Melissa & Larry's Desert Engagement Photography, Mesa AZ

It's said that good things come to those who wait and for Melissa and Larry, love is one of those good things. As we strolled among the stunning desert landscape of Coons Bluff, they reminisced about meeting each other 20 years ago, parting ways, then bumping into one another as runners in the same race two decades later. For all those years they'd been apart, they'd been growing toward each other; becoming the people that that would one day meet eyes and recognize within the other a deep and intimate kinship. Melissa and Larry agree-- it was well worth the wait. 

Kelly & Ken's Chateau Wedding Photography, Chandler AZ

Kelly is one of the most nurturing people I've ever had the good fortune of meeting. A nurse by profession, she has a love of people that is palpable. She and Ken were so fun to photograph. They joked that they knew they were perfect for each other when they realized they both had Barbie names, but beneath all the teasing, they had a mutual respect and adoration that shone in their faces every time they looked at one another. They were married at Chateau de Vie in Chandler, a stunning location that is also said to be haunted!