ENGAGEMENTS
Natalie and Branden are the absolute cutest and I loved exploring through Casa Rondeña Winery in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico to capture their incredible winter engagement photos. Natalie looked stunning in her mint blouse and jeans which balanced Branden’s sleek black long sleeve. I also loved the black dress with denim jacket and cowboy boots that Natalie chose for her next look. It looked great with Brandon’s maroon shirt! It was a little chilly outside, but they looked adorable snuggling up and sampling the wine made in house at Casa Rondeña Winery!
We went on a road trip for Kayla and Dillan’s summer engagement photos at the Jemez Red Rocks in Jemez, New Mexico. There are awesome forest-y areas in Jemez Springs that creates a stunning backdrop of beautiful greenery for gorgeous engagement photos.
Kayla and Dillan brought their little one, Luke, to take photos as a family of three to be! I loved that they all wore Converse sneakers with their cute summer outfits!
I loved working with Xamie and Nate on this incredible couples portrait session at the Alameda Bosque Open Space in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Our session started off with grey overcast skies that made for some moody portraits! Xamie’s blue dress and Nate’s outfit perfectly complimented the dry desert foliage of the bosque. Their boho winter outfits and their adorable energy truly made for some of my favorite couples portraits ever!
Ryan and Erica’s LGBTQ+ engagement photos at Old Town Farm in Albuquerque, New Mexico are a MUST SEE! Their engagement photos include rocking plaid shirts, their sweet fur baby, Riley (aka Rileypoo), as well as their love for Star Wars and Star Trek! Love love love!
It was a blustery day in Corrales, New Mexico, but the gloomy weather didn’t stop us from capturing Brei and Christian’s beautiful engagement photos. The love these two have for one another and the strong bond they have in their faith is truly incredible! I loved exploring the Corrales Bosque to photograph their gorgeous engagement session!
I was ecstatic when Aurora and Juan asked me to photograph their engagement sesh as well as their wedding day. I’ve photographed these cuties at several weddings I’ve photographed and I’ve been rooting for Aurora to get that proposal because we had both patiently waited years for our boo thangs to pop the question. Their outlook on life, passion for their careers, and love for one another is truly remarkable. They’re literally #couplegoals!..
We took a drive to the Sandia Rockhouse to capture Chris and Kymbrye’s beautiful engagement photos in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Chris and Kymbrye brought some serious cuteness for their epic engagement session! I love the rustic, cozy theme they chose for their amazing engagement session! They brought mugs with cocoa that Kymbrye hand wrote their adorable engagement hashtag (#MooneyBack) as well as yummy donuts from Rebel Donuts in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Documenting love stories is awesome in itself, but when you get to photograph the love fest of two of your besties is IN-FREAKING-IBLE! I absolutely love Sam, Joey, and their sweetie pie baby girl, Brynn. They are so much fun to be around, can dance up a storm at Dirty Bourbon, and are the kindest, most loving people I have ever met. When they asked me to capture their engagement photos, I knew we had to do something different and special for their sesh…
Natalie and Boots traveled all the way from the sunshine state for their beautiful Sunrise Engagement Photos at the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge in Taos, New Mexico. It was a chilly morning in Taos and we were all pretty frozen! It was 6 degree weather when we met at the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, but there is nothing in the world like seeing the sun rise at the gorge bridge in Taos. The golden light and cotton candy skies from the sunrise were absolutely gorgeous! Natalie and Boots had the perfect winter engagement outfit inspiration for these chilly sunrise engagement photos.
Tamara + Michael’s love story began when they met in college at the University of New Mexico. They both happened to be in the same math class. Tammy was always late to class, and she always sat by herself near the instructor. She usually kept to herself until one day she was blinded with a laser straight to the eye. Mike’s idea of flirting was putting a red laser on her face during lecture…
Alyssa and Sam are the sweetest couple ever! I absolutely loved exploring through the Corrales Bosque in Corrales, New Mexico for these beautiful engagement photos! Alyssa wore a lovely crystal crown by Diadema + Gloriam. Noel Dalton of The Vanity Makeup Studio did her makeup so flawlessly. I loved the yellow bohemian styled dress Alyssa chose for their engagement photos. The blue denim shirt and brown pants that Sam chose for his engagement outfit complimented Alyssa’s look to a T! In addition, Stephanie Yardman Floral Design designed the most dazzling showstopper of a bouquet for this incredible shoot. Alyssa was so excited when she saw the bouquet because sunflowers are her fave! <3
Jacque and Adan traveled from California to New Mexico and I had the honor of capturing some fabulous Albuquerque engagement photos for them while they were here! We explored throughout Old Town Albuquerque on a beautiful spring afternoon. It was true that April showers brings May flowers because the roses were in full bloom which made for some romantic engagement photo inspiration!
I captured Wyndra + Matt’s engagement session on a rainy spring morning in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. Most of my engagement sessions are outdoors with the New Mexico landscapes as the backdrop, but Wyndra + Matt opted for a cozy in home session + I was ALL for it. Capturing their beautiful love story in their aesthetically gorgeous home with their cutie pie fur babies? YES PLEASE!..
Spring in Taos, New Mexico is out of this world beautiful (especially because sometimes spring starts late due to the snow!). Mother Nature blessed us with a gorgeous spring morning for Jenea and Daniel’s sunrise engagement session in Taos, New Mexico. The morning light rising above the Sangre de Cristo mountains is a beautiful sight to see especially from Overland Sheepskin Co. in Taos, New Mexico…
I had a blast photographing Marvin + Brianna’s adorable engagement photos at the Elena Gallegos Open Space in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The beautiful golden light the shines through the desert area of Elena Gallegos Open Space will seriously have you like Goldmember in Austin Powers loving GOLD…
I had a great time capturing Brieanna and Josh’s rustic sunrise Corrales Engagement Photos at the Corrales Bosque in Corrales, New Mexico. There’s truly nothing like the view of the Sandia Mountains from this scenic area in Corrales, New Mexico. It was hard for me not to share every. single. image from their epic sunrise session…
For as long as I’ve known Carra, I’ve known of her grand love for adventure and her love for her family. So when she told me I would be capturing the love that her and Luke (her fiance) have for one another at her family’s property in scenic Arroyo Seco, New Mexico I was seriously SO STOKED. Especially because documenting their love in the snow that had just fallen in Taos was the perfect start to kick off the new year!..
Jade and Steve flew all the way from Florida and traveled to Taos, New Mexico to visit family. I was truly lucky to document their love while they visited Taos, New Mexico. I had a blast taking engagement photos with them at Bent Street in Taos as well as Overland Sheepskin Co…
There’s nothing like a sunrise in Taos, New Mexico, that’s for sure! So when Joelle and Cal were up for taking their Taos engagement photos at sunrise, I was super stoked! We had a morning filled with love, laughter, and exploring downtown Taos and the historic Taos Plaza. Bent Street of Taos, New Mexico was quite a stunning location to take incredible engagement photos at in Taos, NM. We also traveled to Overland Sheepskin Co. in El Prado, New Mexico to capture some more sunrise engagement photos with the beauty if the Sangre de Cristo mountains as an extraordinary backdrop. These were some of the most beautiful summer engagement photos I have ever taken!
Emily and Ben’s engagement session at the ever so amazing Cattails Golf Course in Alamosa, Colorado was freaking EPIC. I am seriously in love with Colorado, but there is just something truly special about Alamosa. The town is small, but the scenery is beyond beautiful. Cattails Golf Course is not only an a fantastic place to play golf, but it is a super rad location to take your engagement photos at…
I loved Kristina’s beautiful pink dress and Mitch’s rustic yet classy outfit. Talk about engagement photo inspiration! We then traveled to Mesilla, New Mexico to capture their love fest in the La Plaza de Mesilla as well as in front of the Basilica San Albino Catholic Church. Mesilla is a gorgeous little town to capture engagement photos in and I had a blast with Kristina and Mitch (as well as their cute little corgi pup)!
If you’ve never been to Golden, Colorado, I highly recommend taking a day to spend time in this glorious little town. Emily and Justin chose Golden, Colorado as their location for their stunning engagement session because this is where Justin attended college. There are so many awesome areas to take beautiful engagement photos in Golden, CO and I loved exploring every inch of this fabulous place!
I was stoked as all hell when Aaron sent me a Facebook message asking me to capture his proposal to his longtime girlfriend, Michele. Michele knew a proposal from Aaron was coming so Aaron thought if he sent her on any sort of scavenger hunt or had her meet him somewhere, she would definitely take the hint and know what was going on. So Aaron proposed the idea of having me message Michele asking her if I could take some photos of just me and her for a project I was doing…
I had a blast capturing Kari + Brandon’s beautiful New Mexico engagement photos in Las Cruces, New Mexico as well as Albuquerque, New Mexico! As a traveling New Mexico engagement photographer, I get to travel throughout the state to capture some incredible engagement photos — Kari and Brandon’s are still some of my all time faves to date.
I had an absolute amazing time capturing Amanda and Justin’s Albuquerque engagement photos in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico as well as at the Pueblo Montaño Open Space on the northwest side of Albuquerque, New Mexico…
Suzie and Cruz chose the perfect fall engagement outfits for their Santa Fe engagement photos. You can never go wrong with cute brown boots and a blue lace dress! Cruz completed the rustic engagement look with a blue checkered button up and jeans. I love when the aspens change color in fall and there’s nothing like the view of it at Hyde Memorial State Park in Santa Fe, New Mexico!
Kymbrye and Chris brought their pups, Myridian and Bandit along for their shoot and they are seriously the sweetest model dogs ever! They all looked so picture perfect together for some insanely beautiful family photos at Carlitos Springs in Cedar Crest, New Mexico.
Isamar’s adorable blue tulle skirt complimented Rafael’s outfit perfectly and his red sneakers were the perfect pop of color! Their engagement session was filled with laughter, snuggles, and fun! We were also blessed with a beautiful New Mexico sunset which was the perfect ending to their engagement photo session.
Capturing Alicia and Joshua’s beautiful engagement photos in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico was so much fun! Downtown Albuquerque has so much scenic areas that make for awesome photos! We explored the city and had such a fun time together! Alicia and Joshua are beautiful and the sweetest souls ever. Their love is so beautiful and the photos from their downtown Albuquerque engagement session are absolutely lovely!..
Xamie and Nate’s engagement photos at the University of New Mexico Main Campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico was truly fabulous! Exploring the UNM Campus and taking the cutest New Years Eve engagement photos of Xamie and Nate was the perfect way to end the decade! I love the beautiful teal dress Xamie chose for the photos and loved Nate’s outfits that perfectly paired with both of their looks!