Mr and Mrs Slaven

October 27th, 2009

A couple of weeks I go I went to Las Vegas to shoot Lisa and Ricky’s wedding!  Viva Las Vegas!  I’ve always wanted to shoot a wedding there.  But, seeing as I’m a natural light shooter who loves shooting outdoors, shooting in a dark casino presented it’s challenges.  However, this gave me a great opportunity to use my off camera flash and I had a ton of fun with it and I’m super excited about the images!  It’s a different look, but I think a very fun one!

Sadly, Lisa wasn’t feeling well so we didn’t get to take quite as many pictures as I would have liked.  The Wynn is amazing and I could have shot there for hours!  But, the wedding was beautiful and perfect!  The reception was held at the G Suite at the Palms. It’s a mini replica of the Ghost Bar.  How fun is that?  

Besides the beautiful location, the lovely bride and groom, and the awesome details, my most favorite part about this wedding had to be all of the British accents.  Ricky is British and so are his friends and family.  It was so much fun to hear them talk!  I know, I’m a dork, but I have a thing for accents!

Congratulations, Lisa and Richard!  I hope the honeymoon (alternate location and all) was amazing!  Here’s your slideshow!

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You know how much I love a pair of Louboutins!

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The bracelet attached to the bouquet was Lisa Grandma’s baby bracelet

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The lobby in the Wynn is gorgeous and has so many different looks

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Someone loves Chanel and her name is Lisa :)

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Here’s some of that off camera flash

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Lola the flowergirl

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My favorite picture of the day.  Love the looks on Lisa’s brother and mom’s faces.  

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  1. Mychelle posted the following on October 27, 2009 at 11:45 pm.

    LOVE the pictures! They turned out so great! What a beautiful bride and beautiful wedding!

    Congrats!

    I just love a good wedding :)

  2. Leslie G. posted the following on October 28, 2009 at 12:04 am.

    What an unbelievable ceremony location! Wow! I love the ring shot on the shoe heel! Congrats to the happy couple (and doggie!)!

  3. Nicole posted the following on October 28, 2009 at 12:55 am.

    My favorite one is the shot of their legs where she’s holding up her dress -there’s just something about it. Great job. Fun to see how you worked with off-camera flash.

  4. Tracy posted the following on October 28, 2009 at 1:05 am.

    These look great Drew!! Not that I would expect anything less. Both rings shots are AMAZING.

  5. oneshotbeyond posted the following on October 28, 2009 at 8:11 am.

    They will love these. So gorgeous!

  6. Bobbie Brown posted the following on October 28, 2009 at 9:59 am.

    Aw, I hate to hear the bride didn’t feel good on her big day! She looked beautiful though! LOVE the shoe shot and the ‘heart’ shot!

  7. Tira J posted the following on October 28, 2009 at 11:37 am.

    These are gorgeous Drew! I’d say you and your flash did pretty well. Gorgeous bride!

  8. Jasmine* posted the following on October 28, 2009 at 6:48 pm.

    So fun!! Way to rock Vegas! :)

  9. Laura posted the following on October 28, 2009 at 8:59 pm.

    How does the off camera flash work exactly? Where do you place it? I am a professional photographer, or at least I try to be, and I have a really hard time with low light situations at weddings too. I am a canon user, which I know you are as well, what tips do you have to share about this!

    Thanks in advance for your help! I LOVE LOVE LOVE your work. Look at your blogs ALL THE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  10. drewb posted the following on October 29, 2009 at 3:39 pm.

    a lot of practice and a little bit of luck :)

  11. Brooke posted the following on October 30, 2009 at 4:52 pm.

    Beautiful Drew! Love these, you are incredible :) Thank you again for everything! Love that shot on the bed and the dice esp. wowzas!

  12. Kia Gregory posted the following on November 1, 2009 at 2:07 pm.

    There were some cool backdrops at the Wynn! Looks good, Drew!

  13. Lisa posted the following on November 2, 2009 at 1:30 pm.

    You’re the best !!! Thank you so much. I can not tell you how many people have been drooling over these pictures and have told me “I’m so jealous because my wedding pictures don’t look like that..your photographer is amazing!”.

  14. Kayla posted the following on November 4, 2009 at 10:47 am.

    These are totally gorgeous! As always!

  15. lyndsay hyatt-almeida posted the following on November 9, 2009 at 2:35 pm.

    what an amazing wedding-that location is to-die-for!
    and you captured it perfectly. :)

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