The Grand Canyon Trip - Day 1

With only three months left in America, Andrew and I decided to make a weekend trip out to the one and only Grand Canyon in Arizona!  We left at middayand drove to Las Vegas where we stayed the night before making the second leg of the trip. 

When we checked in to the hotel Andrew booked on Expedia, we got to our room and it was soooo nasty!  It was a dingy space with super old bubbly carpet, hair all over the bathroom and even in the bed when we did further investigation!  Needless to say I was not feeling it, so we went downstairs again to ask for a new room...  We were moved to a new one with two double beds, and a slightly nicer space, but I was just a little scarred from the previous room so I wasn't taking any chances!  Off came the bedding and we used our own stuff, and decided to head out rather than be inside any more than we had to!  The place did have a pool and a hot tub, which we got to use a little, but I was mainly excited to hit the strip and try out some long exposures on the camera. 

Lukas VanDyke's Underwater Shoot

So I had the great opportunity to go and see how Lukas and Suzy do their underwater shoots for their wedding package.  I had contacted Suzy, asking if I could tag along for any of her shoots sometime to see how she interacts with clients, see the sorts of poses etc. she goes for and some lighting pointers etc, but everything that had come up for her had been last minute.  But this shoot has been a long time coming for Lukas and Suzy, as they had run a competition giving away a free shoot to a deserving couple (Well done Brent and Hayley!!!). So that is how I ended up there!  Anyway, here is the finished product by Lukas!

I also got to bring my camera along to document a little of what goes on behind the scenes...  Enjoy!

Jen Crawford did the underwater makeup for the shoot

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A Church Plant in London!

For all my Central London Readers - here is a link to information on a church plant by some Master's seminary graduates!  Very exciting!!!  www.gracelifelondon.org