Family and Engagement With Will and Cherry and Kids – Las Vegas Wedding Photography

20 January 2009 Written by TiffanyG 4 Comments

Jeremy and I spent an hour with Will, Cherry, and their two wonderful children (remember, we don’t post names of kids on our blog) yesterday. They are an awesome family! Their son is just 5 years old and is quite the camera-ham! Their daughter is absolutely beautiful and took a while to warm up, but we got some very good ones of her too!

Will and Cherry are getting married next month and we’re really hoping to earn their wedding-day business… as part of the Bridal Spectacular, we offered them a FREE 1-hour engagement session so we could get to know them better. It seems that we all get along very well so we’ll see!

This blog will be a mix of Engagement photos and Family Portrait/Family Photography. As with a lot of our private sessions, Jeremy and I work together; he is usually the one clicking the shutter and I use my “eye” to find great locations and poses… We had a blast working together for this short (1-hour) shoot:

This photo was only the 4th “click” of the day – and it was hard to choose between the first 4…

Las Vegas Family Portrait Photography

Now, mom and dad… the processing on this one is called “Summer Haze”, and we did our own tweaking to it.

Wedding Photography Engagement Photos Las Vegas

Off to the playground…

Las Vegas Family Portrait Photography

Of course Will and Cherry hopped on, too!

Wedding Photography Engagement Photos Las Vegas

Walking to the next location, Jeremy caught the kids playing around a yellow pole. Amazing how a great “eye” can see an interesting shot, huh?

Las Vegas Family Portrait Photography

This park (almost) has it all… waterfall, fun playground, a cool brick wall, bridges, etc. These 3 shots (obviously) are from the brick wall area…

Wedding Photography Engagement Photos Las Vegas

Off to the bridge, and the little guy was clowning around – this one is actually not posed at all… just his reaction after the camera was pointed at him.

Las Vegas Wedding Photography Engagement Photos

Lots of color at the park but we have to get a few black-and-whites in… here’s one of them.

Las Vegas Wedding Photography Engagement Photos

Now it’s time for the love-it-or-hate-it photo. The famous (infamous?) “bobble head” shot. Like it or not, it’s FUN and loose.

Las Vegas Family Portrait Photography

Then we made our way back to the waterfall area for some sunset-type, posed family shots. We looked up and saw an amazing sunset – and got this photo:

Las Vegas Family Portrait Photography

Thanks to all 4 of you for an enjoyable hour! Can’t wait until this Sunday where you’ll see all 175 or so “keepers”!

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Tiffany and Travis – Engagement Session in Las Vegas Park and Mount Charleston

19 January 2009 Written by TiffanyG 1 Comment

What a great couple! We’re shooting Tiffany and Travis’ wedding in October and their package included an Engagement Session. They really wanted to go up on Mt. Charleston to “play in the snow” and we were all for it! What turned out was an hour at a local park, then a jaunt up to the mountain for another hour. So, with 70 degree weather at the park, and 30 degree weather and snow on the mountain, it turned out to be one of the most “varied” shoots we’ve done!

A photo style we call “natural habit”, meaning not posed and using a zoom lens to do our best to capture our subjects being natural. Make sure you click on the photos so you can see the larger versions!

Engagement Session Photography in Las Vegas

Two more:

Las Vegas Engagement Session Photography

A neat posed photo, the last one that I’ll post from the park (we got over 100 there), because … well you’ll see why!

Engagement Session Photography in Las Vegas

We got up to the mountain and found there wasn’t much snow, and what snow there was, was hard-packed. Tiffany doesn’t look TOO cold, does she?

Beautiful Bride at Mt. Charleston Las Vegas Photography

Jeremy and I always argue about the “cold tone” processing. It obviously enhances the blues and makes the photo look “cold”. It’s a really neat effect but obviously with wedding photography we don’t get much of a chance to use it! Well, if there was any time that it was appropriate, it was for these two shots:

Mount Charleston Photography

Don’t worry, Tiffany and Travis get both versions (normal, and “cold tone”). Here’s a photograph we love, probably one of our favorites from the shoot:

Mount Charleston Photography

They wanted to get pictures having fun in the snow, so how about sliding down the icy hill?

Fun photo at Mt. Charleston Las Vegas Photography

By then, the sun was going down so we had to rush to the other side of the mountain to catch the sun setting. We were a little bummed, about 5 or 10 minutes past “prime” time but I think they still came out pretty good:

Wedding Photography Engagement Mt. Charleston Photo

And I know we do this shot a lot but this photo came out so nice… (and yes, Travis.. the “other one” came out very nice too).

Wedding Photography Engagement Mt. Charleston Photo

Overall we’ll end up with around 300 “keepers”. And we can’t wait for October to be able to work with Tiffany and Travis again!

What the hey… BONUS PIC! Neither Jeremy or I are “landscape” photographers and we had the wrong lens on for this one, but it’s still pretty cool!

Photography Mt. Charleston Sunset Photo

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Dean and Jennifer – Las Vegas Wedding Photography at the Suncoast Hotel Casino

13 January 2009 Written by TiffanyG 15 Comments

Jeremy and I knew within 10 seconds of Dean and Jennifer walking into our office that they would become clients – and be almost like family… Dean saw our Subaru STI (photos of the car at Red Rock Canyon can be seen by clicking on that link) parked outside of the office and commented on how he is also a “car guy”. And, after an hour or so (the first 30 minutes spent talking about cars!) we were booked for DJ and Photography!

Anyway, to the event! I spent the pre-ceremony time with Jennifer in their top-floor suite overlooking the mountains and golf course. By the way, the Suncoast Hotel and Casino is a great place to have a wedding and reception! Here’s a couple from there:

Bridal Photography in Las Vegas

At the same time, Jeremy was “2nd shooting” with Dean (Kirk, as his friends call him) in the ceremony room. This is one big benefit of having two photographers, and an even bigger benefit of having one female and one male photographer – the groom and groomsmen tend to be a little more “loose” and relaxed. Here’s a compilation we know Dean will love. Keep in mind, Jeremy DID get “formal” shots, but how priceless are these semi-formal moments for a groom?!? Brides love to see these too, because a lot of photographers neglect photos of the groom…

You’ll want to click on this one, just like you can with any of my blog photos, to see a larger version…

Groom Photography Las Vegas

Need more convincing that you should have 2 photographers? These two photos were taken at exactly the same second! Jeremy got Jennifer and her dad, and I got Dean and Jason (the best man).

Bridal and Groom Wedding Photography in Las Vegas

We were also able to take our new toys (the off-camera flashes that I mentioned a few posts back). Jeremy’s camera was wireless to those flashes and I used on-camera during the ceremony. So, look back up at the groomsmen photos, notice the great depth and clarity that we can get with off-camera flash!

And here’s another that Jeremy got, see the almost 3-D effect that the multiple off-camera flashes create?

Las Vegas Wedding Photography

After the ceremony, it was decided that we’d head down to the pool area for all the “formals”. We were all-for this idea since we knew then we wouldn’t have to do the boring stand-up-straight-in-front-of-the-altar shots… and we knew that Dean and Jennifer weren’t that type of couple!

The problem was, we didn’t have too much time, and even though it is Las Vegas it was COLD outside… so, with the great help of the groomsmen and a couple others, we were able to take all the equipment to the pool for proper lighting (it was dark!). We had to get a few photos on the curved stairway…

Wedding Party Photography in Las Vegas

And of course we got all the “formals”, but this blog is already getting too long! Here’s one of our “signature” photos…