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Smart/Collins Portrait Session: Mesa Center for the Arts

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Meghan & Matt recently came to us with a complaint about their wedding photos.  There were so many photos that they loved that they had a hard time choosing which ones to display in their home.  So they kind of ended up EVERYWHERE, to the point where their family and friends started to give them a hard time about it!  (Terrible problem to have, right? Too many adorable photos of yourselves! LOL!)  So to help remedy this very issue they decided that they needed to get some updated family photos done.  Enter their favorite husband & wife photography team – US!  So last Sunday we met Matt, Meghan and her sisters Erryn, Molly & Lydia at the Mesa Center for the Arts for a super fun photo session!  It’s not too often that OUR sides hurt after shooting a portrait session, but this was definitely one of those times.  Talk about a fun group!  Lots and lots of laugher and love in this very special family.

(Please sign the guestbook if you’d like to be notifed when the rest of their photos are online.)

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Training for the silly face championships is a lot of work, but sometimes a family’s gotta do, what a family’s gotta do.

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Great lines + adorable subjects = awesome photo

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Every time we’d tell the girls to put their hands on their hips, Matt would do it to and we kept giving him a hard time about it.  It’s fun to make Matt feel silly :-)  We love that guy!

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Time for some sisterly love :-)

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How cute are they?  I just love all the interactions happening in this one.

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We said “fierce” and they pulled it off, big time.  Ryan mentioned that this shot could work for their album cover and suddenly . . .

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… a pretty serious “Air Guitar” band was born!  HILLARIOUS!

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They came up with the super cute idea to do a bunch of “Brady Bunch” themed headshots.  It was a bit of a challenge since we were about 3 family members short of a traditional “bunch”, but the results are pretty fun regardless.

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This is one group that can laugh their way through anything.

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The Beatles fans of the world will appreciate our little Abbey Road throwback :-)

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Love the colors in this next one :-)

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Meghan & Matt also wanted to do some updated shots of them.  How cute are they?  Just as adorable and in love as their wedding day (sigh).  Man, we’ve got an awesome job.

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It doesn’t get much better than shooting these two.

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Showing off a little rawr on the catwalk!

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Thanks Matt, Meghan, Erryn, Molly & Lydia for such a fun time!  We had a blast hanging out and laughing with you guys.  Can’t wait to see lots of these up on your walls :-)

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  1. Liz B

    What a lovely, crazy, wonderful,terrific family. And as always the photos are super. Such a delight to see!

  2. Meghan

    Wow! We LOVE THEM!!! I knew you guys were great at wedding photos, but I also love the family shots. Thanks for working with us (even in 100+ degree weather). The Abbey Road shot is perfect :) Brady bunch shot turned out really great too! Thanks!!

  3. Joanna Schneider

    Great photos but they could wear bin liners and still look great to me! From their very very proud aunt Jo Jo from England.

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