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thank you Earth. for letting me create magic thro

thank you Earth.
for letting me create magic through photographs.
We have this really cute thing going between us.
It’s BECAUSE of you though. I play about 10% of the role.
Yes, the humans are beautiful and amazing in photographs
and sure their celebrations are fun
but
it’s you that creates the beauty.
It’s in your rolling lush green hills and
the bluest of blue waters,
it’s your bright shades of orange in the canyons and desert
and your tall sturdy trees that remind us we come from the dust of you.
I literally cannot do my job without you. I wouldn’t like the photos. They would be…blah.
It’s your textures, your colors, your elevations that give life to my photos.
But not only my photos, you give life to me.
I am amazed by how you sustain me, grow me, heal me.
I’m obsessed with you, in all the right ways.
I need you.
Earth, I love you.
#earthday

Remember that one time I bought a $15 dresser at S

Remember that one time I bought a $15 dresser at Savers and turned it into a modern new one for my guest room?!! That happened right before I left for Hawaii and never shared it.
Here is all the deets:

Time: 5 hours or less
Total Cost: $95
Dresser-$15 Savers
Paint-$15 @kellymoorepaint Enchanted Forest ( I was matched Luxe which is @joannagaines top color of the year)
@bbfrosch paint transformer- $15
Wax to seal -$9
Hardware from TJ MAX-$34

1.I ripped off base board and middle boards- cause….no thank you 1980’s
2.Took off hardware
3.Sanded down using orbital sander 120 grit so it wasn’t shiny in any spots. The BB Frosch paint transformer really helps in this area so I didn’t need to do a complete sand down.
4.Mixed paint with @bbfrosch
5.Painted two coats
6.Put new hardware on (one got messed up…can you tell which one?)
7.Wax seal it twice!

I’d say it was a successful flip! Now I need to find another place to use this paint cause I’m obsessed with this color!!!

#DIY #dresserdiy #bbfroschchalkpaintpowder #bbfrosch #bbfroschinspiration #whenhannahmakesthings

Ehhh 💍!!!! Just the cutest surprise proposal I

Ehhh 💍!!!! Just the cutest surprise proposal I photographed Sunday evening! While on a trip out from Oklahoma with their best friends, Johnny proposed in Sedona to which Andrea was VERY shocked. He actually faked getting on one knee a few minutes before to “tie his shoe”. That one got her. So a few mins later he actuallyyyy got down on one knee to propose she was shocked! In all the right ways!

Loveeeee this shop with my whole heart 💛 Not ju

Loveeeee this shop with my whole heart 💛 Not just because the food is amazing but the business owner I’ve come to know over the years is a gem- @chrishawaii !! Thank you for always hiring me every single time I visit and giving me all the colorful, healthy, yummy food!!!

I had NO IDEA when I moved to Arizona the gold tha

I had NO IDEA when I moved to Arizona the gold that was just around the corner. 🌵🏜🏔☀️
This state, it’s diverse. It comes with many different colors, textures, and elevations.
Every single day I drive down to Sedona I feel at peace. I get it why people come here from all over the world to rest and relax. It doesn’t feel like I’m “doing work” when I shoot there, it feels like I’m playing and creating magic with the rocks and sunshine.
I know that sounds super hippie dippy but it’s true.

Ryan and Corrine’s session was one for the books! My dear friends who live on Big Island are also wedding / elopement photographers and killing the game. @alohazoephotography I’m so happy I was able to photograph their engagement session years and years ago.
:)

Sunshine, red rocks, & white dresses. Some of my f

Sunshine, red rocks, & white dresses. Some of my favorite things ☀️

Invisalign before & afters: I never had braces bu

Invisalign before & afters:
I never had braces but decided at 28 it was time!!! The year with masks... honestly the best year to do it! 😂 I thoroughly enjoyed this process, watching my teeth transform from week to week. It was actually hard to find photos of what my teeth really looked like in person. Mostly just started to overlap each other bottom ones were so crowded they were pushing one wayyy out. More than anything it was just an interesting process I’m happy I did for the last year. @naz_ortho did an amazing job and so happy with @invisalign process. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #invisalign

Some weddings you don’t forget. They are pretty

Some weddings you don’t forget. They are pretty magical and memorable.
Like Cameron + Jenn’s Sedona wedding in 2018. Full of color, different traditions, and a disco party for a reception. One of the best dance parties I’ve ever been to!

Now back to the regular scheduled programming : we

Now back to the regular scheduled programming : weddings 🥰
Come on wedding season, I’m ready for you. You have heard me say many many many times, just as much as I believe in work rest is just as important. You cannot produce consistent work without rest. You are not a robot. You are human. I use to feel bad about taking rest days, saying no when other photographers are saying yes, and prioritizing my health over making money. But not anymore. I love my clients and want to give them 100% of Hannah at every wedding and I’ve learned to do that I must rest in between. I’m more jazzed, excited, and prepared to shoot this next season. So here we go!

Alsoooo, thank you to @thebrandadventures for hooking me up with new @monatofficial products. Let’s get my hair back to health and hydration.

Why do I keep returning to Hawaii year after year?

Why do I keep returning to Hawaii year after year? Because it’s a place I know and my body can rest. I love love love traveling to new places but there isn’t the same level of rest in newness. In Hawaii I know I get to snuggle my sweet friends and we’ll get dinner at our favorite Indian restaurant. I know we’ll go to certain beaches and we don’t have to go searching for new ones. In Hawaii I can trust the waters will be deep, blue, clear, and always there.

The Benedictines believe in work, rest, play, pray. I’ve overworked myself this year. I went too far this year. I said yes to wayyyy too much for my life and my body. To others it could have looked like too little but I knew it was too much for me.
So I rest. I go still. I sit at the bottom of the ocean (as far as I can, this time was 80ft deep) and let my mind be clear again. I find the voice of God under the water. I play in the waves and in nature because work can’t and won’t be my whole life... but why and how has modern day America so convinced me it should be my number one? I’m unlearning so many years of ideals that couldn’t be further from the way my body and soul know it should be.

Things make more sense under water. I feel way more clear and sure that time is my friend, not something slipping from my hands at every minute.
I’m so grateful to be reminded of how time and the union with it can actually let me be present with the humans around me.

So happy to be with my friends and Ian’s brother the last 10 days. We shared amazing meals together, so much laughter, and created new memories in the ocean.
I’m grateful to have Ian apart of my life. He is everything I needed in this time and pushes me into the present moment. He reminds me that life is both deep and funny. Here is to rest, play, and pray. I didn’t do much work and that’s pretty good for me.

You are the cutest. Thank you for slowing me down

You are the cutest. Thank you for slowing me down and letting me just be me in your presence ❤️
#imsoshort

Photographed by @charlotteledvina on our associate training shoot! So excited to share more from this girl!!

KITCHEN BEFORE + AFTERS: YAY to home renos and kit

KITCHEN BEFORE + AFTERS: YAY to home renos and kitchen improvements!! The preview owners had completely redid the house 2 years before I bought it and they did so well!! But I knew I had to make it more of a Hannah Rose Gray vibe. After many many many hours of tiling I finally finished!! ⁣
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Let me say, I always under estimate the amount of hours it takes to do literally anything. So I thought this would be a quick 6-8 hour project. It in total probably took me 17+ hours for everything. But WELL worth it to learn the skill on tiling! I always believe in doing it yourself or figuring out how and if not have BACK UP!! ⁣
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Thank you to @briangottshall for helping and teaching me how to fix dry wall. ⁣
Thank you to @huckleberrywoodworks for figuring out how to start level on an uneven surface and alllllll my tiling questions. ⁣
Thank you to @codyb_nice for caulking so I could finish other projects before my trip!! ⁣
Thank you @kimduncandesign for helping me order tile and allllll my design questions!
And Youtube! Thank you Youtubers for posting so many helpful videos to guide my each and every step. I learned so much. Let me come tile your kitchen now that I have the hang of it!! ⁣
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All the cost and materials along with more photos are on the BLOG now!

Ian asked me the other day about my first trip to

Ian asked me the other day about my first trip to Hawaii. And I went downnnn a long rabbit hole finding photos and telling him stories of the first time I stepped foot on the bountiful land of Hawaii. Sleeping on the beach and waking up to whales, cliff jumping, volcano hiking, sunrise seeing, free diving, and laughing. A LOT of laughing. These islands are sacred. They are meant to be felt and touched not just seen. Excited to make new memories soon.

In 2015 I photographed my dear dear dear friends @

In 2015 I photographed my dear dear dear friends @shannonsaintarmand & @saintarmanddesign wedding day in Pennsylvania. It was in this season I just said yes to all my friends weddings because I couldn’t stand the thought of not being apart of their wedding days. I rather photograph my friends than just attend their weddings. This has aided me to be intimately apart of most of those days I other wise would just be a guest and chat with them for a minute tops on the dance floor. If this business ends up failing one day, I know deep in my spirit I was successful for the reason of those days to photograph all my dearest friends weddings. It’s an honor to be this position for my friends who feel more like family. Whether it’s when you are at the alter or in the delivery room, you know I’ll be there documenting and supporting along the way ❤️

Wherever I am in the world I’m chasing that suns

Wherever I am in the world I’m chasing that sunshine ☀️ you can be sure of that. In formal photography school I was never taught to shoot directly into the light or sun, rather the opposite to have your objects or clients well lit. But they also taught me you learn the rules SO THAT you can break the rules. I’m glad I broke out and broke the rules. My style of photography will always be finding the sun and playing in it and with it! That is way my sessions are usually always at sunset. The most perfect Golden of hours there is each day. My favorite time of day actually. 🌞 #sun #sunshine #sunshinephotography #alwayschasingthatsun

I don’t often photograph just kids but when I do

I don’t often photograph just kids but when I do it’s because they are some of my favorites in the whole world! Stinking love these little ones. I use to spend all my days with the oldest one years and years ago as her nanny when I first moved to flagstaff. I miss those slow days with Babe. I love how kids slow your life wayyyyy down. You can’t move fast. You get to sit and enjoy the world around you with them as they learn about it. So happy i got snuggles in Michigan last month while visiting!

Hawaiian sunrise dreamin ☀️ 🌊 t-minus 8 day

Hawaiian sunrise dreamin ☀️ 🌊 t-minus 8 days. #gottahaveanegativecovidtest #iwontbeseeinganyonethisweek #ineedtheocean

Some of my very favorite recent Sedona proposals 🥰🥰🥰 They’re always in shock. It’s my favorite moment because I’m also freaking out and nervous along with the dude! With the magical backdrop of Sedona, Arizona you can make some beautiful memories here. Highly recommend! #sedonaproposal

Nights at the canyon 😍

Nights at the canyon 😍

Love photographing this woman as she becomes a mam

Love photographing this woman as she becomes a mama of two at the location of where they got married 💕 It was a special shoot!

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