Welcome to the blog, sort of like a digital garden where dreams are planted and grow wild! My name is Quianna and my family calls me “Qui” like key! I’m a destination wedding photographer based in Scottsdale and the Bay Area.
I love adventures and creating memories even more than I love photographing them—and I LOVE taking photos! In addition to capturing weddings, family milestones, and the best memories I also offer business tools, motivation and inspiration to help creatives turn their passions into their profession. We only get this one life, why not live our days doing what we love?
On a clear day my mother held me up against the slider in her arms. With only a sheet a glass between us and a view of the last bit of rolling hills before the sea. Mama asked, “What do you see, Quianna?”
At only the age of 2-ish I responded, “Just a bunch of trees.”
This clearly was not the answer Mama wanted to hear. She then went on and on about the mountains, the birds, the sunset, the clouds and life just outside of our hand built home. This was my mother’s view on life. Always more. Always a story. Always beautiful.
My mama truly finds the purest of intentions and positivity in everyone and everything. So much so that she can often be too trustworthy thinking others think like her. Although she has learned the cruelties of the world it never phases her to keep a warm heart and bright spirit. Her laughter is contagious and everything she cooks she cooks with love.
This world needs some more of that. More cheap entertainment. More laughter. More kindness. More unconditional love.
Thank you for loving me and showing me the world through your eyes Mama.
Happy Birthday! Today as always we celebrate your beautiful life!
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Has your 2020 wedding been derailed due to COVID-19? Well, this is still your year honey and I want to help you FEEL like a bride! Even if plans have changed, let's get pampered and throw on your gown for beautiful bridal portraits! Join me for mini boudoir shoots this fall.
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