Spring Love ~ Back to the Garden at Westward Look

Spring Love

My Lien and Joe’s brief nuptial exchange last month, was followed with an equally short list of group wedding photos at The Westward Look Resort in Tucson, Arizona. We were done in about fifteen minutes. That left me with about forty-five minutes to take pictures of just the bride and groom, which is just the way they wanted it. Having that much time to photograph newlyweds, after the ceremony, is a luxury I am rarely ever given. These are some of the resulting photos.

My Lien and Joe, at Westward Look Resort
My Lien and Joe at the Westward Look Resort in Tucson, Arizona

Temperatures were well below average for April in Tucson. A rainstorm rolled through southern Arizona, the previous evening and continued into morning, leaving daytime highs hovering only around 59 degrees. At day break, we weren’t entirely sure if the bad weather would stop in time for outdoor photos. It wasn’t actually until noon, that My Lien and I realized she would not be one of the lucky brides to have it rain on her wedding day after all. Judging from her reaction, I think she was just fine with that!

Walking and Talking
Walking and Talking
In The Garden (I just had to stick that hand shot somewhere!)
In The Garden
My Lien and Joe, at the Hummingbird Garden, Westward Look Resort
My Lien and Joe, at the Hummingbird Garden, Westward Look Resort
Give Me Some Sugar
Give Me Some Sugar
My Lien & Joe
My Lien & Joe

Back To The Garden

Back To The Garden

Wedding Photos of My Lien and Joe at the Westward Look Resort
Wedding Photos of My Lien and Joe at the Westward Look Resort
Endless Love
Endless Love

On wedding days, I usually only have about fifteen to twenty minutes to spend with the bride and groom, when everything goes according to plan. Most of my couples are content with what I am able to produce in that amount of time. However, couples who want a greater assortment of photos than time may permit on their wedding day can schedule a post wedding “Trash the Dress” shoot, with me.  I am now offering these shoots for the first time.

My Lien and Joe, may your trail always be covered with flowers and may your cups always remain filled with sweet unconditional Love.

~Paul

Author: Paul Van Helden

Paul Van Helden is a professional headshot, portraits, event, nature, still life and landscape photographer, based in Tucson Arizona. Some of his published credits include The Valley Wedding Pages and Sierra Club. Paul has worked professionally for over thirty years. Biologist and nature photographer Fred Dodd Jr. first introduced him to photography in 1982. Later, Paul studied photography at Dean College and began to photograph weddings under the tutelage of Craig Roberts of Franklin, Massachusetts. After working as a freelance wedding specialist for five years, he started his own photography business in Bellingham, Massachusetts in 1995. In December of 2004, he moved to the American Southwest, a part of the country he fell in love with, when he first visited the region in 1984.