I realized two things from watching this video. First, I make a ridiculous face when I’m shooting. It’s like an extremly scrunched face with a smile added in, eek! Second, I should not where a bright green jacket when everyone else is wearing black, I don’t pull of “incognito” and it’s not exactly flattering.

Regardless, the video rocks, check it out.

Ok, so I should clarify that our Sunday shoot was on the way to Red Rock, but not quite there. Our caravan of photographers headed out a little late in the day, so in order to catch the fading light we pulled off on the side of the road, and I think this location served us well.

Something you may not notice in the pictures from this post and the last was the light dusting of snow on the ground! Both Jessie and Elly handled themselves beautifully, I’m not sure I could have worked it for the camera baring either a short dress or strapless dress, especially surrounded by bundled up photogs who are able to keep moving to stay warm. So thank you girls.

Here’s Elly… oh, by the way, Elly is actually wearing my wedding dress! I’m thrilled that thing got to come out of the closet another time. However, getting it to Vegas was not as thrilling. I left for WPPI on February 14th, that’s right folks, Valentine’s Day. Carrying a wedding dress through in airport and onto a plane is sure to warrent a few “Awww’s” on it’s own, but carrying a wedding dress through an airport on Valentine’s day on your way to Vegas, and alone, was quite a conversation starter! Not to mention that thing gets heavy.

Ok, now here’s Elly…

Who needs a bouquet when you have tumbleweeds…

This is the group that ventured out towards Red Rock. Photo courtesy of Chris and Allie, taken by Zoe Grant.

After the shoot we headed back to the house to warm up and have some grub. A big thank you to David for making us some delicious rosemary potatoes and making up some killer marinade for our steaks, and an equally big thank you to Chris for being grill master. I miss our household dinners and conversations!

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So in my last post I believe I referred to my Vegas housemates as “pure greatness”, and I’m confident I could go on and on about how that’s so but I may lose your attention. So here’s just a little proof for you, when I walked into the kitchen Sunday morning Pat (affectionately known as Tom Brady) was making PANCAKES! He even did the dishes afterward, what a terrific start to the day.
After a tasty breakfast a few of us had planned on going to a large shoot out in Nelson for the afternoon but, to my dismay, it was canceled. That was two shoots in two days that something had gone wrong, I was starting to become a bit worried. So with nothing but time on our hands Cailyn and I set out for a drive. We decided to cruise the strip, which takes a surprisingly long time to do!
It turns out there was no need for my morning worry after all. Last minute shoot, in the middle of nowhere- I’m in!

These photos are of Jessie. She is an aspiring model in Virginia beach, personally I think she should drop that “aspiring” part. You’ll be seeing more of her on the blog later because I had the privilege to shoot with her twice more last week!

I had a very specific goal with these images, from the way I shot to the way I post processed. Something about Jessie’s dress, peace earrings, great hair, and the surroundings just screamed “modern retro”. I realize I wasn’t even born in the era we now call “retro” but I imagine these pictures would be something I’d want to see while flipping through a 1971 issue of Vogue.

More stories and pictures from day 2 to come…

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