Elaine & Geoff had the most perfect Vail, Colorado fall wedding! A tiny bit of snow on the ground, the peaking Aspens and a super fun, easy-going couple made this wedding a pleasure to be a part of. They held their ceremony outside on the lawn at Larkspur Restaurant at Golden Peak on Vail Mountain and then their friends and family from around the country feasted on amazing entrees prepared by Larkspurs world-class chefs. Thanks Elaine & Geoff, the day couldn’t have gone better!
I had a great time with Christy & Drew and their dog, Sarge, making their Colorado engagement photos up in Nederland, CO at the peak of the fall colors. Their wedding in Winter Park next Labor day is going to rock!
Rachael & Chris were joined on a beautiful day by a small group of family and friends for their Estes Park, Colorado wedding held at the Black Canyon Inn and Twin Owls Steakhouse. After a fantastic engagement session with the happy couple last year, I knew their wedding was going to be a joy to document. Their energy and love for each other is palpable, and they did such a good job with all the little details of their wedding making it such a fun and memorable day for not only their guests but for me as well. Here are a few of my favorite moments from their Estes Park, Colorado wedding.
A few words from the awesome couple…
“Kira is an incredible photographer. She truly tells a story with her photos and we couldn’t have asked for anything more to remember our special day. Kira continued to exceed our dreams and expectations on our wedding day and beyond. Thank you, Kira, for making our day even more memorable and special to us!”
Recently I had the pleasure to work alongside the very talented Kara Pearson Photography to photograph Molly and Eric’s Vail mountain wedding. I worked with the men, capturing them going through all of their pre-wedding rituals before we all met up on top of Vail mountain for a stunning first-look. The day was incredibly beautiful and their outside ceremony and reception at the Donovan Pavilion was a joy to document. Here are some of my favorite Vail mountain wedding photos from their day.
I had been eagerly awaiting Jenny & Dan’s Custer State Park wedding for over a year. The well traveled couple are writers who live in China and managed to wrangle up friends and family from around the globe to watch them wed in a spot Jenny had visited as a child and dreamt of getting married at one day. The Black Hills of South Dakota and Custer State Park are known for their sweeping vistas, glorious lakes and green prairies where wild buffalo still roam.
Jenny & Dan began their fun-packed wedding weekend with a Chuckwagon rehearsal dinner where guests were loaded into cloth covered wagons equipped with straw cowboy hats and personalized bandanas. We all rode through the state park sitting on bails of hay and singing along to old country songs until we reached a remote clearing where we feasted on steaks and buffalo burgers.
Their wedding was another picture perfect day and the ceremony site had an almost surreal backdrop with enormous boulders jutting straight out of Sylvan Lake. The happy couple put so much thought into the readings, music, and their beautiful personal vows, and three tutu wearing flower girls entertained guests with random hugging and high kicks.
The reception was held at the Sylvan Lake lodge where their tables were named after the numerous cities where they had lived from all over the world. Jenny & Dan also chose some of their favorite books as their centerpieces and guests were invited to take them home with them. Emotional speeches, tequila shots, streamers thrown around everyone (a Bolivian wedding tradition), their party was an unforgettable one and so was my time with them.
Sweet words from the gracious bride…
“Kira is wildly talented. She has an amazing eye and frames her shots perfectly. We loved her photojournalistic style from the get-go, and we hired her because we wanted to have clear, beautiful images of our friends and family, and – sure enough – we now have all of these excellent portraits of the people we love. Somehow Kira managed to be completely unobtrusive while capturing everything. We had many great people who helped us to create a wonderful wedding weekend, but Kira was one of the absolute best.”
Words don’t seem to do justice for this couple, my third Regan wedding, and another remarkable day with the warm and loving family I have grown so fondly of. Bagpipes, Irish Whiskey centerpieces at the Della Terra, a plethora of Irish blessings, subtle Broncos colors for the beaming groom and of course my stunning crimson haired bride made this Estes Park Colorado wedding one I will never forget.
I can’t express enough how much I’ve enjoyed working with this family so I just want to send a special thanks to Chris and Ally, who took a chance on me. Kody and Shannon, who kept the tradition alive and Kelly and Sean who completed the trifecta with the same grace and joyous spirit we began this journey with. I look forward to continuing to watch your families grow and it has truly been my pleasure documenting your special days.
One more Irish blessing…
May God grant you always…
A sunbeam to warm you,
a moonbeam to charm you,
a sheltering Angel so nothing can harm you.
Laughter to cheer you.
Faithful friends near you.
And whenever you pray,
Heaven to hear you.
