Family Photography If these two twins don’t melt your heart nothing will. Not only are they sweet but man-o-man can they pose!                                                                                ...

Family Photography Beth’s adorable three kids made this session a piece of cake!                                                                                           ...

Family Photography I love Anne and Eric’s parenting style. They always seem so relaxed and laid back with the kids and I hope when I have teens and pre-teens that I can be even a little like them.                                               ...

Arizona and California Family Photography Julie’s family is another favorite of mine. I’ve been shooting her family photos for the last four or five years and I always love it.                                                    ...

Family Portrait Photography Okay, every year I make a trek out to see my cousins Greg and Rebecca in California. Well, at least that’s how it started. The first year out I shot their family photos and a those of a few friends. It was fun and an easy way to pay for the trip. In the years...

California Family Photography I’ve been lucky enough to be hanging out with Liz’s family for the last four years and yet I’m still surprised each year how old the kids are getting! Sometimes I just want time to hold still for a minute so they’ll stop growing up on...

Family Photography “I love shooting families.” Whenever I tell that to someone asking me about my job I get strange looks. “With my camera” And I love Patti’s family, they are lighthearted and authentic and I couldn’t ask for anything more in a client and...

It’s finally cooling down here in Arizona. Last night we turned on the lights in our big backyard tree and I let my little boys and two of their cousins loose back there. They were drawn to the tree like it was...

I’m cleaning house a little today. Backing up old pictures and I came across these. We took these back in January with my family. Family photos with my family is always fun (stressful). It goes something like this. Darby pick a place where we can do family photos. (I have six siblings....

Not mine! Our good friends and neighbors welcomed their new baby  yesterday. I was able to steal away for a few minutes to visit them and snap a couple of photos. Big sister Camryn meeting her little sister for the first time.            ...

Arizona Wedding Engagement Photos I am really excited for Riette and Jason’s wedding next year. Not only are they really fun to hang out with but they are getting married at one of my favorite venues the Bentley Projects! And, wait for it, her coordinator is one of my ultimate faves,...

Allison is one of my dearest friends and asked me a while back to take a few new head shots for her. I said sure thing, but you have to bring me lunch. She did and here they are!             ...

I hope your Thursday is as wonderful and boring as mine is! We took a trip to the carwash. I bet you don’t have this much fun at a carwash. And we went to a little slide ride in the backyard.    ...

I love showing off a fun album design every now and then! Check out this fun one from Rachel and David’s wedding from the awesome Regale! at DC Ranch Market Place in Scottsdale.   ...

My niece was over. She’s wild.  

Today I’m thankful for Jonathan, my husband. Not only is he pretty funny, but he’s laid back, nice, hardworking and a fantastic father. He also runs a very fun blog called Lightning Octopus which covers and is a big part of the indie nerd culture in Arizona. If you like fun geeky...

Sometimes I like to go out and location scout. It’s not that I find tons of locations each time, but over the years I’ve slowly built up a really great resource of places to shoot in Arizona. If you are ever interested you can see what I have to offer over at Arizona Photo...

Arizona Company Headshots I always love the opportunity to work with local and fantastic Arizona companies. I’ve done work with the Flores Capital group in the past and was please to be able to shoot with them again. If your company needs new headshots you can reach me at darby {at}...

Arizona Family Photographer Jack. He’s all boy mixed with a little obsession for cleaning. There’s nothing wrong with that. Actually Jack has become quite funny. We were talking and teasing about who went to pre-school now. His favorite was that his mom goes to pre-school and he...

Arizona Children’s Photographer I loved shooting with Lucy. She’s fun, wild and really just wanted to run away from me. She’s also a very sweet and funny little 18 month old. Isn’t her red hair to die for? My kids will never look that cute in simple ponytails...