I’m a little bit behind in blogging this event which was in mid-November at one of my favorite venues, the Southwest Event Center at the Hampton Inn Tropicana here in Las Vegas. As I’ve said before, I love working with Lorin!

Instead of posting the typical reception shots (and I got several hundred of those), I wanted to show some creative photos I took of the bride and groom before and after the reception. The Hampton Inn/Southwest Event Center has a great pool area with brightly-colored furniture, and Rose’s brightly-colored bouquet really looked great. It was such a beautiful day and a great-looking couple.

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!

Wedding Photography Las Vegas Southwest Event Center

A dreamy kiss:

Wedding Photography Las Vegas Southwest Event Center

I haven’t posted this type of photo for a while, but as my clients know, it’s one I consider a “signature” shot… many photographers do this shot but I do it just a little differently. Usually I’ll make it black-and-white with some grainy texture added, and call it my “Casablanca” style shot, but I couldn’t get rid of all that COLOR for this one!

Wedding Photography Southwest Event Center Las Vegas

Gary had some fun with this one:

Wedding Photography Southwest Event Center Las Vegas

I slightly de-saturated the color in this one, added a bit of glow to this one. Anyone wondering what that green circle is, that’s “lens flare” and yes, it was on purpose for this shot!

Las Vegas Wedding Photography Southwest Event Center

Of course I always get a ring shot, and I think I’m pretty good at them (if I do say so myself), but this one I consider one of my very best. This ring photo is almost straight from my camera, just a slight crop and a tiny bit of sharpening on the ring. Isn’t the saturation and depth-of-field just amazing?!?

Wedding Photography Southwest Event Center Las Vegas

I was able to do a few black-and-white photos; for most clients, they’d get more, but really I couldn’t bear to get rid of all the color… this shot was a quick set-up actually in the hallway of the Event Center, using only the window light. I added some cross-hatch texture to the photo (but of course not on Rose’s face!)

Wedding Photography Southwest Event Center Las Vegas

Thanks to Rose and Gary for letting me be a part of their special day. You guys were great!

COMMENT on this blog post! Just click where it says “Comments” below. You don’t even have to register or anything! Is this the last entry on the page? See more by clicking on PREVIOUS ENTRIES below!

Tags: hampton inn, Las Vegas, las vegas photography, las vegas wedding, las vegas wedding photographer, las vegas wedding photography, married in las vegas, Photography, photos in las vegas, southwest events center las vegas, tropicana, vegas wedding, wedding couples