There are no words to describe the love that these two have for each other. This day could not have been any more perfect and Brandon and I were blessed to be apart of it. Ben and Liz had an eventful day on June 4th in Denver. Liz and her bridesmaids got ready at the beautiful Brown Palace. After that she rode in style with her dad to Alamo Placita Park where Ben got to see his beautiful bride for the first time. After taking as many photos as we could possibly squeeze in, we headed to Denver Community Church for their "I-do's". Their ceremony was both elegant and simple full of tears of joy and laughter. After the ceremony, we headed to the most beautifully decorated reception location, The Mercury Cafe. This place was magical and was the perfect spot to celebrate the night away. Instead of cutting a traditional wedding cake, Ben & Liz cut the ribbon off their Oreo cake that sat underneath two superhero Corgi cake-toppers. Why you ask? Because why NOT!? For those of you who don't know Ben and Liz, while they don't have a dog YET, they are obsessed. So much so that Liz joined Instagram purely for the puppy pictures. The fact that they love Remi the Berner as much as I do makes me love Ben and Liz even more than words can say. I've never been to a reception that was filled with SO, SO many home-baked with love-cookies. Liz's mom and dear friends from all around the U.S. made and brought cookies all the way to Colorado to make this reception absolutely perfect. And to top it all off, they even had ice cream from the one and only Sweet Action Ice Cream. Now this was a wedding after my own heart :) Liz's mom also made the beautiful bouquets and the day ran smoothly thanks to the wonderful Cherry Bomb Events. The love that this bride and groom have is contagious ... I don't think I've laughed as hard as I have on both the day I took Ben & Liz's engagement photos and on their wedding day, and they made my job E-A-S-Y! Ben and Liz, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for letting us capture the beginning of your marriage. Wishing you all the best and lots of laughter ahead!
Congratulations Chelsie & Chase - Sweet Baby Boy Is Almost Here!
You might remember Chelsie and Chase from their wedding that I photographed in October of 2013. Well, now they are awaiting the day when they get to welcome a sweet baby boy and grow their family to a family of three! I couldn't be more excited for them! Chelsie is one stunning mama, wouldn't you say?! Stay tuned for new born photos after they are home from the hospital!
The Matthews & Reilly Family - Cheeseman Park
It was so much fun photographing this lovely family again! I photographed them about a year and a half ago at when Quincy was just a little guy. Now he's two and half, and has the biggest vocabulary of any two year old I have ever met! It is so much fun to get to photograph multiple generations in a photo session, and it is so much fun to get to photograph a family that you've photographed before! Thank you so much to the Matthews family for a wonderful shoot!
Alex Morrision Real Estate
A couple of months ago I had the privilege to photograph this beautiful lady's head shots. Alex recently received her real estate license, and has joined SPX Real Estate. Whether you are looking to buy your first home, move into a larger home, or sell your current home, Alex is your girl! You can get in touch with her and find more information about her through her website.
Furthermore, many of my clients do not know that I provide head shots so if you are wanting to update your current headshot for your website, business card, or just to have a professional photo of yourself, let me know!
The Goldammer Family: Backyard Portrait Session
So much thanks to this darling family for a fun, laid back photo shoot! So fun to be able to capture the entire family together!
Jose & Angelique - Holy Ghost Church & Terrace Gardens
Jose and Angelique were such a joy to work with ... I am so honored to have been apart of their special day! The first time I met them, it was clear that they are perfect for each other, and I knew I would be capturing something amazing. They got married at Holy Ghost Church in downtown Denver, and a fun reception followed at the Terrace Gardens in Ken Caryl. Thank you so much for having me, Jose & Angelique!
Kayla & Cameron - Denver Engagement
You might remember when my sister got engaged last December ... If you don't, you can read about and see her engagement here. Well, we got around to taking their engagement photos in June, and since we FINALLY got their Save the Dates sent out this week, I can finally post their gorgeous pictures! Their pictures turned out just darling, but I am a little bias. :)
Here are some of my favorites from that beautiful June day!
Even though we didn't end up using these for the Save the Dates, we took a handful of "Save-the-Date" pictures that I thought turned out cute so I just had to share!
Here is Kayla and Cameron with their cute pups.
Isn't my nephew so dang cute?
Erin & Michael's Gorgeous Crested Butte Wedding!
Where to begin? I was so, so blessed to be apart of this extraordinarily perfect wedding. From the location, to the people, to the details, to the lawn games, to the celebration and the dancing ... simply perfect. Did I mention the location?! This wedding was on top of Crested Butte Mountain and was GORGEOUS! The rain held out, the sun was shining, and the stunning mountain peaks in the background were breathtaking.
Here is the gorgeous bride and handsome groom ... stunning!
And without further ado, I will let the rest of the photos do the talking. Enjoy!
This couple sure knows how to throw a FUN party!! It was such a fun reception, and I always love a good sparkler send-off to end a wonderful day!
Congratulations Erin & Michael! Thank you so much for having me be apart of your special day!
Kristin & Allen - A Beautiful Downtown Denver Wedding - First Baptist Church of Denver & The Tivoli
Words cannot even begin to describe how beautiful and perfect this wedding was! I am so happy for Kristin and Allen, and I am so thankful that I got to be apart of this blessed day! Capturing your wedding day was so much fun, and the love you both have for each other is contagious! I think we can all agree that this was one GIANT celebration!
Here are the beautiful and handsome bride and groom! Kristin's gorgeous dress was from BHLDN and designed by Catherine Deanne. So stunning! Ladybird Poppy did all of the floral, and these bouquets were to die for! They did such an incredible job!
The ceremony took place at the First Baptist Church of Denver ... a stunning church in the heart of Denver right across from the State Capital building!
Kristin and Allen have a LOT of people that love them! They had such a fabulous wedding party, and tons of family and friends that came from all over to celebrate with them!
The reception was in the Turnhalle ballroom at The Tivoli. It was gorgeous to say the least! All of the food was catered by Relish Catering, and it was delicious! They had ice-cream and cupcakes instead of cake ... so fun!!
The dancing and celebrating could have gone on all night ... everyone had such a fabulous time!
Congratulations to Kristin and Allen! I wish you all the best in the years to come and forever after ... Thank you for having me capture your perfect day!
Ellen & Robert's Wedding - The Sanctuary
Ellen and I lived right next door to each other when we were little, and we grew up being great friends so when she contacted me about photographing her wedding I couldn't have been more happy! It was so much fun to get to be apart of her special day! Ellen and Robert's wedding was PERFECT in every way. They got married at The Sanctuary golf course in Castle Pines, which is an absolutely beautiful venue! It had been a gloomy morning, and it poured down rain while Ellen and Robert were getting ready for the ceremony. BUT, right before the ceremony started, the rain cleared up, and it ended up being a bright, sunny gorgeous afternoon! Ellen and Robert met in college at the Colorado School of Mines and they are perfect for each other! I knew that we would all get along great when they invited me over for pizza to go over all of the last minute details before the wedding! They were both SO easy to work with and they were so laid back and relaxed about the whole thing. Ellen was probably the calmest bride I've ever photographed ... nothing could have happened that would have stressed this bride out!
The wedding was PERFECT (did I already mention that?!) down to the very last detail. Look at how stunning all of these details were!
Everybody was so relaxed while getting ready. The bride and her bridesmaids took their time, chatted, and munched on chips and salsa and quesadillas while sipping on some wine. The groom and his groomsmen had to get cleaned up after spending the morning skeet shooting.
Here is the handsome groom and beautiful bride all ready for the celebration to get started! Don't they both look so good?! Ellen wore her mom's wedding dress ... isn't it beautiful?
The ceremony was both elegant and romantic...
It was so obvious that both Ellen and Robert had GREAT people standing by their sides on this special day ... they are SO loved!
I just can't get enough of this bride and groom ... simply stunning!
The reception was filled with great speeches, an amazing dinner, a delicious cake, and lots of dancing! The perfect end to a perfect day of celebrating!
Thank you to the Verkler and Wright family for having me! I am blessed to have been the one to photograph this amazing day!
The Brown Family - A Backyard Portrait Session
This past winter, I donated a family portrait package to Greenwood Elementary School's silent auction. The mom of the girls I babysit for helps put it on every year, and I always love an opportunity to support a good cause. All of the money earned went directly to the school, which as a teacher myself, I am in HUGE support of that no matter what! I am looking forward to continuing to do this for years to come, especially because it allows me to meet families I may never have otherwise gotten to meet! It was SO much fun photographing the darling Brown family! Aren't these boys just as cute as can be?! They were SUCH troopers, and made my job a piece of cake! I was so impressed with their incredible attitudes, fun personalities, and charming smiles! Not to mention, how awesome is their yard?! Yes, you got that right ... we did these photos at their house! Can you say BEAUTIFUL!? It was such a pleasure to meet this family ... Thank you SO much for buying my auction item!
Michael & Erin - Engagement - Cheeseman Park
Say hello to the soon to be Mr. & Mrs. Clayton! Congrats to Michael and Erin who got engaged this holiday season! Michael and Erin met in college at Western State and they are getting married this July on top of the Red Lady ski lift on Mt. Crested Butte. I am so excited and honored to be the one who gets to capture so many memories for this couple! Even on a freezing cold, snowy day, it warms your heart to be around two people who are so obviously in love and perfect for each other! Thank you Erin and Michael for braving the 12 degree weather with me ... I hope your fingers have finally warmed up!
The Matthews & Reilly Family - A Beautiful Afternoon at Wash Park!
The Proposal - My Sister is Engaged!
Yesterday was a very special day for our family ... My big sister and best friend in the whole world got engaged!!! Can you tell I'm excited? After having to keep such a HUGE secret for so long, I am SO glad that it has finally happened and that I can share the good news with everyone! Here's how it happened. Thank you, Cameron, for letting me be such a big part of your special day! A few weeks ago Cameron and I went out for coffee while Kayla was at work. He told me his plan and how he wanted to propose on Saturday December 21st. Cameron was going to pretend that he was going to work like he would on any other Saturday evening, and my job was to get Kayla out of the house for a couple of hours so that he could decorate the house instead of actually going to work. He had already got his shift covered and everything when we found out that Kayla had already committed to babysitting on Saturday night. So ... quickly we changed our plan to Monday, which ended up working out better anyways! Our new plan consisted of Cameron telling Kayla that he picked up a shift for the night, and my job was to still get Kayla out of the house. So, a few days ahead of time I asked Kayla what she was doing on Monday evening. Her response was, "I don't know. Maybe the four of us (meaning Brandon, me, her, and Cameron) could do something." So, I gathered that Cameron hadn't told her that he "picked up a shift" yet, and replied, "Yea, that sounds great!". I waited until Sunday to bring it up again, and everything fell into place. I asked her if we were going to all doing something tomorrow night still, and she told me that Cameron picked up a shift, but that we could still do something if I wanted. Since I just recently got my tonsils removed, I suggested that we go to a movie since I can't really eat anything anyway ... that way her and Cameron could still go out to dinner after he proposed. I told Kayla that I didn't want to be out late so that an earlier movie would be best. I tried to get her to go to a 4:30 movie, but she said that was too early so we settled on the 5:00 show.
Monday arrived, and Kayla just so happened to be getting her hair cut in the morning, and my Mom had offered to take us to get manicures and pedicures after that so Kayla was all pampered and ready for her engagement that she had no idea about. Kayla thought that we were just getting our nails done for the Holidays!
Knowing that Kayla has always wanted pictures of her engagement, I brought my camera into her house when I got there to pick her up before the movie. So that Kayla wouldn't suspect anything I told her that I didn't realize my camera was in my car, and didn't want to leave it in the car while we went to the movies. Since her neighborhood is prone to car break-ins, she didn't think anything of it. (Haha .. I am so sneaky!). Kayla and I said goodbye to Cameron (I even said to him, "Have a good night at work, I'll see you tomorrow evening for our Christmas Eve dinner!") , and Kayla and I headed to the movies. We saw American Hustle, which was SO good but ended up being SO long. I told Cameron that we would probably be home around 7:30, which was actually when the movie got over. (Can you imagine the anxiety he must have been feeling while waiting for us?!) As soon as the movie got over (FINALLY!), I went to the bathroom and texted Cameron that we would be there in 15 minutes, and made sure that he was ready. We pulled up to the house, and I followed Kayla up the walk way. She unlocked the door, and stepped inside. Immediately she began freaking out. Candles were lit everywhere and Cameron was standing there with a bouquet of beautiful white roses. Somehow, I pushed my way past her, grabbed my camera and was still able to capture her shocked face! The rest was a blur. Cameron got down on his knee, opened the ring box, and asked Kayla to marry him. Meanwhile, I was shaking, crying, and trying my hardest to take some pictures of the whole thing. I couldn't even tell you what Cameron said to her because I was so focused on trying to take a decent picture. All I know is that after lots of hugging, kissing, screaming, and a "Yes!" Cameron put the ring on Kayla's finger, and then we all celebrated together! We let the puppies out of their kennels, and they joined in on the celebration! River even peed from his excitement (ha-ha!) ... or from his lack of bladder control, the little rascal! Lots of group hugs and tears and happiness! Cameron then told Kayla that they had reservations at her favorite restaurant down town, and after taking a few more pictures, they headed to dinner!
The day was perfect, and we couldn't have asked for it to go more smoothly! Here are the photos! I am so, so happy for you KK and Cam! Love you both so much!
Holiday Mini Sessions!
About a month ago I spent the day taking Holiday photos! I always wait to post about my holiday sessions until all Christmas cards have been sent out so that everyone can enjoy the cards without having already seen the pictures. So, here you go! Previews from my Holiday Minis that were oh so fun!
Up first, the O'Donnell family! I have been watching these girls since the oldest, Anna, was 3, and Emily, the middle one, was just a baby. And now the youngest, Caroline, is already 4! I can not believe it! I like to think that I'm part of the family :) This 30 minute session was filled with lots of goofiness and laughs ... oh how I love them!
Up next, the beautiful Lang family! I met Angela about a year ago when I started observing in classrooms for my Masters degree, and now I'm going to be student teaching with Angela come January! Not only is she a fabulous teacher who I'm so blessed to get to learn and grow from but she's an amazing woman who always brightens everyones' day! Thank you for letting me take your family photos ... aren't her kiddos, Sydney and Cayden, so sweet?
And last but not least, the Yovich family! I grew up doing gymnastics with Elizabeth, and we have stayed good friends through all these years! I was so happy that they came to me to take their family photos! I think they turned out great!
Mountain Adventures! Vail & Beaver Creek from September
It's about time that I got around to blogging some of my fun adventures I've had in the past few months. I know that I should really blog about these things when they happen, but it is just so hard to find the time to blog when I am so busy with everything that I do ... grad school, photography, work, etc. ... so now that I finally have a break I am happy to be getting around to the posts that aren't work related. So, near the end of September (yes, I know that was three months ago) Brandon and I headed up to Beaver Creek to stay for a fun get-away weekend. I wanted to take pictures of the changing leaves, and just spend some time taking photos for myself, and landscapes are the way that I do that. Although I wish we would have waited a week or two until more of the leaves had changed, I was happy with the photos that I got, and it was such a fun weekend filled with lots of hiking, laughing, picture taking, and gondola-riding :) This was also the first time that we got to see snow for the new season, which is always my favorite!
Stay tuned ... up next are photos from my fun Holiday Mini Sessions followed by my awesome trip to San Francisco and Fresno to celebrate Brandon's grandparent's 65th anniversary!
Congratulations to Chad & Cortney!
Well this post is a little late, but better late than never, right? As I lay around after just getting my tonsils removed, I am finally finding some time to catch up on my blog posts! I have a lot to catch up on including my fun Holiday mini sessions that happened a few weeks ago as well as some fun adventures I have been on recently, which I will blog about come later today or sometime this week so be sure to check back later! Anyways, in the beginning of November, Brandon and I went to California to celebrate his grandparents 65th anniversary! How awesome is that?! While we were there, Brandon's cousin, Chad, and cousin in-law, Cortney, announced that they were pregnant with their first baby, and asked if I would take a few pictures of them for their announcement. The photos turned out super cute, and the announcement turned out even more cute! After a lot of communication, editing, and revising, Cortney and I finally finished the movie poster announcement that you see below. Super cute, right?! Congratulations to Chad and Cortney ... I am so, so happy for you! Thank you so much for letting me be apart of all this!
And here is the fun movie poster announcement we created! I especially love how the puppies were included in it :) So cute!
The Graden Family & Crimson's First Birthday!
It was so much fun photographing the Graden family! I first met Erin when she was a bridesmaid in a wedding I photographed in October. (If you didn't get a chance to see the beautiful wedding of Chase and Chelsie, you can view it here). I photographed the Graden family a couple of weeks ago, and along with family photos we also took some adorable pictures of her daughter, Crimson, who turned ONE the other day! It is always so much fun for me to get to set up a backdrop and lights, and take some fun studio portraits! Crimson had never had this much cake before, and goodness did she love it! Could Tannen (the 2 year old big brother) and Crimson be any more cute?! Thank you so much to the Graden family not only for a fun shoot, but for being patient with me through the editing process since I had to get my tonsils removed the other day! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Chelsie's & Chase's Wedding : Blackstone Country Club!
It was SO much fun photographing Chelsie and Chase's wedding! I first met this wonderful couple in March of this year when we met to discuss engagement and wedding photography, and boy, am I happy that they chose to go with me! It has been so much fun getting to know them throughout this year, and it was so special to be apart of their big day! Their wedding was beyond beautiful at Blackstone Country Club in Aurora with bright orange and red colors, a short and sweet outdoor ceremony, and lots and lots of dancing! Although it was a bit windy and chilly, the entire family, wedding party, and, of course, the bride and groom, were such troopers! Nothing could ruin their wedding day, and I'm so grateful to all of them who stuck with me through all of the posed pictures that took place in the crisp wind, and for Chelsie and Chase who had to spend even more time outside with me! Luckily, a wonderful dinner and lots of dancing warmed us all up! Thank you again, Chelsie and Chase, for letting me capture your beautiful wedding day! Enjoy :)
Amy & Andrew
A couple of weeks ago I was blessed to photograph this beautiful, beautiful couple! Amy and Andrew got married in September, and decided to have an after-the-wedding shoot because they did not schedule a lot of time on their wedding day to take photos of just the two of them. They wanted to have a fun shoot in a relaxed environment where they weren't rushed and things weren't chaotic ... like they always are on wedding days ... And what a great excuse to put that beautiful wedding dress on again! We decided to wait until the leaves were changing, and I am so glad we did because I could not have asked for a more beautiful setting. We were worried that we might have to reschedule because of the rainy/snowy weather that was expected, but the weather held out, and the afternoon was perfect for a photo shoot! Amy and Andrew were so fun to photograph ... they are naturals in front of the camera (obviously) and their incredible love for each other was so eminent that it beams in every photo we took. Thank you Amy and Andrew for such a fun, gorgeous shoot!