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Tyler | 10 Day Old Newborn Session

Monday, June 21, 2010 Posted in Portraits

Our friends Sam and Karen had a beautiful baby boy and I was honored that they asked me to document his first year. I think you’ll agree that he is too cute for words! I really enjoyed capturing this special time for their family and can’t wait for our next session. It’s going to be amazing to watch him grow – It always goes so fast!

Newborn babies are so sleepy – it’s the sweetest thing.

Tyler was so tiny at only 10-days old. I loved capturing all his itty-bitty baby features.

Sam’s big into sports so we captured a few of Tyler cuddled up with his baseball and snowboarding gear. He’s definitely going to be a daddy’s boy.

All cozy in dad’s arms…

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July 2, 2010 - 1:19 pm Sarah Rominger - Chelsea! I love them! And this is the first I've seen of the newborn like from you...just shows that you can do anything  :) Oh and I wanted to ask you, do you have templates for the pictures you put on your blog? Or do you create them yourself for each session/blog post? I've just found it to be very time-consuming and was wondering if you could point me in a good direction on where to find some reasonably priced (or heck, even free!) templates for photo blogs!

June 23, 2010 - 1:02 pm Dennise - Ohhhh myyyyy gooodnesssss!  This photo shoot makes me want a baby!!  Chelsea, these are simply amazing!  I so want this type of shoot when Harvey and I have a little one =oD

June 22, 2010 - 11:55 pm anja - These are sooo cute! I LOVE the last picture :)

June 22, 2010 - 5:41 am Whitney - So cute!  Awesome job Chelsea.  Love the shots with the poochie!

June 21, 2010 - 8:40 pm Juliet Douglas - Chelsea - these are SO adorable!  Tyler and the sleeping puppy are just priceless. Good work!

June 21, 2010 - 4:22 pm Angela K. - These are gorgeous!  Love them all...the one with the goggles, the ones with the dog, you are amazing!

June 21, 2010 - 3:33 pm Dawn - I love the reflection you captured in the goggles.  What a cool way to do a family photo!

June 21, 2010 - 2:55 pm Rowena - Great Job Chelsea!! Tyler is such a cutie! Congrats Sam and Karen! I love the pictures of his little lashes, little lips and little toes :-D

June 21, 2010 - 2:40 pm sam - thanks for everything. they look great and will be nice to have the memories.

June 21, 2010 - 2:24 pm channacy - Awwww I love it!!

June 21, 2010 - 2:10 pm chels - Thanks guys! And that was actually their little puppy, Cooter. She was really good with the baby - super protective. It was really sweet. :-)

June 21, 2010 - 2:03 pm Jamie - These are ridiculously cute Chelsea!!!

June 21, 2010 - 1:50 pm Roxanne - So good Chelsea!  I love that second one with Bella!

Little Rock Star

Sunday, January 31, 2010 Posted in Portraits

Jayse and I got together with our great friends Peter and Jody for a much overdo family photo session with them and their amazing son, Miles. We thought he might be a little on the shy side, but this was not the case! He is definitely a little rockstar, and so much fun to photograph!

Miles |We even whipped out the light-sabers for a little Star Wars action!

Miles with lightsaberOf course, I had to capture dad getting in on the action too!

Peter and Miles battle it out Stat Wars StyleFunny face contest – who do you think should be named the winner?

Funny FacesJayse and I love this family!

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February 7, 2010 - 8:04 pm Dennise - That is the BEST family shot ever!!

February 6, 2010 - 7:37 pm Adrienne - I love the last one. It's like he is laughing at his parents for kissing...yukkk.

February 3, 2010 - 9:44 am Whitney - These are so great! They must LOVE them. Their son is adorable. The last one is my favorite! What a great shot.

February 2, 2010 - 9:50 pm Sarah - Oh my goodness - I LOVE IT! But then again, whats new? :) I've been showing you to my other photographer friends lately too. They've all been particularly impressed with your Trash-the-Dress sessions. You are amazing, Chelsea.

February 2, 2010 - 12:10 am Suzi Lighten - Chels, these are toooooo cute! You are amaZING, girl... love all of your work. :) Next PUG is at our place, right? Just lemme know when....

February 1, 2010 - 8:46 pm eric langlois - HOLY SHIZNIT!!! THESE ARE RIDONKULOUS!!!! What are you doing in that first one?? OCF? REFLECTOR?? SPILL THE BEANZ!!

February 1, 2010 - 3:17 pm Dawn - Unfreaking believable as always. Such unique photos and, no doubt, great memories to go along with them!

February 1, 2010 - 12:30 pm s h e r r y - Love these shots! Especially the light sabers, haha! And I love the desert plain that you shot in! Super cool!

February 1, 2010 - 9:03 am Mike T - Ha those are awesome! The first jumping one is just perfect! And the last two are so sweet. Nice work!

January 31, 2010 - 8:31 pm Za - Great photos. Beautiful family. Unbiased opinion. Grandfather to Miles!

January 31, 2010 - 8:02 pm Peter, Jody & Miles - We LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE every single photo. We had so much fun that day and you captured it for us. We just can't stop looking at the photos. Thanks and love you, Chels.

January 31, 2010 - 6:30 pm Dott Photography - Ka-UTE!!!!! Fun fun fun session!

January 31, 2010 - 6:27 pm Melody - omg those are sooooo cute! Love all of them - The last one is just too perfect!

Ruth and Mark: In Love

Thursday, December 10, 2009 Posted in Portraits

Ruth and Mark hired me for three super-fun shoots in a row last fall. They were traveling from the UK, and had decided to have an intimate destination-wedding with just the two of them and their parents. Photography was high on their list of priorities however – so we did it right with a 3-day photo-marathon: engagement, wedding and trash-the-dress. It was a complete blast. We definitely got to know each other really well that week and I simply fell in love with them. These two are quirky, fun, and totally in love.

So you can imagine how happy I was when they told me they were coming back out to Vegas from London to celebrate their 1 year anniversary with some vacation time and a couple’s session!

Ruth and Mark: In Love | Anniversary Photography | Las Vegas, NVRuth and Mark: In Love | Anniversary Photography | Las Vegas, NVRuth and Mark: In Love | Anniversary Photography | Las Vegas, NV

Ruth and Mark: In Love | Anniversary Photos | Las Vegas, NVRuth and Mark: In Love | Anniversary Photos | Las Vegas, NVAfterwords we all went out to our favorite little local pub ‘Rounders’ and ate nachos and talked football – both American and European.

Oh – and I couldn’t wait to blog this absolutely fantastic drawing that Mark did of Bella!!! Bella was so happy to see it!

Drawing of our puppy, Bella!

It was so much fun hanging out and catching up on things. R+M: I’m so happy you guys made it back out to Vegas!

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January 21, 2010 - 8:50 pm Amber Snow - That's so fun at the end with the dog portrait, love it!

December 16, 2009 - 6:16 pm E.N. - Gorgeous images Chelsea - I have color-envy!

December 14, 2009 - 2:54 am Ruth - Amazing as always Chels! Thank you so much for another great day and beautimul images. It was so much fun hanging out with you and Jayse you are an awsome couple!

December 13, 2009 - 8:01 am Laura - Beautiful images! I love the colors in the first ones!

December 12, 2009 - 11:34 am Stephanie - Love these... especially 3 and 4! And what a great drawing of Bella. It's so adorable that you got a photo of her looking at it. :-)

December 10, 2009 - 2:11 pm Juliet Douglas - That's a great drawing. I want to meet Bella. I think Bella and Kahlua (our Lhasa Apso) would be good friends.

December 10, 2009 - 12:56 pm Catherine @ Weeds - I want a Bella! Great pictures!

Adrienne of Bespoke Affairs

Thursday, November 19, 2009 Posted in Portraits

Jayse and I had the immense pleasure of hanging out with fantastic New York wedding coordinator, Adrienne of Bespoke Affairs while in NYC. If you check out her website you’ll see she does INCREDIBLE, gorgeous things with her weddings!

Here’s a couple images I grabbed of her and her absolutely adorable puppy Winston while we were out for lunch:

Adrienne and Winston | New York

Adrienne has the sweetest personality and you can tell she adores what she does. I love meeting people like that – they totally inspire you and renew your own passion for what you do.

Adrienne of Bespoke Affairs | New York

Adrienne let us in on a little tip: Winston makes this super-adorable face if you say: “Puppies”. So while I may have looked a little crazy yelling “PUPPIES!” in a crowded park, it totally worked! Here’s the face below:

Adrienne and Winston | New York CityAdrienne and Winston | New York City

I’m so happy we were able to get together while we were in town. Can’t wait to come back out to New York and visit you two again soon!

Oh, and, tell Winston I said “PUPPPPPPPIES!”

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November 27, 2009 - 6:30 am Talyor - These are great! And her little puppy is totally cute! I especially love the last image of them together.

November 21, 2009 - 12:08 pm Cindy - Adrienne is a lovely lady! LOVE that 1st one with her cute outfit and that precious dog!

November 20, 2009 - 2:47 pm E.N. - Chelsea, somehow you manage to make even simple walks in the park look magical. :)

November 20, 2009 - 2:38 pm Christina - Her puppy is so adorable! My favorites are the first and last. Fantastic images!

November 20, 2009 - 7:14 am Adrienne - This is too fun! Thanks so much for these awesome pics! And next time your in town Winston says bring Bella!

Summer and Josh + 1

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Posted in Portraits

You may recognize this super-cool couple from a trash-the-dress we did at the Neon Museum last summer…

Summer and Josh | Trash the Dress

Well, Summer and Josh came back out to Vegas for their one-year anniversary photos – with a twist: they’re expecting! Summer’s about six months pregnant with a baby girl! Caitlin Noel is scheduled to be born on Christmas day. :-)

We had a blast hanging out and catching up as we strolled downtown…

Summer and Josh | Maternity

Summer and Josh | Maternity

Summer | Maternity Photographs

Summer and Josh | Maternity

Summer and Josh | Maternity

Summer & Josh: Love ya guys! Major major congrats! I’m so happy for you and can’t wait to meet little Caitlin. :)

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October 21, 2009 - 5:46 pm Dennise - Wonderful memories! Wish them the best!

October 13, 2009 - 5:57 pm Meredith Perdue - Love love love your use of color in all of your photographs! Cannot wait to keep up with your work!

September 27, 2009 - 1:06 am ohana photographers - how cute are they!?! 3rd from the bottom is my fav! all are kick arse!!

September 26, 2009 - 5:02 pm Adrienne - the balloon pic is just too awesome...lighting is perfect! and they look super happy

September 24, 2009 - 7:46 pm Sarah Hodzic - Hands down the best pregnancy photos I have seen in a very long time! I love your use of color! You're so freaking talented Chelsea! And the balloons! I love the balloons!!!

September 24, 2009 - 11:08 am Ryree - OMG..i love these. I'm new to your blog :). I found it yesterday while I was searching for something photography related (ha! i don't remember what it was now), and instantly fell in like with your style!

September 24, 2009 - 6:14 am Summer - Chelsea, they are perfect for us! Where else would we have a maternity shoot if not with you in downtown Vegas?! We had a blast and we're looking forward to Cate meeting you for some more fun shots in the future!

September 24, 2009 - 3:03 am Stephanie - Summer & Josh are such a beautiful couple! Their wedding pics are one of the main reasons I chose you, and now look! Amazing work as always, Chelsea. I LOVE the shot of her in the purple dress and him kissing her belly!

September 24, 2009 - 2:25 am Kat Forsyth - LOVE it. Loved the original session, love this one. I'm telling you now, if I ever come to America I am bringing my wedding dress and you are doing a Boneyard bridal/TTD for me!

September 23, 2009 - 10:23 pm Juliet Douglas - Oh yay! Love these Chelsea. Congratulations to Summer and Josh!

September 23, 2009 - 9:11 pm eric langlois - you guys rock! loooove all of these.

September 23, 2009 - 8:34 pm Brandi~ Glitz & Glamour Events - Love these! Not the typical maternity photos AT ALL!

September 23, 2009 - 8:29 pm JoAnna & JR - AWESOME! I love it!!

Portrait House: Habitat for Humanity

Monday, September 21, 2009 Posted in Personal, Portraits

Travel Announcement!

I’ll be in Albuquerque, New Mexico from October 12-13th and New York City from October 16-19th for a couple shoots and a little vacation time with my love. While traveling I’ll be holding a Portrait House charity fundraiser.  Due to the short amount of time in each location, I’ll be offering a very limited number of half-price sessions (engagement, boudoir, bridal/day after or super fun trash-the-dress sessions). All I ask is that you be excited and up for a great time!

100% of all fees will be donated to Portrait House for the non-profit organization, Habitat for Humanity.

Yep! You get a ‘never-before-discounted’ session at half price – and it all goes to a great cause! The reason? The Portrait House was started by my good friends and amazing photographers, Justin and Mary Marantz. It relies on a national network of the top photographers in the industry to offer their services in exchange for a direct donation to Habitat. The goal is to raise $50,000 to go toward helping eliminate poverty housing and homelessness.

It’s a really great cause, so if you know anyone that might be interested, please help spread the word!

Portrait House | Habitat for Humanity Flyer

Photographers: Click below to find out more and learn how to get involved with Portrait House!

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September 28, 2009 - 5:57 pm Dennise - That is such a wonderful gesture you are making! I, too, will spread the word!

September 23, 2009 - 12:18 pm E.N. - wow - fantastic! sounds like a great thing to do - especially donating 100%. wow - First class Chelsea!

September 23, 2009 - 6:39 am Mary Marantz - you are AMAZING!! We love you guys so much!! Let's meet up when you're in NYC!!

September 22, 2009 - 2:30 pm Susan Solo - This is very cool, Chelsea! Hope this raises a lot of funds and awareness.

September 21, 2009 - 3:52 pm Juliet Douglas - This is so wonderful Chelsea! I'll help spread the word!

Juliet of Green Orchid Events

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 Posted in Portraits

Meet Juliet: a fabulous Vegas wedding coordinator and owner of Green Orchid Events.

Juliet of Green Orchid Events

Juliet of Green Orchid Events

I’m very excited to be working on a wedding together next month — Amber and Bill’s Vintage 50’s inspired wedding, which is sure to be a blast! As you can see below, she’s an awesome, fun person to be around…

Juliet of Green Orchid Events

Juliet of Green Orchid Events

Juliet also runs a great blog called the Las Vegas Wedding Planner. It’s loaded with lots of wedding tips and inspiration. I definitely recommend checking it out!

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September 3, 2009 - 11:03 pm Brandi Payne - These look fantastic! You captured Juliet's personality well.

September 2, 2009 - 8:50 pm Cindy Johnson - Chelsea! What a wonderful job! You totally captured Juliet and her fun loving personality. I love it!

September 2, 2009 - 3:25 pm Samantha Darr - GREAT pics!!! I love how they turned out. Very fun and full of personality. Can I just say those shoes are hot!

September 2, 2009 - 2:57 pm Daniel Balboa - I love how you find gorgeous places to shoot in Vegas. It also helps that Juliet is so beautiful.

September 2, 2009 - 11:46 am Amber - We can't wait either! You guys make a great team! Gorgeous images Chelsea :) Can you make us look that perdy!?

September 2, 2009 - 11:12 am isha foss - Juliet - The images are lovely!

September 2, 2009 - 9:26 am Juliet - So much fun! I love these photos. I can't wait to see the rest. Wow, I look like a girly girl for once! Thanks Chelsea. You rock! Can't wait for our wedding together too!!