Yay!  The Phillips family portrait session (what we like to call a me2) is finally up!  Hopefully you guys didn’t kill the site by constantly refreshing your browser for updated shots. Ha.  That’s ok…we love that our clients are on here all the time & always showing their love.  Jack & his family just finished building their dream home here in Tucson, Arizona and decided it was the perfect location for a shoot!  I was more thrilled that the newly concreted pool wasn’t pebble tec’d yet…I think they thought I was looney for mentioning the idea.  Well little did they know I was totally inspired by the raw material.  And to think they will never ever have shots like this again.  The weather was perfect, Jenna (big sis) was awesome, and well the boys….mmmmmm…yep they were BOYS. Twins who are completely different from each other.  Just when I thought one was gonna be trouble it turned out to be the other way around. Trickly little buggers.  Cute though!  Toni is an amazing mother & very patient…how she does it I don’t know?.  Oh and grandma was in town so we snaged a few shots.  The one with her & Jenna I just love.  Thanks again Phillips family for sharing your new pad with us and we hope to venture on to many many more exciting shoots in the future!

This is the first of many rounds of photographs coming up!  Jenna & Cody were our morning guinea’s.  And boy did they do a great job.  It kinda takes a little bit to warm up but I think these two did perfect.  Maybe I’m just speaking about my own experiences and needing to get the creative juices flowing…it’s kinda like ‘where do we start?’.  Well they kicked in within 5 minutes.  I got to try out some ideas I’ve had spinning around in my head…shooting up at the sky (especially with all the sycamore trees), microscopic close ups, and of course the silly goofy laughing shots!  I haven’t photographed much with late morning light so either this day was a rare experience before the storm hit Sunday or Sedona always has this exceptional light?.  At this point I’m just ecstatic with the outcome.  I chose this couple first soley on Jenna’s vintage gown which I absolutely love. I’m a girl who craves unique one of kind looks and she definitely has it.  The veil was the icing on the cake!

Here’s what Eric & I were able to grab while we were shooting all day with ‘the click’! The shoot-out took place in Sedona & the weather was ah-mazing. We couldn’t have asked for a better day especially since it’s probably snowing there right now! Ha. We sooooo lucked out & so did the models. Stay tuned for all the super funky shots we were able to document with the couples!  I’ve started editing them and they just blow my mind…sometimes I’m like ‘I shot that?!’  What!  Or in this case ‘Eric shot that!’.  Yep his in camera cropping just astonishes me

Ok it’s on…GOOOOOOOO PURPLE NICKEL STUDIO.

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So when Jack first contacted us about doing a me2 session at his family’s newly built home…we were like ‘oh yeah!’  And to think Jack was the one to get this thing rollin’…I can’t say that about many of our clients where the Dad ‘aka’ man of the fam does the planning *sweet* They hadn’t had a family portrait in many many many years.  I’m sure glad they intrusted us on the newly updated artwork.  And this would be artwork they’ve never ever had or experienced before!!! pNi STYLE.  Well once Eric & I saw the numerous little surprises (hint hint…empty concrete pool…woo hoo…& rusted garage doors) surrounding their snazzy pad we knew this was the spot.  So more to come on that soon.  To hold ya all over here’s a sneak peek on one of the the ideas Jack plotted in my mind.  The twin boys love to ride their bikes & they have the coolest cordinating little plates as well so I thought this set up would be super cute & cleaver.  I think it turned out mighty fine!