Cheryl is an intern and a senior – this girl brings me hope! She has a firm faith and lives life to the fullest! She is a huge help from housesitting, to painting, to modeling, picking up my children, horse skills and more. I love having her in my life. Mostly because she is and was a princess and we can rock out to Disney tunes while doing it all!! Love her
Shot Location: Starbucks
I have known Josh since he was in first grade at Bethany Christian School! Such a great young man who serves in his community and has a great love for Sea World! Josh is excited for Senior Year and to graduate Valley Christian High School in the Fall of 2017! He is a member of choir and chorale and is an Eagle Scout.
We went out on location in Downtown Chandler and had a blast! Dee, Josh’s mom, took some amazing videos of the behind the scenes! You can see we had fun times adventuring around!
What did YOU notice first!!?? Aren’t Lina’s eyes arresting?! I couldn’t wait for the opportunity to take modeling photos with this gorgeous teen! What you don’t see about Lina is her angelic voice and kind heart! She has been in choir and performing in local productions for several years around Arizona, stealing hearts on stage and with everyone she meets!
For this Downtown Tempe photo session, it got windy so we had fun playing with poses that would show her wilder side! She is quiet by nature but loves to be in front of the camera and I could tell she was as excited about taking pictures as me- and that says something!!:)
Well look who I ran into out in Santa Barbara, California!! This soon to be Valley Christian High School Senior, was looking at colleges while our annual family trip up the coast was coming to an end. Put us together, and you end up with a marathon photo shoot in one of the most beautiful places on the West Coast!
We met at the Santa Barbara Mission and looked for some out-of-the-way places for a photo session inspired by Free People, who doesn’t love that clothing line?!!
Amberly was a natural! The wooded area really went with what we were trying to create, which helped because I had all of about 20 minutes to scout locations, yikes! Good thing there were too many locations to choose from and we have about 7 sessions combined into one! #supersurprisedemojiwithreallybigeyes
I loved shooting in the middle of the day and making use of the speckled lighting in the woods! I usually try and shoot during the magic hour, but loved everything about this full sun session!
This close up is one of my favorites! Anyone that knows Amberly, knows she is super smiley and spontaneous! However, don’t let her beauty fool you – this girl is also very intelligent, thoughtful, and compassionate. She enjoys going on mission trips, walking barefoot, and has a love for God which shines through within her joyful spirit!
I love the feeling of elegance this gorgeous carved stonework created! We figured it would be appropriate to take at least take a few shots by the Free People store!
Even though Amberly decided she didn’t want to attend college in Santa Barbara after graduation, she is looking forward to going to another California school. While attending college in Southern California, she would like to continue to pursue her acting and modeling career.
Horse lovers unite!!
I grew up surrounded by many horse farms and dreamed I’d one day have a horse of my own to “ride off into the sunset”! Sadly, it never happened, but it didn’t stop me from taking riding lessons and being around horses as much as possible! Photographing Athena gave me yet another opportunity to be around my “spirit animal” and we had a majestic afternoon!! 
This girl LOVES horses and even goes to a boarding school that specializes in them across the country! It doesn’t get more horsey then that!! Her gentle demeanor and ease around these gorgeous Arabians, made this photo shoot easy on both me, the trainers, her mom, and the horses.
On her Fall break back here in Arizona, she enjoyed her time reining with her horses and visiting family. We even got in a mother-daughter shot with Myranda, my sweet friend, who loves to sparkle, she owns a diamond store (for all of you brides to be out there!!)
I am wishing this teen super success and congrats on being one of the top in the country for reining with Arabians! I know for sure, she makes her momma proud! I, for one, hope to catch her out doing her thing, real soon! Who knows, maybe I’ll take some a couple of lessons myself again!! :):)
It was a typical sunny day in Arizona, and still a bit warm, so instead of overheating the horses, we took a small walk around the property to get these outdoor shots of her riding this beauty!
If you don’t know much about Arabian reining and would like to know more about it, check online! Or better yet, attend one of the biggest Arabian shows in Scottsdale next winter, in 2017 for the 62nd annual Arabian Horse Show! I’ll see you there!!
