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children’s portrait photographer | colorado springs

Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:48:10 +0000

Caden’s momma brought him to the studio for his 2 year portraits. She wanted something outdoors and relaxed. Caden was such a sweetie and he has the most incredible blue eyes!

red rocks park | mt vernon event center | colorado wedding photographers

Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:01:22 +0000

Melissa and Derek were married at Red Rocks Park with their reception at Mt Vernon Event Center on July 3rd. If you want unique wedding ideas, Melissa is the girl to talk to!

Their wedding was chalk full of unique details–many of which I hadn’t seen before (and that’s saying something)! I’m saving some pictures for our wedding ideas series that I’m going to start in the fall, but here are just some of the cool details that Melissa had: a quilt for everyone to sign that included some of their engagement photos, custom dress hangar, a flower ceremony in the same theme as a sand ceremony, super cute wedding programs, shoes that her bridesmaids signed in blue, gerber daisy and lime centerpieces, pink uplighting, heart shaped sparklers, and custom matchbooks.

Melissa and Derek love Colorado and wanted a lot of the unique Colorado scenery in their portraits. With their ceremony at Red Rocks Park, it was easy to create some majestic Colorado portraits!

Edited to add…totally forgot to give credit to the amazing vendors that day–sorry! Danielle from Something Classic Events provided the day of coordination and did an incredible job pulling together all of the details that made the wedding so beautiful, along with the florist, Dawn from Hillside Consultants.

Melissa and Derek’s Wedding Details: Ceremony site: Red Rocks Park, Reception venue: Mount Vernon Event Center, Coordination:Something Classic Events, Flowers: Hillside Consultants, Cake: Colorado Rose Cake Company

family portrait photographer | the coopers

Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:08:42 +0000

While in Seattle earlier this month, my aunt asked if I’d photograph their family. Of course! Because of our tight timing, we ended up doing the shoot immediately after JJ’s 8th birthday party at my grandpa’s pool. This is not generally recommended for anyone under 30, but the kids did really well, and their parents managed not to kill them under the stress (I can’t say I would have done as well under the circumstances!). Gretchen picked the most perfect location–I could tell she knew what I like when she mentioned that the spot had lots of tall weeds!

colorado wedding photographers | university of denver | daniels school of restaurant management

Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:01:27 +0000

Rebecca and Bryan were married at the University of Denver Daniels School of Restaurant, Hotel and Tourism Management in Denver. It was a beautiful day at a gorgeous venue and I’m so excited to share these pictures with you! Bryan had a fantastic idea for the groomsmen pictures–we all headed down to Mustard’s Last Stand so the guys could enjoy some hot dogs and we could catch a few pictures. I love it when we’re able to make memories as well as pictures! I was, however, informed by a concerned restaurant patron that (a) a hot dog stand is a strange place to take wedding pictures and (b) that the bride was missing. I logged her complaint in my file. ;P I usually point out the cool girly details, but in the interest of being an equal opportunity blogger, Nic was really impressed that the guys all got suits instead of renting tuxes. Better value, and they all looked very sharp!

Rebecca and Bryan’s Wedding Details Venue: University of Denver, Daniels School of Restaurant, Hotel, and Tourism Management Flowers: Newberry Brothers

wedding at the lodge at cathedral pines | colorado springs wedding photographers

Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:17:06 +0000

Just five days after Jennifer and Chad’s wedding I was back at The Lodge at Cathedral Pines in Black Forest for Adrienne and Cary’s wedding! (And I’m so excited to be heading back to Cathedral Pines in September for Sarah and Peter’s wedding!)

Adrienne and Cary had a beautiful wedding with….a Super Mario wedding cake! It was amazing and a huge crowd pleaser! (Will has requested this cake for his next birthday. I told him I’ll work on it. ) One of the things I love about The Lodge at Cathedral Pines is its size–it really encourages small intimate weddings, and Adrienne had it so beautifully decorated with the help of Dawn at Hillside Consultants–check out those gorgeous centerpieces! We began the day at Adrienne’s parent’s house, and you could see where Adrienne got her amazing taste. Jamie and I had SOOO much fun photographing her dress on its dressform in her parent’s perfect living room!

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Adrienne and Cary’s wedding details: venue: Lodge at Cathedral Pines florist: Hillside Consultants cake: Little London makeup: Niki Pitts

colorado springs engagement portrait photographer | shelby and chris

Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:57:04 +0000

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!)

engagement portrait photographer | colorado springs | melissa and derek

Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer — Tue, 25 May 2010 11:23:25 +0000

It always feels like if you reschedule once, you end up having to reschedule 8 more times. I can’t remember how many times we had to reschedule for weather to make this happen, but it certainly felt like a lot! In the end, though, we got a gorgeous spring morning at Garden of the Gods.

engagement portrait photographer | colorado springs | jamie and rick

Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer — Wed, 19 May 2010 02:15:54 +0000

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!