Traveling has been a passion of mine since I got my first passport at 6 months old (no joke!) I sat on my moms lap and made gaga sounds at the photographer. I started traveling alone at age 6 to visit my Aunt in Missouri every Summer. I haven't stopped since. Where I go, my camera follows. I love experiencing new places and capturing each one in my own way.
My lack of blogging has not been because I am not busy enough. Quite the opposite, actually! I have at least ELEVEN photoshoots to blog right now!! As things start to slow down around here, I’ll be able to get back in the blogging swing of things!
First up, a wedding I attended that I never got a chance to blog! Jodi and Ray were married on 09-09-09 (a wednesday!) in sunny/hot Las Vegas Nevada. They live on the East Coast. This wedding was a bit different than normal for me. I was actually brought as a wedding gift by Jodi’s best friend Cortney!
In Vegas, a lot of the packages come with a wedding photographer and there isn’t much you can do to change that! This is what happened to Jodi and Ray. Cortney still wanted to them to have some awesome photos despite the untrained photographer in their package. So here I am! I had a similar situation like this, for Janice and Andrew’s Vegas wedding. I had to pretend to be a guest and fill in the blanks when possible!
Because of that, there aren’t as many bride and groom photos as normal! We were very limited in our time at the golf course and literally had under 5 minutes to sneak away and shoot!
The day started off at the Luxor hotel with Jodi getting ready!
The handsome groom, ready to marry his bride!
The ceremony was held at the Bali Hai Golf Resort and was short, sweet and easily over 100 degrees!
These next two images are the ones I had under 5 minutes to capture!
After the golf course, we headed to a lounge/bar place for an intimate reception!
An impromptu first dance…the music downloaded from two cell phones and played simultaneously!
It was a very sweet wedding and Jodi and Ray are obviously nutso for each other! I was so glad to be asked to be a minor part of their day!
xoxo, M
Love the palm tree/sunset ones! Nothing like a little time constraint to add pressure to your job!!! Oh and I love the one of her in the hallway by herself. Fantastic.
Man you work well under pressure!!! I love the hall shot too!!!
Beautiful!! Thank you again so much for being a part of her day and helping give her so many more beautiful memories to look at. =)
Lovely images! 🙂 The cake looks really pretty too. (And tasty)
Mel – You are the best present ever! I love the pic in the hallway!