They say that Las Vegas is a town where magic occurs and anything can happen, but it took me three full years before I really understood what that meant.  As the 2011 wedding season draws to a close (and believe me, we have blog posts to make that are truly mind blowing), I want to take a moment out and thank everyone out there for supporting us throughout the years; at the end of 2010, I wrote that 2011 would be our best year yet and it was.  2012 is going to be even more incredible!

Our art and style have changed and grown significantly in these last few years and I feel that the magic of Las Vegas and the variety of people we meet and work with is inspiring to our evolution as artists and also people.  So many shoots from 2011 stand out in my mind as truly incredible that if I were to sit here and type my gratitude all night, I'd still have barely touched the tip of a very large iceberg.

As I write this, we're preparing for the grand opening party of our new, bigger and so much better photography studio – almost 2,000 square feet of awesome and it is one of those times where the support and love of our clients and fellow professionals in Las Vegas humbles me and I'm filled with a gratitude and warmth that words alone cannot describe.  They call Las Vegas 'sin city', but if support, love, camaraderie and friendship is a sin, than we are the worst offenders.

John Donne once wrote "No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent" and it has become my motto and mantra moving forward.  I think the Beatles said it best though: "I get by with a little help from my friends".  I mentioned before that when I was injured a while ago, I was taken aback by the outpouring of support we received from our fellow photographers and once more as we prepare to party our collective hindquarters off, how everyone came together to make this a grand opening celebration like we have never had before.

Just a small list of credits include uplighting, furniture and music by Kevin Cordova of DJs To You and LED Unplugged, photobooth by Shutterbooth Las Vegas and dozens of faces that I can't wait to see again – from clients both past and future to so many of the colleagues that I respect so much.

I'm gushing here – I tend to gush – but in short, THANK YOU ALL.  If you're reading this, I thank you for caring enough to get to know us; like I've always said: photography is not a one-off business transaction; I model my company off of the belief that photography is about building and maintaining relationships with my clients – my clients are my friends.  While it was once said that you should never mix business and pleasure, my business IS my pleasure and that is the secret of our success, longevity and why I wake up every morning with a smile on my face.  I look forward to working with you all.

-Deacon M. Tyler