Flagstaff summers… If you’ve never experienced them before, it’s worth packing up your car and making the two hour drive north for the day.  Or heck, go the weekend. The sound of the cool breeze blowing through the trees, and the fresh smell of pine that follows, the late afternoon rain storms and yellow wildflowers […]

Meet Hayley, Lauren and the charming bowtie-clad Chunk. This adorable little family of three is the best kind of happy. You’ll see just how much they genuinely light up while they’re together and the joy they radiate during their Dreamy Draw engagement session. As much as I love the little fur-ball in the middle, Hayley […]

The Shoot & Share Photo Contest is an International Photography Contest that is held annually at the beginning of each year. Hundreds of thousands of photos are submitted from over 150 countries and millions of votes are cast during the contests span, and there’s a reason for that. We can tell you from experience that […]

Even though we are Phoenix wedding photographers, we do enjoy a good trip up north to the city of Flagstaff where the air is clean and fresh, the temperature is somewhere in the double digits and precipitation actually makes an appearance. It’s glorious. It’s also the town where Doug and I met, so we tend […]

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in Anna’s tummy!! We are so incredibly thrilled to share this exciting blog post with you. Especially since the cat is officially out of the bag! :D We had to keep their Phoenix Lifestyle Baby Announcement photos under wraps, for obvious reasons, but we can […]

We’re just going to say this right now, up front, because it deserves to be mentioned first thing in this blog… Ashlyn & Nathan flew here from New Zealand. NEW ZEALAND. You know, the most beautiful country in the world with a 20 hour time difference. They are rockstars, we tell you. Because not only did they […]

He makes her laugh. The kind of laugh that’s contagious and makes it hard to hold the camera up to your face and focus on the playful yet quiet love between the two people in front of you. Doug and I made the two hour drive to visit Brian and Emily, stopping for some happy hour at the […]

  There’s an old photograph of Paige & Jake sitting down next to each other. Paige is dressed in a yellow top with faint blue flowers, and Jake, a grey sweatshirt. They are sitting on two small black plastic chairs and smiling for the photo being taken. A sign sits near their feet with little […]

Guys… this is a big deal for us. Something that we knew needed to happen but was kept on the back burner for so long that we couldn’t ignore it any longer. We’re changing our name… For those of you who know and (hopefully) love us, you probably refer to us as Brooke & Doug, your […]

  Small Business Saturday! It’s Small Business Saturday, an awesome day following Black Friday where local shops and businesses announce special, exclusive offers! It’s also a day that recognizes the importance of buying local. Something that we are striving to do more of for our holiday gift shopping this year. Because honestly, there are so […]