Colorado Springs Portrait and Wedding Photographers: Real Photography Blog » colorado springs engagement photographer http://realphotography.com/blog Colorado Springs wedding and portrait photographers Nic and Traci Turchin of Real Photography blog latest sessions, weddings, and photography and Photoshop tips. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:07:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 engagement portraits in the snow | colorado springs http://realphotography.com/blog/engagement-portraits-in-the-snow-colorado-springs/ http://realphotography.com/blog/engagement-portraits-in-the-snow-colorado-springs/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:48:20 +0000 Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer http://realphotography.com/blog/?p=4897 We are interrupting the Best of 2010 posts for Marlis and Russell’s sneak peek.  Things are going a little slow around here this week–Nic fell down the stairs this weekend and I found him unconscious and bleeding (talk about scary!!).  He’s making a great recovery and has a sweet scar to show for it.  Plus he can use his concussion to get out of things like diaper changes, which is fantastically useful in a household with a baby as stinky as Ellie!

Marlis and Russell were in town from Australia for the holidays, so we booked their wedding and did the engagement shoot while they were here!  We lucked out with the timing and had plenty of snow–Russell’s first experience it!

These two are sooooo cute!  I can’t wait for their wedding!

]]> http://realphotography.com/blog/engagement-portraits-in-the-snow-colorado-springs/feed/ 2 colorado springs wedding photographer / fall engagement shoot http://realphotography.com/blog/colorado-springs-wedding-photographer-fall-engagement-shoot/ http://realphotography.com/blog/colorado-springs-wedding-photographer-fall-engagement-shoot/#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:37:44 +0000 Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer http://realphotography.com/blog/?p=4794 I’ve been a very bad blogger this winter–eek!  In proof of that, I am now sharing one of my favorite engagement shoots of the year…complete with autumn foliage.  Oops on the delay!  Aaron and Heidi are so in love–I can’t wait to photograph their wedding in March!

In Black Forest you don’t really look up to the trees for the most vivid fall colors–you look down to all the bushes and grasses for your reds and golds!

I love a good snuggled close-up!

You know how much I love rural roads!

Fall leaves are always fun for throwing!

]]> http://realphotography.com/blog/colorado-springs-wedding-photographer-fall-engagement-shoot/feed/ 0 colorado springs engagement portrait photographer | shelby and chris http://realphotography.com/blog/colorado-springs-engagement-portrait-photographer-shelby-and-chris/ http://realphotography.com/blog/colorado-springs-engagement-portrait-photographer-shelby-and-chris/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:57:04 +0000 Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer http://realphotography.com/blog/?p=3956 Shelby and Chris are just so cute!  They are so happy and in love–I had the best time photographing them at their engagement shoot and am looking forward to their wedding!  (Using the gallery format again–let me know if you love it or hate it!  Unless you’re viewing this in a blog reader, in which case you won’t even see it!)  :)

]]> http://realphotography.com/blog/colorado-springs-engagement-portrait-photographer-shelby-and-chris/feed/ 8 engagement portrait photographer | colorado springs | lindsay and mike http://realphotography.com/blog/engagement-portrait-photographer-colorado-springs-lindsay-and-mike/ http://realphotography.com/blog/engagement-portrait-photographer-colorado-springs-lindsay-and-mike/#comments Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:10:50 +0000 Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer http://realphotography.com/blog/?p=3932 I love Lindsay and Mike!  They are one of those couples that make a photographer’s job ridiculously easy.   They’re easy to work with, they’re playful with each other, they practically pose themselves…if they weren’t already marrying each other, I’d marry them.  Or maybe just insist that they get married every year so I can photograph it forever!

We met up at the studio on a gorgeous (if ridiculously windy) day.  We got some beautiful light, and I am excited to share their pictures with you!

]]> http://realphotography.com/blog/engagement-portrait-photographer-colorado-springs-lindsay-and-mike/feed/ 0 engagement portrait photographer | colorado springs | jamie and rick http://realphotography.com/blog/engagement-portrait-photographer-colorado-springs-jamie-and-rick/ http://realphotography.com/blog/engagement-portrait-photographer-colorado-springs-jamie-and-rick/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 02:15:54 +0000 Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer http://realphotography.com/blog/?p=3798 I’ve got lots of shoots to share this week!  First up are Jamie and Rick, who will be tying the knot in July! They are so sweet to each other and were totally willing to just roll with our less-than-ideal weather–let’s hope we were paying our dues for a very sunny wedding day!

]]> http://realphotography.com/blog/engagement-portrait-photographer-colorado-springs-jamie-and-rick/feed/ 0 engagement photographer | colorado springs | meredith and zack http://realphotography.com/blog/engagement-photographer-colorado-springs-meredith-and-zack/ http://realphotography.com/blog/engagement-photographer-colorado-springs-meredith-and-zack/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 03:14:58 +0000 Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer http://realphotography.com/blog/?p=3776 We had the best time at Meredith and Zack’s engagement shoot this weekend!  It’s been almost six months since I’ve shot with Nic, and it was so fun to shoot with him again and even better to download pictures and see his shots.  Meredith and Zack are one of those dream couples to photograph that  just bubble with happiness and love.   I’m so excited for their wedding next month!

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]]> http://realphotography.com/blog/engagement-photographer-colorado-springs-meredith-and-zack/feed/ 1 engagement portrait photographer | colorado springs | beth and sean http://realphotography.com/blog/engagement-portrait-photographer-colorado-springs-beth-and-sean/ http://realphotography.com/blog/engagement-portrait-photographer-colorado-springs-beth-and-sean/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:31:49 +0000 Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer http://realphotography.com/blog/?p=3730 Beth and Sean made their way to the studio last week with their adorable dog Mox.  He was soooo well behaved and eager to please that I threatened to hire him on as my assistant.  Beth and Sean were so sweet and cute with each other–I think these just glow with their love!  One of the reasons we include engagement shoots in every session is because we really believe that every couple should have a few pictures of themselves in regular clothes, relaxed and loving it up!

Mox clearly loves his owners.

And I think he loves me, too.

I love, love, love how happy and loved Beth looks in this shot!

]]> http://realphotography.com/blog/engagement-portrait-photographer-colorado-springs-beth-and-sean/feed/ 0 engagement portrait photographer | colorado springs | laura and dan http://realphotography.com/blog/engagement-portrait-photographer-colorado-springs-laura-and-dan/ http://realphotography.com/blog/engagement-portrait-photographer-colorado-springs-laura-and-dan/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:38:29 +0000 Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer http://realphotography.com/blog/?p=3676 If you are super observant, you might remember Laura from her brother Andrew’s wedding last summer!  She was the beautiful best (wo)man, and I was so excited when she emailed and asked us if we’d be available to shoot her wedding this winter.  I knew she would be so much fun to photograph again, and I wasn’t wrong!

My Colorado readers of course already know this, but for those that live in less freakish areas, on Thursday the recorded high was 71 degrees…but that night a winter storm rolled it and it was snowing by Friday morning and by Friday afternoon it was bad enough that Nic was on a snow release from work!  (Gotta love spring in Colorado!)  We had about 5 inches of snow at the studio and I asked Laura and Dan if they would be interested in taking advantage of it.  They were, and I can only imagine how much fun they didn’t have driving down here to the Springs and then out to the studio.  Snow is always so exciting to catch, though, so I’m so glad they made the trek down here Friday night!

Who doesn’t go swinging in the snow?!

How perfect are Laura’s boots for this shoot?!  (She had the perfect heels at Ellie and Andrew’s wedding, too.  I never forget good shoes.)

When I suggested a piggyback ride, Laura said yes…but then confessed that she has a fear of being picked up.  I figured things would go one of two ways: either it would be HORRIBLE and we might all end up in tears, or it would be ridiculous and awesome and full of laughter.  It went the second way.  :)

They totally belong in a J Crew catalog!  (And I love Tess’s “snow beard” so much!!)

Earlier it was just a snow goatee….

Tesla got off her leash for a few shots…but she soon showed us that she would much rather run in the snow than pose for pictures!  (Which was just fine with me–she didn’t even know what perfect shots she was creating!)  I love that it’s so cold that you can see Dan’s breath in the fourth shot!

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]]> http://realphotography.com/blog/engagement-portrait-photographer-colorado-springs-laura-and-dan/feed/ 6 colorado springs portrait photographer | engagement portraits | iliana and freddy http://realphotography.com/blog/colorado-springs-portrait-photographer-engagement-portraits-iliana-and-freddy/ http://realphotography.com/blog/colorado-springs-portrait-photographer-engagement-portraits-iliana-and-freddy/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:58:09 +0000 Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer http://realphotography.com/blog/?p=3189 Iliana and Freddy have my gratitude for being super flexible the day of their shoot.  I got a call early that morning that a birth I’ve been waiting to photograph was under way, so I contacted Iliana (and was shocked that she was checking her email/texts at such an hour) and she was completely gracious about moving the shoot by a few hours.  It was a wild day and I’m so grateful to Iliana and Freddy for making it possible for me to photograph both!  Here are just a few of my favorites from their engagement portrait shoot!  Get used to seeing these two–their wedding is next week so we’ll be showing their wedding pictures here before much longer!

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]]> http://realphotography.com/blog/colorado-springs-portrait-photographer-engagement-portraits-iliana-and-freddy/feed/ 1 engagement portrait photographer | colorado springs | mary and dave http://realphotography.com/blog/engagement-portrait-photographer-colorado-springs-mary-and-dave/ http://realphotography.com/blog/engagement-portrait-photographer-colorado-springs-mary-and-dave/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:31:09 +0000 Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer http://realphotography.com/blog/?p=2670 An approaching storm provided great dramatic skies and light for Mary and Dave’s engagement portrait shoot!

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