And here’s a sneak peek from Melissa and Carlo’s big day! (The hot weather followed us back from Vegas I guess! It was a scorcher!)

Day 3, back in Las Vegas at the Neon Graveyard museum grounds !! This place is in the midst of getting fancified into a real museum/historical site, so I’m glad we got to check it out when we did!

And my favorite, from the sneak peek – I like it so much I’ll post it again!

And these two will be getting hitched for real 24 hours from now! Hooray! It’s going to be a hot day, but not half as hot as Vegas!

A big thank you to Melissa and Carlo – you guys were a ton of fun, and so open to ideas! And another shout out to their awesome wedding planning Jennifer Tavaroli from Atmosphere Wedding Planning and Events, for organizing this. Excited about the big day tomorrow!

Welcome to the Middle of Nowhere, Nevada! (also known as Techatticup Wash.) An extremely cool place, literally a few old buildings in the middle of the desert – nothing else for miles and miles but road. For context, here are some general interest shots of the buildings!

And of course, a few with the hot couple!

This is inside the old barn, which was chock full of cool antiques.

The cacti everywhere amazed me – I’ve traveled a fair bit, but I’ve never been to the desert before! It was so awesome! I’m considering a desert roadtrip later this year!

Another photo that’s a “favorite!”

This day, my lights overheated and stopped working after literally 5 exposures – it was indescribably hot!

Tomorrow night marks the last post in this little series – back in Vegas, at the Neon Graveyard! Woo! Hope you’re enjoying these!

My first full day in Las Vegas started out with a lovely morning swim. My lifeguard was this special little guy!

That’s right, folks, that’s a BLACK WIDOW hanging out on the floating pool chair! EEEK! I was swimming a few leisurely laps, and noticed this guy a few feet away as the chair floated past me. I jumped out of the pool immediately. Spiders give me the heebie jeebies – sorry I didn’t get in closer on this photo! I was freaked out!

Oh right, you’re probably here for pretty photos, not scary ones!

Well, that night just before sunset, we headed a few minutes out of Vegas into the desert!

Yes, Melissa looks MEGA HOT. Yes, Carlo is SUPER SUAVE. Yes, I LOVE these photos!

Photography-nerd sidenote – light in the desert is completely different than light here. It’s a different color, it reflects differently, it’s in a word, WONDERFUL.

Another photonerd sidenote: Lights, which are black, don’t like to fire when it’s over 50 degrees outside. They get hot when they work as it is, and will simply shut off. Reminder to buy a cooler and a bag of ice for lighting packs next time I hit the desert!

The edge of the city in the background… this one’s a favorite of mine! (i have a lot of favorites from this shoot, so I’ll try not to say that too many times – haha!)

After the desert, we headed into the city for a few more!

I’ll be sharing more photos in the next couple of days, so stay tuned! It’s Melissa and Carlo week (they’re getting married on Saturday!)