About Trevor
Wedding days can get chaotic. I’m good there.
My mom gave me my first camera when I was eight and told me I was good at it. I believed her. More importantly, I never really put the camera down.
Captured at Bondi Beach in Australia during a month spent traveling coastline to coastline to teach classes for the Australian Institute of Professional Photographers.
What I’m like on a wedding day
Helpful before loud. Ready before rushed.
I am not there to turn your wedding into a photoshoot. I am there to help the day move, notice the story, make portraits feel easy, and protect the moments you may not even realize are happening.
I know when to direct, when to disappear, when to fix a collar, when to chase sunset, and when to let people simply be people.
Away from the camera
Big family. Full house. Usually a plan that got out of hand.
My favorite titles are husband and dad. Our family loves adventure, road trips, learning about other cultures, and saying yes to memories that sound a little ridiculous until they become everyone’s favorite story.
We have driven across the country in a minivan, spent extended time in South America, hosted big parties at our house, and learned plenty of life lessons from YouTube, travel, soccer fields, and a few hundred teenagers showing up for prom.
That part of my life shapes how I photograph weddings. Families are complicated and hilarious and emotional. The best moments are rarely perfect. They are usually better than perfect.
Coaching
Different field. Same obsession with people.
When I am not photographing a wedding, there is a good chance I am on a soccer field. Coaching has become one of my favorite ways to spend time with my kids, serve in the community, and remember that confidence often comes from someone believing in you first.
That is probably why I still think about my mom handing me that first camera. Sometimes one person saying “you’re good at this” can change the whole story.
The job is part art, part anticipation, part doing whatever the moment asks for. Sometimes it is also a family trade learned shoulder to shoulder.
How I got here
The camera part never really went away.
I have been photographing weddings full time since 2008. Before that, I ran a financial business, owned a restaurant, and tried a few other paths that were fine on paper but never felt like the thing I was supposed to keep doing forever.
Photography did. It still does. I love the mix of pressure, people, emotion, timing, problem solving, and tiny blink-and-you-miss-it moments that somehow become the photos a family keeps for the rest of their lives.
More than 500 weddings later, I have learned that the best wedding photographers are not just people with nice cameras. They are calm when the timeline gets weird, prepared when the weather changes, kind when nerves show up, and quietly watching when everyone else is looking at the obvious thing.
My style is editorial photojournalistic: images with polish and intention, but rooted in what actually happened. I want your photos to feel beautiful, honest, alive, and unmistakably yours.
Third generation
Photography runs in the family.
My mom was a photographer, and she is the one who put my first camera in my hands. I had no idea then how much that one gift would shape my life.
Now I get to watch my daughter Anabelle Dayley build her own photography business. She is based in Utah, shoots a lot in Utah and Arizona, and travels wherever the work takes her. She is talented, kind, patient, and priced way too fairly for how good she already is. Dad bias? Sure. Still true.
Experience matters
You only do this once. I’ve done it more than 500 times.
I have been voted #1 Wedding Photographer in Arizona by Arizona Bride Magazine, named one of the Top 30 Most Inspirational Wedding Photographers, published in places like Vogue Italia, Style Me Pretty, and Grace Ormonde Wedding Style, and have taught photographers on stages like WPPI.
That stuff matters, but only if it helps you feel what I hope is true when I show up: you are in experienced hands, and I am fully invested in your day.
In their words
The part that matters most: how it feels to work together.
Since your photographer will be following you around the entire day of your wedding, you want to be sure that they are someone you connect with and feel comfortable around.
Just minutes into our initial meeting, we felt right at home as if Trevor had been a lifelong friend. Our wedding started out as the perfect sunny day. Out of nowhere, storm clouds rolled in. Trevor asked us if we were okay getting a bit wet because he saw an opportunity to get some breathtaking shots beneath the storm clouds.
Trevor can shoot in any circumstance and tackle any challenge. Because of what he was able to capture, we are able to relive every moment as if it was happening now.
Trevor is as good as it gets. He is not only incredibly talented at his craft, but is so much fun to be around and just a good-hearted person.
I am a wedding planner and have worked with Trevor on multiple weddings. He is easy to communicate with, timely, and thorough. A planner’s dream.
If you are thinking about hiring Trevor, no need to think any further. It’s a no-brainer.
