Weekly Photo Challenge - "Games"

Most of the time games in my home consist of fairies, princesses or ballerina's. I took this pic of my four year old dancing away in one of her pinkest dresses of all. Little girls are so much fun!

Monica took a picture of their Monopoly game, which I thought turned out awesome! I can't remember the last time I played Monopoly... guess I'll have to bust that out again soon :)

Jessica took this pic of her chess set. I love it!


Our challenge for this week (by special request!):

"Something New"

Jessica suggested sticking with the previous theme from last week, and it sounded like a good idea to me :) Happy shooting!

Weekly Photo Challenge - "Something Old"

So I loved this challenge! I took my kids out to Bonnie Springs because I knew I'd find plenty of old stuff to photograph. Plus, I've been dying to check it out anyway!

It was difficult to choose only one shot, but I finally settled on this one of the miniature train :)

Monica went on what she dubbed a "something old adventure" where she found this great old car. I love old stuff!

Jessica has also joined us this week! Here is her shot of something old, her grandmother's hands :)


Our challenge for this week is:

"Games"

Family :)

Despite how crazy my life has been lately, my little family was able to meet up with my five brothers, my sister and my parents for a mini vacation last week. We had a blast and the fun was over way too soon...

I'm lucky enough to have the most AMAZING family ever, and it was so good to see them all again! It's a rare occasion these days for every member of my family to be together in one spot, so of course a fabulous time was had by everyone :)

Well as you probably guessed, everyone just had to get family pictures taken, right?! And yes, I was nominated for the task, lol. It was fun to be able to share my talent with the people I love most :) I still can't believe I was able to take so many portraits in a two hour period of time. Although I do wish I could have spent more time with each of them, which would have given me time to be more creative!

So I just have to share a few of my favs, simply because my family is gorgeous, haha! Maybe I'm biased, but I thought they turned out pretty swell for such a goofy group :)

WARNING: I have quite the large family, so be prepared for more pics that normal! And I left so many out too... what a shame :)

Here they all are, from youngest to oldest (My sister and I are the babies of the family!).


This one cracks me up! My nephew had to strike a new pose for every shot, it was hilarious :) I'll have to work some photoshop magic to get the best expressions for everyone on this pose, lol.


This family pic was a miracle! The first round my little niece didn't want to have anything to do with the camera. After the big group shot we all ganged up on her to force out those adorable smiles :)


It's the best ever when little kids try SO hard to smile for the camera. It doesn't get any better than this, lol!

I love this shot, so cute!



I still can't believe all six of my oldest brother's kids were looking at the camera for this shot. Awesome!

And last but not least, my mom and dad. I couldn't have dreamed up better parents. They're the best ever! I love these two to pieces :)

And yes, I do have a sister too! But since I just took pics of her last month, I figured they had plenty of photos for now.

Anyway, thanx for letting me show off my family :)

Sam and Debbie

A couple weeks ago I flew to San Francisco to photograph Sam and Debbie's wedding. They are the most adorable couple, and so in love!

Can I just say I love weddings :) For many of us it is the most memorable day of our lives, filled with overwhelming emotion and romance. I love having the opportunity to be a part of something so special in a couple's life!

One of the many things I love about weddings is all the little details. Sometimes we all may go a bit insane worrying about everything, but in the end it turns out to be such a beautiful celebration of love! Sam and Debbie's wedding was filled with so many stunning details.

My favorite was their rings :) I've never seen this design, and I thought it was so precious!

And their flower arrangements were gorgeous. Here's just one example :)

And I loved Debbie's shoes! They looked so comfy, and yet so elegant.

Of course we can't forget the chairs. Every detail must be covered! These bows and covers really did add so much to the atmosphere :)

Here is a pic of Debbie and Sam, just after the ceremony. They were truly glowing :)

So basically what I'm saying is the little things do add up, and they make every wedding just that more memorable. I love it!

Congrats again to Sam and Debbie!!

View 2-1-5

On Saturday I photographed Las Vegas' newest wedding venue, View 2-1-5. The place is absolutely gorgeous, and as you may have guessed... it provides an amazing view of the strip :)

Here is the entrance to this fabulous new venue!

The room was set up for an indoor ceremony in these two shots. It turned out beautiful :)


This is a shot of the bride's room, truly fit for a queen!

And last but not least is the fabulous patio where you and your guests will enjoy a spectacular view of the Las Vegas strip.

I can't wait to photograph a wedding here! Thanx so much to everyone at the View 2-1-5 :)

Weekly Photo Challenge - "Color"

Sorry I missed a week again! The past 10 days have been some of the busiest of my life, but I won't bore you with ALL the details. The good news is I'm completely moved into my new house and SO happy to be out of our apartment! Hopefully my life will return to a normal schedule soon... but with all the remodeling we have planned it's probably not likely :)

So here is my photo for the color challenge. Besides moving into our new house, I was also in San Francisco last week to photograph a wedding (pics coming soon!). I was amazed by the countless flowers I saw in front of the shops. The colors were truly amazing!


Monica got some amazing shots on the 4th of July. She had her family members shake these glow sticks everywhere for her shot and I love it!

Grace got this great pic after she painted her daughter's toes each a different color. It is seriously too adorable!


And our challenge for this week is:

"Something Old"

Happy shooting!!

Weekly Photo Challenge - "Nighttime"

So I'm pretty sure I could do this challenge for a month, especially living in Las Vegas. There are SOO many things I wanted to photograph, and just never enough time! So here's my pic. This was photographed at the Red Rock Casino :)



Monica photographed her son's new night light. I love these things! It makes me want to go buy one for my girls now :)



And we have another photographer joining our weekly challenges! Grace is a professional photographer based out of St. George, UT. She captured this beautiful photograph of the St. George LDS temple last week.



Our challenge for this week is:

"Color"

Busy, busy, busy!

So Monica and I both agreed we should extend this week's photo challenge for at least another week, if not more! Neither one of us had taken any pictures for it yet. I know, I know... slackin' :)

We are both SO busy right now, and the funny thing is that we're both overwhelmed for the same reason. Monica just moved into her brand new house yesterday, and I will be moving into my new home in the next few days... if all goes well! We're both super excited, but definitely have WAY too much to do at the moment :)

But I promise... the photo challenge will return soon, in full force!

So although I don't have a picture for this week's challenge, I do have another fun waterfall picture from my trip to Havasupai that I haven't posted yet. So here you go. Enjoy :)

Ballet's rising star!

Today was so fun! I was able to photograph a beautiful young ballet dancer :) There are so many cute pics from this session, so I'll be adding more tomorrow. I just couldn't wait until I finished editing to put them all up. Here's your sneak preview!

Weekly Photo Challenge - "Patterns"

This was fun! The hardest part was sticking with one idea! In the end I decided to photograph my guitar, because of the cool pattern the strings create. The best part about this challenge was that I actually picked up my dusty guitar and played for awhile... after I FINALLY put my camera down, lol. I'm thinking I need to do that more often!



And here's Monica's pic, you can't go wrong with a basket!



Our challenge for this week is:

"Night time" (no flash!)

Finally ordered my promo cards!

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So I was determined to get these promo cards designed this week and I actually did. Yay for self imposed deadlines, lol! If you know any engaged couples, tell them about my $50 print credit special :)

Here's the front of the card:



And the back:

Weekly Photo Challenge - "Hands"

After TRYING to get my kids to cooperate on several ideas I had for this challenge (note to self... stop procrastinating!), I finally got my 18 month old to do some sign language for me, lol. Both of my kids love signing, and now so do I! I would recommend signing for anyone with young children. It really helps eliminate SOME of the terrible twos. Plus... now we have a secret language that daddy doesn't understand... heehee

Here's my pic ;)



And here is Monica's pic. She photographed her and her husband holding hands for this one :) Cute!



And our challenge for this week is:

"Patterns"

Sweet, sweet baby!

Today I was able to do newborn portraits of little baby M. He was the most precious little guy, I had so much fun! I'm convinced that right around 10 days old is the perfect time to do a newborn shoot... it's magical :) We were able to get all of the peaceful sleeping shots and a few with his eyes wide open. I couldn't ask for more!

Here are a few of the pics, enjoy!

Weekly Photo Challenge - "At Your Feet"

I love how these photo challenges have a way of getting me out to explore my surroundings. Today I took my girls on a bike ride around our neighborhood, looking for interesting stuff to photograph along the way. We spotted this perfect white fence along a horse path, so I decided to shoot it from the viewpoint of my feet :) And yes, I ended up lying face first in the dirt for this one, lol. Fun times!


And here is Monica's pic. Her kids helped her on this one...she told them to bring her the most colorful rocks they could find and they brought her these :) Too cute!

And our challenge for this week is:

"Hands"

More maternity!

Last weekend I drove up to my sister's place to do maternity portraits for her. We transformed her nursery into a little studio for the shoot :) I had so much fun and I think they turned out great. Isn't she super cute pregnant!? Now I can't wait for that baby to arrive in July! Here are a few of my favs: