Wind + Sky Photography

03/03/2023

*windswept*

I’ve been updating the edits on some oldie-but-goodie photos as I prep to refresh my website - so if you’re one of my past clients, you may receive a surprise email sometime in the next couple of months with a fresh twist on your memories 🥹

05/07/2021

It’s wedding day for these two kind souls and I could not be more stoked to brave the heat and capture it today 🌞

04/18/2021

Some sneaks from last night’s engagement session in the dreamiest spring location 🌼🌊

03/26/2021

Woke up yesterday to a dust and wind advisory and watched dark moody clouds blowing around the sky for most of the day. We decided to roll with it and hoped the wind wouldn’t blow us off any cliff sides.

We drove up then hiked down to this little hidden lake location and suddenly the weather was perfect. Everything was calm, except for me, because LOOK AT THIS VIEW

03/25/2021

Hi I’m Arianna and this is my face
I don’t have much more to say about that but I do have some really fun projects coming up that I am so stoked for! Ending this week with two shoots that are polar opposites and I can’t wait to share them 🌙🌞

03/25/2021

A sneak peek of this wind-swept day ✨ man, I am such a sucker for a good set of clouds

03/18/2021

Something different ✨ I’m always so grateful when my couples let me get a little extra creative! Which one of these gives you the best vintage magazine vibes - 1, 2, or 3?

03/08/2021

Today I want to celebrate *friendship*
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It’s International Women’s Day, and that can be a reminder of all the work that needs to be done for gender equality, trans women’s rights, access to health care, equal opportunities in the workplace, the list goes on.
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But women have been working for centuries. So today, let’s celebrate the women who empower, who love, and who give unconditional friendship to their fellow women.
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01/25/2021

Less than one day difference.

Being an elopement photographer means being flexible with nature and knowing that it doesn’t owe you freaking ANYTHING.

As much as you can plan out the perfect shoot with the perfect epic backdrop, you can’t force nature to cooperate.

Sometimes it’s a snowstorm that covers the Grand Canyon in a thick fog, sometimes it’s a coyote in the desert forcing you to retreat to a safer space, sometimes it’s a new permit requirement that won’t allow you to shoot in that location anymore. Whatever it is, respect it - nature does not belong to us.

01/13/2021

Grand Canyon, AZ.
12/31/20. New Year’s Eve.

We looked out over the canyon just as the fog was settling over its painted cliffs. Snowflakes fell gently and inconsistently as we made our way around the National Park.

It didn’t take long for the snow to start falling heavier, more decisively. The Grand Canyon was now entirely invisible, covered in calm fog.

The kind of words people say when they get married were said, rings were exchanged, happy tears mixed with melted snowflakes. At the end, everything looked like this.

12/21/2020

Recently I was featured in a piece by Shoutout Arizona. I was challenged to share about my work, my business, my philosophies on photography - but these things came fairly naturally.

The (surprisingly) hard part? Choosing photos to be featured. This seems like a simple task, but I’ve shot hundreds of thousands of photos for people at this point. How was I supposed to know what would stand out? What moments would resonate with readers?

I took an entire work day to go through every gallery for every wedding I’ve ever shot. I chose one, sometimes two, photos from each gallery. These are just a few of the photos that stood out - not because they’re all technically perfect photos, but because they made me feel something.

Some of the photos I chose made the cut and got featured, some did not. But it was an amazing reminder that the most fulfilling part of my job is being able to deliver real moments, real memories, real emotions. As I prepare my business for the new year, this is what I’ll be focusing on.

Moments matter most.

12/21/2020

Thank you so much to Shoutout Arizona for featuring my business and my work in this piece!

Local Stories Meet Arianna Flegel: Intimate Wedding & Elopement Photographer December 21, 2020December 13, 2020 Leave a reply We had the good fortune of connecting with Arianna Flegel and we’ve shared our conversation below. Hi Arianna, what was your thought process behind starting your own busine...