Shannon and Bob Padilla

I would like to share with you some of the shots taken this past Saturday at the wedding of Shannon and Bob Padilla. The wedding and reception were held at Garduno's on the Green.

Shannon and the ladies spent the morning getting ready at the Marriott Pyramid. I arrived there to take some shots before the wedding, and the spring flowers helped make the perfect background.

The sunset was beautiful last Saturday too. This was taken right after the wedding. What a happy couple!

I don't usually include reception shots on the web, but I think this one is noteworthy. This was taken as the bride was tossing her bouquet to the single ladies. Take a look at the woman in the front. When I took this shot I thought she dove for the bouquet!!

Later on, I found out that she was pushed from behind, and I really had to applaud her great sense of humor and how she handled the entire situation with a smile and laugh.

(Too bad she didn't wind up with it after all that effort. The little girl to her right took it home!!)

Thank you Shannon and Bob for a great evening. I had a blast photographing your wedding, and I wish you both all the happiness in the world!

-Angela Gaeto, Dry Heat Photography

Introducing Laura Donnelly

Hi Everyone,

This is Angela Gaeto and I'd like to take the opportunity to introduce you to Laura Donnelly.

Laura is an Albuquerque native who has modeled here and throughout the country.

Currently Laura attends Sandia Prep high school, where she is super active in many student groups and affairs.

Laura recently was spotted by an elite agency in San Francisco who recognized her unique beauty and signed her immediately.

Laura asked me to update her portfolio for her and we spent a lovely hour this week down at the UNM duck pond. There were tons of people there enjoying the nice Spring weather but believe me, Laura was the main attraction!

Here are a few of Laura's shots. Take a look, I think this is one girl you'll soon be seeing on the newstands!!

UPCOMING EVENT: Friend Or Foal

Join us on April 5 as we host Friend Or Foal, a large scale benefit show hosted by the Art Gallery 66 featuring the recent works of photographers DeAnna Dimmitt, Rick Meiers and special guest photographer David Cramer. Friend Or Foal will feature photographs from the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary in Ramah, NM and the New Mexican Horse Project in Escondida, NM.

The Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary provides a safe, secure, and permanent home for wolves and wolf dogs that have been rescued from abusive domestic situations. Their mission is to educate the public that wolves should never be kept as pets and deserve to remain protected, wild and free.

The New Mexican Horse Project is the largest wild horse sanctuary in North America and provides a safe home for a select herd of wild mustangs all of whom have been proven, via DNA testing, to be descendant from the original horses brought to the Americas by the Spaniards in the late 1400's. Their mission is to protect and preserve this breed of wild horse known as the New Mexican and to establish preserves where these horses that are proven to be New Mexicans may live and prosper as free animals without interference from human intervention.

To further enhance the show experience Leyon Cougar, executive director of the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary, will be on hand with an ambassador timber wolf to talk with the public and field questions regarding wolf conservation. In addition, Carlos LoPopolo, director of the New Mexican Horse Project will be in attendance and will be accompanied by a New Mexican horse. This is a rare opportunity to meet both of these passionate activists at the same event! The show will open on Saturday April 5th from noon to 6:00. The Art Gallery 66 is donating 20% of the proceeds back to the sanctuaries. This is a unique and educational event to enjoy with the whole family to so be sure to join us for an afternoon of stunning photographs and beautiful animals.

If you are unable to make it Saturday a special artist reception will be held on Friday, April 4, 2008 from 5:00 to 8:00.
We hope you all will make it to this very special one of kind event!

The Art Gallery 66 is located at:
373 N. Camino del Pueblo
Bernalillo, NM 87004

For more information please contact:
DeAnna Dimmitt
Dry Heat Photography
info@dryheatphotography.com
505.730.8576

For more information about the Wild Spirit Wolf Sancturay click here www.wildspiritwolfsanctuary.org

For more information about the New Mexican Horse Project click here: www.nmhp.org

Whispering Spirit Ranch

On Friday Rick and I drove out to Sandia Park to visit our new friends at the Whispering Spirit Ranch. The Pozzi family is incredibly gracious and their knowledge, skill, and passion for horses is amazing! They raise world champion Appaloosas and with 50 horses residing on the ranch, Whispering Spirit is a full time job for every member of the family. Even 11 year old Rachel - who was our guide - is already an accomplished horse woman.

Whispering Spirit Ranch is also a sanctuary retreat, far from the noise and distractions of the city, to experience a quiet place in nature. Learning to listen is their motto. Listen with your spirit, mind and body. The ranch offers the opportunity to learn or experience life lessons through land and animals. While the facility is primarily focused around horses and horse development, they also offer quiet spaces, bird and wild life retreats to allow the element of listening to teach us.

These images will be available for purchase at our upcoming benefit art show, Friend Or Foal, on April 5, 2008 at the Art Gallery 66. Friend Or Foal will feature our recent photographs of horses and wolves.

Introducing Matthew and Kate

Matt commissions us to photograph his proposal to Kate at the Hyatt Tamaya on Thursday, March 20, 2008. She says "Yes!" Stay tuned for more...

Katie and Taylor Rich

Some of you may recognize Katie Rich as the owner of Stems Floral Botique.
Our partner, Angela Gaeto, shot Katie and Taylor's wedding two years ago and since then Katie has opened her flower shop and is now a well known name in the Albuquerque wedding community. Stems has provided us many bouquets for promotional shoots and is also partnering with us for an upcoming art show called Spirit Blooms.

Introducing Misty and Adam

This is Misty and Adam. It occurred to me while posting the previous session for Annemarie and Mark that Adam is Annemarie's brother and we are also shooting his wedding but we shot this session before adding the Blog to the website. They wanted the urban look so we headed downtown to the 4th Street Plaza. It was pretty cold outside but they were troopers and hung in there for an hour long shoot in the crisp winter air. Misty and Adam are getting married in November at the UNM Alumni Chapel with a reception at Four Hills Country Club.