Wedding: Mark & Wendy {destination wedding photographer}

I love me some destination weddings. This time I went to Sin City to shoot Wendy's & Mark's wedding at the Luxor Hotel. Besides having to get up at 4 am to go to the airport everything was perfect. I got to Vegas early on Friday and had enough time to get my equipment ready, scout out locations and rest for a little bit. That night I went out with the girls around town, celebrating Wendy's last night as a bachalorette. We ate at Diego's at the MGM and ever since I am hooked on fresh guacamole with lots of cilantro. At 4 pm on Saturday I met up with Wendy to take her getting ready pictures and all that good stuff before heading to the wedding chapel at 7 pm. It was a moving ceremony followed by an intimate dinner party at the Dollhouse. What a wonderful day!!

Sunday we shot my favorite session: The Day After/Trash The Dress Session. Whenever I shoot a destination wedding my clients recieve this session for free as a little bonus for flying me in. The coolest thing about these sessions is that I get to shoot some of the most awesome clients at some of the most incredible locations on the planet and all that absolutely stressfree. For Wendy's & Mark's Day After Session I suggested the "Neon Graveyard" in Las Vegas. This place is to cool for words. Special thanks to the enthusiasts that put so much love and effort into preserving these lovely relicts of Las Vegas history.

Well, right after shooting this amazing session I headed home, had some delicious asian food at Nandina's & slept till about 2 pm the next day :)

On to the pictures: I had a hard time picking my favorites so consider yourself warned about a blogpost-explosion...

The Day After Session

Classy! Mark, wanted me to point out that this was not his but my idea. Thanks guys for having such a great sense of humor!!

Business: New Brochures

I am so excited that my new brochures are finally here!!! They are 4x5.5 accordion cards with my own design printed at ProDPI on smooth matte paper. I LOVE THEM!!

This year I have been working my butt off to design & make new marketing pieces for my studio. Let me tell you, it's not that easy if you are trying to do everything yourself. But, my new brochures are done and I'm happy that I can scratch one more thing off my list.

New Business Cards CHECK

Custom Packaging CHECK

Huge Portrait Wall Gallery @ Studio CHECK

Monthly Picture Contest CHECK

Wall Display Inspire Guide CHECK

Joined Facebook CHECK

Studio Marketing Brochure CHECK

Shipping Labels & Studio Stickers CHECK

Still coming:

Canvas Prints for the studio, Display Wedding Albums for the studio, New Gift Certificates, Newsletter, New Blog Design

Brochure - Front

Brochure - Back

May I say thank you to all my wonderful clients for making such great models?!

Personal: My favorite Food EVER!!

Some of you may know but most of you probably don't: I have been a vegetarian for more than half my life (15 years) and eat vegan since 5 years now. I love animals and would never do them harm. Period. Because I love them, I don't eat them. Seems pretty logical & simple to me but for most people I am still some kind of freak. Oh well. Over the years I've gotten used to it :)

I know it's sometimes hard to find yummy vegan food out there so here's my suggestion:

SUMA VEGGIE CAFE

Every Monday night my husband, I and some of our friends go to Sumas. It's our favorite restaurant in Dallas. The food is delicious and inexpensive.

Here are some picture of some of the food we usually eat:

Spring Rolls

Hot & Sour Soup

Orange "Chicken"

Potato "Chicken"

Rice Noodles with "Beef"

Also try: Family Style Tofu, Beef & Cabbage, Dumplings, Triple Delight (vegan Fish) & Sesame Chicken.

Soups are $4-$5 (a small soup is enough for 3-4 people), Entrees are about $8. Lunch Buffet for $7 is Mondays-Fridays 12-2pm and all day Saturday. Every last Sunday of the month they offer a free buffet.

See more of my restaurant suggestions for vegetarians in the Metroplex on my yelp. Click here

Baby: Londyn {dallas baby photographer}

Still trying to catch up with all my sessions that I haven't blogged yet. This is Londyn. Isn't she the cutest little button? I love her smile in the first picture. Soooo adorable!!

Kids: Quinn & Aiden {dallas child photographer}

A while back I had the pleasure to take Quinn's & Aiden's pictures. These two cuties are actually twins. Who would have guessed?

Baby: Marshall {dallas baby photographer}

Happy 1st Birthday Marshall!!

POTM - Photo Of The Month - May {dallas portrait and wedding photographer}

May was a pretty exciting month for me. I shot everything from cute babies & kids to a handsome senior, a fun family, a sweet couple and an amazing wedding in Las Vegas.
Below are my favorite pictures from those sessions. I know it will be hard to choose :)

How it works:

You get to vote for your Number One by using the pole below. One vote per IP address. The winning picture will be displayed on my studio walls for one month and then be given to the contest winner. That means that person or family will receive a free mounted 16x20 picture for their home or office!!

Go ahead and vote!! And don't forget to tell your friends and family to join the fun and help your favorite win!!

Poll closes Saturday June 6th.

Congratulations to Eleanor and her family. She won the POTM contest and her parents will receive a free 16x20 print of the winning picture.

Thanks to everyone who voted!!! We will announce a new POTM contest with all pictures from June on July 1st.

Sneak Peak: Wendy's & Mark's Wedding in Las Vegas {dallas wedding photographer}

As you know I have been in Las Vegas last weekend to photograph Wendy's & Mark's wedding. It was awesome!! Here is just a little sneak peak of our after the wedding session on Sunday.... More to come soon!