Valley Of Fire Wedding Photography

Thrilled to be sharing this Valley Of Fire Wedding Photography session with everyone today. Heather & Chris had originally planned on having me photograph their actual wedding. Then COVID came along and changed everyone’s plans. They had their ceremony in Arizona instead on their original date but rescheduled our shoot together. Since they were married in the desert of Arizona, it made sense to keep the same type of vibe for their after wedding photo shoot. Heather chose Valley of Fire and I am always a fan of that choice.

Valley of Fire can get hot AF during the summer, but we sucked it up and kept out of the sun as much as possible and got some amazing photos.

Here is their story as told by Heather:

“Chris and I met when I moved to London in 2014. I was a receptionist for the Bank of New York Mellon on the 49th floor of One Canada Square in Canary Wharf. One day this insanely handsome man walked onto the 49th floor and sat next to me as security relief for the other guard who was always on duty. For the next couple of months we talked while we were next to each other every couple of weeks but it wasn’t until December 24th 2014 when an email popped into my inbox asking me to go for a Christmas Eve drink that everything changed.

Unfortunately, in late 2016 I had to move back to the USA for visa reasons. We decided at the time that we couldn’t continue seeing each other as it would be too complicated and we just needed to move on with our lives. Saying goodbye to him the day before I left London was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. We lasted maybe 3 days without talking to each other before it was back to constantly being on FaceTime, talking multiple times a day, and texting every chance we could with the time difference. We carried on like this for almost a year claiming we were just “friends”. Then Chris went on a boys vacation for 4 days, we didn’t speak the whole time he was gone. As soon as he landed back in London and his phone worked again he told me “I can’t be without you, not talking to you for 4 days was unbearable.” I cried.

Within months he was in California with me and it was like no time had past at all. We have spent the last 3 years flying back and forth every couple of months to see each other. We have been fighting our way through the long distance, k1 visa applications, and what feels like an endless amount of time waiting for answers. We are finally almost done with being apart and can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with my best friend by my side <3″

I just love their love story.