Baby Violet

I think we tried 3 times to photograph Baby Violet..and you know what they say...third times a charm! We ended up with some beautiful images. Here are a few of my favorites:

Baby Violet

I had the opportunity tonight to photograph baby Violet and her parents, as well as her grandparents who are visiting from California. She is a BEAUTIFUL 2.5 week old and she was very sweet during the entire session. We concentrated on her grandparents for this session, but Violet and her parents will be back next week for a session with just the three of them. Her parents and grandparents all have such great senses of humor, they were either laughing themselves or cracking me up the whole time!! Here are some of my favorite images from the session.

Baby Boy Nico

Tonight I had the change to photograph a tiny little baby boy who is just 16 days old. He was so little and beautiful, and he had so much hair! We didn't really get to finish the session because he was a bit fussy, so these folks will be back, but here are a few of my favorite images from that session.

Fall Fun

This weekend I had the opportunity to photograph a young couple with a beautiful 21 month old little boy who found me through an session I donated to raise money for Colorado Youth at Risk. The little guy was SO full of energy he barely sat down the whole time and definitely kept us on our toes trying to photograph him. It was a gorgeous day out and we photographed down at City Park. With the fall leaves, the images turned out just beautiful! Here are a few of my favorites.



This had me cracking up. I was calling his name to get him to look at me, and he decided he did not want to hear me anymore, so he plugged his ears!!

I loved the way these two looked at each other. You can just feel the love between them!

You know me and hands. I love how firm and entwined their hold on each other is.

Sean's Senior Session

On Sunday I photographed Sean who is a senior at Monarch. I spoke at length to his mom to find out a bit more about him, and what an interesting guy! Mom and sister Kasey came along for the session, and Kasey was great as my assistant for the session! :) Thanks, Kasey! We got some great images from the day, and here are some of my favorites.

Beautiful Twins

Last week we photographed Riley and Carson whom I have photographed since they were just little ones still inside their mom's belly! These two are too cute and it was so much fun. At one point I had to warn them if I kept laughing I wouldn't be able to get any steady shots!! Mom Stacey is so beautiful she makes it so easy to get great photos of her. I can't wait until the next session when these two are running around and we get to capture them giggling and running away from us! Here are a few of my favorites from the session.

Wedding Ceremony Transcends Language Barrier

I had the opportunity this weekend to photography Hanh and Phuc's wedding. There was a buddhist ceremony up outside of Morrison, and then the reception was held at the Seawell Ballroom at the Denver Center for Performing Arts. The whole day was beautiful, and Hanh changed three different times and managed to look amazing each time! Here are some of my favorite images from the day.




I believe the emotion and sacredness of a wedding ceremony transcends language barriers, and when Hanh started tearing up here during the ceremony, though I could not understand a word that was being said, the moment had me crying, too.


This is a famous calligrapher, who happened to fly in the night before from Vietnam, and who presented Hanh and Phuc with a gift of his work on their wedding day. (I wish I knew what it said!)



This image looks to me like it could have come straight out of a classic film. Phuc looks so handsome in his suit!


Congratulations, Hanh and Phuc, on your wedding! It was an honor to be part of your wedding day, and I wish you many, many years of love and happiness in the future!

Max Power

I had the opportunity tonight to photograph Jason and Tara who are expecting their first child, dubbed Max Power for now, in October. They are waiting to find out whether the little one will be a boy or a girl which I think is so great considering these days everyone wants to KNOW!! It's definitely going to be a wonderful surprise! These two are so funny and have such great senses of humor. I thought they would be totally cracking themselves, and me, up the whole time, but we managed to get serious long enough to get some beautiful images!


Did I mention these two are HUGE 'Simpsons' fans?

A castle, a carriage...a perfect wedding day

Wow! July has gone by so fast I haven't had a chance to keep my blog updated! A couple of weeks ago I photographed Jill and Scott's wedding at Dunafon Castle up outside of Morrison. It was a breathtaking location - I don't even think these images do the place justice. You really have to see it to take in the true beauty of the location.

Can I just say Jill and Scott are so much fun and I REALLY enjoyed photographing their wedding? And their vows were so sweet...I almost had a hard time listening because it became a choice between between really listening to the vows which was bringing me to tears...or focusing on my photography!

Here are a few of my favorite images from the day:

This image chokes me up every time I look at it because Jill's mom was totally teary eyed here during the moments between Jill getting ready and the ceremony starting. She looked so proud and happy and you could just feel the emotion she was feeling - it was such a beautiful 'mom' moment I had to give her a hug, too!


While we took some photos of Scott, he pulled out this flask and told me that it was a present from his new brother-in-law. It says 'Brothers 2008'. How great is that?


During Jill and her dad's carriage ride up the ceremony, they took a ride around the lake and its almost as though the geese floated by on cue.


I wonder if they realized how amazingly beautiful this setting was for a romantic ceremony. I am still amazed every time I look at these images!




These are two of my absolute favorite images from the day, so I thought I would do something a bit more special. Jill was stunning on her wedding day - you almost couldn't take your eyes off her - and I think this image captures her beauty perfectly.


I absolutely love the intimacy of this image - it is almost as though I wasn't there...just as it should be.


Jill and Scott - thanks so much for allowing us to be a part of your special day! Your laughter and fun spirits are such a bright light and I wish you both so much happiness in your future!

Regis Alumni Wedding

This weekend I had the opportunity to shoot Suzanne and Jackson's wedding on the Regis University Campus and the Denver Botanic Gardens. I graduated from Regis, so it was great being back on campus! Both Suzanne and Jackson graduated from there - and Suzanne and I figured out we graduated the same year and 'walked' together! How cool is that?

Suzanne and Jackson are such a great couple and were so much fun to photograph, and the locations had just beautiful photo opportunities at every turn. What a difficult thing to do (and wonderful dilemma to have!) to narrow down images to post!!

Suzanne was stunning in her gown!


The Regis University campus is just beautiful! (Why didn't I really notice that when I was attending??)


We were waiting for the cue for Suzanne's dad to walk her down the aisle, and I noticed this plaque on the wall. It is a quote by St. Ignatius which reads "Love consists in sharing what one has and what one is with those one loves. Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words".






I love this set of images. This time it was the Mother-Son dance which brought me to tears. I especially love this first image of Jackson's mom. She looks beautiful! You can just feel the emotion between them!


And some fun stuff...

Suzanne and Jackson chose to see each other before the ceremony, so we had some time to take some images. The wind kicked up out of nowhere and blew Suzanne's veil off! Jackson went after it and I caught this cute image.


It must just be the time of year for ladybugs because we had a few get caught in Suzanne's veil. I think it was a good sign because according to folklore, Ladybugs bring good luck! :)


Jackson struck a fitting "Grease" pose for this shot. (I will go to bed tonight with "Go grease lighting...." playing in my head!!)


Love this outtake as the guys were going to put the sign on the car.


Check out this link for some more images - Pagorek-Engels Wedding.

Congratulations, Suzanne and Jackson!! What a beautiful wedding day! We wish you many,many happy years together! Thanks for allowing us to be a part of your day!