one of America’s bravest

It was such an honor to photograph National Guard soldier Denise before her one year deployment to Afghanistan.  She is absolutely gorgeous and so much fun, but she has had to hide herself behind her camouflage uniform for the past several weeks as she trained for her time away.  She enjoyed the chance to get all dolled up as much as I enjoyed the time I got to spend with her capturing these images.

When it got dark we moved onto the roof of the historic Hotel Congress…

I hope your year goes by fast, Denise!  You will be in our thoughts.

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gift time!

I love making my clients cute crafty items involving the photos taken during our sessions together!   Here is what I’ve been working on for my summer clients…

handmade journals with their photos on the front and back  cover.

and a couple detail shots..

ribbon book markers with little antique key charms

inside the back cover

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take a deep breath…

make a wish….

now blow!

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fire in the desert

I have been dying to do a photo shoot with fire for a LONG time and this past weekend I finally got my chance!  I figured I needed to find myself a firefighter who could hook me up and Andrew was just the guy to ask.  Seems if you are a firefighter, you know a lot of other firefighters and you can pretty much get whatever you want just by making a call.  Well, everything fell right into line for this shoot, except I wish it wasn’t so darn sunny, but hey, I’m really not complaining, I had a blast!  What made this day even better was that Andrew has a drop dead gorgeous wife Amber who was totally up for anything.

Then Amber’s dad drove up in his brand new 2010 fire-cracker orange Camaro

After the fire was put out we moved on to a couple of other locations to finish off the day…

one last shot of their adorable little boy Adin

I want to give a special thank you to fire fighter people Allen and Candace Allcott and Sam Mays and his wife Sandy, I couldn’t have done it without ALL OF YOUR HELP!

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be fearless

So the new tagline to my Dirty Laundry brand of photography is ‘be fearless’. I could have picked ‘just do it’ but Nike beat me to it. Basically I want my clients to not be worried about a little dirt and let me take them to unusual places and create some beautiful, sexy, daring, fearless images. To help me illustrate my point, I had my sis Amy model these shots for me. She always comes in handy when I want to draw on someone! (click here to see the last time I drew on her)

So don’t hide behind your fear of a little dirt…

Be bold, be sexy, BE FEARLESS…

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a different kind of hot!

So I mentioned that it was going to be another blazing hot weekend here in Tucson just as we all hoped it would cool down… and it turned out to be HOT in a couple of different ways!! First the temperature was 102 degrees for my shoot of Denise, and Denise herself was HOT!  I knew I better post this one quick image to hold her over before she pees her pants.

More to come very soon!

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feelin’ hot, hot, hot!

Well, the first day of fall was 5 days ago and you would never know it here in southern Arizona!  It was 100 degrees here in Tucson today and will be 104 tomorrow just in time for an afternoon photoshoot that I planned for this weekend because weeks ago I thought that surely it would be cooler outside by now…. no such luck!  Oh well, another shoot where I (and my client) will melt like an ice cream cone.

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connor

It’s been a few years since I took Connor’s pictures and he is just as handsome as the last time! I love the urban outfits he is sportin’ in these shots. So much fun! And so is his personality, so smart and full of questions!

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kickin’ it with my girls

Last week (or was it the week before last??) a couple of my photography pals and I went to the studio opening of another local photographer, Spencer Boerup (we photog types like to support each other). He’s tucked away in a quaint location with candy-store-striped awnings and lots of glass to see the amazing prints he has all over his walls. It’s always so inspirational to see the dreams of other photographers come to fruition…makes me believe a little stronger in mine!

Spencer had his photobooth wall set up and Casia Fletcher of Purple Nickel Studios and Tania Hatch of project6photography (still under construction) and I jumped right in!

Best of luck to you, Spencer!!!

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daddy’s little princess

Baby Ashlynn was born a few weeks ago and had us all on pins and needles as the doctors kept her in the hospital trying to regulate her blood sugar.  This little girl is strong and getting healthier every day and is truly daddy’s little princess.   Her parents were so easy going and fun to work with and she is simply a doll!

p.s. thank you Allison for your help today!

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