Lakeside and Downtown Las Vegas Wedding: Jeremy & Rachael

Jeremy and Rachael have so many awesome pictures I think I'll have to make two posts. First, the wedding!
 I loved watching Rachael get ready. She's this tiny little sweet thing running around, cussin', and being a normal frazzled bride. But somehow she was so cute while she did it.

I loved this couple the second I saw them. From Jeremy's wicked facial hair to Rachael's many tattoos, I knew they were going to be a whole ball of fun!

I adore their sweet little girl, Marley. She has her mother's killer almond shaped eyes.

Isn't Rachael awesome! I love her look- classic yet spunky!

The wedding ceremony was held at the Lakeside Wedding Chapel. I actually really like this venue. It's sweet and quiet, and off the Strip. Perfect for a small wedding.

Then we all went downtown!

I know smoking is bad for you and I've never actually been a smoker myself. But I love the way smoking looks!  How can something so bad look so cool? It reminds me of old movies where everyone always has a cigarette in their mouth, with all the perfect Hollywood lighting.

Have I mentioned before that I love a girl in tattoos?

We ended the night with the light show on Fremont Street. I'll follow up tomorrow with images from the Trash the Dress session! *squeal*

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B Weddings Magazine Publication

The wonderful B Wedding Magazine from Ireland has published one of my images in their summer magazine! That excites me!

Mine is the image with the bride in the blue rocks, Heather from her wedding at the Springs Preserve last September.

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Bride and groom sitting in the middle of the road?

Bride and groom sitting in the middle of the road? How did I get them to do it, you ask. Easy- I asked!
Can I just say that I love these people! I mean, obviously I had way to much fun with them. But I promise to follow up with more images later. For now all you get is a sneak peek.

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Springs Preserve Wedding : Jason and Heather II

  I've been a little slow in getting images up on the blog because a couple days after the wedding I left to Utah to see my grandparents. And I'll be here almost a full week. The weather is crisp here. Such a wonderful change from the hot desert. Jason & Heather's wedding at the Springs Preserve was on a unusually warm day in September, even for the desert. The day before had been cool and overcast and the day after had cooler weather as well.  Weird. But it was a sunset wedding in the shade so no one was uncomfortable. And the Springs Preserve is the perfect setting for a lush desert wedding.

Oh! and this dress! Heather told me about how she got her wedding dress from Paris and I was so excited to see it. And seeing it on the hanger I thought "What a sweet dress!" But once she put it on - WOW! I have never seen a bride and a dress so perfectly matched! WOW - that's all I have to say.

I love the Springs Preserve because it has so many wonderful areas. One of the best is the Origen where the reception was held. Such a great space.

Shout out to Jason & Heather: Thanks for letting me be a part of your fabulous wedding!

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Springs Preserve Wedding: Jason & Heather

Just wanted to share a sneak peek of Jason & Heather from their wedding last weekend at the Springs Preserve. I'll share more from their awesome wedding later this week.

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Mandalay Bay Las Vegas Wedding: Luke + Erin

Erin & Luke had a beautiful ceremony at the Mandalay Bay Hotel's Valley of the Falls earlier this week. In addition to the beautiful scene, the water from the falls made everything nice and cool. 

We wanted to drive around right after their wedding to hit the Vegas sign and a few hotels for fun pictures. Erin, Luke and the whole wedding party braved the heat of the desert's June month and partied down the Strip.

The Bellagio has lovely architecture. It's such a joy to shoot there.

Erin was trusting enough to let me blindfold her. And I love the way these images turned out! Thanks, Erin!

Erin and Luke also had the cutest idea. They had their wedding date in playing cards -love that!

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Minnesota Wedding: Eric & Sarah

Eric and Sarah's wedding- So much fun! Boats getting lost, boats crashing, crazy drunken photo booth pictures, homemade ice cream, a lake side tent with a disco ball made from a soccer ball and the sun doesn't set till 9:30pm! - does it get any better?

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Las Vegas Home Wedding: JT & Katie

Last Friday was JT and Katie's wedding. I love them so much and I had a fabulous time. But I feel like I've talked about them so much in my last posts about the engagements and 'trash the dress' that I'm just going to shut up and let you look at the images.

Ok, I have to say: I just love how you can see their mountain of presents in the background of this one of the first dance.

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Las Vegas Wedding: Gregory & Teresa

Teresa called me yesterday anxious to see her images from her wedding last week. Gregory & Teresa were married in a simple ceremony off the Vegas Strip and had a rock'n salsa dancing reception that night! Hope these few images tide you over, Teresa!

First Dance

This kid was wild! I loved following him around.

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