Melissa and Matt's Wedding at The Westward Look Hotel

Well, this post has been a long time coming! I had a great time shooting alongside Sergio last spring and I'm so glad I drove down because he is a lighting guru!! :0)

The ceremony took place at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church and the reception at The Westward Look Hotel

I'm posting these in no particular order and since I was helping Sergio with the light stick you'll notice there's no reception photos from me. It was great doing something different for a change. Thanks for having me!
















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

Scottsdale Wedding Photographer | Favorite Parasols

Need I say more? As shot for the always fun Kristie! :0)




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

Brad & Andrea's Wedding at DC Ranch in Scottsdale

Brad and Andrea had a super relaxed wedding at DC Ranch in Scottsdale- it was a brunch type of deal and that left of tons of time to take the fun bride and groom shoots I love!

I shot this with Kadie Pangburn, an awesome photographer down in Tucson- I love Kadie!! :0)

The Girls got ready at Dolce Salon in Scottsdale- sooo colorful, I love it!



The food was so pretty!!! I think I must have taken a million shots of the appetizers alone!





I just love Jewish weddings because of all the tradition and of course the Jewish reception for all the fun dance shots of the hora you can get! :0)













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

Green Saturday- Eco Wedding Dresses

I'm sure there are tons out there in your own neck of the woods, but I just found this site for used wedding dresses!

Love this idea because it's not only green but it's way cheaper to buy used! (Especially on something high dollar like the dress) :0)

check this store out!

http://www.encorebridal.com/index.php

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

Scottsdale Wedding Photography | Favorite Shoes

Ok, ok... favorite underneath of the shoes! :0P



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

Green Saturday- Eco Friendly Defined

I was shopping around for a recycled DVD option for when I give my clients a CD of images and came across this, which I thought was a great blurb about what some of the recycled jargon means!

(FYI, I took it straight from this site- http://www.ideareplication.com/eco_DigiPak.shtml)


What does it really mean?

Post-consumer waste:

This is waste from paper or board products that have completed their usefulness as a consumer item and have been collected through recycling programs. From an environmental perspective, the more post-consumer waste a recycled product contains, the better.

Recycled paper or board:

This contains wood fiber from paper or board that has been used before and recuperated. It can be a combination of pre-consumer waste (scraps and trimming from the paper manufacturing process), post-consumer waste and virgin fiber.

Biodegradable:

A biodegradable product that decomposes naturally, broken down by other living organisms such as fungi, algae or bacteria.


Unfortunately I'm not finding any options for recycled DVD cases out there on a consumer level. So if anyone hears anything let me know!!! :0)

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

Scottsdale Wedding Photographer | Favorite First Kiss

Just decided to keep up with my blogging in a new way. :0)

However much I want to put all my favorite images on my website I can't fit them all!!! So I'm going to do it on my blog. I mean I am a photographer and not much of a writer. So be on the lookout for more faves and less text!! hehe

And without further ado...


Favorite First Kiss :0)



As shot for Kristie! :0)

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

Green Saturday- Eco Friendly Favors!

There are so many great ideas for green favors, but I have to share this one with you!

Tree Seedling Wedding Favors

They even have a do it yourself favor package to buy. I'm not sure I like how they come (in a plastic little tube) but it looks like they have other options as well! Check them out if you're thinking about ways to go green for your wedding! :0)

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

Green Saturday- Eco Friendly Wedding Rings

Just getting back into the swing of things and here I am talking about eco-friendly wedding ideas again!

I found this very cool site- Brilliant Earth and you can design your own engagement ring online! Of course they are all conflict free but they take it a step further and use renewed metals~ isn't that awesome!??

And of course I get to use this post to show off this image as shot for Kristie- my most favorite recent ring shot!






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

Zach and Lilian's Mesa Wedding

Zach and Lilian were married at the Mesa Arizona LDS Temple so you may know that I won't have any images from their ceremony- but as you can see that didn't mean we didn't have a blast with lots of fun pictures afterward!!! :0)











I think I may have mentioned this previously about your engagement photos but you guys really are stinkin' cute!!! :0)


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

Paul and Leesa's Phoenix Wedding Photos

Woot! I know it's been a while but now I'm back in the swing of things and here are the long awaited photos from Paul and Leesa's wedding!

Leesa looked Ah-mazing (need I say more?...)


the boys showing off their skills! hehe


gotta get those details :0)


and if I haven't mentioned they are just an eeety bit of Cardinal fans :0P


da rings ( they don't day da cardinals, do they? hmmm...)


I was soooo hoping this image would turn out at a smaller size like this, and it did!!! You can see the tear running down her cheek & she was so darn cute!!




They had a completely fun reception!



And then I had to take them outside for just a bit so I could get some of those classic nighttime shots :0)



Thank you for letting me be a part of your day- it was awesome!!!!! :0)

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

A Completely Brilliant Summer! :0)

At the beginning of the summer I was so busy but I kept thinking... I haven't blogged, I haven't blogged! But I made a decision. Why worry about blogging when I'm having such a great summer with my kids!?! So I decided I'd have a brilliant summer and worry about blogs some other time. :0)

So what did we do???

Played in the sprinklers of course!

and chased rainbows...


found quite a few bugs!


we even jumped for joy! (why not!!)


and look, I'm even IN one picture!!!!


It was awesome! ...And I don't feel bad one tiny little bit! :0)