Posted: March 9th, 2010 | Author: Eli | Filed under: personal, tuesdays with eli | Tags: Las Vegas, tuesdays with eli, Vegas Baby, WPPI | 1 Comment »
Today is Tuesday! I have to apologize for not getting my “Tuesdays with Eli” blog post up sooner for you guys. I’m still here in Las Vegas for the giant WPPI convention and things are a bit crazy! There is so much going on I really don’t have time to blog, but I know that you guys are waiting on it! Haha. As I’m typing this, I’m sitting here in the MGM Hotel’s lobby up against the wall using their electricity and free WiFi. This is Vegas, it’s 2010, you would think there would be free WiFi everywhere…there’s not. This week has been so much fun! I’ve meet so many people and seen so much stuff. My feet hurt, because for 3 days I’ve walked everywhere and let me tell you this place is not small. I still have 2 days left, and I’m trying to get as much as possible out of this trip. I really am have a super great time, but I’m also really starting to miss Leslie. The people in the photography industry are some of the best, positive, friendly, and inspiring people. To get this many people in one area that all love what they do radiates excitement! I can’t wait to get back and share all that I’ve seen and heard with my friends back home that didn’t get to come. I’m sure thankful that I’ve had the oppertunity to go to WPPI! God has blessed my life immensely, and I’m excited to share with others!
Here are a couple photos for you guys that I took while walking the Vegas Strip! I also wanted to let you guys download them if you wanted for prints or desktop wallpapers if you want. So here you go, Enjoy! Full downloads here: PhotoA, PhotoB, PhotoC.
Posted: March 7th, 2010 | Author: Eli | Filed under: personal, portraits | Tags: Arizona Portraits, Portrait Photographer | 1 Comment »
I wrapping up my week with my brother, Geoff. I stayed at his sweet pad for 6 days, a little mini vacation before spending the next week on the Vegas strip for WPPI. I had a super great relaxing week with my bro. He showed me the beautiful mountains, lakes, rivers, and valleys of this Arizona desert landscape. I have to say that this really is some beautiful county out West. On Friday I asked Geoff and his girlfriend, Olivia, if they would let me take some portraits of them. I’ve taken a lot of landscape photos while I’ve been here, but I’m really a people photographer. I was beginning to get the portrait itch. This landscape was just begging me to add some people into the photograph. We went right before twilight, and kept shooting after the sun dropped. Enjoy!
Posted: March 5th, 2010 | Author: Eli | Filed under: weddings | Tags: Arkansas Wedding Photographer, Little Rock Wedding Photography | No Comments »
As promised, here is part two of the Luigs wedding!
All the photos from the entire wedding can be viewed/purchased here.
All the photos from the entire wedding can be viewed/purchased here.
Posted: March 4th, 2010 | Author: Eli | Filed under: portraits, weddings | Tags: Arkansas Wedding Photography, Jonathan Luig's Wedding, Little Rock Wedding | No Comments »
So I’ve decided to break up Kele & Jonathan’s wedding into two parts because I have so many great photos that I wanted to share. I didn’t want to overload you guys with too many in one blog post, so come back tomorrow for part two. When I first photographed Jonathan & Kele’s engagement photos I knew there was a possibility that Jonathan might get drafted to the NFL, but when I found out that he was picked by the Cincinnati Bengals I was super excited for them both! The football season was a little hard on Jonathan, but he was a trooper . He had surgery two weeks before the wedding, but walked without crutches just about the whole night. Football players are hard core. Here are a few of my favorites from their wedding.
There were some strict rules shooting inside the church, but I was sure glade that I had my buddy Geoff there as a second shooter. He got all the great shots of during the ceremony, I was restricted to the very back of the Church.
I absolutely love these portraits! Immediately after the ceremony I pulled Jonathan & Kele outside to do some real quick portraits of the newlyweds.
Stay tuned for the rest of the wedding on Friday!
All the photos from the entire wedding can be viewed/purchased here.
Posted: March 2nd, 2010 | Author: Eli | Filed under: personal, tuesdays with eli | Tags: Las Vegas, tuesdays with eli, WPPI 2010 | 1 Comment »
Hey, hey everyone! Well I made it safely to Vegas. Vegas Baby!
I landed yesterday and my brother picked me up at the airport. He lives about an hour away from Vegas in a little town called Bullhead City, Arizona. I’ll be staying here at his place for this week before the WPPI convention next week. I’ve got lots of planning to do before the convention, but I have to say, this is one sweet pad I’m staying at. I can work from the back deck still pick up WiFi and look right over the flowing Colorado River. Pretty Sweet!
Here’s a couple iPhone pictures from the flight!
