Why it matters

Close to mandatory, in the nicest way

On a wedding day you often only get a few minutes of just the two of you and me. I don't want you awkward for those minutes. So we do the engagement session first.

The awkward part is done within the first 10 to 30 minutes. Then we get beautiful photos. And on the wedding day you already know what to expect: you're not nervous about a camera being there, and I already know what works for you two.

That's why engagement sessions are included free with every wedding package of eight hours or more. If you truly can't fit one in, I'll usually swap it for a free extra hour of wedding day coverage or rehearsal dinner coverage instead.

Locations

Your pick, anywhere in the valley

  • Red Rock Canyon
  • Valley of Fire
  • The dry lake beds
  • The Wetlands
  • Lake Las Vegas
  • The Smith Center and downtown
  • Mount Charleston, about thirty degrees cooler than the valley in summer
  • Urban and desert spots all over town

Locations an hour or more away may carry a small fee. Most of these don't.

The details

What to expect

  • Time: an hour and a half. Block at least two hours, because sessions tend to run long when we're having fun.
  • Images: roughly 60 to 90 edited photos, and that's a conservative number.
  • Outfits: your call, it's your time. My advice is exactly one change. We often don't know how a dress will photograph until we try it.
  • Weather: if the forecast is bad and both our calendars allow it, we reschedule at no charge.
  • Price on its own: $500. Free with wedding packages of eight hours or more.

Browse by location

Engagement photo locations, with real galleries

Each page below is a full session gallery from that exact spot, so you can pick your location by the actual photos.

Groom in a black suit tipping his straw fedora to his bride across a block long painted wall covered in tiki faces, a cartoon rooster and swirling letters

Arts District Las Vegas Engagement Photos

The 18b Arts District in downtown Las Vegas, centered on Main Street and Charleston Boulevard, about a mile from the Strip

 Man down on one knee on the Bellagio's curved stone overlook while his partner stands over him, the Paris Las Vegas Eiffel Tower rising across the street

Bellagio Engagement Photos

Bellagio, 3600 South Las Vegas Boulevard, in the middle of the Strip

 Couple kissing on a wide paved path in front of a white park gazebo with a peacock walking toward them

Floyd Lamb Park Engagement Photos

Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs, northwest Las Vegas, about 20 miles from the Strip

 Bride and groom about to kiss in the middle of the LINQ Promenade with storefronts, string lights and the Fly LINQ zipline sign behind them

High Roller and LINQ Promenade Engagement Photos

The LINQ Promenade, the open air walkway between the Flamingo and The LINQ on the Las Vegas Strip

 Couple walking a paved path along the lake shore with the village buildings and the arched bridge behind them

Lake Las Vegas Engagement Photos

Lake Las Vegas in eastern Henderson, about 17 miles east of the Las Vegas Strip

 Couple standing close together on a limestone overlook with pine covered slopes and a hazy ridge behind them

Mount Charleston Engagement Photos

Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, about 35 miles northwest of the Las Vegas Strip

 Couple walking hand in hand down a wide dirt lot lined with old buses and trucks, with a mining structure on the ridge above them

Nelson Ghost Town Engagement Photos

Nelson, Nevada, in Eldorado Canyon about 45 minutes southeast of the Las Vegas Strip

 Man in a plum shirt spinning his fiancee in a cream lace dress with the red sandstone cliffs of Red Rock Canyon behind them

Red Rock Canyon Engagement Photos

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, about 30 minutes west of the Strip

 Couple walking hand in hand across a paved circle in front of a long wall of tall colored pipes, him in a black suit and white bow tie, her in a short white lace dress and pink heels

Smith Center Engagement Photos

The Smith Center at 361 Symphony Park Avenue, in Symphony Park in downtown Las Vegas, across from City Hall

 Man down on one knee in front of a red sandstone wall while his partner brings both hands to her face

Valley of Fire Proposal

Valley of Fire State Park, about 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas

 Couple holding hands and smiling at each other as they walk through a wide field of tall grass with the sun low behind them

Wetlands Park Engagement Photos

Clark County Wetlands Park, east Las Vegas, less than ten miles from the Strip

Recent sessions

Couples who aren't models

Everyday people who were sure they'd be awkward. Come awkward. I'll prove you wrong. I promise.

Visiting Las Vegas?

Fly in, get photos you'd never get at home

If you're in town for a trip, a birthday, a bachelorette, or just because, I'd love to photograph you while you're here. You don't have to be getting married in Las Vegas, and you don't even need to have picked a wedding photographer back home yet. Red Rock at golden hour, a dry lake bed with nothing around for miles, Valley of Fire, the Strip at night. Tell me your dates and I'll tell you what light we can get.

Plan a session

Say hello

Let's burn off the awkward

Email me your dates and what you have in mind. I'll share pricing and a few location ideas right away.

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