Ellen + Tyler | Four Seasons Troon North Wedding

What happens when you combine a pretty phenomenal Bride and Groom with some of the best wedding vendors in Arizona? A spectacular wedding that no one will ever forget.

Ellen and Tyler were married Saturday at the Four Seasons Resort Troon North. This is my 2nd wedding there in 2 weeks and what I love about the Four Seasons is that no wedding there is ever the same.

Ellen and Tyler met when they were little. They knew each other from the church where they grew up in the Chicago area. They were friends and soul mates. Ellen and Tyler are from out of town and so were all of the 200 guests that came to the wedding. I met Ellen awhile back when she hired me, but had not met Tyler until 2 days before the wedding when I photographed their engagement session and welcome party. I had the most amazing time getting to know this couple and their families. I truly felt like I was photographing some of the most genuine people and felt like part of the family. That is how I like my weddings… just one big happy family and everyone getting along:).

Before I show you A TON of pictures I have to give a huge shout out to all the vendors who helped with this event. I can not even begin to explain how much I loved every single vendor that helped out, especially the amazing Jen Thye with Imoni Events. She is the super super coordinator who pulled all of this together and it was GORGEOUS!

I also have to give a big shout out to my team. I was feeling pretty sick on Friday, due to a nasty cold, so Christa and our new intern, Kristyn, offered to come and help out to make sure we were all covered. Jenny, KB, Christa, and Kristyn were amazing! Yes, there were 5 of us there and I’m so thankful for these girls.

AMAZING VENDORS

Wedding Coordinator:  Imoni Events – Jen Thye
Venue:  Four Seasons Resort Troon North
Florist: The Flower Studio
Cake Artist: Four Seasons Resort Troon North
Caterer: Four Seasons Resort
Makeup & Hair Stylist: Allison Pynn
Live Band: Shining Star Band

I keep getting the opportunity to work with The Flower Studio and they are impressing the socks off of me:) Seriously, look at how this beautiful bouquet is wrapped. It’s a piece of art!

I LOVE Details! Always make sure your photographer has enough time to capture the little details. They sure do help to tell the story of your day.

Love this image that Christa, my associate, got.

Ellen is so beautiful! Love these getting ready shots.

The girls needed to do a test run in their shoes. I loved how they all were wearing their normal clothes with their purple heels!

Ellen knew that her dad was going to ball when he saw her, but she made it totally clear to everyone that no crying was allowed because then she would cry too, so when Dad arrived she did a little dance and tried to keep things lite! He tried so hard, but had to step out for a bit to compose himself. I LOVE it.

One of my new favorite shots. Mom and Dad helping put the shoes on.

KB hung out with the guys and captured what guys really do during the day of the wedding. Lounge around the pool, drink, and watch football. Lucky!

Ellen and Tyler had some private time before they “officially” started portraits. This is them coming out of the room and I love how happy they are.

Pretty much I couldn’t stop taking pictures of the little kiddo’s at the wedding. Little miss C was so excited when she saw Ellen. I love the reaction that KB got!

Portrait time… my favorite!

Jenny was there to help with water and accidentally got the straw stuck in the water bottle. I love this shot once they were able to get it out. Love my miss Jenny!!

I’m so in LOVE with these two shots of Ellen that KB took. Amazing!

Isn’t she just so adorable.. well, yes, both of them:)

The girls were SO nice and such good sports. I LOVE these.

And ALL the guys… yup, there were a lot of them. They behaved pretty well too!

I LOVE this random shot. I don’t know what was going on, but we were taking pictures of the wedding party and it looks like everyone was amused.

The ceremony was gorgeous! It was a little tough though, being from out of state, they wanted a sunset ceremony. I have to always warn people that at the Four Seasons the sun actually sets before the “official” sunset because of Pinnacle Peak. I knew that this was going to happen so I luckily had my lighting set up. Otherwise this would have been a disaster as it was dark by the time the ceremony was over. I love what we got though! Beautiful.

The Last Portrait of the night. LOVED how this one turned out.

The Reception was in my favorite reception room at the Four Seasons. I LOVE this room because it’s big and beautiful! Jen Thye did an AMAZING job with the decorations, it was draw dropping.

I couldn’t get enough of this little girl either!

First dance!

Her brother is so proud!! Love this shot!

Dad was kind of the star of the show at this point. LOVED his welcome speech. Everyone else did too!

Love this capture that KB got of Tyler’s mom and Ellen.

As a surprise, Ellen invited a dancer from Casino Arizona to come dance with her. Everyone was surprised and it was a huge hit!

I can’t even begin to tell you how amazing Shining Star Band was. They rock. They kept the party going all night long and we even stayed later because it was such a great party… no one wanted to leave.

Everyone needs to have a Limbo at their wedding, with a tie!! This was awesome!

Thank you to the Nelson Family and the Wilhelm Family. You truly made this a fun day for us and we LOVED hanging out with you!

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One of the things I love about having a 3rd shooter with me is some of the images she is able to capture of all of us shooting. Here is one that I love… this will show you where KB and I were in regards to these two pictures. Different angles and eyes make all the difference. Thanks Christa for catching this shot!!