Many times weddings are on a strict timeline with lots of guests food waiting to be served. Depending on where the wedding is located, the timeline of the day and the weather we may not get a lot of time to do pictures with the bride and groom or sometimes our couples love pictures enough that they just want more of them! Over the years Andy and I have done many weddings where we do another session with the bride and groom the day after their wedding. The couple gets dressed back up but usually the bride will wear her hair differently than the day before. Then we go out and have a great time taking pictures with them on a more relaxed scale then their wedding with no timeline and no guests around. This was one of those sessions with James and Jennifer! Because his family was from another country they spent the day after their wedding touring Colorado while we took the couple back out for more pictures!
James and Jennifer had a small wedding at the historic Oxford Hotel in downtown Denver. The groom’s family was all from England and it was fun for them to see our city and tour our beautiful state! They had a winter wedding with snow on the ground and all of the beautiful decorations that are put up for the holiday season. If you have never seen Christmas Time in downtown Denver, I would suggest you do including all of the old hotels, The Oxford and The Brown Palace and lights on the Capital Building and Union Station.
The bride and groom had a small bridal party with one person on each side and the bride carried a huge bouquet of red roses. Their ceremony and reception were candle lit with a soft romantic feel and red roses on each table. It was fun working with James and Jennifer playing around with dramatic light in the dark, capturing those special moments with candle light and learning all about the England wedding traditions from the groom’s family. The bride even surprised the groom with a traditional English Fruit Cake that they would of served if they were married in England!
I wanted to share a few images from a formal bridal session that we did. These are simple and elegant and I really loved them. I hope that you do to.
I wanted to share a few images of our dog Faith. I had a few shots on the end of a roll after shooting a wedding in San Diego. She is a very loved part of the family.
