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Katie & John Wickliff: Beaver Creek Wedding

July 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
From the first time I met with Katie and John, I was in love—with them both!  There was just something so beautiful about their energy together and a twinkle in their eyes that stayed with me for days.  I could feel, just by looking at them, how in love they were with each other.  Then we met again for their engagement session and it all came flooding back. In leading up to their wedding, I was sooo excited!  But truly, as prepared as I was for an amazing day, what I didn’t know was how much their wedding would effect me personally.  Weddings are always emotional, but it’s not every wedding that the tears flow so openly and honestly from the bride, from the groom, and from the family and friends.  I swear, there wasn’t a dry eye in the building!  The thoughtfulness and sincerity of their vows combined with the look in their eyes created a lump in my throat that threatened a waterfall of tears several times during the day.  Admittedly, anything that can make me cry, I love.  :-)
Katie and John got ready at The Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch in Beaver Creek and the wedding was at Allie’s Cabin.  I was lucky to have the marvelous Heather Allen of Table 6 Productions coordinating as well as the lovely and talented Krista Johns second shooting with me.  Here are a few of my very favorite images from the day as well as a link to their online slideshow. Check it out!  Oh and, I love the shot of Katie and I that Krista took at the end of the night.

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Paige & Jeff: Beaver Creek Wedding

July 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Paige is not only a dear friend of mine, she is also an amazing wedding coordinator and I always love working with her (and CC!) at Colorado Wedding Company.  When I was chosen to photograph her wedding to the wonderful, charming (and goofy) Jeff Reberry, I truly couldn’t have been more honored!  It was such a gorgeous and FUN wedding!  I had Krista second shooting with me as well as Bonnie assisting.  The three of us girls absolutely shot our hearts out and I couldn’t have been happier with how the day flowed. I knew Paige and Jeff’s wedding would be nothing short of spectacular, but I really didn’t know we were going to have as much fun with everyone as we got to have!  Or that we would have such a gorgeous day for photos. The ceremony was at the Beaver Creek chapel, the reception was at the Park Hyatt, and the floral and decor, all by the Perfect Petal, were to die for. Check out their weddingslideshow here! Paige and Jeff, thank you SO much for everything and I wish you a world of love and happiness. XOX

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Holly & Rick: Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain

June 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The newest Ritz-Carlton property, Dove Mountain, is located about 45 min. from the Tuscon airport in AZ, and is truly a special place!  I was recently invited to photograph a wedding there by my friend and business partner in The Wedding Summit, Kristy Chenell, whose father, Rick, was set to marry the beautiful Holly on May 30, 2010.  The hotel and the surrounding grounds are just amazing and not like a regular hotel at all.  It’s like a luxury resort that one might find in Mexico or Europe somewhere.  Only imagine being tucked back into a valley of dessert mountains where 5,000 years ago humans drew hieroglyphs on the rocks that you can now climb around on and touch.  There is also a huge pool and a water slide and hiking trails all around.  Not to mention the first class service from the entire Ritz staff no matter what you are doing.   I was there for the entire weekend and captured some really amazing moments, intimate images and experienced (and of course photographed) some gorgeous raw desert light and scenery.  I truly hope that the entire family will treasure these photos forever.  One of my personal favorites is the shot through the telescope of Saturn taken at the rehearsal dinner.  It was SO amazing to see it and some of the other planets and stars so clearly.   That’s what you get when you’re in the middle of the dessert with no light pollution.  :-)   Here are a few of my favorite images and also a link to their slideshow.  I hope that I will have many more opportunities to photograph weddings at Dove Mountain!

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Katie & Zeev: NYC Wedding

June 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I had never been to New York before this year and last month I was lucky enough to go twice!  The second trip was to photograph a wedding with my good friend, Jensen Sutta.  I always love when I have an opportunity to second shoot with a friend and Jensen and I go way back. We went to school together at Brooks Institute of Photography and he was one of the first people to encourage me to become a wedding photographer.  Anyway, driving around New York City is a pretty intense experience and I’m not sure how great my co-pilot skills were in terms of our navigation, but we did laugh a lot- mostly at ourselves!!  :-) But nothing could stop me for this destination wedding! Jensen picked me up on Friday and we drove straight to the rehearsal dinner which was on the beautiful rooftop at the Gramercy Park Hotel overlooking the city.  The bride’s and groom’s parents all surprised the couple with 3 Broadway singers who sang two of their favorite songs (Seasons of Love from ‘Rent’ and That’s All I Ask Of You from ‘The Phantom of the Opera’)  It was such an incredible surprise!  I had goosebumps through the entire performance.

The wedding itself was at the American Museum of Natural History, but we started downtown at the St. Regis hotel getting ready.  I got to hang with the fellas to start out and I had so much fun with Zeev and his groomsmen walking around and  taking photos in the city streets!  The wedding itself was beyond amazing and the reception/party was beyond fun!  The band had basically the entire party on the dance floor all night long.

A big thanks to Jensen for inviting me to shoot with him, to the awesome coordinator, Karen Bussen, and last but certainly not least to Katie and Zeev.  I was honored to be a part of your amazing day and I loved getting to know you both!  I wish you all the best in your life!

Here are a few of my favorite photos from the weekend:

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