When Marc initially reached out to me about taking engagement photos at Bell Rock in Sedona, he honestly hadn’t even proposed yet. But, he absolutely knew that his college sweetheart, Maisie, would say yes – and of course, she did! They actually got engaged the weekend before, and Maisie told me the story: Marc went above and beyond, he did such a good job. I was so surprised! We typically each plan one date night per month, so it wasn’t out of the ordinary for Marc to tell me we had dinner and a wine tasting scheduled. The “wine tasting” (spoiler: it was not a wine tasting) was at a hotel do ..read more

Right before I moved to Surprise, I spent a couple of days out in Palm Springs to visit my mom for the holidays. Just before my trip out there, two of Marlene’s best friends reached out to me all the way from Miami to help plan her perfect Joshua Tree proposal session with her boyfriend, Dan! Together, we came up with an entire plan to get Dan to take Marlene to Joshua Tree to watch the sunset. We set up an adorable picnic for them, complete with a personalized charcuterie board! I took them to one of my favorite hiking spots (Hemingway Buttress) and while I was pretending to take my daughter ..read more

Just a couple of weeks ago, I had one of the craziest, busiest weekends of my life. I went from Lake Havasu to Vegas to Milwaukee to Phoenix … all in 48 hours, just to photograph a wedding and this Desert Botanical Garden engagement session in Phoenix. I could hardly believe I made it through, but boy was it totally worth it. I freaking LOVE photographing couples in Phoenix and I am so glad to live in such a beautiful area. I met up with Jared and Lauren in Phoenix at the Desert Botanical Garden, where we walked around the beautiful cactus gardens. I could hardly believe such a beautiful plac ..read more

If you guys don’t know already, I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE planning and photographing surprise marriage proposals. I recently got to spend approximately (part of) an afternoon with John and Alyssa for their Lake Havasu surprise proposal session at Bill Williams Wildlife Refuge! John and I planned for nearly a month, making sure all was perfect for him to ask Alyssa to marry him during their vacation here to Lake Havasu. But of course, what’s that saying about the best laid plans going awry? Well, that’s exactly what happened! We planned for John to take Alyssa for a romantic evening hike to ..read more

Oh my gosh, this is an engagement session that was a literal dream come true for me. I have dreamed about photographing a couple in Sedona for years! Sedona has been a bucket list item for me my whole life, but in all my travels we never made it there … until now!! And you know what? It was everything I dreamed it would be and so much more. I have been having so much fun with photography now that we are back to living in the desert … I feel right at home, more comfortable with doing things a little differently and focusing not only on telling the stories of my couples … but also being able to ..read more

It’s been for-ev-er since I have photographed a beach engagement session in California – and Kyle and MaKenna’s Del Mar beach engagement photos totally made me remember how much I love California at sunset! We had the best time frolicking around at the beach in Del Mar by San Diego. It all worked out so perfectly for me to come to Del Mar for their engagement photos, even though we’re all going to be traveling to Wisconsin for their wedding next summer. Kyle and MaKenna are from the same hometown and actually went to high school together. Around junior year they both were in the same friend g ..read more

A few weeks ago, Drew called me and asked me to help him plan a Lake Havasu City surprise proposal photography session for his girlfriend Angela. You see, Lake Havasu City is a very special place for these two because it’s where they met just over a year ago! It was absolutely pure fate that brought Drew and Angela together, because neither one of them live in Havasu. In fact, Angela was in town doing some work for a major beverage company and Drew was only in town for a couple of days on a bros trip with some friends. They met while hanging out in the Channel, and after a few hours together ..read more

I had the best time with Jaci and Alex for their engagement session at Kenosha Veterans Park in Twin Lakes! We hiked all over for their springtime engagement session by the lake and in the beautiful green fields. Jaci and Alex met through Hinge, and fell in love quite quickly. Jaci told me she knew early on that she knew they would work well together, because Alex is kind and gentle and that’s something that could temper her more bold and task-oriented personality. It was really important that Alex got along with Jaci’s family, too! Alex told me that Jaci’s qualities really aligned and compli ..read more

The day after I got to hang out with Nick and Jackie for their surprise proposal, I got to go back up for another Palm Springs tram surprise proposal! This time I got to be there for Jesus and Alex, and it was so much fun. Jesus and I planned out for this whole thing, where he brought Alex to the tram for a sunset picnic; he even went up the tram a couple of times before actually proposing to find the perfect spot! Once we got onto the tram, Alex stood right next to me with all my photography gear on and literally had no idea I was there to be part of her big surprise. For the next half hour ..read more

Nick and Jackie Surprise Proposal at the Palm Springs Tram Just a few days ago, I got to go out to Palm Springs to photography not one but two surprise proposals at the Palm Springs Tram! Nick reached out to me about proposing to his girlfriend Jackie during their trip to Palm Springs, visiting from New York. For the last several weeks, Nick and I planned and schemed to make his proposal absolutely incredible – including hiking around to find some special spots and coming up with decoy plans to keep the proposal a complete surprise for Jackie. When these two first arrived to the top of the tr ..read more