Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Summer on Film

I promise this is the last of bringing up my summer family road trip. But with 3 weeks on the road I took so many pictures! And as an avid film shooter I shot a ton of it and I just got it back, scanned and edited.
These are just a few of my favorites.
 Wyoming 
Grand Teton National Park
 Traveling through Montana



Lake McDonald at Glacier National Park Montana

 Seattle, Washington and the ferry over the bay


 Northwest Washington
  
Beach near Forks, Washington
Columbia River Gorge, Washington 
 Twin Falls, Idaho
Nevada Desert Sky

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Red Rock Red Springs in Calico Basin Las Vegas: Talin & Bethany

I've been faced with a terrible dilemma. My sister is engaged and wants me to shoot her wedding. While I am over joyed about Bethany getting married and being part of her and Talin's wedding, I am torn between wanting to relax and enjoy the day and my obsession with photography to take pictures of everything. To shoot or not to shoot, that is the question. 
After pondering that for awhile I decided that even if someone else was the main photographer I'd still be photographing everything. So I told my sister, Bethany, that I would be the main photographer. (And I've asked my photographer friend, Gretchen, to be my second shooter.)

But, of course, first things first: Engagement Session!
We planned a little summer picnic out at one of my favorite places, Red Springs in Calico Basin just outside of Red Rock Canyon.

 This is a compass necklace that Talin had given Bethany as a gift.

Bethany is also wonderful artist so we had her draw a portrait of Talin. It's pretty good, huh?

Monday, August 8, 2011

Las Vegas Neon Boneyard Museum: Wayne & Edyta

I feel so honored when fellow photographers ask me to photograph them! My friend Edyta, who is wonderful photographer, has been married almost a year and they wanted to finally got some 'trash the dress' style images. We went to the Las Vegas Neon Boneyard Museum which is where they have all the old neon signs on display. It's such a great place to shoot but it can get repetitive shooting at the same location over and over again. So I always try to challenge myself to think in new ways, this time I brought along a few summer carnival type treats: Popcorn! Candy Apples! (with a wedding twist) and Orange Soda!



Of course, the Neon Boneyard Museum is so awesome and Wayne & Edyta are so beautiful that I hardly need to add anything to get amazing pictures.


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