What started out as a random idea that was stirring in our brains turned into one of the craziest weekends R2 has ever had.  And when I say crazy, I mean CRAZY!!! R2 was really getting discouraged with the lack of time we have with our couples on their wedding day….we can rock out some amazing photos on THE day, BUT what if we did it on our terms.  R2 terms!  Let’s take an R2 couple, hire a professional make-up artist, a bad A** hairstylist, rock a wedding dress and shoot where WE (R2) want to shoot.  And that is exactly what we did this past weekend.

 

Everyone started arriving at 7pm in Flagstaff-some drove up after work, some flew in from all around, and we had a party brewing.  It was kind of like a crazy “Real World” episode w/o the fighting.  Beer, appetizers, a skype session with 2 missing brides (one whose screen kept freezing) & some crazy cussing (Shawn???) made for an amazing first night!

 

We handed out all of our hair/concept shoot ideas,everyone was introduced & it was an immediate R2 family! After several hours of laughing so hard our cheeks were falling off-we all decided to go to bed since our shoot was starting at 7AM the next morning!

 

The next morning came fast, and was filled with nerves (could we actually pull all of this off), excitement (can we actually pull all of this off), and stress (could we actually pull all of this off).  Get the picture? Our plan was to shoot 7 couples, one hour for each, plus add hair & make-up.  We not only did it….but we rocked it with the help of some amazing people!  Lenea from Lenea Sadler Make-up blew us away with her crazy skills, and Tanya Moreno-from Faces by Tanya finished the look with some amazing hair styles! We also had an amazing assistant who ran around like crazy for us, had some issues with allergies when we shot at the barn, and got even more buff holding up our crazy lighting…Amanda from Images by Amanda. Enjoy checking out some our favorites that we captured for our Vogue shoot.

 

We started with Brittany (some of you may recognize her from the car wash Trash the Dress) She rocked it solo for this shoot-while Derrick stayed behind the scenes for this shoot.  She showed up at 7AM and started the process.  She was the 1st shoot of the morning.  We took her to a Semi-Truck Graveyard and here is what we got…….

 

Next up was Heather & Dustin…..they rocked the Hardcore/sexy/rocker look. We took them to a tiny little truck stop that was abandoned….here is what we rocked for them!

 

 

 

After this we took our Minnesota bride (Tara) and dolled her up. Barn style….okay not po-dunk barn but R2 barn!  With some amazing hair/make-up, amazing light and the beautiful Tara here is what we were able to capture…..

Next up was our most dangerous shoot of the day….the lava rocks!  Wendy & Justin nailed this shoot!  I wish I would have taken video so you could see the effort it took to pull this one off, but you wouldn’t know by how calm Wendy looks in these photos.  This is our edgy & beautiful shoot we were able to make come to life…….

Shannel & Michael flew in from LA just to hang with us cool people, and I suppose, to get some amazing pics!  One thing I learned about Michael this trip was….he doesn’t like beer but LOVES Cognac!  Really!  Good thing I had a bottle in my “drink stash” P.S.- I think it is the most disgusting liquor I have EVER bought!  A crazy couple w/the craziest look….you have to check this out!…..

Second to last was the amazingly beautiful Myndi & Dennis-we knew exactly where we wanted to take them….dead forest & cinder pit.  Sounds lovely right?  We think you will change your mind when you see these romantic shots…..

Finally our craziest couple of the night!  Sarah & Shawn….we had this downtown light theme planned for them & even had some luck when we bumped into the manager who let us on the rooftop of the Monte V here in Flagstaff.  This hotel is rumored to be haunted….we didn’t see anything but did manage to capture some of the sexiest shots of the day…….

After this shoot we went to get some amazing food and drinks at Big Foot BBQ!  YUM! We were ALL pretty exhausted but really didn’t want the night to end…here we are with our bellies full of deliciousness!

The next morning Robin & I woke up early and started editing…everyone was showing up at 2pm to check out the photos we had taken the day previous….we grilled, had more to drink and showed them the slideshow!  We also gave our couples a tiny little gift to thank them before they headed back to their homes.

 

We loved this weekend so much that we are ready to do this again!  If any of our R2 peeps want to add this to their wedding package we can totally hook you up!  Just shoot us an email and lets chat it up!

Here is to a great weekend, great friends, amazing memories & some freakin mad skills!

<3 R & R

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