So Excited!! {Las Vegas Couples and Family Photography}

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!! <- See how excited I am!!! In two weeks I will be in WPPI heaven. Not only am I taking Master Classes from some of my very favorite photographers (Jose Villa, Alycia Alvarez, and Nicole Van Valkenburgh) I will also be attending some amazing Platform Classes as well (Jasmine Star, Audrey Woulard, Brianna Graham, and Elizabeth Messina)! Seriously, this is like Photographers Heaven. I’m excited to see all of the amazing trade show booths, meet some new people, and hang out with my sister. We will be staying at the MGM on Tuesday night to get a [really] early start for our Wednesday class.

Once again a HUGE thank you to my fabulous and utterly fantastic husband for supporting my dream and taking time away from work to stay home with the twinzies while I play the days away. I <3 you!

!!!!!! <- This excitement is for the Shoot Shop I'm taking with the Masters of the Universe, Nate and Jaclyn from The Image is Found. They will be hosting two Shoot Shops March 5th and 6th and are looking for two Couples to Model for them. Head over to their blog to read the details.

And last but not least a few more photos from my super fun session with Bethany and Paul!

Love is in the Air {Sneak Peek - Las Vegas Engagement Photography}

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Ok, so I may have exaggerated just a bit with the title. These two are not engaged…..yet. As my daughter Shenzie would say, “pretty soon”. Not that I’m in the know how or anything, but seriously, you can’t be this in love and not have big plans for the future.

Meet Bethany and Paul, the winners from my Couples Giveaway this month. Bethany and I go way back to when we used to work together at a bank while going to college on the side. I think we may have even had Macro Econ together (which I failed the first time around due to the 8am start time that I just couldn’t make). =) She is one of the sweetest and kind hearted people I know. I am, by nature a bubbly, happy, [loud laughing] person and love to surround myself with happy and positive people. Paul and Bethany fit the bill perfectly. We laughed and laughed and played and talked and even though I got attacked by cacti I had the best time!!!

Bethany and Paul’s love story is pretty awesome and shows you how great the internet can be. They went to high school together, were friends, maybe even had a slight crush on one another, but never got together. Fast forward 20+ years, living in different states, doing their own thing and WHAM! Facebook connects them and this time it is the real deal. Tru Wuv (ha, can you tell we just watched The Princess Bride). =)

This next one is Paul’s handiwork. While I was off getting eaten by cacti he snapped a few photos, pretty good work!! Of course with a subject as beautiful as this how could you possibly get a bad shot.

They had a hard time keeping a straight face since we were mostly just laughing the day away but you’d never know it from these next shot. Beautiful right?!?

Thank you so much Bethany and Paul for an awesome day and fabulous photos!! I can’t wait to see what the future holds for you two, I know it is going to be great!

::Drum Roll::

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Thank you all for your comments! I wish I could choose all of you for a free session, but of course that just isn’t possible.

So the winner as drawn by Shenzie is…………………….

BETHANY SCHILDER!!!

Congratulations Bethany! I can’t wait to see you and meet Paul. I will be in touch shortly to set the date and choose a location.

In honor of all of you love birds I am running the following special thru February 28th.

Foto Friday Week 61{Sneak Peek - Las Vegas Baby and Family Photography}

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Too Much Cute Edition:

The cute is almost too much!!! An adorable four month old + one set of gorgeous parents + beautiful weather = perfect photo session! Only in Las Vegas in Mid January can you get away with wearing short sleeves at 10am in the morning!

I told you he was a cutie! On top of the cute, he was just happy as could be. He didn’t cry or fuss once (ok, well maybe once when his Mama tortured him with a hat). =)

The happy will karate kick you!

Awwwww, the lovebirds, so cute, so in love.

Thank you SO much Mama and Daddy S for letting me play with your adorable son and photograph your beautiful family, your gallery will be up shortly.

So in Love {Las Vegas Engagement Photography}

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As most of you know I generally photograph children, and of course I LOVE it - but there are a few exciting changes in the works this year. I recently announced in my newsletter (to sign up see left sidebar) that I also have a few weddings booked this year!!! I am excited, nervous, overjoyed, and every other emotion all at once! To get a little practice of the non children’s variety I enlisted the help of my beautiful friend P and her awesome husband C.

[sigh::I LOVE this shot]

Not only are they flat out gorgeous, they are such kind, sweet, people and I love them to death! I am calling this an engagement session just because I want to, but in reality they are blissfully married and as you can see still very much in love.

P asked me if some couples don’t come off as loving or in love, and of course, the answer is yes. My husband and I are a prime example. We are very much in love, as lovey dovey as they come, but get him in front of a camera and he just freezes! I had no such trouble with C and I couldn’t have asked for better models to play with.

I had such a great time and I didn’t have to run, sing Elmo, or jangle my keys even one time! P and C are only in the states for a short time and will soon head back to Spain (can we say JEALOUS) where they are doing mission work. I was lucky enough to catch them on a break between California and Hawaii. The jet setting couple!

Thank you SO much P and C for the practice, I had a blast and I will miss you!

*Just a reminder the free couples mini session ends Sunday - get to entering!!!

All About the Love {Las Vegas Couples Photography}

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It has been WAY too long since I’ve had a giveaway, so what better time to change that than now!!?! So those of you signed up for my newsletter [see left sidebar] are getting the early scoop on whats up and coming to Lesley Barr Photography. To sum it up in one word: LOVE.

To start off the LOVE project I am giving away a FREE Couples Mini Session.

The details:

*You must be in love. Old love, new love, boy love, girl love….the only requirement here is that you are in love.
*Your session must be held in February [since I only work weekends due to the rugrats, aka, my twins] it will be a Saturday or Sunday.
*I have a few locations already picked out, we’ll find one that suits your love best.
*You must sign a Model Release so I can share your love with the world [or those that read my blog anyhow].
*You will receive 8-10 Full Resolution Images on a CD with full printing rights.

How to enter:
Easy Peesy one.two.threesy. Hahahah, that was cheesy with a side of ketchup. Ok, I’m done now. To enter, simply blog about, Facebook, Twitter, or Myspace [does anyone even use that thing anymore?] about this fun contest. If you are a dinosaur and aren’t a part of social networking, you can just yell from your rooftop. After blogging, facebooking, tweeting, or yelling, come back here [to THIS post] and leave me a comment. Viola’, thats it!! I will draw a winner in two weeks on Sunday, January 24th.

My latest love birds. =)

Blast Back to 2009 {Sneak Peek - Las Vegas Family Photography, Las Vegas Couples Photography, Las Vegas Children’s Photography}

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Yes, I realize 2009 is only a few days back, so not that much of a blast. I’m trying to blog the rest of my 2009 sessions so I don’t get too far behind, this is the start of Blast Back to 2009 Week.

This adorable little girl happens to be my niece and the beautiful Mama is my much TALLER but younger sister. I have 3 little sisters who are all taller than me. How did that happen?!?!? 5′2 isn’t that short is it?

A little backstory. My sister is one of those animal lovers. You know the kind that pulls over on the freeway to rescue stray animals. She has forever banned me from having pets since I killed my fish, gave away my cat, and other tragedies that I won’t mention. Her dogs or bubba’s as they are fondly called are a real part of her family and as such had front place in her family photos. =) M loves her bubba’s as well, nothing can make her smile like her puppies (well, other than Mama and Daddy of course).

This little sequence was when Daddy returned from taking the puppies to the car. M was SO happy to see her Daddy again even though he had only been gone 5 minutes.