e-session | Brandy & Grady & Dom...

Dom Perringom that is! These two were crazy about champagne. Quick--er- long--interlude story...So as a good photojournalist I arrived in the "area" of my photo shoot about an hour and a half early... YES! Just enough time to hit the In and Out Burger. One burger (animal style), fries and a strawberry milkshake later, I roll north back to Carefree, AZ (north.... NORTH Scottsdale) to discover the location we'll be shooting at. Mind you I left enough time to arrive about 20 minutes prior to our appointment for scouting purposes. Here's where I remind myself NEVER EVER fully trust the directions you get from (1) a newspaper reporter or (2 )from Mapquest. Always consult a real map. So anyway, I was in my awesome paid-off AWD Subaru wagon zipping along some dirt road in the desert that map quest told me to take. Unlike back country Georgia, there was a sign... so I'm zipping around thinking "holy smokes" this is gorgeous country. Picture the desert before the strip malls, the cookie cutter houses, think Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin West circa 1940. THIS is where I was. Ah! The old West... huge cactus, jackrabbits, tumbleweeds and gorgeous views without even the slightest hint of a green golf course or Target-Greatland. But wait, I was looking for said "golf club" and realized that now I was 10 minutes into this dirt-road-desert-bliss-mode and 7 minutes from our appointment. So what does an adventure gal like me do? Well, I got to the highest dirt mound I could find and spotted said club in the distance and I took a right on a rambling dirt road to get there. Certainly, one of these roads will get me close, right? WRONG. Needless to say, I had to backtrack through my beloved desert-side and go one more street down the main road to find a paved road to my destination (incidentially, I cannot COUNT the number of times this happened on assignment for the newspaper) Taking paved roads was not as romantic and fun, but alas it got me there... and only 5 minutes late to boot. Awaiting me was the very friendly Grady and radiant Brandy and a great bottle of Champagne. I was liking these folks already. Clients: take notes, bring a bottle of anything to loosen you up, it makes you look happier :) But also, don't try to pry a Champagne bottle out of this couple's vice grip. They are not kidding about their bubbly! Gorgeous club, fun couple! I can't wait to shoot their intimate wedding next Thursday and reception on Saturday. Enjoy these images.
P.S. Grady & Brandy live in California, and choose to do the e-session close to the wedding date, but normally I shoot e-sessions closer to the engagement...

location: The Golf Club Scottsdale