Ok, everyone is doing it so I guess I will too!  As a Las Vegas Wedding Photographer I have many great memories from 2008. Here’s my Top 5:

Pre-List: It should go without saying that my brides and grooms have made most of my best memories - without exception I’ve been amazed at how COOL my clients are; I seem to attract very laid-back couples - either that or (as I’ve been told) I tend to MAKE them be laid-back and relaxed. Either way, my 2008 Brides and Grooms were AWESOME to work with!

Now for the list:

1. Far and away my best photography-related memory for 2008: Working with Autism Speaks. I did a blog about this HERE. For both myself and for Jeremy, this was an amazingly rewarding organization to be involved with.
2. Receiving the “Creme de la Creme” (Best of the Best) award from WeddingMBA, the Wedding Merchant’s Business Academy. It’s great to win awards from our bride’s recommendations (like the 2007 Best of Weddings that we won from TheKnot magazine)… but when we were one of only around 20 companies IN THE ENTIRE USA to win this award, it’s a HUGE accomplishment!
3. This one may sound funny, but I enjoyed making several of my brides CRY this year. Don’t worry, it’s in a good way… brides almost always get a bit teary-eyed when they come into the office to review their wedding photography!  It usually happens right around the “first kiss” photo. But it does make me feel good that I was able to Capture the Emotion, and help revive that emotion later on!
4. This one may be a little self-serving but I always very much enjoy seeing positive reviews for my work, whether it’s here on my blog (and you can see recent comments in the right-side margin OR by clicking at the bottom of a post where it says “xx Comments”. I am also proud of all of the 5-Star ratings and great reviews that D. Jay’s Entertainment (and myself, and my photographers) received on multiple online ratings websites, like WeddingWire, OpenList, and Kudzu.  In 2008, we became Las Vegas’s Highest-Rated and most Award-Winning DJ and Photography company!
5. New contacts - wedding planners and wedding/reception facilities, and being invited to either be EXCLUSIVE, or on their Preferred Vendor list. We are on over 2 DOZEN Preferred Vendor lists, and are exclusive with many Wedding Planners and wedding/reception faclilities. I’m also very proud of the Endorsements that we’ve received at WeddingWire (click link and scroll down just a little bit to see the endorsements)!

2008 has been an amazing year business-wise, and I know my photography has developed (pun intended) greatly this year - at the beginning of the year I decided that I would start being a “Contemporary” photographer… photojournalistic, cutting-edge, with tasteful processing done to my photos. No more “shoot and print”… I have been working on making each of my photos more than just a photo… possibly touching on ‘art’!

Thank you to all of my brides and grooms for a great 2008! And, I’m looking forward to all my new weddings for 2009!

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