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Red Rocks

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60's Inspired Shoot in the Wildflowers

Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:00:45 GMT

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Mother's Day Contest Winner

Wed, 07 May 2014 21:30:00 GMT

Crystal Bell was the winner of my Mother's Day session contest. We did the session with her sister and their little ones. It was a wonderful spring session that included lots of laughing and reading books under the trees.

Onward Kitty Fashion Shoot

Tue, 06 May 2014 17:12:15 GMT

Fashion shoot for Onward Kitty by Cat Stahl in the alley ways of downtown Reno. I love working with Cat and the Onward Kitty style! I look forward to woking with Cat in the future!

Trash the dress

Mon, 05 May 2014 08:16:39 GMT

When Casey came to me with her idea for a trash the dress shoot I was thrilled at the chance to do something out of the box. I loved Casey's idea but she originally wanted me to actually light her dress on fire with her in it. To prevent injuries and hair catching on fire I decided to do a little planing and photoshopping to get the final image. I am really happy with the way the image turned out and can't wait to see the image blown up and hanging on her wall. We also took a couple beauty shoots on location while waiting for the sun to go down.

Twin's First Birthday

Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:33:30 GMT

First birthday! The twin’s celebrated their first birthday on Valentine’s Day so I tried to go with a Valentine’s Day theme and background. I quickly learned how difficult it is to photograph two one year olds at the same time. I wasn’t able to get many photographs of the twins with the Valentine’s Day theme but I was able to capture the twins being one year olds and those memories are even more priceless!

Rachel's Portrait Session

Sat, 22 Feb 2014 03:12:59 GMT

I loved shooting Rachel! She was so easy to work with and naturally photogenic. We started the session in her apartment so that we could get photographers of her with her cat Olive. We then headed outside to get a few shots with her dog Rosie and an old suitcase. I love capturing a person's personality and style and I feel like that was accomplished.

We Love Daddy!

Wed, 19 Feb 2014 01:30:00 GMT

Valerie Thompson Photography is happy to announce that we are now offering portrait session done in a natural light studio! Contact for details!

Valentine's Day present for a very lucky father of two precious little girls!

Cristal and Ryan-Snowy Engagement Session

Tue, 18 Feb 2014 04:28:43 GMT

Love in a winter wonderland! When Cristal came to me and said that she wanted to do a snowy engagement session I got a little worried since we have had a pretty dry winter. We ended up picking the perfect day we got what we asked for. Snow! Cristal got the snowy engagement session that she wanted. It was well worth bearing the cold for.

San Francisco

Sat, 25 Jan 2014 23:18:18 GMT

Last week was intense. I took a three credit entrepreneur class that meet all day for two weekends. Our final assignment for my group was a business plan for my photography business that was to be presented to the class……stressful! It was a crash course but it was worth it. After that week though I needed to de-stress so my bf and I decided to take a quick trip to the Bay Area. We had a wonderful time together. It was just what we needed to reconnect since we had both been so busy. We tried to do as much as we could in the short amount of time that we had. I know it doesn’t seem very relaxing but it was and the change of scenery was nice. We had so much fun it was just what we needed.

Some photos from our mini vacation to one of our favorite places San Francisco.

Family holiday session with the Villalobos

Fri, 10 Jan 2014 05:23:57 GMT

Out in the woods with a generator and a string of Christmas lights.

2013

Wed, 01 Jan 2014 22:06:53 GMT

Happy New Year! I have a feeling 2014 is going to be a great year! Here are some of my favorite photos from 2013.

Balloons in the Park

Sat, 21 Dec 2013 06:12:15 GMT

A fun shoot I did a couple months ago. I love using balloons as props!

Jessica and Jason's Downtown Session

Mon, 16 Dec 2013 01:09:09 GMT

Byrne Family Photo Session

Sun, 08 Dec 2013 22:31:40 GMT

A chilly fall photo session with the Byrne family.

Collin and Rylee's Engagement Session

Fri, 06 Dec 2013 02:46:22 GMT

Took a little road trip to the family ranch for Collin and Rylee's engagement session. A great day and session with a happy, loving couple.