Las Vegas Family Photography | Danielle, Ralph, & Ava | Discovery Park

Hello Everyone! Danielle and Ralph found me through my Groupon Feature and booked a family photo shoot with me for them and their beautiful 6 month old daughter, Ava!

We decided to meet at Discovery Park in Henderson early in the morning to avoid the deserts intense sun and midday heat.  Well... this just happened to be the week where it rained pretty much every day so it was uncharacteristically humid for the desert.  I mean, it wasn't just a little humid... it was like mid summer, Wisconsin humidity and it's about 85-90 degrees on top of it!  We all walked out of our cars to meet and were immediately sweating.

We made the best of it though and stayed in the shade pretty much the entire time.  We got some really great photos despite the heat, humidity, and sweat!  Here are some of my favorites from the day.

Everyone showed up to the session in their converse all-stars.  Including Ava!

Great looking family!

Ralph making little Ava smile :)

I love her little heart pockets.

Look at those eyes!

Love this one of Ava on the slide!

And I'll end this post with this great one from the end of our session where Ava was about ready to go home and we were all so hot that all we could do was laugh :)

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

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Las Vegas Engagement Photography | Kris & JD at the Neon Museum

Hey Everyone! A couple of weeks ago, I met Kris and JD at the Neon Museum (aka the Neon Boneyard) for engagement photos!  It's no secret that this is probably my FAVORITE location for engagement photos.  I actually just found out that it's going to work out for my wedding photographer to come to Vegas and take MY engagement photos there!  Wooohoooo!!  But enough about me....

Kris and JD came to town from Montana.  I know a few people from Montana and for some reason, they all seem to be some of my favorite people and it turns out Kris and JD were no exception!  They were just the nicest people and so clearly in love that it was infectious.

They came to Vegas during that crazy week where it rained every day for about 6 days straight.  I've lived here 3 years and can't remember a time this has ever happened!  We really lucked out with their shoot and only had a few sprinkles at the very very end of our time.

In my opinion, it's pretty hard to take a bad photo at the Neon Boneyard because it's just so beautiful every where you turn :)  Here are a few of my favorites from their session:

I can't even tell you how many times I made JD pick Kris up like the photo on the left!  He was a sport though :)

Probably my favorite of them all!

I am seriously loving non-traditional engagement rings recently.  Kris' is a beautiful moonstone.

They are so in love I love it!

It may have been slightly sprinkling here... we didn't let it get in the way!

Kris and JD will be getting married in Vegas in a little over a week!  I'm so happy for them and wish these two great people nothing but the best in their future together.  It was great to meet you both!

Click here to see their entire album!

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Las Vegas Wedding Photography | Jenny & Nick | Springs Preserve

Hey Everyone! I have been wanting to photograph a wedding at Springs Preserve for sooooo long and I finally had the opportunity to do so a couple of weeks ago!  Jenny and Nick also bought a Groupon for a 2 hour photo shoot and then decided to book me for a couple more hours on top of that for their special day.  Now, if you put two and two together, you will realize that my business was a Groupon on June 12th, and this wedding was on June 30th!  I'm pretty sure that these two planned a wedding in about a month!  With my wedding planning so far... I have NO IDEA how they were able to accomplish this feat.  Luckily they got married on a Thursday so a lot of vendors (including me) were available :)

The whole day was a pretty short one with the ceremony at 11:30 and the reception ending at 4pm.  I arrived at around 10am to get some photos of Jenny getting ready and to get some shots of the couple before the ceremony.  Here is one of Jenny looking herself over just before she went to see Nick for the first time!

And then for their First-Look!

Just a standard "Mary Meyer" photo that I like to take at all my weddings :)

The beautiful bride Jenny!!  She was absolutely STUNNING.

Here is a photo of Jenny and Nick just having a little fun before the ceremony.  It helps to loosen up a little!

Springs Preserve is such a beautiful place to have an outdoor wedding!

This is one of my favorites of the couple after the ceremony!

And for the finale...the bling!

My first wedding at Springs Preserve was a really great one and I think that has a lot to do with the great couple I got to work with and their awesome family and friends!  I just love working on their photos because it's hard not to feel happy seeing their spirit and love for each other that shows through.  I'm guessing you see it too :)

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