A couple of weeks ago I got the chance to take a family over to Daniel’s Park in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, for a variety of  family portraits. When we first arrived in late afternoon, we had what looked like an ominous storm coming on, but it soon cleared and we ended up with sunshine, which is typical Colorado weather (although this summer has been kinda crazier than usual it seems, even more unpredictable if that’s possible). Anyway, here are a few images from the session.

It looks like I’m making them climb on the side of a cliff here. See what we go through to get the pictures! LOL. It really wasn’t that steep.

Danielle and Nick were recently married at The Franciscan Event Center and it was just a wonderful wedding. Everything seemed to flow with a natural elegance and the wedding party, family and guests were great  fun as well.  The fresh flowers were gorgeous and designed by Terrilynn of Petals from Heaven and Complete Music  provided the DJ music and entertainment.  Here are just a few images from their special day.

I photographed Jessica and Kelvin last week at a scenic overlook park a little south of Denver for their engagement session. They will be getting married on the popular date this year of 9-10-11 at Mt. Princeton, which is south of Denver a few hours, close to Salida. I so look forward to spending time with them and their whole family. Ellie, the dog is definitely a part of the family too!

Lindsey and Erik are so much fun to photograph. They are getting married on the island of Kauai in Hawaii in October and it will be beautiful! The couple live in northern Colorado currently and are finishing graduate school at Laramie in Wyoming. We had so many great photos from their E session and I really had a hard time narrowing down which ones to show you here. So here goes. Enjoy.

Kathy and Mike were high school sweethearts and then went their own separate ways for nearly 30 years. They reunited at their high school class reunion that Kathy had helped organize and realized they had so much in common and fell back in love or maybe they always were in love?  I think the way they feel about each other shows through in their engagement photos I shot last week in Littleton, Colorado. When I met with this special couple at my studio, I loved their unique story and can’t be more excited to be photographing their wedding at the end of May this year. I’m also invited over to their house the next day for a barbecue with their friends! 

I photographed Jessica and Korey in downtown Denver a couple of weeks ago and if you are from Denver, you know its been like a wind tunnel quite a bit lately, but their session turned out so great despite the windy conditions. These two are easy going and great together as a couple and I’m so excited and honored to photograph their wedding at the Red Rocks Trading Post  in Morrison, Colorado this October. The views there are spectacular. Below are a few of their images from our day together.

Susan and David are another one of my wonderful wedding clients this year. They are also personal friends and I couldn’t be having more fun with them. We met downtown a couple of weeks ago for this photography session and it was so cold and windy that we “had” to take a break and stop into a pub for a Bailey’s and coffee. Or was it Irish creme? lol. Good times. I photographed mutual friends of ours (Caryn & John’s) wedding a few years ago and now Susan and David are getting married in September at The Inn at Palmer Divide. This venue is a scenic, Colorado location south of Denver and perfect for a fall wedding! Can’t wait.

I photographed a particularly special wedding on December 28th in Castle Rock in the beautiful new home of a family friend. It was just wonderful weather, especially for December in Colorado. Dillon, the groom, is in the Navy so he wore his attire to add to the uniqueness of the day. Also, little Kaden followed in a sailor suit all his own! Too adorable I tell you. Here are some of the images from the day for you to enjoy. I love the classic and very vintage appeal of some of their images. The flowers were designed by Parker Blooms.

I am naturally drawn to photographing in black and white and and in this high tech world today, I find it so amazing when photos turn out looking like they could have been taken 50 years ago and they were actually taken a couple of weeks ago. Here is a wedding I loved being part of that took place on 10-10-10 at The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. The historic qualities of this hotel are so much fun to photograph and this couple, Armarna and Steve, truly love the authentic vintage style as much as I do. Here are a few images to share from their special day. Enjoy!

The Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colorado

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Stanley Hotel 1940's Style Wedding

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Hollywood 1940's Glam

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Wedding Couple at The Stanley Hotel

Bride and bridesmaids at Manor House, Stanley Hotel, Colorado