expression after seeing Lewis for the first time that day! So sweet!



Amy had the most warm and bright personality so of course these shoes perfectly fit her to a T.







Amy and her mom taking a peek at the guests below.







Another made with love detail... Amy's mom asked family and friends to send in quilt squares so that she could make the chuppa with love from friends and family. It turned out beautiful!

















This is a priceless look from Lewis during the horrah ...




It's so cute when grandmothers get on the dance floor!





Amy had some sweet dance moves!







Blessings!
Katrina + Andrew
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Emily + Eli ~ Sedona, Arizona

Here's a quick teaser from Emily and Eli's wedding. Again, we got to go only where BIG PINK JEEPS can take you readily and quickly! This means we were, a.) high up on the side of a mountain!, b.) had BIG red rock views!, and c.) were working with a gorgeous, sweet, loving couple, newly married, and so much in love, fresh from reading their vows :)

We don't shoot many intimate weddings with fewer than 10 guests, including the bride and groom, but it's always fun to do. JB of Sedona Luxury Weddings coordinated their events. Suzanna Loo-McCoy officiated the ceremony. The newlyweds and their family enjoyed a great dinner at the Heartline Cafe.

Congrats to Emily and Eli! Thank you for letting us document your beautiful ceremony!

Enjoy the images!

Click here to see the slideshow.























Blessings!
Katrina + Andrew
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April + Jake's Wedding ~ Sedona, Arizona

A few days ago we posted the teaser from April and Jake's wedding, as well as the slideshow. So here are some more of our favorites from wedding.

We first met April and Jake when we shot Jessica and Charles' wedding last year. April was a bridesmaid at their beautiful wedding and decided they had to have us photograph their wedding. It was very cute because Jake caught the garter at the wedding, and April wore that same garter on her wedding for her something blue.

This was truly a family affair... there were so many details that family and friends helped with. It all came together beautifully. Jake is an artist. He makes fine art metal work as well as blown glass. His work is beautiful and he made all the center piece holders for the beautiful flowers as well as the cake stand. Jake's brother sang their first dance song. Some of the decor in matching pink and orange at the reception was put together by April's Aunt. Everything has beautiful personal touches to it!

If you're looking for a place to find your perfect wedding dress, go to Mariée in Scottsdale. April went there, upon our recommendation, and found her beautiful gown by Junko Yoshioka. I thought it fit her personality perfectly, and April of course looked stunning in it.

That fabulous cake is by Andrea at Sedona Cake Couture. The ceremony was at St. John Vianney and reception at the beautiful Creekside Inn.

Again, thanks to April and Jake. ...charming and very much in love! We enjoyed working with you both, and were so touched by your beautiful wedding day :)

Enjoy!





These are the Mikimoto pearls that April's grandfather brought back from Japan after World War II...






































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K and S ~ Chicken Point, Sedona, Arizona

A few days ago we posted the sneak peek for K and S's wedding. They were married on April 17th, 2008 at Chicken Point in Sedona, Arizona. As a side note, K and S are quite established in their own professions, and needed to remain mostly anonymous. Thank you two for letting us post a few images. :)

Chicken Point is a red rock promontory that overlooks the south end of Broken Arrow. Broken Arrow, for which at least one old western from 1950 was named, is a natural valley situated among an amazing collection of red rocks and mountains, and would take literally years to explore. Chicken Point is accessible only by Jeep, horse, or a long, long walk! As you'll see in the images below, we took jeeps :)

This was a really fun wedding and we enjoyed our time with a madly in love K and S. They are a picture perfect couple, and are so fun to be around. They were open to almost any creative suggestions we had, and were very excited about us being present with them that day. We're so incredibly blessed to have such beautiful people inside and out to work with!

The evening ended with an intimate dinner for K and S, their families, and their closest friends. The ambiance was romantic, happy, and very mediterranean, complete with an evening nip in the air, patio fireplace, and candlelights.

This was a difficult wedding to coordinate, given that there were multiple jeeps and hikers, and then also so many locations around Sedona involved. JB at Sedona Luxury Weddings did a fabulous job and we really enjoyed working with her.

The beautiful floral work was by Bliss Extraordinary. Pink Jeeps provided transportation to and from Chicken Point. And lastly, amazing classical Spanish and latin guitar during the ceremony and reception was preformed by one of our favorite local guitarists, Brian David.

Again, K and S, we are so happy to know you :) Thank you so very much for your kindness and for sharing your beautiful wedding day with us!

Here is a link to their slideshow.

Enjoy the images!



Andrew covered some of S's preparation images while I was with K and did a fabulous job.









K's preparation room at the Adobe Graham was gorgeous! Look how large these doors are! The bathroom doors were the same size as well. It is one of our favorite bed and breakfast's in Sedona and as well as a fabulous spot for an intimate wedding or wedding reception.





K had her wedding dress handmade in India! The artisans custom made all the jewelry to match her handmade dress.









I love the beams of light shinning down in this image... it's heavenly.





Could this spot be any more gorgeous? This rock formation reminds me of some of the sea side rocks on the coast of Japan... we toned it black and white to accentuate the sillhouetts of the lone trees up on top...









One of my favorite shots from Andrew...





JB arranged a classic Ford for their transportation back to their dinner with family and friends at beautiful Cucina Rustica. I'm sure it was one of the most romantic car rides they've had... just newly married, madly in love, and the red rocks softly glowing with the last light of day. Awww...



Blessings!
Katrina + Andrew
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Meet the Beautiful Patti ~ Portrait Session

A while back, Katrina had the opportunity to do some portraits for our makeup artist friend, Liz Margin. Here's a link to the blog entry: click here.

Liz's friend Patti liked the portraits so much that she called us up and we had Katrina shoot her portraits as well. Patti is one gorgeous gal, and is every bit as sweet as she is photogenic!

Also, Patti's dog is best friends with Liz's dog, so we had to include some doggy portraits :)

Thanks for having us work with you, Patti!

Enjoy the images!















Blessings!
Katrina + Andrew
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K Loves S ~ Sneak Peek

K and S, thank you so much for having us present on this day. Not only were you amazing to work with, but your love for each other and the kindness you constantly demonstrated to your family, loved ones, and even us, was contagious. Thanks!

Enjoy the images!






Blessings!
Katrina + Andrew
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Guest Signature Books ~ Joni and Denny

A short time ago we delivered a guest signature book for a fabulous client of ours. We've gotten so many requests for these books that we wanted to show more images of them.

This unique book is a combination of portraits of guests during the cocktail hour and character portraits done in a photo-booth style during the reception, all mixed in with messages of happiness and gratitude that the guests wrote that we scanned and included in the white space around the images. We think it turned out nicely!

Some of you may remember the images we posted after their wedding of the character portraits done photo-booth style. Here is a link to that blog entry: click here.

Also, here is a link to Joni and Denny's slideshow from the event: Joni and Denny

Enjoy the images, and be sure to let us know what you think of this book!

















Blessings!
Katrina + Andrew
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Happy Clients ~ Sara and Mike

A short time ago we delivered an album to our clients Sara and Mike, whose wedding was at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix.

Just the other day, we got this email from them:

"Hi Katrina and Andrew,
...The highlight of the night was of course opening the album and looking through it for the first time - it is truly beautiful and we are ecstatic with how it turned out. The pictures, the layout, the quality of the album - we couldn't be happier. In fact, we debated putting gloves on to look through it, and now we don't know what to do with it because we don't want to leave it out with our other albums where anyone with sticky fingers could pick it up and anytime and get it dirty!! We feel so lucky that we chose you to be our photographers at our wedding - a number of my friends didn't realize the importance of a really great photographer when they got married and have since told me that that is the main thing that they would change if they could go back and do it again. I don't know that there is really anything that we would change - it really was a perfect day for us, and we can't believe that it has been a year already. Thank you both so much for all of the hard work you have put into our photos - we have so many beautiful shots that we will forever have to remind us of that special day."

We are so thankful for the fantastic clients that come our way, and we appreciate that our work can make such an impression and that it might stand the test of time :)

We happen to agree with Sara and Mike that it is perhaps the photographs of your wedding that will refresh the great memories from the day better than anything else possibly can.

Thanks to you, Sara and Mike, for allowing us to document your beautiful wedding! Really, the honor was all ours :)

Here are some images of their album. Enjoy!



















Blessings,
Katrina + Andrew

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April + Jake ~ Teaser

As a regular new feature here on our blog we want to post a teaser image, or images, from each wedding as quickly as we can after shooting the wedding, and then follow up with a full entry featuring our favorite images from that wedding.

So, here's an innagural little teaser of the slideshow and an image from April and Jake's wedding this past month. We have lots more in the works, so be sure to stay tuned!

As a quick note to April and Jake, you two are such a gorgeous couple! Thank you for having us be such an important part of your wedding day. We immediately felt like family, and we're sure that other brides-to-be visiting our blog here will draw inspiration from your unique, artistic, and wonderful wedding. :)

Enjoy!



click here or click the image above to see the slideshow.




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The Little Black Book of Wedding Vendors ~ By Style Me Pretty

We were happy to be invited recently to participate in the Style Me Pretty, Little Black Book of Wedding Vendors (aka, the LBB), which is a very small, nationwide collection, of boutique wedding vendors that specialize in eclectic, artful, and detail-oriented wedding services.



May 15th, 2008, is the scheduled launch date for the Sedona listing.

Part of what makes the LBB so refreshing is that it's not just another website crammed full of links to wedding vendor websites from A to Z. It's an invitation only listing, limited to 3 vendors per service per market. Our listing will be for the Sedona, Phoenix and Scottsdale, and Las Vegas markets.

Upon skimming through the website state-by-state, we were humbled to realize what great company we're among by being listed there, many of which are friends of ours and whose work we really admire.

Thanks to Abby and Michelle at Style Me Pretty for the invitation. We gratefully and humbly accept :)

Katrina + Andrew
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