Sarah and RJ | Chapel of the Holy Dove | Flagstaff, AZ

If you are getting married in Flagstaff in late July or August, it will most likely rain on your parade. Right now we are in the "monsoon" season. It rains heavily for a few hours every afternoon. This is not always a horrible thing... but Saturday August 16 it rained ALL afternoon and evening, definitely putting a damper on Sarah and RJ's wedding. Luckily they got married in the Chapel of the Holy Dove, which is a tiny little public chapel with a great view of the peaks (if it's not raining). I was really looking forward to my lovely bride and groom in a beautiful field of sunflowers with the peaks as a backdrop. No such luck!

Sunflowers are native wildflowers here but they only bloom once during the entire year and this year they are ENORMOUS. I convinced Sarah and RJ to go back out with me on Monday, but you guessed it, more rain, yet we found some sunflowers and sunshine to go with 'em. I also shot them in the studio, just in case the rain didn't let up for us a second time.

Here are a few favorites from this event... slideshow will post after I finish this summer's kids, babies, and one last summer wedding edit.