beautiful friends.

what a great way to spend a day! 

a day driving out to lake Mead followed by some photos at dominique and danette's house= perfection. These two girls have been such a blessing to have as friends since moving to las vegas. They make me feel so welcome and anytime i feel lonely i feel so encouraged and loved again. that's not meant to sound sad! ha. also I need to mention how fricken talented they are? yup. you've heard of danette in previous posts... and can see the Amberlight Collective Blog here. BUT Dominique is also full of mad talent, she's an amazing drummer! So here's the first post dedicated to their beauty. the next post.. will also show them, but a bit more silly, so stay tuned! 

Dominique is first here. and like always looking gorgeous. it's a really tough life for these two.. being so cute. 

And these next two, i realize are the same photo, but i couldn't decide does she look better in black and white or color!? either way, still fabulous. 

Below is Danette! she was actually shooting another friend who was there too! so i got this smile while she was laughing at Lauren. i've learned so much from her. awww right? 

And these next few of Danette is her being.. herself which is crazy! Love her for that. It was so much fun! Danette thought to buy all of these props and we went into her backyard and shot for a bit. actually a photo from this day that Danette took is on a nice big canvas at her house. (and an 8x10 in my bathroom.. since i'm only allowed one pink room in the house)  This day was so much fun because we spent most of the day just hanging out, on a mission to shoot but before we could we got to put on some fake eyelashes too! It was my first time wearing fake eyelashes, and i'm now in LOVE. Proof-- ask anyone i work with, i tend to take photos of bride's eyelashes, especially if they're fake! 

And one more of Dominique! 

I couldn't wait to share some photos a little different from what i usually do! Don't forget i'll be sharing more of these two (and more friends!) next post when we shot out at the dry lake bed.  

 

random piece of info, got my living room painted today, BE READY for some decorating updates. SUPER CUTE.  happy wednesday! 

If you have any places in Las Vegas you love shooting at, please share! i'd love to try something different!  

Melting ice cream and orange fanta

Best Friends at Floyd Lamb Park.

what a wonderful day with my best friend who visited Las Vegas for the first time from Minnesota! wow! so i've been wanting to do a photoshoot with her for a while. i feel like anytime we get together, it's so busy and crazy! so we finally made time to get some shots of her and her boyfriend michael. although i think both of us would've liked some pin up shots, and elaborate set up, we wanted to make sure to still go out on the town too! 

we sat on the couch, very lazy deciding what would be best. what they did together as a couple. just so you all know, they have done some pretty cute dates, like recently; they went on a carriage ride. yup. pretty awesome! but what they enjoy most is really just being together, lots of movies, and really just cuddling. so we went the simple route, ice cream, fanta and books in the park. it was a beautiful but crazy windy day! the puppies tied up to the tree weren't too fond of the idea, but they kept busy running around trees!  

Before this weekend, i hadn't been around michael for more than an hour, so i wasn't sure how he'd do in front of the camera, but he sure cuddled up and did a great job at making Rachelle laugh; but if you know Rachelle, it doesn't take much. love you Rachelle! 

click on image to view more details! and i know i posted a lot, but come on.. it's my bestie! (ever since she drove us to wednesday night youth group in high school) 

 

so i might have wanted to post SO many, but i had lots of favorites and wanted to show off some of the images! Plus after 45 minutes i told them how long we had been shooting and they were shocked how fast time went! which made me happy! 

Do you have a favorite image from this shoot!? if so let me know which one! you'd be surprised how fun shoots end up being when you're just having fun with your significant other. so let's set up a time to photograph! 

Also have to share a few things we got to do! Their last day here was my favorite. During the day we headed out to red rock for a little light hiking and change of scenery, not to mention we got to bring murphy and conner, and they hiked like little puppy machines! After we got ready to go the rest of the night was called... Fancy Schmancy night. and it was! we went to a show, out to strip steak to eat, and then to ghost bar in the Palms (thanks for Joe!) It was an amazing night in Vegas! 

i'm so glad my best friend got to visit! i miss her already. sigh.. but so glad for all the fun things we got to do, and she finally got to visit. 

Gaskins Christmas Photos!

i'm just too excited! first of all there are so amazing new photos going to be added to the blog soon so stay tuned! A photography group here in las vegas had a wonderful bride trash the dress shoot and they're all edited! just waiting for the okay to post them all! so get excited! (sneak peek on my davista page on fb!)

ANYWAY today you get to see some photos of Mike and Tonya's family. i'm especially thrilled about these because they're some close friends of mine and my husbands, and what was great was brandon actually got to go with us and be my assistant, i think it's the first time we all got to hang out.. outside of the house! so we took an adventure to mt. charleston, we were hoping for lots of snow! but slightly disappointed when we got there.. ice.. ha but we made the best of it... especially brandon recording people as they fell down, though he missed mike's fall.. bummer! the kids weren't too pumped about being out there.. cold, early, but they did great! and here are some of my favorites! and don't let the kids' sweet faces fool you. they didn't want to smile. but MAN i'm happy with how it all turned out. 

and before i forget! check out my etsy page! i uploaded some paintings! as well as one photograph too! so check it out and let me know what you think! 

so do you have any ideas for your Christmas pictures!?