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Tonight, I wanted to share a few images from my last shoot in Las Vegas. The Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend goes from Friday to Sunday night. I typically book a few fun shoots on Monday or Tuesday, and this was one of those occasions. I’ve been shooting with my friend Lisa Del Toro for a decade. Our collaborations are consistently some of my most popular. Over the last couple of years, she’s gravitated to a Southwestern lifestyle spending much of her free time on a ranch just outside of the Las Vegas strip. This is where she wanted to shoot.
She befriended a horse named Cooper has spent months working with him, acclimating him and familiarizing him with people. Lisa contacted me in February and asked if I’d be able to fit her in for another shoot. Of course I agreed, and after the time in LA and Vegas, I drove to the ranch. I’m actually afraid of horses […any large animal that could physically kill me, actually] but I immediately felt comforted meeting Cooper. I was cautious, but he was even calm around the clicking of my camera being pointed at him.
As the wind calmed down and the sun set, we walked Cooper to a clearing on wedding grounds near the ranch. It was one of those moments that everything came together in perfect harmony. Lisa was half sure the entire shoot would be cancelled, but for 90 minutes, the weather, the surroundings, the sun, the model and the horse all cooperated. It was beautiful. I shot almost 900 photos in an hour and a half and these are just the first few that I grabbed out of memorable shoot. Having the opportunity to capture the bond between Lisa and Cooper was a privilege I’ll always be grateful for.