Let’s talk about how to get blurry backgrounds in your photos. As people-centered photographers, we love the way blurry backgrounds look, because blurry backgrounds bring all the attention and focus to our subjects (which is where we want it) and it gives the overall image creamier, dreamier, softer, more romantic, better-than-real-life look, feel and vibe. […]

Recently, a photographer posted a question in a Facebook group that caught our attention. This was the gist: Should photographers charge travel fees? How much should I charge to drive a few hours outside my hometown for a portrait session or a wedding?  What happened next really grabbed our attention. Within seconds (seriously, seconds) — How can […]

Oh man! These photos are SO special to us! If you’ve been around here a while, you know this is NOT the first time we’ve photographed Anna and Ryan.  They’re some of our best friends on the planet, so even though they live on the other side of the country, we always seem to find […]

Wanna know something fun? This gorgeous El Chorro vow renewal was the very last event we shot before we welcomed our sweet Baby Beckett into the world! Amy was 35 weeks pregnant, but we knew we couldn’t miss the opportunity to capture this sweet couple’s beautiful day. Thank goodness it was January in Scottsdale! Even […]

We’ve had a baby for OVER 100 DAYS?! Whaaattt?! Every parent who ever said, “The days are long and the years are short…” You win. You couldn’t have been more right. Our new life mission is to go on Shark Tank with a patent-pending machine that allows Moms and Dads to stop time — or […]

Dear Amy, As I write this, I’m in our office. Down the hall, in our bedroom, I can hear you signing a bedtime song. Mary Poppins. The one you sing to Beckett, without exception, before every nap… and every night, before bed. It’s one of the sweetest sounds in the world to me — even though, […]