This weekend of marathon shoots started yesterday afternoon with Riley. We tried to do these last week but she was not a happy camper. This time started off a little rough, but give a one year old snacks and make crazy noises, you are golden! So, here are a few from yesterday….

That is what his Mom and Dad tell me! What a sweet little boy…..
I was so happy to hear Chase was born when I was in Las Vegas.
Renee and Brent have waited a long time for this little miracle to come into their lives. I was so happy to be able to share in it with them. Here are a few from yesterday…….

I promise, I don’t torture kids by making them eat sour things….
I just find their faces hysterical!
Tristan makes the best faces when he eats pickles…at first. Then he wants more!

when we get revenge in our house….Kobe had done something to my husband as a joke, I think…..so when Kobe wasn’t paying attention, Tony grabbed him and stamped his face with pink bunnies…..he had to go to school the next day with them on because he couldn’t get them off!!!! hahahahaha!!

Braden has had this cowlick I swear, from birth. No matter how short I cut his hair, or comb and spray it…..it stays like this….
But, that is Braden.

I headed to Vegas with a preconcieved notion that I would be attached at the hip to my friends I went with and the photographers I already knew. Wrong.
In the wedding photography world there are “famous” people too. Photographers that we look up to and who would intimidate you by how good they are. But, I learned that MOST of them are people to. They don’t snub you off like you would think. They do suck every once in a while too. So, I just walked up and started talking. I met so many incredible people this week. I learned that I do have the ability to do this well.
We all struggle with our own insecurities and I know I need to get over them.
Anyway….. just to fill you in on the following images…
I had attended a bunch of seminars this week, a lot of them business. One imparticular was a desert bridal shoot with John Michael Cooper and David Beckstead. Wow!!! It was cold, dusty and absolutely worth standing in it! So I take no credit for those shots. Yeah, I shot them, but it was all their set up. (my point n shoot also b/c I was afraid it would be ruined. I am sooo regreting not taking it there.)
Other nights, we would walk around and shoot, or go to parties, and even veg in the room. So here they are….just a few….These are my girls I went with. I can’t tell you how hard we laughed all week. Since Jen and Ang aren’t photogs, we split our time up in seminars and then hanging out with them. I am sooooo tired!
Me, Ang, Katie and Jen.John Michael Cooper and David BecksteadJMC in action

dust tornadoKatie. This was shot with my point n shoot in the bathroom at the Bella party. I am trying new things, so we will see…..
I tried something different. If you don’t like it, tough.Streets in Vegas

with broken backs!

I am in gorgeous Las Vegas!! After a long drive to the airport, a near miss with a raccoon, lost boarding passes….we are here!!!
I know it is now Tuesday, but I didn’t have a connection until now.
I am so sorry!! Just remember, these are for my kids too….Our plane…

Katie and I in from of our hotel. We are so tourists!!!Our view

Ok, I know I am such a geek, but I just had to! Ang loves Elvis, so why not….

Katie and I are leaving tomorrow for a week to Las Vegas for the DWF and WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographer’s International) conventions. We will be back in the office on Monday April 2nd. I will be checking my e-mails periodically.
I told my son I will try to blog everyday so he can see where I am. So check back daily to see what is going on in Sunny Las Vegas! I hear it is to be in the high 70’s and 80’s. Haha!!
Take care!
Leslie