Snooki greeted her fans yesterday in Allen at the Perfumania at the Allen Outlets.  I have to say she is super sweet and very down to earth.  I loved how she wanted to make sure that each fan did get a picture with her and there were over 500 people there.  You can tell she is very gracious and her fans mean a lot to her.

We had the back room decked out for her including a popcorn bar from Le Popcorn, of course a jar of pickles, cupcakes, fresh fruit and all sorts of yummy goodies and drinks.

The amazing team that worked so hard to make this event fabulous for Snooki and her fans.

When Nicole aka Snooki arrived she was so warm and friendly and greeted everyone that worked to put this event together.

Dani with Make-up by Dani did some touch-ups for Nicole.

She took the time to sign copies of her book for those waiting to meet with her, so sweet of her.

Yep Snooki had a few guys want her to sign their chest haha

The staff at Perfumania with Nicole aka Snooki after the event.  They worked so hard to make it the success it was.

We really enjoyed having you here in Dallas Snooki and I know your fans really enjoyed how sweet you were to each of them.

A huge shout out to everyone involved who made this event a smashing success.

PeaPod Group

Make-up by Dani

i-Entertainment

Cort Furtinture

Le Popcorn

Randal Stout Entertainment

Delicious Cakes

Mobile Music Madness

BBJ Linens

Ducky Bob Event Specialists

Tastefully Yours Catering

K & S Photography

I can’t begin to express how excited I am to share these pics!!!!!  I was given the opportunity to be a part of NACE (National Association of Catering Executives) September Meeting at Cowboy’s Stadium.  The wonderful and amazingly talented girls of Bring It On brought me on board to photograph all those involved in making the event happen and then took those pictures and put together a sports style booklet showcasing all the vendors/sponsors.   Also, I got to photograph at Cowboy’s Stadium, I mean seriously an experience I’m never going to forget.  Haha I sersioulsy can’t even put it into words how awesome it was.  I’ve posted the pictures below  Also I loved meeting all the vendors involved in making last night the huge success it was. I was truly floored in how over the top everything was.  And thank you thank you thank you for opening up your homes to me and allowing me to capture you with your families!!!!

The girls of Bring it On, these ladies ROCK!!!!! I can truly say that I have made 4 new amazing friends through this process. Clock wise – Donna, Nicole, Kari, and Bobbie

Barry Jacobson – Vice President Special Events Cowboys Stadium at Legends Hospitality

Brittany Skinner – Catering & Special Events Manager at Legends Hospitality (thank you so much for taking us around the Stadium to get everyone’s pictures)

L to R:  Hannah Huchton, Mandy Faul, &  Rachael Lazorko Legends Hospitality

The amazing Culinary team at Cowboy’s Stadium.  The food they prepared last night was to die for, lobster tator tots, truffle Mac and Cheese, Grilled Cheese with Tomato Soup, Fish Tacos, Cowboyritas, just to name a few.

L: Orazio La Manna – Executive Chef  R: Katie Rangaram – Executive Pastry Chef

The Cowboys Stadium Merchandise Shop Team

Raymond Medina – Banquet Manager

Tours Team

A/V Team

Tricia Schneider – Director of Sales and Event Production of Media West

Some of the pages for the booklet.  I imaged how it would look it my head but when I actually saw it, it was 100x more amazing!!

The amazingly talented vendors that made this event such a HUGE success!!!!

Cameron Fox – Chief Creative Officer at i Entertainment

Samantha Romano – Director of Operations/Sales at Airstar Lighting of Texas

The talented musicians (Clockwise) Rhett Butler – Guitarist/Performer at Rhett Butler Records, Jeff Taylor – Band Leader at Jeff Taylor Band, and Keith Mitchell Owner/Band Leader at Keith Mitchell Band

Cindi Steger-Heit – CEO/President Triple Play Staffing, Inc.

Dian Brewer – Owner of Blooms Forever Events

R to L: Gary Peto and Mike Arreaga with Shag Carpet

Tracey Nolte – Graphic Design, Web Design, Graphic Artist

Shauna Benoit – Owner/Photographer at K & S Photography  - Me, Ray (my hubby)  and our 2 fur kids, what can I say, I love pj pants

Again, I’m just in awe of last nights event and getting to be a part of it was a dream.  Everyone worked so hard to make last night happen and I loved seeing all the hardwork pay off.

I’m so excited to share something different with you today.  My really good friend Marla of the PeaPod Group called me to come take pictures of the production of Ashley Lee’s music video for her song “Burned” at eM the Venue in the Dallas Design District.  Taking behind the scene pictures was so much fun as it is always amazing to see other artist at work and to document that process.

The picture above, Ashley is getting glamorous for her music video.  Dani Walker did such an amazing job on her make-up.  The entire team was wonderful to work with and I was so inspired watching Hd Decapo, Chris Gifford, Brad Jewell, Hollin Lange & Michael Fugate  work together and the vision they brought to life.  So enjoy the behind the scene pictures of the music video “Burned” by Ashley Lee.

Ashley is such an amazing performing and really puts all of her emotions into singing.

Marla discussing the next scene with Ashley

Its amazing how resourceful filmmakers are when they need to get “the shot”.

Work it Ashley!!!!

We then broke for lunch and some crazy pictures:)

Then back to work

Love the goofiness between takes.

The final scene being shot for the day.

We can’t wait to see how Ashley’s video for “Burned” and will share it as soon as its online

Last week I had the honor to photograph the 6th Annual Event Industry Olympics at the Dallas Zoo.  This is probably one of the funniest Dallas Industry Events all year. Seriously, it’s super crazy.  You might be wondering what this is exactly.  There are lot of different Event and Wedding Professional Organizations in Dallas and each one forms a team and participates in the Olympics. The Event Industry Olympics consisted of a variety of different games this year including a live version of Angry Birds, puzzles, popsicle stick house building, and setting an event table, just to name a few.  The team that completed the most games, and with the fastest time wins.  So in other words, if you ever wondered what your wedding coordinator, florists, dj, photographer, etc do on their spare time, this is it.  So enjoy looking at us in the event and wedding industry acting crazy

Teams were getting prepared before the start of the Olympics.

The team captains are waiting to get the first clue from Cameron Fox of i-Entertainment.

And the race begins!!!

One of the teams coming up with a strategy.

They stop for a quick team photo.

So after the games ended everyone came back to the Pavilion for some much needed food and yummy treats.

The third place winner was the team from NACE (National Association of Catering Executives)

The second place winner was the team from AACWP (American Association of Certified Wedding Planners)

And the first place winners was the team from PWG (Professional Wedding Guild of Fort Worth)

Congratulations to all the teams that participated this year and to the winners. You all did an amazing job and really worked together as a team.  To view more pictures from this event, click here

Last night, Karey and I had the honor of photographing the launch party for the hippest new wedding and event venue in Dallas, eM The Venue.  We both fell in love when the space the moment we saw it.  It’s truly stunning!!! The owner is Marc DePetris, who also owns the ever fabulous Marc Events (the wedding we just blogged yesterday was at Marc Events).  The event was sponsored by Gemini (Light.Sound.Video), Grey Goose (The World’s Best Tasting Vodka), AFR Furnishing Rentals and Shag Carpet.  Everyone had so much fun last night celebrating Marc’s new venue and it couldn’t have been a better night.

I could ramble on and on about how gorgeous and amazing and fabulous this new Dallas venue is but I am going to let the pictures speak for themselves.

There are more pictures on our Facebook Page so go check them out http://www.facebook.com/KandSPhotography

Karey and I cannot wait to photograph a wedding here. eM the Venue in Dallas really is the perfect place to host your  fun and modern wedding, birthday party and/or other events.  Go check out their website http://www.emthevenue.com.