Sometimes everything just falls into place and you get married as the sun rises at the Grand Canyon. Not really! Every wedding takes specific planning. Even an elopement. And Raquel and Jarrod took that to heart!
In 2021, I was fortunate to once again photograph a whole bunch of weddings, elopements and engagements in places like the Grand Canyon, Sedona, Flagstaff, Horseshoe Bend, Tucson, the Phoenix area and the wine country in Northern California.
These two are having a baby! Pretty exciting stuff! So, they planned a little babymoon to Sedona and, while they were there, fit in a maternity shoot on the red rocks at Bell Rock.
Who says photo shoots are awkward? Almost everyone! But they really don’t have to be. They should be fun! Especially if you’re exploring the red rock vistas of Sedona, Arizona.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it many times more, proposing at the Grand Canyon is always pretty epic. And I’m not using that word lightly. Asking someone to marry you is a pretty big deal. But when you propose at the edge of the Canyon the moment sure does seem to take on even more importance.
Lynsey and John’s Sedona engagement session was scheduled for the day before Valentine’s day. We planned for a sunset session up on the the red rocks at Yavapai Overlook. But the weather wasn’t going to cooperate. Rain, thunder and lightning moved in and it just wasn’t going to work out. So we rescheduled to the next day and planned to meet before the sun came up so they could catch their plane back to New Jersey later that evening. This is one of those times when everything worked out despite a few obstacles.
Where should you propose to your favorite person of all time? Where do you ask someone to marry you? It’s a personal decision. Where ever you decide to propose, one option is to have a photographer on hand to document the momentous occasion.
The George family met me down in Oak Creek Canyon just north of Sedona for a family photography session towards the end of fall. Many of the trees in the canyon had already lost their leaves, but I know a good spot for late season fall colors.