Archive for December, 2009
Denver Engagement Photography: Ryan + Lisa
Winter Engagement shoots are so much fun, especially when it is 62 degrees in the middle of December.
Lisa and Ryan make it a joy to be a photographer! We had a blast spending a couple hours together talking and shooting. I met with Lisa and Ryan for a drink at the Wynkoop before we hit the streets of Denver for our engagement session. We could have easily lost our fantastic afternoon sunlight as we chatted over drinks (Ryan and I got on the topic of poker!). We did, however, head out in time to catch some amazing Colorado sun on the rail road tracks behind Union Station.
We then headed to the 16th street mall to ride the mall shuttle. Actually, they rode in the shuttle and I snapped them kissing in the window as they passed (this was actually a very fun experiment!). We stopped at Starbucks, of course, for a quick coffee. We finished the evening on Larimer Street and captured some nice pics with the light rope canopy in the background.
Thank you to Debbie Orwat with Save the Date Events for referring this amazing couple! Their wedding is going to be a blast to be a part of!
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Why You Should Hire A Wedding Specialist
You would never hire a brain surgeon to do a knee replacement!
Today, I completed all of the pre-certification steps necessary for our son’s surgery on Friday morning. His tonsils have to come out. They are the source of a lot of pain and missed school days this year. It’s a simple procedure, however, I certainly can’t do it myself. In fact, I love our son’s general practitioner, but I don’t trust him to do the surgery. I trust Dr. Nigil, an ear, nose, and throat specialist. I trust a man that has performed hundreds (possibly thousands) of tonsil and adenoid surgeries. I trust him because he is a specialist. His specific training, focus, and experience is exactly what is necessary to make sure that the surgery is successful. I trust a specialist with one of the most precious people in my life.
This leads me to a very important fact about wedding photography. Do not hire a generalist to do specialized work. Do not hire a professional photographer, hire a professional wedding photographer. It is dangerous to trust a general photographer to manage all that needs to be captured during a wedding day. A brilliant landscape photographer is not the right fit for a wedding. A studio portrait photographer is not the right fit. A good friend with a fantastic camera is not the right fit. Wedding photography requires specialized knowledge and experience about how weddings work, what to expect, what goes wrong, how to adapt, how to move quickly, how to manage people (and families), how to light anything, how to handle weather, and how to make the bride and groom feel complete at ease.
Do the right thing, hire a specialist.
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Surprise Denver Wedding Round Two
Enjoying the Wedding Day
In case you needed more proof that Kelley and Ames are crazy for each other, here are a few portraits that prove it! On our way back to The Curtis Hotel after the ceremony, Kelley and Ames stopped for a few shots in the Performing Arts Complex. We loved capturing both the tight shots with just their faces and the shots showing the PAC and Curtis in the background. We are so glad we were able to be a part of this awesome day!
Also, for everyone’s viewing pleasure, Kelley’s fantastic cake creation! Not only did it look great… it tasted fantastic as well (I would know, I devoured my piece lol).
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