Vegas desert shootout teasers!

Whew, what a crazy busy time WPPI was this year, but so much fun! It was so amazing seeing so many faces and meeting so many of you who follow my journey here on the blog.

I'll write a lot more soon, but I was super excited about the Las Vegas desert shoot I hosted and wanted to post some teaser shots. Our models were the beautiful couple Gavin and Erin Wade who I met at Mike Colon's workshop when they were dating, and now they are newlyweds.

Here's a few of my favorites! Lots more soon! :-)


I've been wanting this shot in the middle of the road FOR-EVER!


LOVED the clouds!


Such gorgeous light on this side of the country! I loved seeing all the cactus in person.

Rosanna & Jared are married!

Last December, when I first got my camera on Rosanna & Jared at Mike Colon's workshop, I said to Rosanna afterward "You guys really know how to work it for the camera, you are great with expressions." But Rosanna replied "Honestly, we're not working it for the camera, we REALLY are just that in love, and he makes me smile so much." It just warmed my heart and reminded me that true love was worth the wait.

Then over time, Rosanna and I bonded on a personal level having both experienced losing our fathers before they could walk us down the aisle. Instead, she had her father's father walk her down the aisle, and needless to say, it was a tear-filled ceremony, both tears of joy as she walked toward Jared, and in memory of her dad. The clouds were starting to cover and for a moment during the ceremony, a light shower came and went only long enough to feel it sprinkle, and I almost saw it as her dad sharing his tears of joy from above.

It was exciting to shoot alongsideMike Colon and Luke Edmonson and see them again for a mini Maui reunion!

I won't go into how my camera decided to break in the middle of shooting, or losing my iPhone in their getaway car, but thank goodness for backup cameras, right?

There were soooo many great details of the day for this Southern wedding in the heart of Atlanta. Here's my faves below and their slideshow at the end!




They got married at the oh so cute Kimball Hall in Atlanta, Ga.








Catching Jared writing a card to his bride.


The flower girls and ring bearers entertaining themselves until showtime.




Rosanna's maid of honor was preggers!




This was a cute moment when Rosanna's grandpa accidentally kissed his granddaughter on the lips.


Rosanna carried her mom and dad's wedding bands on her boquet in remembrance of her dad.






Such a beautiful ceremony site at Kimball Hall in Atlanta, Ga.!


The many expressions of Rosanna. She just saw her ceremony site and Jared waiting for her.


The flower girl looking back at the bride.


Rosanna so happy to be walking toward Jared. I was crying behind the camera right there with her. So sweet.




My favorite picture of the day. The look in a guy's face looking at his bride says it all!




More of sweet Jared so gushy.


The ring bearer cracks me up!




All the Southern treats for cocktail hour at this Atlanta wedding.












Lots of gorgeous greenery!




Rosanna dancing with her grandpa.






And the slideshow....

California photoshoot TEASERS!

Though I was originally heading back to California to see Mark, I did work a little bit too. I had a great spend a day with Theresa from SoCal and shot an engagement session for my first upcoming Cali wedding! Here's some teaser shots from the shoots!


The bridal glam session from my day with Theresa!



And a cute one of Samantha and Derek! California beaches definitely are nothing like Florida beaches!

WPPI 2009

So this post is a little belated. Story of my life. But what fun it was to finally look at and organize all the party pics from my Las Vegas trip last month!

What a whirlwind WPPI can be! With around 12,000 photographers from all over the world located in one hotel, you know lots of crazy photos will be taken! My favorite part of attending WPPI each year is getting a chance to see old friends and meet new ones! Thanks to all my blog readers who stopped me at the tradeshow to say hello or stopped by my After Party, I adored meeting all of you!!

There were way too many photos to blog about, so instead, I've grouped all the behind the scenes photos together in one slideshow!

Thanks to the fabulous David Esquire who played paparazzi at my After Party! Also thanks to my friends Jackie Blair, Heather Thorne who provided our funny girly pictures in the hotel room and my oh so hot boyfriend Mark Sweeney who provided some more of the behind the scenes photos at my nightshoot! (Have I mentioned yet how awesome it is to be dating another photographer? And I have Vegas to thank for the beginning of all my smiles! he he)

Enjoy looking for your face in the slideshow!!

Lyndsay & Anderson are hot!

Every year at WPPI is so exciting because it's like the Oscars of the photography industry. There's award nights, parties, lectures, networking, and I always like to get some shooting in while I'm there. Last year, I was excited to get my Vegas night shoot featured on the Pocket Wizard blog, but this year, I thought it would be fun to open it up to others to tag along for another hot nightshoot as I showed them my lighting techniques! It was soooooooo much fun shooting with other photographers that joined me from all over the world like Australia, Japan, and Canada!

Also, Pocket Wizard just released the new FlexTT5 and mini TT1, and I was thrilled to get an exclusive sneak peek and try it out for the shoot while they filmed a promo video of the photoshoot for their website!

Here's my favorite images of the night. Our superstar bride and groom was my new fabulous friend Lyndsay, who everyone will remember as the winner of my Spend A Day With Scarlett contest last year!! She is also a photographer and was attending WPPI, and I couldn't think of a more stylish couple to rock it out for us!














































Be sure to check out too some of the great images a few of the other photographers posted on their blogs already, and behind the scenes pics from those who were helping to assist!

Cathy Crawley
Kate Lorraine
Michele Beckwith Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Julie Dessureault
Erin Kline
Mark & Noelle McCoy
Justin Lee
RIz Crescini
Mark Sweeney
Heather Thorne
Jackie Blair
Ginger Dupre

After the photoshoot that night, I wanted to relax and have a chance to hang with some of the great friends I've made in this industry, so I hosted a photoshoot After Party! What a blast that was reconnecting with friends and meeting new ones! Tons of images to come from that, stay tuned!!!!!