Jessa & Ryan's Wedding

A couple of weeks ago I had the honor of photographing my neighbors' wedding. Jessa & Ryan got married in Curtis Canyon in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. They basically took the entire campground area and transformed it into a beautiful wedding site and reception area -- band and all! There was great food, beautiful weather, dancing, and lots of love to go around. Congratulations again, you two!

Here are a few of my favorite photos from the day:

New Website!

I have spent countless hours doing an overhaul on my website. I had an idea for a new logo and decided to work it out in Photoshop. Hope you enjoy the new look!

Falling into Fall

It's time, ladies and gentlemen, to take the plunge. Change is here. It's not only obvious in the extremely dry air quality, but the visually stimulating display of the leaves here in Jackson Hole. Yesterday my wonderful friend Laura and I took the 11.5 mile trek up Granite Canyon to the top of the tram. We were treated with everything beautiful that this time of year has to offer. Hope the season is magical for you as well.

Loving this...

Nature's artwork...in the form of Aspens.

Granite Canyon.

Victory photo at the top of the tram. 11.5 miles!

Being a Tourist for a Week

Yellowstone is like one of those uber-touristy places that you never go to if you live in Wyoming. It's like when I lived in Phoenix, I went to the Grand Canyon maybe three times in my whole 18 years of upbringing. Nevertheless, we should all try to take advantage of these beautiful places nearby while we have the chance. Last weekend I had a good excuse -- my parents were in town! I took some time off of work to show them the ins and outs of Jackson Hole. We hiked around Phelps Lake, rode the tram at JHMR, and then spent about 12 hours in the car exploring Yellowstone. I feel like everybody needs to be a tourist every once in a while :)

Beaches of Phelps Lake.

Butterfly Love.

Mom & Dad at the top of Rendezvous Mountain.

Bison herd near Old Faithful.

Sunrise in the Tetons

Yesterday morning I finally got up early enough to get out and take some photos of the beautiful sunrise. I love it here...

Cunningham Cabin.

The famous barn on Mormon Row with the Grand Teton.

Mormon Row & the Tetons.

One of the many bison I encountered that morning.

Cliff jumping, fire twirling, and red hills.

I had kind of a killer work schedule this past week so I had to try and squeeze in the fun before work, in between shifts, etc. Last Friday we went out to the Kelly cliffs to do a little jumping. The river comes at the cliffs in a near 90-degree angle, digging away at the river bottom, making it thankfully deep enough for some sweet cliff drops. Too far to the left or right though, and you'll be eating washed stones...

Robin taking the plunge.

David getting crazy.

David, climbing up the 5.8 pitch rock to jump again!

On Monday evening, David and I continued to drive down the crazy dirt track that is the Gros Ventre Road, and met up with some spectacular red hills, Sedona style.

Gros Ventre Red Hills.


Sedona's red rocks...so beautiful!

Looking back towards the road entrance, the Tetons loomed in the mist over the farms in the valley.

Magical Tetons.

We picked a campsite next to Crystal Creek and set up shop around sunset. It was a beautiful evening.

Not a bad room for the evening.

Sunset on Crystal Creek.

The full moon greeted us early in the evening, providing magical light through the trees.

These next few images are the product of getting creative with fire. For any that know me but don't know this, I used to be a baton twirler in college and I twirled fire on a regular basis...well Monday night seemed like a good time to pick it up again :)

David's fire explosion!

Well that's all for adventures for now. I am in the start of a three day weekend and ECSTATIC about it! Backpacking for the rest of the weekend. Much love ♥