oh yay.

vegas LIGHTS . . .

this shoot was SO fun. It took place between 11:30 pm and 1:00 am!  i have never done anything like it before but you can bet i will be using this technique again! Carly's whole edgy rocker look was SO perfect for the location, we had so much fun styling her hair and picking out all the clothes for this shoot! I LOOOVE when I get to do the styling fo shoots- it always seems to come together better when you can oversee everything from start to finish. 

pretty proud that i pulled off the radial blur in camera. no photoshop. =)

and a couple of vanessa...

We picked out more of a glam look for her- it's crazy how different each person's photos feel! V's shots are a little more old Hollywood to me. I wish we would have had a vintage dress or something. that would have been COOL. any volunteers for next time? =)

Note: I used the available light in every shot but  TWO. Can you tell which ones I used bounce flash with?

hotel shoot

THE SET UP

as photographed by carly carlson

our first shoot in vegas in our lovely room at the excalibur. 
and yes. as usual, 100% natural window light on all of these.

i learned a lot behind the camera...

...and in front of the camera! {blush}

THE OUTCOME

what i shot...

vanessa. work it girl! v and i actually met in person for the first time in vegas and we had so much fun!  plus, isn't she quite the model? vanessa totally saved us because she was the only one who knew her way around vegas. plus she taught me a rad little photoshop trick! yay!

carly. my supa talented girl from the north west! woot woot! she cut her hair a while ago and i am maaaaybe obsessed with it. it's so funky! she has no clue but she is freaking gorgeous and is seriously impressive in front of the camera.  many more to come of this girl for our las vegas strip shoot (wow that doesn't sound right).  She took a few pics of paul that blew my mind too. 

paul. ok, not our room mate but we were all kinda joined at the hip all week. he came out all the way from london and he has the raddest accent. we had a blast hanging out in class and shooting together. we all really learned a lot from each other. In fact, we all agreed that we learned as much from our long conversations and practice shoots as we did from attending classes. Pretty cool huh? 

check out my friends. you just may find a shot or two of me on their blogs...

we're baaaack...

we had SO much fun at WPPI !

The platform classes gave me a lot to think about and hopefully I will be implementing 

lots of good changes in my photography and business soon. 

We also had a great time shooting in Vegas. Here's just one little teaser of my friend Carly!. Many more to come soon!

communication lines down

i repeat, communication lines ARE down.

ugh. we have problems. if you tried to call me last night or this morning, you probably did NOT reach me. my phone randomly stopped working normally, as in when i try to make a call, it rings (if i am lucky) and then says, please enter your credit card or calling card number to complete this call...

umm..

say whaaaaaaat?

anyhoo, if you need to reach me today you can do so by e-mail and if you REEEEEALY need to talk to me i will try to call you back on lover boy's phone and hopefully we will get in touch shortly.

it's going to be a long, hard day. 

thank you google for this lovely image which i took the liberty of editing. 

tessa.

Look a bit familiar? This is sister's best friend since diapers (and my pseudo little sis) Tessa. For real we went to her Barney birthday party when she was 3. haha! We took pictures of her on the same day I took some of Kenz (and me!).  Isn't she a BABE?! And I loved her coat SO much that I went and got one for myself right after the shoot. So now we're twinners. Love you Tess!

and yes, her eyes are all HER. not a product of contacts or photoshop trickery. WOW!

P.S. SENIOR PICTURE TIME IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER! Be sure to book your session before my spring wedding schedule starts to get CRAZY!

jared + erika {Portland, OR}

just enjoy . . .

Portland, Oregon Temple

Downtown Portland

by the way, MAJOR props to Erika who found this killer location ahead of time- 

ALL BY HERSELF! I about died I was so proud. 

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then we did a little exploring together...

hello tile, i love you.

Reception Details:

dress details. for some reason these aren't showing up as well as they should on blogger. =(

Thank you Jared and Erika for shipping me all the way out to OREGON! I could not have had more fun with the two of you. You make the SWEETEST couple (can't you tell from these last shots?)!