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Welcome to my Blog!

I am a wife and mother of two beautiful little girls in Las Vegas! I have ALWAYS had a passion for art. I received my degree in art and enjoyed working as a graphic designer for a few years. Ending up as photographer wasn't exactly my plan, but I fell in LOVE with it and have become absolutely addicted to learning and experimenting with new techniques. Sometimes in the middle of the night I ask myself why I'm still sitting at the computer in some crazy photography forum and playing around in photoshop (I know, I'm a nerd). My girls wake up way too early to not take advantage of sleep! Although I love what I do, I'm not just a mom with an expensive camera who just takes pictures for fun. I have spent thousands and hours away from my family learning how not just to take pictures, but how to tell a story. I take my work very seriously and I'm happy to FINALLY be where I am right now. I still have so much more to learn, but it has taken me so long to just to learn the things I know as of today. The great part about art is that there aren't any boundaries or ends to learning.

I hope to update this blog with a few of my favorites from different shoots. Don't read too closely because I am horrible at typing! Thanks for looking at my blog and please feel free to leave comments or use the contact me link..... or both! Thanks!

My Little Girls!

I couldn’t resist putting these images up! Sometimes if I’m doing a session at a fun location, I’ll load the whole family in the car and my hubby will go adventure with my little girls while I’m shooting. I snapped these a few minutes before my engagement session started (two posts down). I love these images so much. The girls are getting so big and even more beautiful everyday. I wish I was better at getting around to shooting their portraits….and maybe one day I’ll have a wedding album too! 

Hope you like em’!

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Jeanna Hayes - Your girls are SO beautiful, Amy!!! I've wanted to do that, too - bring my family to a cool location. Unfortunately, it's always after the fact and then I'm too lazy to actually do it! Sad! :) I adore the texture of her jacket in the last photo. That mixed with her stunning eyes make for SUCH an amazing picture!

Lair Family

It’s always fun to get a call back from someone that I’ve done portraits for in the past. I did Julia’s wedding a few years ago and she wanted to give her mom a family portrait session for Christmas.  The only problem was that these guys wouldn’t let me stop taking their picture. I had to finally call it after hours of them posing, smiling  and wanting more and more shots! Anyone who has EVER had portraits done with a male knows that I’m full of crap. Us girls definitely love the whole picture experience more than the guys…. but these guys were actually a lot of fun. Here’s my favorites!  

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James Lair - the pictures turned out amazing. I had no idea that they would look that good. haha but i must say the one with my mother and father on the main page with her looking down and smiling is rather scary :P the rest are awesome

Ross & Cinthia Engagements

I’ve known Cinthia since a was a crazy teenager! We got in a lot of trouble together in the good ol’ days. Now we’re both getting older…I’ve got a family with two kids and she’s tying the knot. I didn’t think Cinthia would ever get married….. by her own choice! Ross must be a really special guy to make Cinthia settle down. I always feel a little awkward when my friends need pictures because I don’t want anyone to ever feel obligated to hire me, BUT I would love to be their photographer. Next December I will be shooting their wedding and from what Cinthia has told me, it will definitely be amazing! I’m really happy for them and I wish them lots of love and happiness in the future. Here’s my fav’s from their shoot!

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Brady & Janay Wedding Day

You might have already seen Janay and Brady in older posts from their engagements and bridals. I was so excited to see props from the bridesmaids. They all had these bright green, paper umbrellas.  What a great idea! They worked great for the reception decorations and I, of course, loved them in my pictures! They had a late sealing so it was a good thing that we did a bridal session because the sun did not give us any extra time for formals. Here’s some of the images we got that day.

 

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Price Changes

As of  February 1st I will have new pricing for my wedding packages! If you would like to take advantage of 2009 pricing in 2010, you must have your non-refundable deposit in before the end of the month. Thanks guys!

Sarah Maternity

Now that the holidays have come and gone, so has some of my craziness! I am now shooting and booking portraits again so contact me if you would like to book a session. Portraits are $200 and that comes with a $50 credit for enlargements.

Now back to more important things. How beautiful is this pregnant body? There aren’t many words that I even want to say about this shoot because I think the images will speak enough for themselves. Congratulations on your precious gift!

 

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Brooke - What a stunning mom! Wow!! Awesome work Amy!!

devra - These are so beautiful. I love Sadie kissing her mamas' tummy.

woody & amy wedding day

What a beautiful couple! The bride’s side of the family is what her mom called “camera happy”. So I shot away… and away…… and away! I think if you were to stack up all of the prints I think you could make a flip book and just watch a movie of the entire day! OK, so I’m a little dramatic, but I did take LOTS of pictures! Amy and Woody are model perfect and crazy in love. The night was perfect and the atmosphere was beautiful. A little live music and we had ourselves a great time! Here’s a few of my favorites!

 

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Megan - ps-on a wedding day, one can NEVER take too many photos!!:)

Megan - wow!! what a perfect cinderella-and-prince charming couple! Amazing photography too! love them!

Brooke - Wow Amy! These are so gorgeous! That second one is my favorite, phenomenal!

brady & janay bridals

This shoot was probably my hardest one yet…… to narrow down only 10 images. I try to keep my posts short and simple with 10 images or under, but these guys gave me a run for my money! Brady is soooooo funny and Janay is beautiful, so of course I LOVED this couple. Their personalities just didn’t fit the formal box of “pretty” wedding shots, so we thought going downtown would be a fun mix up. Who knew you could get such beautiful images at the GOLDEN NUGGET!?! Thanks for a fun shoot guys! Wedding day pics are soon to come!

 

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We figured while we were already here…..

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Then off to the temple we went to catch the sunset.

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Jeanna Hayes - Ummmm, can we say A-M-A-Z-I-N-G??? I love these!!!!!!!

Tiffany Bender - What a beautiful couple!!! No wonder you had such a hard time choosing!!! These are just amazing!

Lina - I really enjoyed this set, beautiful images. And such a gorgeous couple!

amy - Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment!!! It really does make me inspired when I hear your feedback. THANKS!

Barbara Mortensen - You do an awesome job. I especially like the last picture with the sun reflecting.

Brooke - Gorgeous Amy!! Wow, you've done it again! Congrats to the couple, beautiful!!

HCEA Images Are Up!

That’s right! The images from the HCEA Holiday Party are posted! I wish a had another week so that I could have gotten the prints back by Christmas….sorry guys!

Thank you to my wonderful husband for being my helper that night. Tiffany is an amazing planner and is sooooo easy to work with! I can’t forget to thank Marcos (featured below) and Maria for helping me load up since my hubby Ryan got REALLY sick about half way throught the night. He’s healthy and happy down below though. Besides the whole sick thing, it was a really fun night and I got to capture hundreds of great personalities. Thank you HCEA for letting me capture your special night again this year!

 

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ryan & katie engagements

What a gorgeous couple! I wish I was shooting their wedding too! Katie and Ryan already booked a wedding photographer a while ago. They didn’t plan on doing an engagement session, but they were guests at one of my weddings where the couple’s engagement portraits were displayed. Then Katie contacted me and we set up an engagement shoot and I’m glad that she did. It was a beautiful night and the lighting was amazing. For some reason I always have a hard time remembering the groom’s name (don’t worry, it’s not just you). Ryan shares the same name as my hubby, so for once I could actually remember the groom’s name. I’m great with faces….bad with names.

Katie is as cute as they come as you can see below.  Hope you enjoy!

 

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Valerie - Love the clarity of these! Super nice!!!

Erin Fonnesbeck - Beautiful work Amy! Wow! And they are a beautiful couple as well.

Zoe Berkovic - Wow! These have great clarity and processing!

Brooke - These are so perfect Amy! I think one of my favs!! Beautiful couple!