Before Christmas time, I offered my once-per-year special of gift a session to a friend or family and receive a complimentary session for yourself! Kaja was the first person to purchase the deal, and I was so excited when she did. I had previously taken Kaja and Wyatt’s wedding photos when they got married two summers ago at Bristol Harbor in New York, so I was even more excited to get to be able to take their photos again!
2018 Favorite Images | The Best Year Yet | Colorado Mountain Wedding Photographer
As a Colorado mountain wedding photographer, 2018 has been another amazing year. So many wonderful clients. New adventures. A new vision for my photography. And most importantly, the BEST memories to last a lifetime.
Being a Colorado mountain wedding photographer has to be one of the best jobs ever. I get to work with amazing couples who value adventure, love, and the biggest smiles. Their smiles make me smile. And I hope you enjoy this post showcasing some of my favorite smiles from 2018. 2018 was surely a good one, but I’m so excited to see where 2019 takes me as a Colorado mountain wedding photographer. This year, I’ll be making an extra special focus on working with couples who share similar values as me, fueled off of adventure with an undying love for the outdoors. These are the couples that set my heart of fire and help me produce the most genuine, candid and vibrant images. ENJOY these amazing photos that I had the honor of taking!
Fall Mountain Engagement Session | Laci & Steven
Recently, I’ve started to put extra special focus on candids during sessions. Laci & Steven were the perfect couple to kick this off with for their fall mountain engagement session at Bear Creek Dog Park. These two are getting married at the Rustic Lace Barn in Colorado Springs next September, and thanks to being on their preferred vendor list, they found me on the list and selected me as their wedding photographer. YAY. They came down from Fort Collins to meet me in the Springs for their fall mountain engagement session. It was the perfect day, as the sun was shining and the leaves were just about at their peak color.
I’ll tell ya, I just love it when couples are fun and loving in front of the camera, and Laci & Steven were just that. They danced, they smooched, they giggled and they joked. And they even laughed at my jokes. The PERFECT subjects for my new focus on candidness (is that a word?), and a couple I’m so excited to photograph next fall for their gorgeous wedding. Anyone looking for a fun mountain engagement session should get some tips from these two lovebirds! I’m sure you’ll be able to tell I was smiling the whole time behind the camera.
David & Erika | A Fox Run Park Engagement Session
A golden hour, foresty Fox Run Park Engagement Session
Who would think that a Fox Run Park engagement session would lead you to a great friend?! You know when you meet people and nearly instantly click? Yeah, that was David & Erika. I LOVE it when I meet people who are just like me. People who get my quirks, think my jokes are funny, and love to laugh. This was them to a T. I mean, Erika and I may have agreed that while your fiance is on a 9 month deployment, it’s okay to move some of his clothes out of the closet to make more room for yours. See? We’re a perfect fit, and I’m so excited for Erika to move to Colorado Springs in May to move in with David.
Colorado Springs Engagement Session | Garden of the Gods
Engagement session inquiries are some of my favorite to get. But to make one even better, is when you get one from a friend from college. I went to Penn State with Jess and was so excited when she told me she and her brand spankin’ new fiancé would be traveling to Colorado for Thanksgiving and wanted a Colorado Springs engagement session at Garden of the Gods. They were so freshly engaged, that she hadn’t even announced the proposal yet outside of close friends and family, and wanted to wait so she could use the engagement photos to let the cat out of the bag. I was HONORED. It was a perfect, and pretty typical, actually, November day in Colorado with the sun brightly shining and showing off our gorgeous mountain landscape. Their Colorado Springs engagement session at Garden of the Gods was just stunning. I’ll never get sick of the bright orange rocks. Jess and Matt surely make a great pair and I’m so excited that they’ll be getting married next next June in Pennsylvania. What lucky people these two are to have found each other!
Kelly & Dan | Engaged
A golden sunrise engagement session at Mendon Ponds Park
What a dream session! I suggested an early morning session with Kelly and Dan and was SO happy when they were game to get there around sunrise. We got there a little early, and I was worried there wouldn’t be enough light and we’d have to wait around, but the lighting was AMAZING. Seriously. The best light to shoot in, hands down. Plus, they brought their gorgeous golden and he was so handsome in the pictures. To top it off, we even went on a canoe ride, and Kelly’s dad chauffered me around in his fishing boat while I snapped pictures of them in the canoe- talk about service! So much fun and lots of laughs during this gorgeous morning session. I cannot wait for their wedding next fall in Rochester, NY. It can’t come soon enough. Enjoy these pictures of a gorgeous couple, and even some behind the scenes of myself thanks to Kelly’s mom for capturing!
Julia & Mat | Engaged
An early-morning Genesee Valley Park engagement session
These two were my kind of people- warn me about being “awkward” in pictures, then are so in love that I don’t even need to pose them and they totally rock it! My goodness. I barely had to tell them what to do. I’ve photographed a lot of couples, but these two were instantly different. All I did was tell them to just enjoy each other’s company and show off the love, and guess what? They took it and ran! And it was so wonderful. They made it look so easy and and their interactions were beyond effortless. Now that’s the love I love- the kind that requires no additional thought and comes completely naturally. I love it! Mat and Julia met at the University of Rochester where they were both on the rowing team. They’d both been rowing since high school, so it was the perfect match (as you can so clearly tell). You’ll see them flash their fancy blades in a few of the pictures, and I’m sure it’ll make you smile.