Cinderella Wedding

Yesterday was Shannon and Brendon's wedding, whose engagement - Loomis-Loucks Engagement - I photographed back in April. What a fun time! Here are some of my favorite images:

Dad walking his daughter down the aisle.

The first dance - I love the way she is holding him so tightly!

This was hilarious! Just after the bouquet toss and before the garter toss, the groomsmen took us all by surprise and serenaded Shannon with "You've lost that loving feeling". (How many of you remember that from the movie 'Top Gun'?)

Talk about stopping traffic! We ran out into the middle of the busy street, stopping traffic to take this fun shot! (Amidst the honking horns and cheering spectators!)

I love how they have their hands raised in celebration in this image!

LOVE the cowboy hat and boots!


This image is my favorite because all day I was thinking Shannon looked like a princess, and at the very end of the night, the reception hall had pretty much cleared out, and Brendon and Shannon snuck back in for a final dance to Michael Buble's "Everything" (which happens to be my little sister's First Dance song!), and while dancing, Shannon lost her shoe. So Brendon bent down to help her put her shoe back on, and the whole scene was very "Cinderella". TOO SWEET!!


These two are just so sweet together, I had a really tough time choosing just a few favorite photos, so I decided to put a bunch in a slideshow you can view at this link: Loomis-Loucks Wedding.

The quote that came to mind for these two, because they are just too cute, comes from Winnie the Pooh, and has been one of my favorites quotes for years because of the steady, sweet, supportive love it represents:

Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
"Pooh!" he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing" said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you."
~ A. A. Milne

We wish you both as much happiness and love and laughter in your future as was so evident on your wedding day! Thank you for choosing us to be a part of it! Congratulations!!

Little King

Today I photographed little Daniel who arrived about 3 weeks ago. What a beautiful little baby boy. The cutest thing was that they had his hair styled just like his daddy's!! He is a beautiful addition to a beautiful family! I had a tough time choosing my favorites, but here are some of them.

Miss Colorado 2008

I am so excited! Jamie, whom I photographed a few weeks ago, was a contestant in this past weekend's Miss Colorado 2008 pageant and she sent me an email late Sunday to say SHE WON!! How awesome is that?? Here are some images from her session, and you can find out more at the Miss Colorado site. Congratulations, Jamie!!

Cute little guy

It is so amazing to me to watch babies grow. Doing a maternity session, then watching them as they grow and to see all the cute little things that babies do. And it's such an honor to be able to capture that growth for so many growing families. We did a 7 month session for Colson last week and he is just too cute. I loved that he is still learning to sit up...so every so often he would topple over. Too cute. He kept sticking his tongue out and we kept trying to get it back in! Nate & Amy thought maybe it was because it was a little windy, so he was just responding to that, but whatever it was it was really cute. Here are some images from that session.

The Kelly Clarkson Connection

I met Andrew and Bill in November when I was standing outside The Paramount Theater completely sad because I didn't have tickets to the Kelly Clarkson concert and there were no scalpers to be found. Up walk Andrew and Bill who just happened to have extra tickets they could sell. And not just any tickets...THIRD ROW CENTER!!! The concert ROCKED and afterwards I told them if they were interested I would do a session for them. It took us awhile to actually get our schedules together, but here are some of the photos with their BEAUTIFUL standard poodles Baldwyn and Bellamy.

Project Everlasting

I mentioned in my last posting how I love the older generation, and I came across this video today. Its from Project Everlasting and is part of a documentary on couples that had been together 40+ years. As this is the season of weddings, I had to post this. This made me both laugh & cry, and have hope for my own relationship when things get tough, as well as the relationships of those around me including the ones I am photographing. I think this goes not just for marriages, but can be applicable for just about any long term relationship be it friends, family, children.

I absolutely LOVE photographing young love and weddings...but I think I would truly, truly be honored to photograph a re-committment or renewal of vows for an older couple. A couple where the relationship has been through the ups and downs of life, been tried and found true. How amazing would that be?

I hope you enjoy this as much as I do!



You can check out more at http://www.projecteverlasting.com

Three Generations

I had a wonderful time this weekend photographing a wedding which included three generations on both sides of the family. I have such an affinity for the older generations, that I can't help when they are around paying special attention to them. (I know this goes back to my father having passed away a few years ago). We had both sets of parents as well as grandparents at this wedding and it was just beautiful to see all of them there to share in such a joyous occasion. The bride was absolutely stunning, and the groom and his groomsmen were very GQ in their tuxes. What a fun night!

The beautiful bride.

The newlyweds share a romantic moment.

The first dance.

Between her father's toast which was beautiful, and the father-daughter dance...it get's me teary every time.

A romantic carriage ride to the reception.


Some fun stuff too...

Though the bride and groom hardly belong in the background, this was just too sweet with the parents and grandparents on the groom's side. After I finished taking this photo, grandfather whispered to me that kiss was 66 years in the making!! BEAUTIFUL! (Can I just say THIS is why I do what I do?? LOVE IT!)

This furry little guy was the ringbearer during the ceremony! And he did an EXCELLENT job! :)

I love this. As we were taking photos of the bride and groom, the groom's brother and mother were by themselves dancing in the background. Too sweet!

We got some hilariously cute images of the bride and groom, and I absolutely love this playful set.

I thought of this quote as we were taking the photos under the tree with the sun streaming through the branches.

"From every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven. And when two souls that are destined to be together find each other, their streams of light flow together, and a single brighter light goes forth from their united being."
~Anonymous

I wish you much happiness.

Sweet Little One

I had the opportunity to photograph in studio the same sweet little baby girl I had photographed in her home last week, but this time her grandparents were in town visiting with her for the first time, so they came along for the session! It was just so sweet seeing them with their first grandchild. Here are some of the images from that session.

I had a great time this weekend photographing Kelsey and Joseph's wedding at the Mt. Vernon Event Center in Golden. It was a gorgeous day, the details were beautiful, and Joseph & Kelsey were just the cutest couple. I cried 3 different times during this wedding - When the girls were all crying as Kelsey was getting ready, during the father daughter dance (the song was 'Butterfly Kisses'), and when Joseph surprised his bride and sang "Grow Old with You" by Adam Sandler from the movie the Wedding Singer. That is one of my all time favorite movies, so when Joe broke out in song, it had me laughing and crying at the same time!! What a blast!! I was hard at work but definitely felt like I had attended a celebration! I practically danced my way home in the car! What an honor to be part of such a special day!

The beautiful bride before the ceremony starts.

Love is in the details!

During the ceremony.

I love this shot taken just after they had put the rings on each other, but before the kiss!

Husband and Wife share a quiet moment.

Its tough to hide that excitement!!

It's official!

This was just **too** sweet when Joe serenaded Kelsey. For those of you that don't know the lyrics, check this out. But if you haven't, I think you really just need to check out the movie!

The First dance.

The father daughter dance really had me crying. It was BEAUTIFUL! (For those of you that don't know, my father passed away a few years ago, so this particular part of the wedding day is not only my personal favorite moment, but also always has me teary eyed!)

Beautiful Baby Girl

I photographed a beautiful baby girl yesterday. I swear she knew what she was doing posing for the camera with some of these! I had a hard time choosing my favorites, but here are some of them.


I love her little wink here! Such personality! :)




If you look closely here, you can see Mom and Little One in the reflection of this piece that mom made for baby's room.