denver colorado wedding photographers | hudson gardens | katy and bryan

Bryan and Katy held their beautiful ceremony at the Hudson Gardens in Littleton, Colorado with their reception at the Space Gallery in Denver.  Danielle from Something Classic Events provided wedding coordination for all the gorgeous details, and our favorite florist,  Dawn Ackerman was the floral genius, and Greenspot Catering created the adorable dinner!

Katy was a details QUEEN.  She had so many gorgeous details–from the save the dates to the drinks at the ceremony site to the various food “stations” of the buffet–everything was fantastic.  She clearly gets this trait from her mom, who had set out the most gorgeous lunch for all the girls as they got ready.  As I looked at the fruit in its cute little bucket, the chips in the tissue paper lined basket, I looked at Nic and I told him I was definitely missing an important mom gene.  When Will gets married it will be a 6 pack of beer on the counter and a bag of chips with a bottle of salsa–all in their original packaging.   Knowing my complete lack of “presentation’ skills (I’ve been known to give gifts in the Target bag I bought them in), he just nodded his head in agreement!

Katy and Brian were amazing to work with.  She was one of those brides that obviously cared about her vendors.  We even each had adorable (not a detail missed!) survival bags filled with so many yummy goodies that Nic and I were still eating out of them two weddings later!

Katy’s bridesmaids were awesome.  While doing Katy’s make-up, one of them started crying!  It was so sweet–I love it when the significance of the day catches up with people!

Katy and Bryan opted to see each other beforehand, which totally saved the day.  It rained after the ceremony, so in doing the portraits ahead of time we avoided the disappointment rain!  Their first look was super cute. (I was going to pop a picture of Bryan’s reaction into that middle spot, but Katy’s totally adorable giggle won hands down–sorry Bryan!)

I *loved* Katy’s dress.  It’s polka dot overlay and swishy skirt were right up my alley.  I asked Nic if he’d leave me so I could remarry and wear this dress.  (I think he’s still considering the offer.) 

I told you the bridesmaids were fun!

The groomsmen were fantastic, too (and totally outnumbered)! 

Some ceremony details:

I love these moments of Katy with her dad:

It began to rain a little during the ceremony…

…but that didn’t stop anyone from enjoying it!

After the ceremony it was time to leave Hudson Gardens and head to The Space Gallery for the reception. It looked AMAZING!

The caterers had set up three stations for dinner with different types of cuisine.  Even the food was cute!

We went to the candy bar for our ring shots:

Love this wide angle view of the reception from Nic:

And these two garter toss shots!

The Space Gallery has a twinkle light lined alley that is always a low light requested portrait spot!

For Katy and Bryan’s get-away, they had sparklers.  It was raining heavily, which complicated things a little, but their guests knew how much the get-away meant to Katy and braved the rain!  With the rain, and the low light, and the chaos of any kind of get-away I had no idea what kind of shots we’d end up with.  We’re super proud of these!

Thanks for everything Katy and Bryan!  You guys were fantastic to work with and we hope you enjoy the sneak peek!