I’m over the moon with this gorgeous dog-friendly engagement session from Alycia at Fig + Willow Studios. They went to Red Rock Canyon, just west of Las Vegas, Nevada for these photos.
From Alycia: “Cris and Tyler met in Las Vegas, Nevada where they now share their home with their gorgeous puppies, Jax and Abby. While they’re a handful, they’re an integral part of their lives, and they wanted to include them in the engagement shoot. It’s SO important for couples to bring little things that make them … well, them! 
We also integrated Tyler’s brand-new truck into the shoot to accurately represent both of their personalities with style and class.
We went out to Red Springs in Red Rock Canyon in Las Vegas, Nevada and we were in for a cold and windy session. They were complete troopers even with the icy wind making it so we couldn’t feel our fingers, but by looking at the photos you can’t even tell. Love really keeps us warm (as do blankets on the back of trucks!)
Their wedding will be at the gorgeous Reflection Bay Golf Club in Henderson, Nevada in November 2019.”
From Cris: “Our Shiba Inus Jax (seven years old) and Abby (six years old) have been an integral part of our lives and are inseparable. I raised Jax since he was a puppy. Jax has been best buds with my fiance Tyler since we met five years ago. We both rescued Abby from another family when she was around two years old. She had a rough past and was moved around a lot, so when we rescued her, she was extremely timid but quickly realized that she finally had a place to call home.
Both dogs enjoy walks, the dog park and, of course, treats. Jax LOVES getting pets from anyone who is willing to give them to him. They are both so special to us! There is truly no love like a dogs love.“
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About Fig + Willow Studios Based in San Francisco, California, Alycia specializes in wedding photography. Alycia is available for travel.
Such gorgeous pups and humans! Love the location too!
Beautiful shoot. I’ve been to Nevada however only Las Vegas. This part of Nevada looks so peaceful. Congrats to the happy couple. Jax and Abbey are adorable.
Beautiful photos! I’m amazed at the number of breeds of dogs there are now.
What beautiful engagement photos! I’ve never seen a Shiba Inu before and those pups are gorgeous. The scenery and the couple are beautiful too.
That was such an amazing shoot! I love their outfit choices, the location, and, of course, the dogs! Great idea to include the fur family members
These are such sweet photos. It’s precious that the dogs were included in the engagement pictures.
Oh my goodness they are just so adorable! What a lovely way to have your dogs in your engagement photos – I love how they have tied everything together.
It was wonderful to learn more about this family. Their engagements photos turned out beautiful.
I love the creativity people have in their engagement photos these days and also that they’re able to include pets. I love the photo of the couple and their dogs under the tree.
So adorable. I hadn’t heard of Red Rock Canyon so it was fun to see and learn of a new place. As usual, the dogs are adorable!
Those photos are lovely! And the location looks beautiful I’d love to go to that place and explore it with my boys one day.
They are the cutest! the photos are really beautiful, I also love the place!
Oh my gosh, these dogs totally posed in these photos. My dog, Molly, sometimes cooperates for photos but she also sometimes is not in the mood to do so. Lovely shots!
These are all stunning photographs! I love it when the pets are included in special event photos! Shiba Inus are a fave breed of my daughter’s (aside from our Huskies, of course)! Beautiful dogs, beautiful photos, beautiful family!
They are all so so sweet! This is a beautiful family! Great photos!
These are absolutely adorable and gorgeous! Dogs are certainly part of the family and deserve to be in the family pics too!
These pups are beautiful. Reminds me of my friend’s dog. Very sweet breed too.
We love including our pups in all that we do. Such a sweet photo of their family.
Photos with the dogs seems like it captures the complete dynamic of their family. The idea of a dog friendly photographer is a great one! Thanks for sharing these with us!
The photos are cute. Made me wonder whats the photo processor used.
These are just the cutest photos ever! I love that the pups were part of this special day.
Shiba Inus are one of the best breeds of dogs out there!! They are so human like with their emotions and are just beautiful!!
Wow1 Beautiful photos! Dogs are definitely part of the family and should be included in family pictures.
Gorgeous photos and the couple look so in love. Shibas have such cute faces- they often look like they are smiling – so nice they included the pups and what a great location to do the engagement shoot.