First comes Love...

Then comes marriage! and you know what comes next!!! :0)





the cutest family ever!







We almost left without doing the Love statue- *Gasp!* hehe



You guys were adorable and fun!!!! Thank you for letting me capture your family moments! :0)

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Laura Siivola- Photographer.
Organic wedding and portrait photography based in the Phoenix Arizona area.
laurasiivolaphotographer.com

Old Town Scottsdale Engagement

Do Carrie and John really need an introduction???? :0)


my best friends gettin maarrrried!!!!!


so we headed into Old Town...



where they first met!





sooo cute! I think this is the one I'll give out to your friends so they can print them on shirts to wear at your bachelor party John!!! (oops- did I just write that 'OUT LOUD'????) hehe


if ya wanna check out the slideshow it's right here!
Scottsdale Engagement Photos of Carrie and John :0)


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Laura Siivola- Photographer.
Organic wedding and portrait photography based in the Phoenix and Scottsdale Arizona area.
laurasiivolaphotographer.com

The best picture ever!

I had a shoot his weekend with The Patterson Family :0)

Soooo... I was sorting through my images I just had to share this with you!!!





I absolutely love it!!!!!! hehe :0)
...more to come!


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Laura Siivola- Photographer.
Organic wedding and portrait photography based in the Phoenix Arizona area.
laurasiivolaphotographer.com

Textures in Images

I just had to post these final images! Once Trevor picked the ones he wanted to run with I was really able to get funky! :0P

Before the texture:


and after!


If you're interested in how to apply this technique to your images just check out this textures tutorial I wrote on the DPChallenge website. (and if you're interested in photography I highly suggest you check out that site, it is so fun and addicting!)




And I didn't use any textures on this one but I thought I could show you a cool before/after shot. Just scroll down to the my previous post to check out the straight from camera image :0)



AWESOME!!!!

Laura Siivola- Photographer.
Organic wedding and portrait photography based in the Phoenix Arizona area.
laurasiivolaphotographer.com

Phoenix musician- Trevor Pan! :0)

Woot! Trevor and I had an awesome shoot and by the way, you've got to check out his music! He told me about how he's just finished recording a CD and he needed to get some images for the cover. Such an exciting time for him!

After we talked a little bit I suggested doing a shoot somewhere in the desert and can you believe it- he actually designed and built this bungalow up at Taliesin West! So incredible!!!

Of course we had to use it as a backdrop! :0)





The lighting turned out awesome!


So serious! Erika and were trying to get him to laugh more...


Caught one! :0)


It was hot out there but it was so worth it! :0)

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Laura Siivola- Photographer.
Organic wedding and portrait photography based in the Phoenix Arizona area.
laurasiivolaphotographer.com

Karaoke anyone?

Ok, so now you know it, I'm a total karaoke nerd! hehe No making fun!!! :0P

I just had to blog this because it was too funny! The other night when a big storm came through my freind Carrie and I decided to go sing karaoke at our favorite hangout- The Grapevine! We always have a great time and get up on to dance as much as we can. When we came in we moseyed on over to a table next to the dance floor (our favorite spot!) and the floor was soaking wet from the rain! Anyhow- about five minutes later the waitress posts this 'keep off...' sign up. Carrie and I just laughed because we knew it was on account of us!
Then about ten minutes later Carrie's fiancé looks at us ad said- that sign wasn't there when we came in was it? Then we really started laughing! We had to take this camera phone picture (it's all we had with us!) just for fun :0)



No worries! We just moved aside some chairs and danced on the carpet right next to it! :0)


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Laura Siivola- Photographer.
Organic wedding and portrait photography based in the Phoenix Arizona area.
laurasiivolaphotographer.com

Jenna and Cody's wedding in Pinetop!

I had such a great time shooting with Kadie and Joe. Jenna and Cody were terribly cute and I love love loved their whole wedding!




While Kadie was shooting the girls getting ready, I snuck off and grabbed some detail shots!






Cody and Jenna (er... excuse me- Codenna! hehe) decided to meet before hand.


I love it when this happens! It give the bride and groom some alone time before the ceremony and everything seems to flow well. It eases nerves too! :0)




I have been dying to get a shot like this!








Ceremony time!




WOOT! Love it! :0)



Jenna was so fun twirling around in her dress :0)




So Thanks guys- I had an awesome time!!

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Laura Siivola- Photographer. Organic wedding and portrait photography based in the Phoenix Arizona area.
laurasiivolaphotographer.com