Las Vegas Photography | Engagement | Justin & Heather

Hey everyone! I was contacted by Justin to take engagement photos of him and his fiance Heather on the Las Vegas Strip!  I could tell through emailing with Justin that him and Heather would be a fun couple to hang out with for a few hours.  They are from right outside Detroit, Michigan.  I don't know what it is about people from the Midwest, but I swear, that we all are just subconsciously drawn to each other and get along immediately!  Maybe it's just me, but it really felt like I knew these two for years after photographing them for 20 minutes.

Justin and Heather booked me for 2.5 hours so we would definitely have time to make it to the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign:

I don't know if you can have a Las Vegas Strip photo shoot without a stop at the AMAZING chandelier bar at the Cosmopolitan!

Another one with the beautiful afternoon light coming in at the Cosmo.

I'm really loving silhouette photos lately.  These are from a maintenance stairway by the Aria pool!

The bling bling!  I also loved Heather's bracelets to match :)

These two were so in love and they have been together since High School!  I love a good High School Sweetheart story since I'm with my High School Sweetheart too:

Justin and Heather are getting married in Vegas in about a year and a half!  Congrats you two on your engagement and I hope to see more of you!

Thanks for reading!

Las Vegas Engagement Photography: The Proposal | Ryan & Kendall Part 2

I just love these photos so much that I had to blog a Part 2!  I think part of the reason I love these photos so much is because of the pure joy that Kendall and Ryan were in after the proposal.  You can just tell in their faces that they are extremely happy and so so in love.  It means so much to me to be a part of such an important time in their lives. Yesterday I showed you a little sneak peek of a photo taken at the Chandelier Bar at the Cosmopolitan.  The bar is absolutely stunning and GIANT!  It has 3 levels and I still feel like any photo I've ever taken there doesn't give it justice.  It does make for a beautiful backdrop for photoshoots though.

Here is Ryan & Kendall right outside the Chandelier Bar.

And another one in black & white.

This one is so colorful and fun in front of a storefront!

After the Cosmo, we headed over to Aria.  Aria is by far one of my favorite places in Vegas to take photos!

Right outside the Elvis Theatre is really beautiful!

I especially love Aria's pool area.  You have to be a guest to enter... but they are so nice there that I've NEVER been turned down to take photos:)  No one can say no to a bride or a newly engaged couple, it's just a fact of life!

We ended or proposal/engagement photoshoot excursion back at the Garden at the Bellagio.  It's always tough to get good photos there because there are so many tourists but I got lucky with this shot on the left!

And here's another one of Kendall's ring just because it's so beautiful!!!!

I had such a great time with Ryan and Kendall and feel so privileged to be invited by Ryan into this intimate and exciting time of his new life with Kendall!  I wish you two all the best in your marriage and new life together.

Here is the link to their album if you want to see more!

Thanks so much for reading!

Las Vegas Engagement Photography: The Proposal | Ryan & Kendall

I was contacted by Ryan a while ago about engagement photos.  As we were emailing back and forth about prices and details, in about his 3rd email to me he said something like, "Well I'm planning on asking her at 7pm in front of the Bellagio Fountains while the show is going."  When I read this my immediate thought was...."HOLY SHIT!  HE'S GOING TO PROPOSE TO HER!!"  Now, I was just expecting this to be a pretty standard engagement shoot where both people in the couple are aware their photo is going to be taken, they are already engaged and just decided to come to the vegas strip for cool photos.  Not this time!  I had always wanted to photograph an actual proposal but I had never had the chance to so I was, to say the least, VERY excited for this opportunity. Ryan had the whole thing planned out for Kendall.  They drove from Arizona to Vegas for a few days and once they reached Vegas, Ryan had a lot of surprises planned...including the surprise of her life!

Now Ryan and I had to be sneaky about this.  We had to plan an exact location to meet so I wouldn't miss the moment and we had to even email photos of each other so we would know what the other person looked like at our meeting spot!  It all worked out great and when Ryan got down on one knee in front of the Bellagio Fountains, I was right there to get the moment on film.

Kendall was in shock!  Here she is admiring the beautiful ring!

Speaking of the ring....

After the Proposal we headed to the Cosmopolitan, Aria, and then back to the Bellagio for an official engagement shoot!  Here is one of the first ones from the Chandelier Bar at the Cosmo!

This is just the beginning of our 2 hour long shoot.  Stay tuned for another blog post tomorrow!

Thanks for reading!