Well, we were hoping for a little cooler day on Ali & Mike’s wedding day, but instead we got a record breaker of 107 at the end of September.  However, it didn’t change a thing for this amazing couple and everyone didn’t seem to mind the heat at all in lieu of this beautiful couple.  Ali was a cool & calm bride which made her day run so smoothly.  It’s amazing when a bride can just enjoy her day and roll with it how everyone around her takes on that same persona.  Makes my job pretty fun!!  As always…my day just wouldn’t be the same without my partner in crime, Erin shooting with me!!  Love you friend, thank you!

Here are some of the other people that made this day absolutely amazing…

Wedding Event Planner for the Farm at South Mountain - Nikki DeHerrera

Florist - Wild Child Floral Design

DJ - Matt Davis with MT Sounds

Make-up - Jacqueline Fancher

Hair - Makayla Gaspar

Officiant - Gretchen Steffenson

Now…to the best part, some of my favorite photos of the day.

First looks are my favorite!!

Ali & Mike…Thank you so much for letting us be a part of your wedding day!!

Blessings!

Janelle

This spring was crazy with weddings.  In May alone I shot three of my own weddings and second shot three for Erin.  I don’t recommend shooting SIX weddings in a month, but amazingly it was SO MUCH fun and I survived!!  (Side note…shooting most of these six with one of your best friends makes it super fun too)

Ashley & Anthony have been waiting for this day a long time and I was honored to be able to capture their amazing day.  My sweet friend, Amanda, who is married to Anthony’s cousin, Jon told Ashley that she had a friend (me) that she thought would be perfect for her wedding day.  Well, as soon as Ashley and I chatted on the phone it was a perfect fit for us both.  Ashley & Anthony were both so relaxed about the wedding and just so excited to share this day with their family and friends.  It was warm outside that day and I was a little concerned about it, but everyone was super troopers!!

A special thanks to my sweet friend, Doni who shot with me, I was so thankful to have you with me!

The wedding ceremony was at the gorgeous Highlands Church in Scottsdale.

Ashley & her girls were so fun just laughing and enjoying her special day

Ashley & Anthony chose to have a first look, I love the next series of them seeing each other privately for the first time…

I always love the way a groom looks as his bride is coming down the aisle

Ashley’s ring really came out of a Cracker Jax box…Ha!

Wedding Party

Lookin’ good Mr. Hatch

Ashley told me she wasn’t very photogenic, but I beg to differ…Ashley, you look amazing.

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Hatch

One of my favorites from the day

The reception was held at the Monterra at Westworld and it was beautiful…this was Ashley & Anthony getting in the stretched Hummer to get there…

Gorgeous cake made my Anthony’s cousin, Jen Hatch…while this cake looked amazing…everyone was gushing about how it tasted!!

Ashley’s brother who also happens to be the Best Man, that’s right, Anthony did not follow the rule of not dating your best friend’s sister - Ha, did the funniest rap for part of his toast…

Ashley & her dad

Anthony & his mom

A big thank you to DJ Mark Sanchez, he had so many fun things happening through the night and kept the music rocking!

Ashley & Anthony many blessings as you begin your new adventure together.  I was honored to share in your day!!

Blessings!

Janelle

Nothing better than a reception that keeps people dancing the night away and having an AMAZING time!!  It was just that.

First dance, played and sung by their amazing friend, Patrick Wright.

“Raise your glasses, to the bride & groom”

The DollyRockers Dollies

Let’s Dance

I am always anxious for the cake cutting, to see if they play “nice” or…not.

nice…

…not

What an AMAZING day!!!  So, blessed to have been a part of it!!  Love you guys!

Blessings!

Janelle

Let’s start with this gorgeous wedding party, in particular the handsome groomsmen & groom…we were able to get the guy’s pictures done before the ceremony.  There were lots of laughs and maybe a little inappropriate touching amongst themselves, but boys will be boys.  I was quite thrilled that we were able to get one serious one out of the bunch.

And now to what the do best…goof off!!

Mike looking handsome and relaxed for the BIG day.

GORGEOUS wedding party

Not only is Jaimie absolutely stunning, her girls were beautiful in their gowns

Love the shoes

The guys didn’t want to be left out…sexy

And now, Jaimie…just beautiful inside and out.

I could photograph you two forever…just amazing

Jaimie doing a little “model work”

And one more of these two love birds…

Last post tomorrow for this wedding; a fabulous party these two put on…stay tuned to see!

Blessings!

Janelle

It turns out that I will need more than two posts to share this amazing couple.  I am having a hard time deciding on which pictures to include.  So, here is their amazing ceremony…

Anthem Golf & Country Club

So, blessed to have my dad, Bob Lehman officiating Jaimie & Mike’s wedding day.

I love both of these pictures of Mike…when he first saw Jaimie & the emotion that followed

Jaimie had both her dad and step-dad walk her down the aisle

One thing I LOVE about Jaimie among her many beautiful qualities is her genuineness and that she isn’t afraid to wear her emotions on her sleeve.

Sealing the deal

We’re MARRIED!!

More of images like this next one tomorrow…sorry Jaimie, I know I am torturing you!!  LOL!

Blessings!

Janelle

The song that needs to be playing for the next two posts is Today was a Fairytale by Taylor Swift.  Everything about Jaimie & Mike’s day was just that, a sweet fairytale.

I have known Jaimie for quite a while as an amazing stylist at DollyRockers Salon.  I had the privilege of photographing her & Mike’s engagement pictures last year and have photographed Jaimie for work as well.  Can I just say that the camera loves her?  I don’t think she can take a bad picture if she tried.  She was relaxed and all smiles on her BIG day and I was so honored to be part of both her and Mike’s wedding.  A huge THANK YOU to my partner in crime…Erin, I love doing weddings with you!! 

The credits for all that put the wedding day together will come tomorrow in the post to follow, but here are the pre-ceremony images that I just loved…

I can’t wait to post LOTS MORE tomorrow!!

Blessings!

Janelle

Noelle & Josh tied the know last month and every detail was just perfect.  Noelle told me that she was going with a vintage burlesque themed wedding and I loved all the personal touches she did to everything.  The day had a few road bumps, but Noelle & Josh were so calm and relaxed that they didn’t let anything change their excitement of their day.  I enjoyed every part of their day and was honored to document this amazing day.

Michelle Zeller was responsible for Noelle’s fabulous hair and Ashley Ridley for her amazing make-up.

Oh, how I love smart phones…

How gorgeous is this bouquet by Butterfly Petals

The ceremony & reception were both at the venue Noah’s, it was a great location.

Thank you, Natalie for shooting with me…I love everything you captured, including this one of Josh.

The sun was leaving in a hurry after Noelle & Josh sealed the deal, so they walked back down the aisle and right across the street to get some pretty backlit shots before it was gone…

Just beautiful.

Loved EVERY detail.

Ingram Entertainment let everyone get their dance on.

Noelle’s parents were especially sweet dancing the night away…

Noelle & Josh had Mike from Snapbooth Entertainment with his amazing photo booth - if you haven’t thought of having one of these at your reception, they are so fun and capture great photos of your guests having fun!!

Noelle & Josh thank you for letting me be part of your amazing day.

Blessings!

Janelle

Well, the truth is, Josh & Noelle aren’t actually engaged anymore…they’re MARRIED!!  :)  AND I am just finishing up with the editing from their wedding a few short weeks ago and as I was pulling out the photos to blog I realized that I never posted they’re engagement session.  This session was too cute to not blog and apparently I was in a fog in February when we shot these and just completely spaced.  Just love this sweet couple and the first thing we did for the engagement session is get coffee…I knew it was a match made in heaven!!  Can’t wait to post their wedding day this week, but in the meantime here is some favorites from their engagement session…

Beautiful Noelle.

This VW bus was parked out back where we were shooting so, it made for a sweet prop!

Love love love this wall…color and texture {heart}

It looked cool black & white too

This sweet pick-up truck was parked across the street from a spot we were shooting at & was the perfect match to the balloons that Noelle had brought along…YES!!

Josh bought Noelle this super cute beach cruiser that they brought along…we ended up making Josh the designated driver, he did good cruising Noelle in the parking lot with zero crashes!! 

Handsome Josh.

I loved every thought that went into the engagement session…wait till you see the beautiful details of the wedding, I was blown away, Noelle has an eye for the details.

Stay tuned for Noelle & Josh’s amazing wedding day!!  I’ll be posting it this week!!

Blessings!

Janelle

Rita & Cameron said “I do” on a beautiful day in March.  The clouds were coming and going, but the weather was perfect.  I thought for a moment there may be a sprinkle or two, but it held out!  Yea.

The first time Rita & I actually met she was buying a couch that I was selling, which suited her house much better than mine, by the way!  She has such a sweet spirit and her family is such a huge part of her life, both her hubby, Cameron & their son, Jayden.  Everyone was smiles & hugs on this special day and I was so thrilled to be a part of it!!  Thank you so much to my sweet friend, Natalie Crane for shooting with me too!!

There was a slight mishap with the wedding flowers (as in one of her bridesmaids didn’t get one, but they were so creative & put her one together in 15 minutes that was perfect!)  The bride’s bouquet was amazing!

I have to give a shout out to the Steel Drum Band, Steele Sound because the man there in the middle, Jerry Lopatin, was MY steel drum teacher in grade school.  I have so many amazing memories from that experience it was so great to see him!!

I think he got a pretty good shot!

Just loved Rita’s face here!!

These two have no problem just having fun with each other!

Jayden looking quite handsome!!

Thanks so much for inviting me to be part of your wedding day, Rita & Cameron!

Many Blessings!

Janelle

Amy & David wanted a ranch style wedding.  They had a hard time finding what they wanted in town, so they decided to look beyond Phoenix and they found the perfect location.  They chose The Windmill Winery in Florence, AZ.  At one point when we were driving out there I had a panic attack because I thought we had taken a wrong turn and were headed to no man’s land, but a few more miles up the road and we were there.  It was a HOT day, but that didn’t stop the wedding from being AMAZING!!

Amy, was one of the most stunning brides I had ever seen.  Simply radiant.  Dave cleaned up rather nicely himself.

I would go on with the story, but really I think the pictures tell the story just right…

Amy’s dress was perfect.

Many many thanks to my AMAZING friend & photographer, Erin McFarland for shooting with me…I don’t even know how to shoot a wedding without you! {XOXO}

Amy, you are absolutely stunning.

Beautiful girls

The flowers were amazing…what color pop!!

Brewer, is Amy & David’s gorgeous Labrador and had to be part of the festivities!!  He looks quite handsome!

AND so does his owner.  Lookin’ good, David.

The boys…ahem, men.

Is this wedding party gorgeous or what???!!!

Just right.

I love love love to hear wedding vows, especially when the bride & groom writes them…

Mr. & Mrs Colson

This one says, “Let’s Get This Party Started!!!”

First dance…

Props to Amy & David’s DJ, Nathan owner of Infinity Entertainment - He had so many fun things for the guests, great songs, personal touches!!  I would highly recommend him!!  These are some of the guests that got roped into being part of the night’s entertainment.  They didn’t seem to mind!!

David works for Glendale Fire Department (which is how I know him!!) and here he is with his very proud crew…LADDER 157

**SPARKLERS**

Amy & David it was truly an honor to be part of your wedding.  Congratulations!!

Blessings!

Janelle