Las Vegas Photographer for Weddings and Event Photography TiffanyG

Fun Little Award

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February 12th, 2009TiffanyGBragging, Family

Back in early January, I submitted 2 photos to a photo contest at Sahara Camera Center here in Las Vegas. The theme was “Tis The Season”. It took a while, but I found out a couple days ago that my photo was chosen as the winner! I won a nice (small) camera bag, which will come in handy for those Engagement Sessions where I don’t need to take ALL of my various equipment.

See, not ALL my work is Wedding Photography, although being a Wedding Photographer is my passion!

Here’s the photo that won the contest. It’s my nephew, and was not posed at all (well, the photo in the thought bubble was posed, but not the reaction to the present) - Click photo for larger version!

'Tis The Season Photo

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

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January 20th, 2009TiffanyGEngagements, Family

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…

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

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Off to the playground…

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Of course Will and Cherry hopped on, too!

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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?

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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:

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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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Las Vegas Wedding Photography with Conney and Hoover at THEHotel @ Mandalay Bay

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December 23rd, 2008TiffanyGFamily, Parties, Weddings

Before I tell you how cool Conney and Hoover are, I have to brag a little bit: I got some new toys! I’ve never been a “studio” photographer… it’s just not for me. However, lately my wedding photography clients and also some corporate clients have been asking for “portraits”. That would be more formal stuff, with a backdrop, etc. etc. Previously, I’d been using on-camera flash and it was “ok” but not up to my standards. So, recently I was able to purchase two off-camera strobes, umbrellas, soft box, stands, a giant battery, wireless transmitter/receivers, etc.

I have to say, the clarity, lighting and overall look of my “portrait” photos have improved an amazing amount!

That said, let’s talk about Conney and Hoover and their wonderful family. They hired me to attend their pre-wedding event (the day before the wedding). Originally it was planned to possibly do a Strip Tour or some outside shooting, but it evolved into a simple in-suite portrait session with their extended family. For brides and grooms whose familys just don’t have many “formal” photos, this is a great option. You get bridal/wedding photography AND family portraits all in one session!

I made everyone “suffer” though formal shots for a while… here’s some of those. Note: If the images look “fuzzy” to you, you’re probably using FireFox and have your “Zoom” set to larger than normal. Fix this by clicking on the photo! Heck, everyone should click on the image to see the larger image anyway! Plus you get to see my new plug-in that displays the photo in cool Flash-based pop-up thingamagig!

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Here’s 4 generations…

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Parents:

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Got a bunch of formal Bride and Groom shots but wanted to show this one, classic B/W processing…

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Hoover:

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Then, Hoover pulled out his “paparazzi pose” - which started off our more “fun” portion of the night:

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You really didn’t think I could spend ALL the time taking the formals, did you? Sisters!

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Being goofy!

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Taa DAAA!! (keep ahold of that baby!)

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This one took them a little out of the expected area for photos (hence, the leaves in the top-left) but the shot was hilarious so I wanted to show it!

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Had a blast at this event, even though it was just supposed to be a “simple” portrait session. Being Las Vegas, we had to get just a little crazy, and Conney and Hoover were the perfect, FUN couple to do it!

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Las Vegas Family Portraits

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December 4th, 2008TiffanyGFamily

Admittedly I don’t do a lot of family portraits or family photography in Las Vegas, but family photos are very similar to wedding photography and engagement sessions. I really enjoy working with kids (as my regular readers know from all the “cute little girl” photos I’ve been posting from my weddings)!

As a sidenote, for any of my family portraits I do not use my subject’s names when I post them in my blog; I do have permission to post the kids photos but we want to be as careful as possible not to have privacy issues. So, I apologize for using “the son” and “the daughter” type language instead of the first names!

Anyway, last week I worked with a great family - the son is friends with our son and they played on the same baseball team. We went out near Red Rock and had a good time with mom, the 2 kids, and 2 dogs!

For anyone NOT from Las Vegas, to answer the question… YES we have trees that change colors and lose their leaves in the fall!

Just the kids together:

The son with his dog…

A very warm, summery process was used on this photo… isn’t she adorable?!!?

Had some fun with what I call the “bobble head” photo. Wide angle lens about 6″ from the subject’s face results in this very interesting perspective… and I must say - this young lady had REFUSED at first to show her teeth when she smiled - she opened right up and was comfortable with us within just a few shots! And, near the end of the session, I was honored when she asked me to call her by her “short” name instead of her “formal” name… especially after her mom explained that only her friends and family are allowed to do that!

We stayed until nearly dark. This photo required a flash AND a reflector to help make the subjects “pop” while still maintaining the AMAZING color of the sky and the clouds.

Jeremy and I really enjoyed this session, thanks guys!

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Family Photography Portrait Session with…. OUR BOYS!

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December 3rd, 2008TiffanyGFamily

Way back in August we left Las Vegas and went back “home” to Michigan for a vacation. While we were there, we did portrait sessions with our sons, our nieces and nephews. You know how they always say, “Doctor, Heal Thyself”… well surprisingly I don’t have a lot of photos of our sons! And, when I do take them, I rarely do any post-processing. So, this year I decided to finally do full processing on some photos and give them as gifts to our family.

This series was taken (obviously) on the banks of a river in Michigan… although for this first pic you can’t really see the river!

Out over the river, some selective-coloring done to this one…

Sun was harsh that day and I didn’t bring my entire set-up from Las Vegas so I had to make due… but here’s another of our little one…

Our older one just had braces put on about 2 months prior to this shoot, and of course was a little self-conscious about them, so no luck getting him to smile…

A few days later we went to Jeremy’s parent’s house (an old farm) and got a ton of photos in-and-around their old barn. This was one of my faves…

And this one, too…

Here’s our sons with two of Jeremy’s nieces…

Oh, look for a very special announcement tomorrow!

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Autism Speaks - Las Vegas Photography at Sam Boyd Stadium

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October 15th, 2008TiffanyGBragging, Family, Parties, Sports

Jeremy and I recently were asked to be involved in an organization called “Autism Speaks“. It’s a national not-for-profit organization, and (from their website), here’s their cause:

“We are dedicated to funding global biomedical research into the causes, prevention, treatments, and cure for autism; to raising public awareness about autism and its effects on individuals, families, and society; and to bringing hope to all who deal with the hardships of this disorder. We are committed to raising the funds necessary to support these goals.“

When Jenifer from the Texas Station chapel and banquet/reception/meetings department asked us to volunteer our time to Photograph and DJ for this amazing event, we immediately jumped at the chance! I normally don’t brag about the volunteer work that we do for not-for-profit organizations but I wanted to post this to help promote the Walk and also to support Autism Speaks.

A few days before the event, KVBC (the Local NBC affiliate) came to our office, along with Megan and her mom. We met Megan at the kick-off dinner and she aspires to be a radio DJ… so we invited her to be our “guest DJ” during the Walk. Here she is, being interviewed in our office, standing next to one of our smaller DJ setups.

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