{ The Princess Bride } -- Mesa, AZ Photographer

{ The Princess Bride }

Many little girls grow up wanting to feel like a beautiful Princess on their wedding day. I'm sure a lot of us at some point in our childhood has put on our prettiest dress, strapped a pillowcase to our head and grabbed Grandma's silk flowers from the vase so we could stand in a mirror and admire our reflection as "the most beautiful princess bride ever." Some of you may have even twirled around, pretending like you were dancing with your handsome prince.

{ I sure did when I was a little girl! Only my "veil" was one of those netting things that pops open to cover food and keep the flies away. I did things a little differently as a child. Ahem. }

Whether we wore pillowcases, food covers or even toilet paper, we all wanted to feel like the beautiful Princess Bride who was swept off her feet.

But then life happens.

We all grow up at some point and either go to school, enter the career field or become stay at home Mommies. We enter the world of responsibility and it feels like those precious moments of longing for beauty are left behind when the playroom door closes.

But isn't there a little piece of that longful wishing in *all* of us that still wants to be the beautiful Princess in a story? Brides all over the world work for months to create a beautiful environment for the day they wed their heart's true love and will search until they find *the* perfect dress that makes them feel magical and beautiful....and very much like a Princess.

This special bride is looking forward to that magical feeling....and being the Disney fan that she is, she is going have a replica type Princess Aurora dress from her favorite movie "Sleeping Beauty" made into a beautiful wedding dress for her special day.

I got to be a part of her pre-dress fitting { the real dress will be adapted from this mock-up version that was made from a linen-y material. This is kind of the "test run" dress before the real one with real fabric is made } and watched as the designer worked like Flora { one of the fairies from Sleeping Beauty who made Princess Aurora's dress } and pushed pins here and gathered material there.

Arms had to be lifted. A pretend first dance had to happen to make sure that she could waltz with her prince at the reception.

With a little more pinning.....

...and a the finishing touch added to this beautiful bride's ensemble....

......that beautiful "Princess Bride" feeling began to take over and you could see it on her face that she did indeed feel like royalty.

As women, we *all* carry a little piece of nobility around in our hearts. We were more attuned to it as little girls, but it's still there, even when we get older. We deserve to be treated as precious and with love, gentleness and dignity.

Just like a Princess.

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{ A Bride On Her Wedding Day } -- Arizona Photographer

{ A Bride on Her Wedding Day }

I love the excited buzz that surrounds a bride on her wedding day.
Excited anticipation fills the air as she transforms from an already beautiful person into to a beautiful bride.

Admist the hair pins and lipstick, eye shadow and blush, something seems to change on the inside along with the outside.

As a bride is being decorated on the outside, there is some sort of magic starting to happen on the inside of her at the same time.

Have you seen it before?

While she is getting ready and preparing herself to see her groom for the first time that day, she starts to wear glamour and beauty
like she walks the red carpet at the Grammy's everyday of her life.

You start to see the bride's actions change with each piece of jewelry she puts on or with each tuck of the hair that the stylist makes.
You start to see that she begins to carry herself a little differently.

She was already a vision of loveliness and now she becomes a picture of elegance and regality.
All of her movements are graceful and she moves with grace and ease like a ballerina in a dance.

It's something I couldn't quite put my finger on until recently, but I think I've learned her secret.

I believe that a part of this transformation happens when a bride suddenly becomes aware of her own beauty as she stands before the mirror and realizes just how very stunning she is.

She holds herself differently.

She smiles a lot more.

Her eyes twinkle.

Something about her makes you stop and take notice and everyone around her sees it. Not only is she beautiful on the outside, but she's also got confidence and some kind of inner grace that shines from the inside, out.

She is loved and is content in knowing that her groom will love her for all of who she is and that he's about to be floored by the vision of his loveliness when his elegant and beautiful bride steps outside to see him for the first time on their special day.

She always has been beautiful and now that she sees it for herself and knows that her groom will love what he sees, she transforms and is radiant on her wedding day.

Bridal Portrait Time -- 1st shoot

Here is another photo shoot that I did of another friend of mine--equally as beautiful and fun to work with. : )

Bridal Portrait Time! : )

It's that time of the semester when bridal portraits are due. I took these tonight of a friend of mine who was willing to put on her dress and veil and pose for me. I think that she is a lovely person and it shows in these pics. : )