The Wild Within Us

05/06/2024

y’all ready for summer swimming in Zion?!

05/03/2024

The duality of love has always been my greatest inspiration - This photos makes me tear up based on what it represents - supporting one another through joy and sorrow - light and dark - good times and bad. Having someone you can count on during your darkest time is one of the greatest gifts love can give us.

05/01/2024

Zion light just hits different 🔥🧡🌈 especially when it’s being illuminated by love

04/09/2024

“Rituals help you slow down, to find happiness in the smallest of things”
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These are dear local friends of ours. After I delivered the full gallery, I asked for her honest feedback. She offered me some insight that I’ve been carrying with me for the last year…
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She was vulnerable and tender with the feedback of something like - I loved the 90 ‘sneak peaks’** we got. And something to the effect of and those may have been enough. Just those chosen moments, curated for the story would have made us happy.
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Her comment had allowed me to reimagine what a day as a photographer could look like. slowing down to find my flow. looking for happiness in the small moments. turkey co creating and not checking off “must shoot” moments.
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I am practicing paying attention to energy and allowing myself to ebb and flow…in all things but specifically with the process of creating ritual to slow down. quality over quantity.
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*yes, I gave like 90 sneaks because I was just so excited to share.
𓇢𓆸 which one are you most interest in: quality or quantity?

03/31/2024

although our family rituals have changed over the years and now merged between both of our vlaues - today, we celebrate love and life and send all the joy in the world to you and your family 🤍🐰💐

02/05/2024

02/01/2024

Ladies and gentlemen, ZION IN THE WINTER 👑

01/31/2024

If you think slow dancing to a colorful sunset in Zion on your wedding day sound likes the dream, we are ready to host you. We help you brainstorm the perfect experience, connect you with vendors and show up to hold space for your rituals. We are currently booking for both spring and fall.

11/28/2023

Would you want to elope with this as the background and the red rocks as your witness?
This is one of Zion’s most iconic trails. It’s about 7 miles round trip (sometimes miles more based on road conditions) and truly feels like you’re in another world. You start the hike off in a Ponderosa pine forest which is a really special feeling while being in the high desert. After a couple of miles, you get your first view of the main canyon-spotting the top of The Watchman, another iconic mountain that towers over Springdale and “watches over the town.”
You then get to make your way to the peninsula covered in sagebrush, manzanita, piñon and juniper shrubs that ends with the expansive view down canyon. You can spot Angel’s Landing, Cable Mountain, The Watchman, The Great White Throne, Red Arch … all carved by the Virgin River which sparkles down the center of the canyon 🤯
It’s a hike rich in history and layered with ecology and geology but also rich in emotion. You can feel the collective feeling of aw and wonder as you stand at the edge and take in the view. You know others have stood where you standing and felt what you are feeling.
You can imagine the Paiutes surveying the vast landscape and teaching their young about the land. I also imagine rituals and sacred moments that have taken place in the very spot that you see in the first image.
It’s a powerful and holy place in my opinion. Perfect for a meaningful and intimate ceremony.

11/09/2023

Hot tip for anyone planning a ALWAYS choose EMOTION over location.
notice the first image is captivating because of the emotion - no view all emotion… just tears of JOY. Of course, we deliver the views, too. Just the views that are right for you and your partner!
I’ve plan and photographed over 100 secret proposals in 10 years so hear me out 🙃
Plan for positive emotion: JOY, excitement, comfort OVER impressive views or classic locations that might cause anxiety or fear. Remember you are trying to show your partner how much you love them so it’s not really about the view!
Things to consider over the exact view: your partner is scared of heights, or doesn’t want there to be other people around, or would prefer they weren’t in hiking clothes for the proposal or maybe really loves food and wants a nice dinner after you propose ( lol 🙋🏻‍♀️ tell me i’m not the only one that prioritizes food as part of an amazing experience😊) quick solution to this exact question is > you chose a walk up location rather than a long hike on the opposite end of the park so that after the proposal y’all are close to all of the amenities and can go straight to a nice dinner.
Those are just a few things we review in order to create a custom experience that prioritizes all the positive emotions.
You can hire our team to help you navigate all of these details - details we have helped over 100 couples with.

11/08/2023

last moments of sunset / first moments of marriage

10/09/2023

Celebrating YOUR love can look like whatever you want it to! I love the concept of duality. You can celebrate in ways that total contrast one another just because YOU WANT TO. combine your wedding and honeymoon by flying into Las Vegas, seeking some shows and eating great food, then head to Zion to experience the outdoors. Stay at and treat yourself to their on property spa 🙏🏼
You can have an iconic with and friends as your witnesses and the next day have nature be your witness as you share private vows in Zion sacred canyon
If you want help planning something like this, . We are Zion locals offering our them and energy to help you feel at home in front of the camera and on the trails.

10/05/2023

Remember my last post about our local friends Jon and Bailey? Well here are just a few sneak peaks of their first look and a few moments after. I am always honored to serve my local community and FRIENDS.
We had a ton of fun and laughed bc Jon spilt his pants lifting dogs out of the canyon. He is a happily devoted dog Dad so it comes with the territory and is a great reminder to just go with the flow on your day 🤍
He ended up scoring some super rad pants for $5 dollars for their family ceremony a couple days later which I actually loved so much 🙏🏼
**this is outside of the park so dogs are allowed**

09/26/2023

09/20/2023

My favorite advice to offer a couple for a is to plan some alone time to celebrate yourselves and your love for one another.
If you are intentional with your alone time, it can become a core memory rather than your full wedding day being a blur. You can take a breath together, re-read your vows, exchange a small gift or a poem.
I suggest building in that time at sunset, take the few extra minutes to soak up the last light on your wedding day 𓇢𓆸
play your wedding song and just hold one another or dance to the light fading. You’ll always be able to travel back to that exact moment in your mind and heart.

09/04/2023

Kerry is an intuitive channel bridging human hearts back to the heart of Mother Earth to live a more vibrant, aligned, and expansive life. She empowers curious and courageous souls to trust in their personal truth, embody their fullest essence, and confidently beam their inner light on this planet. .ferber Kerry is also a Grief Guide, holding loving space for those experiencing layers of grief to feel the spectrum of emotions as they navigate how to be in the world without someone they love physically in it.
She is also a Zion local, and a friend. I can say attest to her she professionalism but equally important and most impressive is how warm, loving and approachable she is when listening to my deep fried and pain.
You can book a 1:1 grief session with her and or she is about to be releasing a Mastermind on grieving, follow her page for all the insight and info 🔮🦋
grieving with guidance has changed my life and it can do the same for you. It’s never too early or too late in a situation to seek help. Do it for yourself. You are loved, so deeply. You are worthy of learning how to process and it’s ok to seek the tools and teachers to learn how 🤍

08/23/2023

Never been to Zion? no worries, we are locals with almost 15 years of exploring this area as our home. We believe this canyon is sacred because of the time we have spent here. We believe this canyon is healing because of the story we share between its red walls. We believe love blooms in this canyon; time slows down to make space for core memories because of the hundreds of couples we watched fall in love with this canyon. We are connected to this canyon through a decade of love, laughter, heartbroken and healing. Let us provide you with an experience that result in way more than snapshots.

07/12/2023

One of life’s greatest honors is to document LOVE in because it’s an opportunity for me to show people how beautiful they are, to show them in a couple of photographs how rich their love is; to remind them they belong and that we are all one.
"In the act of deeply seeing, we transcend the boundaries between the self and the otherness of the world, momentarily merging with the thing seen."
— Alex Grey
My moments with all of YOU change me for the better. I hope I can offer you the same.

06/19/2023

Happy Fathers Day to my life long Hero and to all the other beautiful examples of loving and supportive Dads; both of my grand-fathers, my father-in-law, and brother-in-laws. I consider myself the richest person on earth when it comes to my family and i’m so grateful for each of you.
Excited to share these film TREASURES
that were shot by my long time friend and talented artist .photo

06/08/2023

love is love is love is love is love is love 🧡
I am incredibly proud to a part of the Zion canyon community for almost a decade. I am proud to be a part of the LGBQT community. I am proud to acknowledge, document and celebrate all love.
Please join us TOMORROW Friday June 6th at the Springdale Library Park, to enjoy celebrating love and being surrounded by love.

06/02/2023

I want to brag on Sara Jane for the next couple of post! Starting with a personal experience that changed the way I saw myself in photos.
I’ve always been extremely shy, awkward, weird/moody in front of a camera…especially if I am one of the main subjects ~ feeling like I might actually explode if I didn’t get out from in front of the lens as quick as possible…
After sharing my concerns and warning her about my weird attitude, she was still excited to go out shoot and spend time together - she allowed me to explore my own emotions and fears without judgement. Many times I was squeezing Grants hand so I wouldn’t cry out of embarrassment, I whispered to Grant a few times that I wanted it to be over asap, and asked if we could leave lol, now that it’s over I can laugh at myself a little, because of the growth I saw after one practice session with someone I trusted to see me.
That’s really all it took. Sara Jane made space for my vulnerability, in return I was able to let go and see the love she captured - when I look at these photos I remember grant holding me close telling me I was ok and encouraging me to keep trying… For me, these photos are priceless bc they tell a beautiful love story of patience, trust, vulnerability and growth.
If you are nervous before your upcoming photo session PRACTICE. Set up your phone and play around- make up poses if you have to. Allow yourself to let go because you are worthy or seeing yourself the way others see you 🧡 thank you SJ for these heirlooms.

03/30/2023

Y’all!! so many exciting things have been happening BTS for The Wild Within Us. We haven’t been showing up on social media too much but we promise that we have been showing up where it counts, YOUR experience.

We truly care about your experience. We respect your investment and we cherish the trust you in put in us.

We are pouring over each experience we offer, every detail, with the goal of making it better; more intentional, easier for you from start yo finish and overall more enjoyable for you.
We will be announcing all of our exciting news over the next couples of weeks so hang tight 🦋
thanks for the continued support, it’s amazing to feel the love y’all have for us. P.S are you in love with this summer vibe