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!

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Las Vegas Engagement Photography | Red Rock Canyon | Danielle & Joe

Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of photographing someone I went to High School with in Wisconsin!  Danielle was a year ahead of me at Beaver Dam High School in the early 2000's and long story short, her family is good friends with my boyfriends family and that's how we connected.  Well now, 9 years later, Danielle is marrying Joe.  They met in college in Green Bay, WI and will be getting married in Las Vegas in April this year! They came to Vegas to check out venues for the wedding 2 weeks ago and while they were here, they snuck in an engagement session with me at Red Rock Canyon.  Here are a few of the photos from the day:

Danielle and Joe are two great people and I hope their wedding day is fabulous!

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Las Vegas Wedding Photography | Kristen & Ivan 10-10-10 Part 2

It turned out that Kristen and Ivan liked the vintage editing so here are a few example of some of their photos with a more "vintagey" feel! Kristen and Ivan with Kristen's parents from South Dakota.  (I'm from Wisconsin so I always love meeting a fellow mid-westerner!)

The park near their house, turned out to be a perfect spot for taking photos.  It provided almost an arched walkway for the bride and groom.

Kristen and her bridesmaids were a lot of fun.  They were ready to celebrate "Team Kristen and Ivan"!!!

After the park, we headed back to their house for the ceremony.  Some makeup touchups and Kristen lowered her vail to head down to marry her future husband!

First married couple KISS!!!!!!!

After the ceremony, we headed up to some foothills leading to the mountains near their house.  Luckily they had a friend with an off-road vehicle to get there because I know my car could NOT have made that drive.  We arrived just in time for some sunset photos.

It was so great to be a part of their wedding day and I wish these two great people nothing but the very best in the rest of their lives together.  Oh, and by the way, Kristen, my mom thinks you should be a model! ;)

If you would like to see the rest of their wedding album you can see it here.

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