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wedding photographer | denver | st. dominic’s church and lombardi’s roman garden | belinda and justin

November 29, 2008 – 12:06 am

Belinda and Justin were married last weekend at St Dominic’s Church in Denver.  They are an adorable couple and it was an honor to photograph their day!

Belinda is one of the most genuinely sweet people I’ve ever met in my life.  And so I forgive her for being so crazy beautiful!

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I couldn’t resist an ivy background!

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Yep.  Belinda is way too pretty!

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Nic’s shot, and my favorite from the ceremony.  I bow down to him.

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My favorite “We did it!” face of the year.  Which is a good way to end because this is our last wedding of 2008!

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The dove release after the ceremony…

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Belinda’s son, Aidan, is such an adorable little boy!  He was so well behaved for us.

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We had some beautiful afternoon light.  The kind of light that we just don’t get in most areas of Colorado Springs because the mountains get in the way!

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Time for some back alley kisses.  I’m pretty sure photographers end up spending almost as much time in back alleys as muggers.

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We had an awesome amount of time between the ceremony and reception for photos, so we played around for a long time and then released them to the limo party…

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My favorite reception shots are almost always from the first dance.  Nic really rocked this one!

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The mother-son dance always gets me thinking about the future.  (Although I’m pretty sure I’ll run off any of Will’s prospective brides.  Because No One will be good enough.)  :P

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Belinda’s father passed away, so her uncle stood in for him on the father-daughter dance and they danced to There You’ll Be (that song from Pearl Harbor) and I cried like a baby.  So much so that Nic was prompted to look at me and ask “Have you been drinking?!”  (But since this was his shot, I know he was feeling it too.)  It was so moving it was totally “two glasses of wine” or “six months pregnant” pain-in-your-chest emotion.  I can’t even proof these without tearing up.

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Before I start crying all over the place again, I’m going to end with my favorite picture of the day.  A little something I like to call “the magic of the D3.”  Or just “a really cool bridal bouquet toss picture.”  Belinda has the cutest expressions!

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Thanks, Belinda and Justin, for letting us photograph your day.  You were so easy and fun to work with, so gracious, and so welcoming.  We hope you have a wonderful mini-moon in Vail and fantastic forever together!

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Denver Wedding Photographers | The Space Gallery | Carolyn and Jack

October 21, 2008 – 9:54 pm

Carolyn and Jack tied the knot on Saturday at The Space Gallery in Denver.  Their day had a million touches that made the event uniquely them.   Carolyn’s job as an editor shone during the ceremony: she had selected the coolest group of poems and stories for the readings.  It all made it that much more special!  (And best of all [because you know how I am about food], the food was some of the best we’ve tasted.  I still dreaming about it.  YUMMY.  I think I’m going to make the food pictures I shot my screensaver.  And maybe frame them for my nightstand.)

Carolyn getting ready in her awesomely lilac bathroom (their house has all the best colors)!

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Carolyn had collected the most perfect accessories for her aqua and lime wedding.  A hoop skirt, a gorgeous hair accessory, and CHECK OUT THESE SHOES!!!

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Time for the dress…

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When everyone was ready, it was off to Wash Park for portraits!  Here’s my absolute favorite from the day:

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At The Space Gallery, Carolyn and Jack were married in a room decorated with Jack’s art!  On one of their first dates (or maybe the first date) they visited an art gallery where the titles were in Spanish.  They enjoyed making up their own titles for the pieces, so at the wedding, they put up pieces of paper so the guests could have a go at naming Jack’s silkscreened art pieces.  What a fun way to incorporate that part of their history!

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During the ring ceremony, I was in a great spot to capture the traditional shots.

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Nic was up in the balcony and couldn’t get anything from that angle…so he got creative and shot a few of their shadows as they exchanged rings.  How clever is he?!

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The kiss!

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In Colorado, a bride and groom can marry themselves without an officiant.  The tricky part is figuring out how to sign the marriage license afterward!

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Our favorite florist, Dawn from Hillside Consultants, did flowers and centerpieces, so they were of course gorgeous!  They included beautifully painted orchids.

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Carolyn’s nephew was one of the cutest and certainly best behaved toddlers I’ve ever seen at a wedding!

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Nic takes the best toast pictures.  I always look forward to seeing what he’ll capture!

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Another of Nic’s great toast pictures: Carolyn’s dad.

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These guys were cracking me up as they played with a camera on the dance floor!

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A good night kiss…

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Carolyn and Jack, thanks so much for allowing us to be a part of your day.  You were so easy to work with and we loved all of the personalized touches in your day!  We hope you have a wonderful honeymoon!

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Behind the scenes…

Can you spot Nic?

Glorious camera equipment dripping off every inch of me…  :)

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When we left the wedding, we joked with Carolyn and Jack that we hoped their car was okay.  At the engagement shoot, their car window had been smashed.  But we should have knocked on some wood while we were joking, because when we got back to my trusty Civic we discovered this!

Oh no!  Window broken, glove box open…my best friend and life-saver: GPS Girl was gone.  Bernadette had been helping out the wedding coordinator and was catching a ride home with us.  Something I’m sure she regretted as we drove home on I-25 at midnight in October with no window!  (Of course, my favorite moment was when I looked over and realized that we could have at least turned the car heat on!)  Bernadette broke out her camera for a “we can’t feel our ears” photo.  Laughing at the result kept us warm all the way home.  :D

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Colorado Springs Family Photographer | Anna, Jack, and Lauren

September 30, 2008 – 7:56 pm

Meet Jack.  Jack is three:

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Jack is Cute.

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SUPER CUTE.

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Meet Lauren. She’s one!

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She had a high chair in her room just like the one my photographer pal Lisa uses to make adorable pictures!

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Together, Jack and Lauren are AMAZINGLY CUTE.

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And when you add in their mom, Anna, the cuteness starts to get a little ridiculous.

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And when Jack wears a hat, the cuteness DEFINITELY gets ridiculous.

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(I have been wanting to get a kid to play in the leaves since I saw the brilliant Maria Grace’s fall shots.  I was all about stealing prop ideas yesterday, apparently!)

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And when the hat comes off, he’s still just plain cute!

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I spent a wonderful afternoon with these three and captured a mountain of adorable portraits.  It was a joy to meet them, and I’m so thrilled with the pictures it’s all I can do not to blog them all!

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denver, colorado engagement portraits | sonya and faisal

July 24, 2008 – 10:19 am

Sonya and Faisal’s wedding is coming up in less than two weeks! We are so excited to photograph their wedding ceremonies (I can’t wait for all the beautiful colors of their wedding)! They are a very sweet couple and it was great getting to know them better at their engagement shoot.

They asked for more conservative portraits than we normally do, so that was a fun challenge for me! I love that we were able to capture how wonderfully Faisal cares for Sonya–you can really tell that he is always looking to take care of her!

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Faisal and Sonya got engaged on the Millennium Bridge, so it was only appropriate to take a few shots there!

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Sonya is so beautiful!

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Behind the scenes:  We were shooting on a few bridges over a little stream and there was a very happy dog prancing around in the water.  He wanted to know what my deal was:

Photographers tend to adopt funny stances as they attempt to become human tripods.  I like this one that Nic was sporting.   Like he’s going to take this shot, and then break into a run.  (I really shouldn’t throw stones about poses…but luckily Nic doesn’t write blog entries.)  ;)

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Denver engagement pictures - Carolyn and Jack

April 7, 2008 – 8:55 am

We had two engagement sessions this week, and apologies to Matt and Meg, because I’m posting these sneak peeks in reverse order.

Poor Carolyn and Jack get bumped to the front of the line because when we returned to our cars at the end of the shoot, their car had been broken into! The criminals didn’t take anything, but broke the window anyway (which almost makes it more annoying).

We were also disappointed when our piece de resistance of the evening didn’t happen. We had planned on ending the shoot at The Tattered Cover (Jack and Carolyn are both in publishing, which makes the fabulous bookstore an even better location) but didn’t think through the fact that on Sunday, they close at 6:00 (instead of 11:00). BUMMER OF BUMMERS.

Jack and Carolyn were fabulous troopers, though, and total pros at engagement shoot posing by the end of the night! We had our fair share of disappointments last night, but it was matched by fun accidents like when we were were misidentified as teenagers, or finding the cool underside of this bridge:

And this awesome wall:

Or this little locks by the river (it looks a lot prettier than it smelled…):

Or this coffee shop (and the kind girl who left her sweet spot in the window for a few minutes while we took a few shots):

And a few more shots for good measure:

A little bit of vintage grunge for this one:

Thanks again, Jack and Carolyn for a wonderful evening! We can’t wait for your wedding, we hope you love this sneak peek, and we hope your car magically grew its window back last night! :)

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