When a request comes in for southern Arizona wedding photography…in February…and you happen to be wedding photographers based in New Hampshire…well, let’s just say we may or may not have held our breath waiting for it all to come together. And guess what? It did! Having spent time in Arizona with family as a small kid and then having my Daughter marry a fellow from the Grand Canyon State, I’ve (and Taylor more recently) really enjoyed spending time here over the years. AZ is such a cool state filled with mountains and canyons and deserts and roadrunners and saguaro cactus and tumbleweeds and….all things Southwest. We LOVE it! We’ve been wanting to photograph a wedding in the Southwest with it’s completely different feel from anything in the Northeast and we’re so glad it did finally happen with such a sweet couple, Jud & Kate. Since Jud happens to be a close friend of my Son-n-Law we’ve gotten to know them both over the past few years. Awesome couple and great fun to hang out with!
With a close friend of Jud’s being a classic car buff it was pretty much a given that there would be some classic cars showing up at this wedding. Three to be exact. Our collection of images presented in this post begins with friends surprising Jud with a classic Triumph TR6 soft top, a car that Jud was especially fond of but one that required a major restoration fast-tracked to be ready for the big day.
The reception took place at Phoenix’s The Farm at South Mountain. A great venue with gorgeous succulent gardens, walnut groves and an amazing stone grotto with cafe lights overhead and its own wood-fired pizza oven! SO romantic and with such a laid back, organic vibe. We hope to get a chance to shoot another wedding there (hint, hint…Arizona brides, are you listening?) in the near future. It was a such a perfect day and beautiful night and we wish J&K a forever of equally joyous and spectacular days! We’re looking forward to hanging out in Boston with y’all soon!

We’ll be back soon with a post detailing the rest of our time in Arizona including day trips to the Lost Dutchman State Park at the Superstition Mountains, Sedona, Tucson, Bisby, Tombstone, Jerome and our stay in Prescott. At home we’re beginning work restoring our 1965 Airstream and thinking an extended wintertime stay in Arizona may very well be in our future…! If you or someone you know is planning an Arizona wedding, possibly an elopement, definitely keep Birch Blaze Studios in mind. If you have some unique plans that incorporate some of AZ’s other-worldly geography by all means drop us a line! We’d love to hear about your plans and work with you to create the perfect day captured by Birch Blaze Studios wedding photography!