I will always be drawn to images that are filled with bright color and I’m absolutely convinced this is a result of my 90s girl Lisa Frank programming. I remember using my birthday money to buy the latest pack of brightly colored gel pens to doodle all over my homework with. Debating which colorfully chaotic lisa frank folder I wanted to hold my homework (i always picked the tiger!) and being severely disappointed when school announced we had to use the BORING solid colored folders (at least I had my trusty gel pens to doodle on them with!)

For my squad sessions this year I had the loose theme of decades. Last spring we did a 70s inspired VW bug session in the wildflowers and I had originally planned for the fall theme to be Stranger Things. But as the bright hot summer dragged on I just couldn’t get my heart into the darker 80s themed session. So I jumped forward a decade to the 90s and all things Lisa Frank and fortunately for me the squad was 100% on board with the theme change!

For a brightly colored backdrop that would make Lisa Frank proud we headed downtown to Phoenix where my all time favorite rainbow wall exists. I grabbed a couple of brightly colored scooters just for fun and we had a blast soaking in all the color of this session.

Lisa Frank Inspired session by arizona child photographer Nakupenda Photography.

Beware the Dryads for they are the souls of the forest and will do anything to protect it.

When I first saw the Meadows at the Wild Villa, 2 sessions sprang to life in my minds eye. The first one was this. Dryads in their magical forest home. I texted over a few inspiration pictures to my makeup artist (who I swear is a mind reader), posted a model call and within days had the entire session put together.

Outfits were easy thanks to my deep client closet.

The dusty purple (Joyfolie) and the white dress (a custom creation by a friend who is no longer in business) had been sitting in my closet for years waiting for inspiration to strike. And then as a matter of pure luck, the last dress was already in the third model’s posession.

I can’t even describe how magical it feels to have a session fall together so seamlessly and turn out precisely as I had pictured it.

It’s safe to say I’m totally obsessed with this location and have already been back once since this day for a Rapunzel shoot and will be back so very soon to do an Ariel inspired session. Thanks to the Meadows at Wild Villa for creating the perfect space to make magical sessions like this happen.

Lisa Frank World//Arizona Child Photographer

Dryads//Arizona Creative Child Photographer