This lovely family is very dear to my heart. We have the privilege of taking care of their youngest son “Draven” during the work week. Samantha and Basil make a beautiful couple and have such wonderful sons.

Thank you for allowing JATart to do your Christmas Picture this year

Samantha and Basil

The Boys

Whew…its been a long time since the last blog posting, must have been all the holidays taking us away..I know “excuses excuses”. So we thought we would post our favorite shoots back to back for you all to see. Keep in mind these are only little peaks at the fun we had shooting them. So enjoy !

What an honor it was to shoot this couple for their Engagement photos in December at the beautiful Estrella Mtn. Park !

Kattie and Rich make an amazing couple ; gorgeous from the inside and out

The "GQ" look

Cool Rays

Always on her mind

Gotta Have a Little Fun ...Right ?!

Tara's Personal Favorite

Romance in the Sunset

The day was packed with great friends and family at a beautiful setting.  Heather looked beautiful and Matt was as calm as they come. We wish them many years of happiness and look forward to the honeymoon stories.

The beautiful Verde River Rock House B&B was a fantastic site for the ceremony

Susan Jacobson did a wonderful job on the floral arrangements.

Kim and Gary came to JATart via a mutual friend (thanks Margaux) for their upcoming wedding. When asked where they would like to have their engagement shots done they suggested Tempe town lake. I hate to admit it, but I have lived in phoenix for over 15+ years and I have yet to go to the lake since they redid it.  WHAT A FUN PLACE.  Kim and Gary were looking for some formal and casual shots at the same time. They also wanted to bring their dog Dozer in for the fun! They are a great couple that enjoy making each other laugh! Looking forward to the wedding when everyone lets loose!

what Gary's dreams are like

Not too long ago we received an email at JATart for a senior shoot for a synchronized swimmer. Now we didnt know much about synchro swimming but we were up for a fun challenge. Leah was a GREAT model and we had a fun time with her shots. She has a fun carefree attitude that really comes through in her pictures.

Carly came to us to capture one of the most beautiful times on the road to becoming a mom. They are so excited about their upcoming little one and it showed in their pictures. We are very excited of them and we cant wait to take pictures of the little Cameron!

Well we have been busy lately with photo sessions and some landscape photography.  My family and I took a day trip up to sedona and took some pictures. We love heading up there to get out of the heat and revisit where my wife and I got married.

This 4th of July was fantastic with some great friends and our sons first fireworks display. It was also fun to try out the new camera. Here are a couple shots from our last minute firework planning. I’ve always wondered how they create the firework to explode with different colors on different halves.

Here are some more pictures from the Jerome trip.

This past weekend we headed to Jerome for a fun and spooky day with Mel and Brian. Her pictures turned out great. Here are the ones currently edited.