We’re looking forward to photographing their wedding next fall at Kent Hall. Jeanette, Jeliliah, it’s always great working with you; we can’t wait to see you again!

Jason

Dawn put together all of her own flowers, and the fall theme was picked up in the details of the wedding. David’s parents showed up unexpectedly for the ceremony, and were able to stay for photos, which is always a nice surprise! After the ceremony, under an arch in the back garden, Josephina’s was nice enough to let us capture a few bridals in the antique store. After a few more around Mesilla, we returned to the patio for the reception.

After dinner under the setting sun, DJ Amer spun up the tunes, and the dance floor filled up. Amer is an experienced club DJ, but this was his first wedding, and he did a great job keeping things hopping all night. Dawn and David are such a cute couple, and Roz and I join all of their friends and family in extending our best wishes to them!

Jason

Here’s a few of Jessica’s shots! We had tons of fun!

Roz

Jason shot the next series – Aimee in her golf shirt with her clubs, and even HE had to stand on a chair – but in his defense, it was because the club when extended over Aimee’s head required a lot of height and distance in the studio! My personal favorite is the one with her club behind her neck.

She also brought along a great little black dress, and that gave us an excuse to use our new favorite backdrop, and I love the RayBans with the dress – beautiful!

After we were done in the studio, we took our favorite red chair, and headed out to Mesilla, where Aimee wanted to have some shots done to emulate a photo she had done when she was a child. We really had a great time with her, it was tons of fun! We wish you well in your senior year Aimee!

Roz and Jason

Sharayah brought lots of really fun props with her to her shoot – a must for making a senior portrait session unique and interesting. When you’re planning your session, think about the things that make you who you are – and bring stuff with you – we’ll figure out something fun to do with it! Bring your favorite things from your closet, and the kitchen sink too! But enough gabbing, on with Sharayah’s gorgeous photos!

Roz

Ed and Darby elected to have a first sight, which let us shoot most of the bridal party photos before the wedding. Ed was a tad delayed by his Boxer puppy Sasha, who hopped into the car when the guys stopped by his place for a few last-minute items and did not understand why she couldn’t come to the wedding too. Darby of course looked stunning, and Ed’s face lit up when he first saw her sitting on a bench in the Kent Hall courtyard, where the scene was set for a gorgeous ceremony.

After a lot of really incredible portraits, and a minor incident involving some dead tree branches that were in my way (I triumphed eventually, but it was a messy victory , Darby and her maids headed to another building while the guests got seated. La Cella Bella provided music to set the scene, then segued into the Wedding March as Darby entered, preceded by the wedding party. There were sprinkles of rain for luck during the ceremony, but the shining sun kissed the raindrops into molten gold. Afterward, we shot a few more sunset bridals (Darby’s cathedral-length veil provided options Roz just could not pass up), then everyone piled into the limo for the short drive to Old Mesilla and Josephina’s Old Gate.

Josephina’s was decked out to the nines with garden lights and black-and-white linens that turned the gardens into a New Mexican fairy-tale grotto as twilight descended. Soft music and happy conversation blended with birdsong; I completely forgot that we were just off Mesilla Square! For dessert, Darby and her maids created a delicious chocolate mousse, topped with garden-fresh berries and served in cups of milk chocolate.

After dessert, the party really got rolling. The guys broke out cigars, while the girls tore up the dance floor. Around midnight, Josephina’s was shutting down, but the party was still going strong, so the bridal party hopped into the limo and rode over to El Patio. Roz and I tagged along, and we got some more excellent images of everyone at the bar before we called it a night.

Ed and Darby, you guys had one of the prettiest weddings we’ve ever had the privilege of participating in. We’ll give you a shout when you get back from Hawaii!

Anthony was so laid back and easy to work with. We try to make our seniors as comfortable as possible in front of the camera – we know it’s hard work being a rock star when someone’s got a camera pointed in your face! He handled it with the ease of someone who’s been having professional photographs taken his whole life!

I’m going to keep this post short – like I said, I’ve got a wedding and two OpLove sessions yet to edit for the blog and post, so I must get back to it! Thanks Anthony for hanging out with us this afternoon!

Roz

We met up Sunday afternoon, and headed up Dripping Springs road to get some “outdoorsy” shots of them with the Organs in the background. You can’t go wrong with Las Cruces beautiful mountains as a backdrop! These two are just so photogenic, and they’re so obviously into each other that it really was a lot of fun to photograph them. Suzanna and I really did not wear appropriate footwear for hiking around in the desert, but we managed to avoid the larger and nastier cactus, and find some big rocks to climb on. I do admit to getting a few thorns, but we fared pretty well. The weather could not have been more beautiful for our session; a bit chilly in the shade perhaps, but it was nice.

Once we got done out in the desert, we stopped by the Farm and Ranch Museum to get a couple of shots by an old truck they have – which is one of my favorite places to shoot. We didn’t hang out too long though – even though it was Sunday afternoon, there were still a few people milling around the place, and we really didn’t want to disturb the guests, so we moved on to Mesilla, which is of course, everyone’s favorite place to shoot. Really, you can’t go wrong in Mesilla. Old brick walls, awesome alleys, and an old church. Perfect!

Here are a few favorites from their session, with a big congratulations and lots of anticipation for their wedding!

Be sure to check back in February for photos of their wedding! There are a couple more that I’ll be putting these up on the fan page at Facebook as well, so don’t forget to become a fan of the page!

Roz