I recently shot a very challenging Vegas wedding ceremony at the Little Church of the West. First, I want to say this chapel is very beautiful and has a lot of history, I would recommend it to a bride looking for a “rustic” type wedding in Las Vegas.

That said, as with almost all Chapels, they are restrictive on outside photographers. The good thing is they DO allow the bride and groom to hire an outside photographer (most don’t allow it at all)… the bad thing is the photographer cannot stand up and must shoot from their seat. So, varying angles and the “best shot” isn’t always possible.

Rodlyn and Alex were OK with this and knew the restrictions. I am proud to say that I was able to capture some pretty good shots of the ceremony, given the situation.

This is pretty much the angle I had during the ceremony so there’s no reason to blog a ton of photos, but the ring shot came out pretty nice:

I got a little creative/artistic with some close-ups and processing, I tried a reverse-vignette on this one (honestly I’m not 100% sure the reverse vignette “works” so I of course will provide 2 versions to Rodlyn and Alex… feel free to click on the Comment link below and let me know what YOU think!

After the ceremony (and a few nice first-kiss shots), I rushed outside to get their exit, and was able to capture this nice one:

We had some time to do some posed shots outside, here’s one of my personal faves…

Then, it was off to the Luxor Buffet where they had reserved a private room and a cake. I was very impressed with the cake, and since I haven’t posted a cake photo since March, I figured I’d show it to my blog readers!

This shot, I know Alex isn’t smiling but I really love the implied emotion, the contemplating, the quiet moment after the ceremony…

I enjoyed shooting with Rodlyn and Alex, and welcome “challenging” shoots such as the one at Little Church of the West. Thanks guys!

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