Las Vegas wedding photographer Emily Ku

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I am a portrait and wedding photographer who resides in Las Vegas. Every once in a while, I'll documenting my travels and my life on the blog.

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Archive for the ‘Engagements’ Category

Floyd Lamb Engagement Session with Kathleen and Damir

October 30, 2011

I’m so excited to share this latest session with you. I have so many favorites from this session! Kathleen and Damir are such a fun couple and they live right here in Las Vegas. I feel so honored when they told me that they loved my work and wanted to schedule an engagement session right away! They really liked Marah and Seth’s engagement session at Floyd Lamb Park and they did not believe that a park that green exists in Las Vegas! I love this park because it’s so serene, and there’s a lot of cool historical buildings to shoot at as well.

Some couples take some time to warm up to the camera but Kathleen and Damir were naturals in front of the camera. This was one of the first pictures we took and is one of my favorites.

Kathleen’s hair and makeup were done by Stevee Danielle Hair and Makeup. I loved Kathleen’s flirty ponytail!

We had some amazing light during the session.

Kathleen and Damir are a very stylish couple and brought some great outfits for their engagement session. The red top is such a pretty color and fluttered in the breeze. I also love her bright yellow cardigan!

We tried taking a few pictures with the peacocks that roam around the park, but they were a bit shy and kept running away from the us. The geese were not afraid of us at all, and I love how we were able to get not one but two geese in this image!

Matching Chuck Taylors! So cute!

I loved getting to know Kathleen and Damir that I didn’t want our session to end! We ended up at the cute cafe with the biggest mugs ever, and then we went out to dinner! I have the best clients ever!

Tags: engagement photos, Floyd Lamb State park, Las Vegas, Las Vegas engagement photographer, Las Vegas engagement session
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Stephanie and Jason :: fun and playful Las Vegas engagement session

July 22, 2011

Meet Stephanie and Jason. They are proof that you can find love in the unlikeliest places, like at the airport! Yup, they were both in Las Vegas – Stephanie for a bachelorette party and Jason for a job interview, and on their way back home to Ohio, their flight was delayed for several hours. They somehow started chatting and hit it off. So what was bad news for them actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise!

Now they both live in Las Vegas and getting married this November. I can’t wait to photograph their wedding at Anthem Country Club!

I am so excited about how these engagement photos turned out! As a photographer, I spend a lot of time with my couples to create a vision and plan the details of their engagement session so that their images turn out amazing. This session was no exception. While sometimes plans never always work the way you want, everything worked out great in the end and we had such a fun time on this engagement shoot. Most of these were taken downtown, which is a fun mix of vintage and modern.

They both went to Ohio State, so I thought this red wall would be a great tribute to their alma mater! Plus it matches Stephanie’s dress.

When I saw these escalators, I had this really cool idea in my head. No escalators were harmed during this photo shoot. Okay, I have to let you in on a little secret: these were non-working escalators so it’s much easier to get a pose like this where they are on opposite escalators!

Stephanie and Jason have the nicest smiles!

One of my favs from the session.

Sometimes when you’re walking through downtown, you never know what you’ll run into. Like this gargantuan modern wall art.

And no downtown Vegas engagement session is complete without taking a picture with a neon sign.

Another one of my favorites. Simply beautiful.

I’ve had my eye on this building for a while but it’s always been too sunny and was always afraid it might be too reflective. I love the modern lines and curves of this building. Luckily it was cloudy during our engagement session, so I was finally able to shoot here!

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Tags: downtown Las Vegas, engagement photos, Fremont Street, Las Vegas engagement photographer, Las Vegas engagement session
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Harpreet + Kevin :: engaged!

June 26, 2011

When I first met Harpreet and Kevin to talk about their engagement session, I knew we would be instant friends. We talked as if we already knew each other and chatted like old friends would do. And the more I talked to them, the more I knew that they were meant for each other, even though I knew them for a whole 5 minutes. Harpreet told me that she read by blog before we met and knew she would like me already because I mentioned that I really love food. Lol! I have been really busy lately so I haven’t had time to work on personal pictures, but I will try to post more personal posts and pictures of food!

Harpreet and Kevin are getting married in California next month, but they live here in Las Vegas and wanted a location that didn’t feel like Las Vegas. After scouting a few places, they really wanted to do it at Lake Las Vegas, which is a beautiful place for engagement photos. We started off the session with this really cool bridge.

Harpreet and Kevin are so cute together and totally in love!

The English gardens are beautiful and make me feel transported to another land.

Harpreet was laughing for most of the session. I couldn’t get over how cute they are!

This bridge was modeled after the bridge in Florence, Italy…everything’s a replica in Vegas! It’s so pretty and colorful.

This is their “blue steel” look. Then they got the giggles and started acting goofy. Love it!

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Tags: engagement session, Lake Las Vegas, Las Vegas engagement photographer, Las Vegas engagement photography
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Marah + Seth :: engaged! Las Vegas engagement photographer

May 22, 2011

Marah and Seth are originally from Texas but live here in Las Vegas. They are old friends who knew each other since high school and then recently reconnected on Facebook. Yay for Facebook! They are getting married back in Texas and wanted to get some engagement photos done here..at a park. You almost take parks for granted anywhere else, but in Vegas, trees are a rarity, especially large trees. Thankfully, there is Floyd Lamb State Park at the very north side of town that is just perfect at this time of the year. It was originally a ranch and now it’s a historical state park. It’s really a different world there, and you wouldn’t know that you’re in Las Vegas, much less the middle of a desert. Everything is green and lush!

I have a lot of favorites from this session, and it was haaaard to choose because Marah and Seth are so cute and photogenic!

I know what you are thinking. This can’t be Las Vegas!

One of my favorites from the session.

Marah and Seth were really open to all my suggestions, including laying down on this rope bridge. Every time I moved, the whole bridge would move!

Lots and lots of trees.

Another favorite from the session! I am so blessed to work with such fun and amazing couples!

Head on over to my Facebook page for more pics of Marah and Seth!

Tags: Floyd Lamb State park, Las Vegas engagement photographer, Las Vegas engagement photography, Nature, spring
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Colleen and Paul :: engaged!

May 4, 2011

Colleen and Paul are getting married tomorrow at Caesar’s Palace, and I can’t wait to shoot their wedding! It’s going to be amazing! They just flew in from New York to relax before their wedding, so we met up and did a quick mini engagement session so they could have a picture displayed at their wedding reception. I am so happy we were able to hang out before the wedding since I don’t usually have the luxury of meeting out of town couples beforehand. I just love getting to know my couples because it makes photographing the wedding day so much easier!

Tags: engagement photography, Las Vegas engagement photographer
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