Marquette LaRee

Marquette LaRee Wedding photographer & sidekick with a deep love for prickly pear, community, the color orange, family, DIY's, and the southwest! {AZ & NM}

Wedding and Business Photographer leveraging 15+ years of experience to help brides, grooms, and businesses capture the good in life and be the good in the world.

One thing I've learned after photographing weddings in Arizona for 18 years is that flexibility usually wins.We can make...
07/25/2026

One thing I've learned after photographing weddings in Arizona for 18 years is that flexibility usually wins.

We can make a plan for grand mountain views, but sometimes the weather has ideas of its own. On this HOT June wedding day staying close to the venue meant spending less time in the heat and more time celebrating with family and friends. It just made sense! And I got to incorporate a corner of Brandt Woods work into a few shots, which is always fun!

Beautiful photos don't always require a long drive or a grand adventure. Sometimes they're waiting just across the street.

Congratulations again, Mitchell & Klarissa!

VENDORS AND CREATIVE TEAM:
Photographer: // Event Design: Jars & Lace // Venue: Venue on Main // Floral Design: Fifth Avenue Florist // Hair: Maddy Warn // Makeup: // Wedding Dress: .a.bridal // DJ: Fabian Leon with TR3I County DJ // Cake: Creative Custom Cakes, LLC // Caterer: Bee’s Kitchen // Bartending: Caylee Hanna

Some wedding days are memorable because something unexpected happens. Others are memorable because everything simply wor...
07/22/2026

Some wedding days are memorable because something unexpected happens. Others are memorable because everything simply works.

The wedding party all arrived and were ready early, the timeline stayed on track, and we had plenty of time to create without feeling rushed.

Add in paper airplanes for the exit (since John is a pilot), mountain pines, and a couple who were genuinely excited to be married, and it made for a pretty great day.

A few favorites from this White Mountains wedding.

Vendors and Creative Team:
Photographer: Marquette LaRee: Gila Valley & Payson, AZ Photographer with Meghan Rae Photography // Meghan Rae Photographylace // CooThe Gathering Placeisbee // Cake: // DJ: Patrick KennedyPatrick Kennedy

I had a whole outfit planned for our friends' Roses and Rubies Anniversary Ball. I ordered it online with just enough ti...
07/21/2026

I had a whole outfit planned for our friends' Roses and Rubies Anniversary Ball. I ordered it online with just enough time for shipping.

The skirt came in and was perfect for dancing. The top came in and was too big and looked bad. I figured I'd just trot around town the next morning and find something before the dance that night.

After checking every clothing store in town (and coming up empty handed) and digging through my box of fancy dresses, I was running out of options just an hour before the dance when I spotted my mom's party dress hanging in the back of my closet.

The night before she died, Mom told us she didn't want everyone sad and dressed in black at her funeral. She wanted bright colors. She wanted a party. And she wanted a party dress.

This was the dress from her closet that we displayed at her funeral as her "party dress."

What made me smile as I pulled it out was that it couldn't have matched the theme better. The red skirt I'd bought brought the rubies. Mom's dress, tucked into the red dancing skirt, brought the roses and finished the outfit perfectly.

Sometimes things work out better than the original plan!

We spent the evening celebrating our friends and their 40 years of marriage, meeting their family (we loved how their kids came and visited with us whether they knew us or not), discovering we share the same anniversary date as them only twenty years apart, and definitely getting in a few dances.

Not the outfit I'd planned, but definitely the right one.

It's time for some wedding season math.Since May 1st I've spent:• 81 hours behind a camera• 40 hours driving to photo se...
07/01/2026

It's time for some wedding season math.

Since May 1st I've spent:
• 81 hours behind a camera
• 40 hours driving to photo sessions and meetings
• 12 hours in client meetings, venue tours, wedding dinners, and other client-related events
• 11 hours setting up and taking down gear
• 9 hours building final timelines and family shot lists
• I lost count of the hours spent editing, answering emails, and sitting behind a computer.

We also squeezed in a 5-day family reunion, 3 days/nights watching a friend's son while he had surgery, neighborhood kids continued to appear at my front door like migrating birds, and life generally life'd.

It has been the most intense two months of weddings I've ever had.

The funny thing is I expected to reach the end of June feeling completely drained. While I am ending it feeling ready for a break, I'm also feeling very grateful.

Grateful for couples and families who trusted me with important moments. Grateful for getting to work with kind professionals. Grateful for an editor who helped keep me afloat through the busiest stretch before she moved states (she's a rock star!). Grateful for a husband who shifted into full-time home mode this summer so I could focus on the work in front of me. Grateful for clients who welcomed me into their celebrations, dinners, stories, and lives. Grateful for the friends, jiu jitsu coaches, and church groups who have held space for me when I couldn't show up everywhere I normally do in life.

And maybe most of all, grateful that after all these years I still get to do this thing I love.

Today we're leaving town for a bit. There are still some edits and albums waiting for me when I get back, but they're waiting in a manageable pile instead of an overwhelming one and my editor and I will be able to tackle it together.

For now, I'm trading timelines and galleries for family time, a road trip, and a scenic route home that the kids don't know about yet. Because most of all, I'm grateful for this family of mine and that we get to pull through life together.

06/20/2026

While I was the official photographer that night, the bride and groom are friends of ours and we were told to be sure to dance too. So when the only waltz of the night came on, we couldn’t let it go to waste, even though it was a fast waltz song we hadn’t heard before!

Were all the steps, correct? Absolutely not.
In my head did I envision us looking more grand and sweeping? Yup.
Did we have fun anyway? Heck yes!
Would I do it again? Absolutely! (Especially if the DJ plays our song, The Lovers Waltz by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason)

Thank you Elinor (mother of the groom) for this fun video!

Some weddings are built around a venue, but this one was built around home.Not just a house, but the people who make a p...
06/18/2026

Some weddings are built around a venue, but this one was built around home.

Not just a house, but the people who make a place feel like home. The parents who worried over details, the family members who showed up to help, the stories that had been years in the making, a childhood home, and a brand-new home that was ready to become part of the family’s history.

Anthony and Sarah’s wedding day was full of beautiful details, but what I’ll remember most is how every part of the day pointed back to the same things: family, belonging, and the home they are building in each other.

Their full wedding story is on the blog!

https://marquettelaree.com/2026/06/16/anthony-and-sarah-a-wedding-built-around-home/

WEDDING VENDORS AND CREATIVE TEAM

RECEPTION VENUE: Star Barn
DRESS: House of CB (plus alterations and capelet made by the bride)
DECOR: DIY by the couple and family
HAIR AND MAKE UP: Nicolds Sisters
FLORALS: Nicolds Sisters
RECEPTION CAKE & CATERING: Meg's Place
PHOTOGRAPHER:

It's been a while since I've done a late night social media post...but since the blog post just went up too, why not?! K...
06/16/2026

It's been a while since I've done a late night social media post...but since the blog post just went up too, why not?!

Kim and Joe's wedding blog is live and it's fabulous. Can I say that without sounding prideful? Because really it's fabulous because they are a fabulous couple and had such amazing friends and family. I mean, the photos are nice too. But if you want to see a fun but laid back couple, a different dress, some cute dogs, some cute dogs on the cake, and more peeks of the new ramada space at the Cabins on Strawberry Hill, this is one worth checking out!

But now that the blog is live and this post is up, I think I need to go find me a pair of those shoes.

Catch the blog post at: https://marquettelaree.com/2026/06/15/kim-and-joels-summer-wedding-at-cabins-on-strawberry-hill/

Venue: Cabins on Strawberry Hill
DJ: Impact DJ's
Dress: Blush Bridal Boutique
Bouquet: Jars & Lace
Cake: Kendra's Country Bakery
Catering: Into The Fire Pizza & Catering
Photographer:
Second Photographers: .durfee and Meghan Rae Photography

Ok, let's see how long it takes you swiping through to figure out where these photos were taken. I tried to arrange them...
06/13/2026

Ok, let's see how long it takes you swiping through to figure out where these photos were taken. I tried to arrange them from more obscure to more obvious, with the final photo giving it away. Tap like when you figure it out and we'll see what photo gives it away for most!

One of the things I've always loved about is how connected every part of the property feels to the forest around it, a...
06/10/2026

One of the things I've always loved about is how connected every part of the property feels to the forest around it, and how they continue to dream and build and refine the property.

The Ramada recently underwent a major transformation. What used to be a fully open-air gathering space now features beautiful sliding glass walls, gorgeous new doors, and a fully enclosed wood side, all while somehow still feeling connected to the forest outside.

As I walked around photographing a wedding here recently, I kept catching myself stopping to admire the reflections in the glass, the warm wood tones, and the way the trees seem to become part of the architecture.

It's a beautiful update to a venue I've loved photographing for years. The recent updates feel less like a redesign and more like a natural next chapter.

If you've celebrated at the Cabins in years past, you'll recognize the second photo! And then keep swiping! You might be surprised by how much the Ramada has changed, yet how much it is still very much the beloved space it's been.

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Mt Lemmon
Tucson, AZ
85619

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Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
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