I met Lauren & Galen at their home away from home, Chautauqua Park, for their engagement session. The happy couple are part of the local search and rescue team and are also avid climbers and frequently scale up the flatirons for some breathtaking views. We had a wonderful time hiking around the trails making images and I am really looking forward to their August wedding!
My college friends Chris & Michelle made their first visit to Colorado this spring with their daughter Kendall in tow and we were able to make a quick stop at the Flatirons for a brief photo shoot with the beautiful one-year-old.
I had the pleasure working alongside Nikki Ritcher again at the beginning of the new year. Her cousin Liz married long-time boyfriend Steven at Englewood’s St Thomas Moore Church and they had their reception at the Denver Tech Center’s Marriott Hotel. Liz handled the brisk January weather in her sleeveless gown like a champ and their lively guests welcomed the newlyweds into the new year by burning up the dance floor.
Jessica & Daniel were married at Denver’s Brown Palace in the beautiful Onyx Room under a mural of cherubs painted into a blue sky. Their ceremony was filled with laughs, tears and a sweet little kiss on Daniel’s ring after Jessica slipped it on his finger. It was fantastic having time to wander around the hauntingly romantic, historic hotel and make some creative portraits. I love when a couple forgets I am there, like Jessica & Daniel, and truly enjoys the moments after they are wed as I happily snap away. During the reception their small but lively group of family and friends wore that dance floor out with salsa numbers and line dances from the moment the music started until the very last song. Thank you Jessica & Daniel for making the last wedding of my season such a beautiful and memorable one. I am a lucky photographer to have had such amazing couples to work with.
I had the pleasure of working with San Francisco based photographer Nikki Ritcher in early October photographing the wedding of Jen & Mike at the Sanctuary Golf Course in Sedalia. I haven’t been a “second shooter” in a while and it was really nice having some of the pressure taken off of me. Jen & Mike were really wonderful to work with and Nikki is a very talented and laid back photographer- we got along famously and I look forward to working with her again in January.
When I was chatting with Dominique & Steve about what they would like to do for their engagement shoot they said they wanted something romantic and would love to be surrounded by fall colors. I live a mile away from Wonderland Lake here in Boulder and run around the lake almost daily. It was the perfect location and luckily the foliage cooperated as well. Dominique & Steve were really easy to photograph and very natural in front of the camera. A Wisconsin native, Dominique nixed Steve’s idea to wear giant cheese heads for the session but we still had a wonderful late afternoon shoot and couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day. I am even more excited to work with them again at their July wedding.
