Backyard Sessions :: Elizabeth

Elizabeth is one of those people that you wish you could be like, but as close as you can get to that is being able to call them one of your best friends. We had been wanting to do a shoot together for some time and finally we had a weekend that could work for both of us. It was the first "shoot swap" that I have done, Elizabeth took photos of me, and I did these of her. I was MUCH more comfortable behind the camera than in front of it, to say the least. I was glad though for the experience. It gave me a renewed appreciation for those who I shoot that are able to be so natural and comfortable and make my job easy! Elizabeth was no exception, she was amazing. "I love you Lizbeth!"

A. Christine

Taliesin West :: Scottsdale, AZ

I had the opportunity to visit my aunt and uncle in Phoenix, Arizona this past month. I am ready to go back. It was a crazy-fun four day adventure. The activity never stopped and even on the very day that I was to fly home, Aunt Tricia and I visited a place that I really wanted to see and photograph -- Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona. Amazingly beautiful place. It was built in 1937 as a Wright's winter home, studio, and also an architectural campus.

We were not able to tour the place (just leaves me something to do for next time I visit), because my flight was leaving at 1:40 (really 1:20, but that's a whole other story...ask me how I like flying standby) and the scheduled tour would not be over in time. Also you are not allowed to wander around the grounds unattended, so we went as far we could and I got a few photos of the place. I look forward to going back sometime and seeing inside.









So this is where we were being horrible tourists and tried to sneak in with the group going in. I wasn't very sneaky, because my camera is too loud and I take too many pictures. But we almost made it, until the tour guide lady said as she was leading the group into the first building, "You will all have green bracelets to show you are a part of this tour." Oooo, we don't have one of those...