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two of our favorite people in the photography world – Sara France and Dane Sanders – mentioned us on a podcast interview. we met sara last year at wppi and got to hang out with her when we were in san diego. she’s also a big aperture user and trainer. see her on the apple site here. dane wrote a book called fast track photographer that helped us jump start our photography journey as a husband-wife team.

we had no idea they would be telling our story, so it was very cool to hear! you can listen to it here. you can skip to our story at around 22:40. if you’re a photographer, listen to the whole thing.

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boudoir * valen

you might remember the cool shoot we did with valen out in the middle of the street?  she also let us ladies do a boudoir session with her.  she was absolutely lovely to work with!  if you want to see all the photos, scroll down for the password to the next post.

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vegas * nelson, nv part two

nelson was awesome, i’m so glad we decided to go ourselves.  below are some shots we got of jessie… we obviously couldn’t get enough of this girl.  :)

this place has been used for various movies and photo shoots.  we were told that beyonce had been there a couple days before us, and jeep was either filming a commercial or shooting a few days after us.

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there were so many cool props to use!

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this lighting with the backdrop was absolutely gorgeous… as is jessie, of course!  :)

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thanks for looking!  check back tomorrow to see what happens when photographers get in front of the camera.  :)

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vegas * nelson, nv

guess what, we have more vegas photos for you!  these are from a ghost town called nelson we visited.  it was such a cool place!

before we started with jessie we took some time to explore.

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chris shooting some hdr photos… check them out here.

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isn’t he hot?  :)

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check back soon for our shots of jessie!

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neon graveyard * part four

last, but definitely not least, for the neon graveyard four-part post is jessica and her boyfriend, dustin.  we got some amazing photos out of them – the way she worked the camera… the way he looked at her… all of it was just perfect.  check it.

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we caught a glimpse of what jessica was wearing underneath her dress and had to get a photo, of course!

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we captured so many amazing moments between jessica + dustin, but this one…  i mean, really.  look at the way he’s looking at her!  doesn’t that make you want to melt??

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thanks again jessica + dustin, for being so in love – it makes for great photos!  :)  and check back next week for the last of our vegas photo shoots… a ghost town called nelson, nevada!

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neon graveyard * part three

Today’s featured model, or models I should say, are Tabatha and Ben.

Tabatha looked way too cute in her dress and heels!

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You’ll see her tattoo up close in a minute

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Here’s that tattoo… love.  :)

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thanks again, tabatha and ben, for braving the cold and being so lovely for all the cameras!

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neon graveyard * part two

Jessie was on hand again for us to shoot… this time in a wedding dress amongst huge neon signs!  You might remember her from this post.

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What a killer look!

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At one point during the shoot, Jessie stood in this spot below and all of a sudden you heard a million shutters going off at once.  You know you’re working it when you hear that!  :)  The sun was brilliant.

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Thanks, Jessie, once again for bringing the awesomeness.

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neon graveyard * part one

when we found out we were going to vegas for wppi, we knew we had to shoot at the neon graveyard.  we asked if anyone was interested over at the [b] school and got an overwhelming response!  so chris went to work and planned a huge photo shoot with 7 models and around 50 photographers!

on the day of the shoot, we learned that the neon museum is a non-profit organization.  their collection ranges from the 1930s to today.  the weather couldn’t have been more perfect, the models couldn’t have been more  awesome, and the photographers couldn’t have been any nicer!  it was so much fun getting to meet and shoot with everyone.  we took so many photos that we’ll be doing a 4 part post for this shoot, so keep checking back this week.

featured first is shannon.  she had her hair and makeup professionally done before the shoot and it looked wicked!

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thanks to shannon for coming out and enduring the cold weather – even though it was beautiful outside, i’m sure all the models were freezing!

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