In Her Eyes | Portfolio Series 4 of 4

Here is the final series from my portfolio from RCC this summer. I shot this while in Las Vegas, NV. Myself and a fellow photographer walked around one night and photographed this lovely model. 

Love in Las Vegas | Portfolio Series

I shot this series while I was living in Las Vegas during my internship. A couple of my friends Dan & Jenna who had recently gotten engaged drove out from Arizona for me to photograph them. We had a great time wandering around different parts of Vegas. Here is part three of four in my portfolio. 

That's a wrap!

For the past four months, I have been interning with Jana Cruder, a very talented and passionate photographer. I have learned so many priceless lessons during my time here. I walk away from this internship with so much more knowledge about the photography business but also changed as a person. I realize now how much it takes to pursue this career and be successful. I have met so many wonderful people on this journey! Jana has surrounded herself with a network of hardworking, honest, funny, passionate people! I am so grateful to have had the chance to work with people of their caliber!

It is weird to think that tomorrow I turn in my studio keys and head to California for a few days before returning back to North Carolina. There have been so many generous, people here as well. Christine who has opened up her home to me, so that I could have a safe and beautiful place to call home during my stay.

Jana determined, passionate, talented female whose heart is as big as her talent. I will never for get the lessons I have learned during this time, and your taking me under your wing so that I could learn lessons that cannot be taught in the classroom! Your willingness to mentor me and spend time teaching me the ropes has meant more than I could ever express in words.

Ren humble, talented, funny, my partner in crime, passionate, and a perfectionist. I respect you so much and can't wait to see all of the amazing things you do in your career. I am so thankful for your friendship and have enjoyed all of our singing sessions and taco lunches! I'll miss our shenanigans in the studio and driving Jana crazy with 'and then'. I look forward to seeing all of the beautiful images you're going to create!

Janis I am thankful that I've had the opportunity to get to know you! I always enjoy our heart to heart talks and our vent sessions! You're great at what you do and I know you're going to find your niche and rock it! I'll miss our 7 eleven trips to get our daily caffeine fix and all the weird sightings we always seem to have together in Vegas!

To all of the other wonderful people I've had the privilege of working with Whitney , Scott, Brad, Marshall, Jeff, Aeon, Lisette, Dee, Nicole, Ria, Rand, Byron, Tony, Ricci, thank you for being so wonderful to work with and making me feel at home! I am thankful to have crossed paths with each and everyone of you.

While I could go on for days, this has by far been one of the most enriching times in my life. I look forward to what the future has for me and the amazing people I know I will continue to work with and meet! I have been blessed beyond measure and am eternally grateful for the opportunity I've had these past few months. It is a bitter sweet feeling to walk away and know I won't see these people everyday but I know that these are relationships that will not end now, but only continue to grow!

Here are some images from my time with Jana, a lot of silly crew photos and me standing in. Thanks for reading!

Until next time! 

Absinthe

A friend of mine here in Vegas works for Ceasar's Entertainment and got myself and my small group tickets to the show Absinthe. We weren't really sure what we were in store for but the show was brilliant! Such great humor and acrobatics! We all walked out blown away and thankful that we were able to attend. Here are some images I snapped during the show.

Skate, Educate, Enlighten.

This past Saturday I attended The Good Games here in Las Vegas with Janis (SPACE Studio Project Manager) and Mike a local videographer. We were asked to create a promotional video for The Good Games. The Good Games is an annual event for The Winchester Skate Team, they are an 'at risk' youth skate team that is mentored by Hektor Esparza. They are required to keep a certain GPA, be involved in skating and some form of art to be on the team. Hektor is doing a phenomenal job of working with this group of boys, their futures look so bright, they are all so intelligent and kind. I was able to get one of the boys involved in doing a couple of shots for the video (since I don't do the skate board thing). I was happy and fortunate to be able to be a part of this event! Here are a couple of the portraits I took of the boys.