Las Vegas Desert Engagement Session \\ Kaylee + Brent

Red Rock Canyon Engagement Pictures at Sunrise

I met Kaylee on facebook when she was looking for a photographer for her engagement photos, and I am so glad that she chose me because in just a few short months I will also be photographing her wedding and cannot wait!

Kaylee and Brent are such a fun, silly, cute, and amazing couple. We all became fast friends at the session, which is the best and easiest way to photograph someone! Our session was at Red Rock canyon, just outside of Las Vegas. This place is surrounded by striped red mountains and the desert is filled with gorgeous Joshua Trees and beautiful desert flora. Our session began just before the sunrise, so it was still a little cold since the desert cools down a lot overnight, even in the summertime.

My favorite part about this place is that if the clouds are just right, when the sun hits the mountains it makes them light up bright orange, I mean they look like they are glowing! This doesn't happen every time, but when it does, oh man it's beautiful! As a wedding photographer in Las Vegas, I get to do a lot of engagement sessions, and this is one of my most popular spots for engagements, maternity shoots, family sessions and even grad photos! I mean if I had to choose it would definitely be one I would want as a backdrop, just imagine handing these photos on your wall!

We cannot wait for their wedding in September! My favorite part of being a wedding photographer is getting to do it with Bryen. Sometimes we both do photography together, sometimes we both do videography together, and other times I do the photos while he does the video! It just depends on what our clients want and how we can best serve them on their wedding days! But we always do it together, and it's seriously such a treat!

XOXO,

HAYWAY

Snow Capped Red Rock Canyon Engagements | Kelsey + Ryan

I've known Kelsey and Ryan since my freshmen year of college, they were both two years ahead of me, and we all went to a small college in Colorado. Ryan is originally from Las Vegas, so we were bonded by our home of sin city! They are college sweethearts, and are honestly so perfect for each other, that I am so excited for them and their upcoming wedding!

We were able to get some beautiful engagement photos for them during their time back in Vegas visiting Ryan's parents, and we lucked our that the Red Rock mountains were covered in a beautifully light dusting of snow! I shoot so many engagement and maternity sessions out in this exact spot, but wow oh wow have I never done one with snow in the back, it was such a treat! Especially since we all have that snowy college experience, it was like a special Denver detail to their Las Vegas engagement photos.

When Kelsey reached out about me capturing their engagement photos, I was ecstatic! One, because she is a drop deal gorgeous model, but also because I loved that they wanted to take them in Las Vegas even though neither of them live here and it was so much fun getting to see them both again. Ryan joked around 98% of the session, so I was actually surprised when I had gotten soooo many amazing shots from their session that weren't too out of focus from me laughing too much!

We were heading out for a sunset session, but the sun went behind the clouds well before sunset so unfortunately there was not beautiful backlighting or sunflares to had during that evening, but the gloomy weather did provide for some beautiful even lighting during their session! While I love sunflares and bright glowing portraits, the soft lighting a cloudy provides is just like a giant softbox in the sky that gives such creamy and dreamy skin tones.

To Kelsey + Ryan! May your marriage be filled with sunshine, laughter, all the kisses, and endless love.

XOXO,

HAYWAY

Valentines Day Self-Portraits // Las Vegas Desert Engagement Photographer

As you may know, we LOVE to get dressed up, set up the tripod, and take photos of ourselves! It's fun to document our lives, always have cute updated couple photos, and is just something fun to do on a day off! Not only that, but we like to hit up Trader Joe's beforehand and picking up some flowers so we can make a fun bouquet for the photoshoot! Flowers are one of our favorite ways to add a little oomf to a photo shoot and a great prop for couple photos to take them to the next level.

We headed out to one of our favorite desert spots outside of Las Vegas, which is covered with Joshua Trees, giving you those Joshua Tree National Park vibes, but only 20 minutes from our house. As wedding photographers in Las Vegas, this is another one of our popular spots for all kind of sessions, from family shoots to engagements and even bridals. This spot is such a little hidden gem that the best part is you have such privacy that you never have to worry about people watching you or anything like that! Sometimes I admit that I get camera sky when other people are around watching, so that is one reason I love this spot, you just jump right out of your car and boom, no hikers walking by, no trail runners, no people at all!

So this session was from Valentines Day, and yes I am just now getting around to blogging it, but hey, better late than never right? We love to get pictures done in February because this month has not only Valentines Day, but is my birthday and our anniversary! It's a big month for us, so it's super special for us to make sure we get some updated pictures.

XOXO,

HAYWAY