Andy & I just had an amazing weekend watching some friends get married and participating in a wedding without our cameras. As we watched two close friends make vows to each other, I was thinking about all of the amazing wedding ceremonies we have watched over the years. Photographing that part of the day when a couple is in the moment, the little smiles between the couple and the tears that fall not only from the bride and groom but from their closest friends and family members.
Today we are sharing another wedding we did here in Colorado where the couples dogs were very important guests. They even dressed them up and had them walk down the aisle. Everything Ryan and Lindsay did was in either pink or black and had a reception full of carnations and star-gazer lilies.
The best part of the day for us was the chance to photograph the bride and groom with their bridal party above the highway overlooking the amazing Colorado Mountains!
Andy and I have always loved those moments at a wedding where you can see the connection between the family members, the friends of the bride and groom and of course the couple…..
This particular wedding was at Willow Ridge Manor and was full of those moments! From the beginning of the day with the bride and her sister getting ready to the moment she walked down the aisle with her dad. So many moments with them laughing and a few with tears. Marcus and Amy had planned the day to be one their family and friends would never forget and I would say they accomplished that task from the live band to the giant jars of candy on each of the tables.
Here are a few of those moments from their day!
Andy and I love engagement sessions! It is so fun to work with a couple totally in love and getting ready for one of the biggest days of their lives! It is also a great opportunity for us to get to know our clients better and gives them practice in front of the camera. The other thing we love is the opportunity we get to use our film cameras! Usually in an engagement session we will bring multiple film cameras and use them along side our digital versions. So to give you a taste, the first 8 photos in this fun session with Mark & Megan are film taken with Contax 645 and Portra 400. We just love how the beautiful fall colors come out in the film!
One of the advantages of having two photographers is getting a variety of looks and angles. One photographer would never be able to do this in the amount of time we can.
For those of you not in Colorado we woke up to more snow today. We missed the first snowstorm, being on the East Coast in Baltimore shooting a destination wedding. So it was a little bit of a shock seeing the white stuff. For those of you, that don’t especially like the winter I thought I would share an image from the beautiful fall we had.