Introducing Arwen and Aaryn

Arwen is Lee Champion's (see previous post) daughter. After Lee and Rick's wedding at the La Fonda in Santa Fe we hit the town to shoot Arwen and Aaryn's engagement sitting. Their wedding is in August in Pecos, NM. We set out on foot and walked across the plaza to Casa Sena.




Arwen and Aaryn have shared many a pizza at the Atomic Grill so we went there next.

Lee and Rick - The Wedding

We first met Lee at a bridal fair and we all just hit it off! She and Rick are just an amazing couple and, as you have seen from the past blog entires we've already had a lot of fun together. Rick and I decided to shoot this wedding together - totally candid. It was a bit of a departure from the norm and we loved it! The wedding was on May 18 at the La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe.

Aprille and Eric - The Wedding

...and what a beautiful wedding it was! The ceremony was at the Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin Mary Church and I have never seen a bride whose dress actually complimented this church better than Aprille. Admittedly I do have a tendency to get carried away when shooting photos of the bride. ;-) After the wedding we went to the UNM Duck Pond for another session of just the bride and groom. I did not photograph the reception on this one but if it was anything like the rest of the day I imagine they had a blast!




See what I mean? She is traditionally fantastic!




I discovered along the way that Aprille and Eric wanted to go to the duck pond because they have emotional attachments to several of the trees there. This is Aprille and Eric under their favorite Willow Tree. You would never guess there was a graduation ceremony and hundreds of people milling about right behind them!


...under their favorite Cotton Wood tree. Does it get any better than this???


Thank you Aprille and Eric for making me a part of your Special Day!

-DeAnna Dimmitt
Dry Heat Photography

Introducing Brittany and Chase

Last night we met Brittany and Chase at the UNM Duckpond for their engagement session! Brittany also has a bridal session coming up in about a month and their wedding is in July.

Brittany and Chase are a special couple with the distinct honor of being the very first bride and groom to reserve a wedding date with Dry Heat Photography. It was many moons ago and the meeting didn't involve official items like sample albums and brochures but based on the strength of the images I shot at Brittany's sister Brook's wedding (and don't forget Clint!), they had no qualms about making the deal official. Thank you Brittany and Chase, and to all our clients, for helping us make Dry Heat Photography a reality!

Introducing Peggy and Patrick

Last night we met Peggy and Patrick at a pizza restaurant and followed them down to the Bosque for their Engagement session. This session definitely did not go as planned but in the end it was well above our expectations. No sooner did we get out of our vehicles when the rain started to pour. At first we thought "well maybe it won't be that bad" but after about two minutes we all agreed that, in fact, it was that bad. Rather than going home to pout about it the four of us decided to go back to the pizza place for a pizza and beer dinner. As it turns out the front dining room is all windows and the light was fantastic so out came all the cameras again. There was a fantastic mural on the wall and it made the perfect backdrop for Peggy and Patrick sharing a beer. Later, after we had devoured all the pizza and garlic bread we could hold, the rain had stopped and after a short discussion it was decided to return to the river and resume the session. Just goes to show you never know what's going to happen.


Here's a fun little story about how they met...

I met Patrick about a month after I moved back to Albuquerque in 2003. Patrick's dad was my mentor and introduced me to Patrick. While Patrick and I work for the same company at the time he worked in a different building so I knew who he was but never really talked to him. He came with his dad to help a friend of mine move and we got to talking and the rest is history. He proposed in January of 2007 in the middle of the night in front of all of our close friends during a game night. He decided the moment was right and just did it, but he didn't have the ring. A friend of ours took him home to get the ring then came back and proposed again. It was a great night! We will be getting married in July and I cannot wait to begin our new lives together and start a family.
~Peggy