Vanessa & TJ are the definition of a “cute couple”.  We had so much fun getting to know them while shooting their bridal session and wedding last week!  They both live in Utah so we didn’t actually get the chance to meet until the beginning of their session on Friday, but that didn’t stop the four of us from hitting it off!  They met and started dating in high school while they were both living in Arizona and then went off to college together in Utah.  Being high school sweethearts ourselves, we liked them immediately :-)  We met up at Scottsdale Civic Plaza to wander around old town Scottsdale for their bridal portraits.  They had mentioned to us on the phone that they were really nervous about being photographed . . . and of course, once they were out posing for us we discovered that they were total naturals!  I mean seriously, look at these two – they’re adorable!  And so in love . . . all we had to do was tell these two lovebirds to focus on each other and capturing great images was a piece of cake!  Here are some of our favorites from their session:

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So cute!  Vanessa only has eyes for TJ :-)

Vanessa is a florist and did all the flowers for their wedding.  They turned out awesome!  I just loved the bright, fun color palette.  It totally fit their personalities.

Love this portrait Ryan shot of Vanessa . . .

While I was shooting from up here.

Love it!

The handsome groom :-)

That’s right, these two are so HOT they have to hang out in the fire lane!

What an adorable pair :-) It’s no wonder they were High School Prom King and Queen.  Talk about meant to be.

Love the great connection between them in this one.

Not sure I can even say why, but I think this one is my favorite :-)

We totally love it when our grooms go outside the traditional black tux . . . TJ rocked it with his gray suit!

Work it!

I’ll never know how he always manages to do this so well, but Ryan basically just set his camera on the ground in front of them and nailed this next shot.  I totally love that TJ’s carrying her dress in it too.  He was super sweet and worked so hard to make sure she would be nice and clean for the big day on Saturday.  You’ve got a keeper there Vanessa!

We scored some beautiful soft light towards the end of their session.  It makes this shot so warm and yummy :-)

I think this last one pretty much sums it up . . .

To Vanessa & TJ: Thanks so much for making our jobs so easy!  And for everyone else, there’s a lot more of this cute couple coming to the blog very soon!