Sorensen Family Portraits

Almost everyone wants to get their family portraits taken during this season so that they can get that picture for their Christmas card. The Sorensens are a family of 10! Count them - 1, 2, 3, 4,...10.

The Sorensen girls, aren't they cute!

I did not think of doing the pyramid, they just started putting it together. They are the best- so much fun!

Three of the Sorensen progeny are in the military. So we did a few in their  Class A Uniforms.

Portrait Palooza - Help Baby Savannah!

November should be a month for being grateful. There is so much in my life that I feel blessed with. My cup truly runneth over. What better way can we show our appreciation than by helping those in need.

I want to tell you about little baby Savannah. She was born September 19th, 2010 with a severe brain injury to Suzi and Terrance Lighten, fellow wedding photographers here in Las Vegas. We need to raise $10,000 for a special therapy treatment that will help give Savannah a fighting chance. To raise this money we having Portrait Palooza! Get your family portrait just in time for the holidays and 100% of your $100 sitting fee goes directly to help baby Savannah. Portrait Palooza will take place Nov. 19th, 20th, 21st at Sunset Park with several wonderful photographers. I'll be there at Sunset Park from 10am to 2pm on Saturday the 20th. 
Please come help this beautiful new baby girl hope for the future.
 You can find out more information and schedule your session at http://www.portraitpalooza.com/
If you'd like to help even more there will be a golf and dinner fund raiser at The Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort Thursday Nov. 18th. More info on that  at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=171796502837185

Family Time

This past summer has been nuts! I was out-of-town more than I was in it. I felt just plain tired. So with the wedding season over I took a break for almost the whole month of October. Mostly my brain just shut down. I didn't do anything but play with my kid and watch TV. But we did manage to throw in some fun family activities.

My dad and I kayaked down the Colorado river for about 10 miles. (Boy, did my arms hurt.)

My Dad- isn't he a handsome fellow!

The weather was perfect, beautiful birds were out and we had the river almost all to ourselves. Great day!

One of the other things we did was have a Halloween party. My 4-year-old son, Pirate, really wanted to have a Halloween party so we pacified him. 

Pirate also insisted on being Darth Vader, so I decided on being Princess Leia to compliment him. (I wanted my husband to be Han Solo but I couldn't get him to commit to the Halloween spirit.)

Well, back to reality! (With all this laziness, I think I've gained like 5 lbs!)

Brilliant Imagery Team

I'm so excited to introduce to you the Brilliant Imagery Team! Carmen, Ashley and I have been best friends for almost 15 years. So of course they have both always been a support and an asset to me in everything- including my photography and business ventures. (Not to mention all the times I made them be my models for my crazy art photographs.)
But now as Brilliant Imagery grows, we've reorganized to include Carmen and Ashley as business partners. Carmen has been my second shooter photographer for over a year now. And as Ashley is fantastic at organizing and planning, so she'll be handling marketing and most office work.
In celebration of our team we had a little photo session last week.

Carmen

Ashley

Rachel (that's me)

There is nothing better than working with your best friends.

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Downtown Las Vegas: Mitch & Lauren

When you think downtown Las Vegas, you'd think evening with the neon lights. But for a change, Mitch and Lauren and I hit it during the early morning sunrise.

Like I was telling you before, Mitch and Lauren eloped earlier this year. They didn't have any wedding day images so we went out to recreate some. And had a blast doing it!

Now remember how I said that Lauren is an artist? Well, she had this idea about recreating one of her favorite artists' paintings. Rene Magritte was a surrealist painter who did this awesome piece called 'The Lovers.'

And this is our rendition of it.

We had so much fun with this concept. (You're so clever, Lauren!)

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Calico Basin: Mitch & Lauren

First let me start with: I LOVE Mitch and Lauren! Usually at the start of a session it takes a little while (and bit of coaxing) for the couple to relax and be natural. Mitch and Lauren needed no such thing. They were so funny and playful right from the start. They kept me laughing the whole time. I had waaay too much fun!

Mitch and Lauren eloped in Vegas last February (more on that next post), so they never got the chance to do engagement photos (or wedding images - again next post). We trekked out to Calico Basin in Red Rock Canyon just west of Las Vegas for a post wedding engagement session. 

Lauren is an artist and we wanted to incorporate that so we had a paint fight! Serious bag'o fun!

Don't you just love 'em too?!

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