Tina and Brett's Wedding

What a wedding! It was a perfect spring day in late May, a beautiful setting, and Tina and Brett were a great couple! It was a bit chilly and rainy for the rehearsal, but we were blessed with perfect weather for the wedding celebration at Brett's family home in Cherry Hills. I welcomed the opportunity to work with some of my favorite vendors: Henry Mares, of Mares Video Productions, Wendy Foster of T'DA Design, Ken Hiatt of Quality Mobile Sound, and the always kick-butt band Jakarta. It was all ably coordinated by Wendy Bass of Let's Plan it.

I was also fortunate to have my friends and wonderful photographers Deb DesMarteau and Julie Kemerling shoot with me. We had a great time documenting Tina and Brett's beautiful wedding celebration. Here are a few of the images from the day.

Here's Tina, just before she sees her husband to be.
Brett, with the smile on his face that never left!
Seeing each other for the first time.
The men gather for the Ketubah signing.
Meredith, whose wedding I will be photographing in July, was in attendance. Her fiance Brian, was one of the groomsmen.
Deb took this great portrait of Tina while she waits to walk down the aisle.
Julie caught her watching the ceremony as it gets underway. Love the image!
I love the look on Tina's dad's face as he waits for her to join him.
A few images of the beautiful backyard setting.
The kids waiting to greet the bride and groom and release the balloons.
The first dance was worthy of a "Dancing with the Stars" performance!
Jakarta tore it up!
And the party was one for the books!
Thank you Tina and Brett. It was a great one!

Crystal, Greg, Cayden, and Chayse,

One of my great pleasures in this business is watching the couples whose weddings I have photographed start their families. I am always honored when they ask me to photograph them with the new additions to their family. Such is the case with Crystal and Greg. I remember their wedding well. It was a Friday in July 5 years ago! In those days I was shooting by myself, and that was the first of three weddings that weekend. I remember getting home from their wedding about 1:00 am, and needing to be at Lionscrest in Lyons, Colorado at 8:00 am for the next wedding. Keep in mind, Lyon's is an almost two hour drive from my house. Following the wedding in Lyons, I had another booked for that evening in Denver. So, the three weddings were within a 24 hour time frame! Those were the days!!

I hadn't heard from Crystal, but she referred another bride to me recently who filled me in on their growing family. Then Crystal called and we set up a time to take pictures of her, Greg, Cayden, and their newest addition, Chayse. Crystal's mom Marilyn was also on hand for a few images.

First, a look back at one of my favorites from their wedding
Fast forward 5 years!
Three generations of "the girls"

Ellen and Evan

Saturday I had the opportunity to hang out with two of my favorite people, Joe and Joyce Keum of Studio JK. Not only are they great friends, but two of the photographers who's work I admire the most. Since I didn't have a wedding on Saturday, they invited me to shoot with them at the Garden of the Gods Club. What a spectacular backdrop for a wedding! Ellen and Evan were a great couple and a lot of fun to photograph.

The setting, with Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak in the background
The Bling!
Ellen's reflections in the makeup mirrors
It was a very bright day! We had time before the ceremony to capture some fun images
Ellen just before the ceremony
A very enthusiastic first kiss!
Thank you Joe and Joyce for the invite!