Kacey and Chad are getting married June 6th and so while they had a little time off during the holidays, Kim and Steve Cooley of Carpe Vita Photography photographed them spending some quality time together.

Here’s a sweet slideshow:

One of Carpe Vita Photography owner’s Kim and Steve Cooley’s favorite nights of each year is the Hotel ZaZa New Year’s Eve Party.  We get to party with a great group of people who are really enjoying themselves.  This year’s theme was Mystique ‘09 based on a Venetian masked ball and the mastermind behind the evening, Noel Rodriguez made sure it was a wonderful celebration for all in attendance.

We were really impressed with how many guests went all out complete with custom masks.

At midnight, champagne was served and guest rang in the beginning of 2009 with hugs, kisses and dancing.

Some guests are more creative than others.  For the gentleman in the sunglasses, he had a little extra to share that we unfortunately can’t put online.  But if he is interested in purchasing the original file, please contact Carpe Vita Photography at 214.245.4606 or 817.410.9975.

Carpe Vita Photography concentrates their efforts on documenting awesome weddings, events & parties that have style and creative people.  Please let us know how Carpe Vita Photography’s artists can help you document your next special event and Seize Life in 2009!

Here’s a slideshow!

To see all the photos (there are a lot) from New Year’s Eve, click here and you will be taken to our online lab Pictage.  Enjoy reliving the evening’s fun.

Kim and Steve Cooley are back in the saddle again after a whirlwind last week and a few days.

We photographed Kacey and Chad’s casual engagement session at the Chad’s family condo at Hotel ZaZa early on Wednesday, New Year’s Eve – photos to come on this later today.

Then we were back at Hotel ZaZa to ring in the New Year later that night – photos of the event are available now for viewing.

We spent the first day of 2009 (Thursday) backing up photos and packing for a photography seminar trip to Las Vegas to attend the annual Senior Portrait Artist conference.

Friday January 2nd, we flew to Las Vegas after a little difficulty with an aircraft mechanical but we arrived safely in time to head to bed.

Saturday January 3rd, Steve took a pre-event sales class with photographer Cheryl Ridgeway and Kim had a blast photographing senior spa models at the Neon Museum and Red Rock Canyon in a photography class with the extra-ordinary talented photographers Bob and Krista Ashmun ofMichigan.  We’ll be posting photos from these outings soon.

Sunday January 4th was a full day of classes with us meeting more great photographers.

Monday January 5th had us in a half day of classes and a half day of shooting around the amazingly beautiful Red Rock Resort.  In my opinion, it was the most visually dynamic place spa has had host their conferences yet.  There were so many great nooks and interior elements that inspired great creativity.  You’ll definitely be seeing more photos from these fun sessions.

Tuesday January 6th was back into the classroom setting, Steve and I took a quick trip out to show him Red Rock Canyon and the day ended with the spa Fashion Show.  We’ll be showing off photos from this fun aspect too.

Wednesday January 7th was the final day of the conference and we traveled home.  When we got home that evening, we learned via voicemail that Steve had been named the 2008 Event Professional of the Year by the Dallas National Association of Catering Executives (NACE) at the awards banquet held that evening at the newly opened Union Station.  Way to go Steve for being such an integral part of the2008 NACE team!

Thursday (yesterday) began catchup mode because while we were away some of the computer work we had hoped would get done in the hotel room didn’t due to incredibly slow internet speeds.  And now it is time for a blogging marathon.