I’m so excited to share these images today! This is the “red balloon” project that I mentioned in my previous post. A group of photographers in Reno, NV and surrounding areas decided to do a cool photography project (that will likely be a monthly challenge) where a prop is chosen that must be included in our photos. In the end, we have to post 5 images involving the prop. This time, it was a red balloon…which is a really fun prop, I must say. Volatile. Kind of see-through. Could possibly float away at a moments notice…it was actually pretty challenging to work with. Our first large (and expensive) balloon lost most of it’s helium after only 40 minutes or so, even though we were promised this thing would last for like 4 hours. Luckily, Matt and I came prepared…with some standard balloons and our own helium tank. BAM! We had so much fun with this entire shoot, and we love how our red balloon series turned out! Here are the 5 photos that we chose from our creative shoot with Makayla – these are the “best of the best” from the series of photos where the balloon was involved. Stay tuned for more images of Makayla with and without a red balloon 🙂

We’re participating in a fun local photography challenge of sorts, where the object is to show 5 photos where a specific prop is featured. This time, the prop was a red balloon. I didn’t know entirely what I wanted to do with this shoot, but I started looking for a teenage model, and Makayla was recommended to us – and she did a fabulous job. She was so great to work with and we’re so excited to work with her more in the future! I’ll be posting images from the “red balloon” shoot soon, but for now, here is just a sneak peek of Makayla in one of her boho-chic outfits – after we ditched the red balloon 🙂 I’d like to give a huge special thanks to Makayla’s Mom, Michon of Parkway Salon in Reno, NV for doing Makayla’s hair and makeup AND for bringing an AMAZING wardrobe to work with!