A while ago I had an idea about a water image I wanted to make, but either the weather hasn’t cooperated or I have been too busy to set it up. Recently, however, I got a call from a friend who needed a couple of swimsuit shots for the agency that represents her. After we got the shots she needed, she agreed to indulge me for a few minutes. Here are a couple of the resulting images:
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Had a fun three-day shoot last week for a client who was looking to spruce up their marketing materials and website with images that illustrate the Arizona lifestyle. We shot at beautiful locations around Phoenix, including Papago Park, a private residence in Paradise Valley, and the golf course adjacent to the Biltmore Resort. I think everyone was a little nervous about the heat, but the weather for all three days was spectacular – more like spring than the inferno of summer. Our team consisted of a fabulous group of models as well as Heather Wilson, a superstar make-up artist, and Patrick Tipton, a great photographer who kindly agreed to help out on the shoot.
Kalynne and Brittany
Kalynne and Brian
Vincent, Lauren and Teddie
Lauren and Brian
Kalynne and Lauren
Shooting at night can be tricky, particularly if you’re trying to photograph something that wants to move. Luckily, my friend Kalynne, who is both lovely and fun to work with, was great at holding stock still while we tested a new location I recently discovered. Here are a couple of the images we made:
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I have been blessed to have great children in my life. Five fabulous nieces and nephews and a stepson who is both brilliant and kind. The oldest of that generation is my niece Colby, who will be graduating from high school in a couple of months. She has worked incredibly hard over the years, both in school and in her extracurricular activities, and was recently rewarded for her efforts by being admitted to every college and university to which she applied. Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Stanford, Duke and Georgia Tech. What’s a girl to do? She was recently in Arizona for a decompression visit after the craziness of application season and we had a chance to grab a few photos during a quick trip up to the Grand Canyon. Here she is:
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I had seen a couple of snapshots of my friend Kalynne on horseback, so I asked if she might be game for a ranch themed shoot, which she was. It turns out that her Grandpa Bruce is an expert horseman, so he accompanied us out to a nearby arena both to help with the horses and to be a subject for some of the photographs. Kalynne is a trooper – up for anything – and her Grandpa is just a great guy. In fact, the shoot would have been a success if all I had come away with was Bruce’s acquaintance. As it turns out, we got some fun shots both of Kalynne by herself and with her Grandpa Bruce.
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Spent a delightful couple of hours last week with the lovely Kalynne and Brittany, along with various members of their family, working on images for their portfolios and mine. Here are a few from that session:
One of the things I love about living in the Phoenix metropolitan area is the city’s rootedness in its past. While there are gleaming Gucci stores, fancy sports venues, and restaurants serving haute cuisine, at its heart, Phoenix is a cowboy town. I recently attended a children’s rodeo in suburban Lehi, a town settled by Mormon pioneers in 1877 which is now part of Mesa, Arizona. A brand new freeway runs right past Lehi and Phoenix’s Sky Harbor airport is about a 15 minute drive away, but I felt transported back 50 or 100 years.
