Darcey & Brian

We photographed this wedding at  The Historic Crags Lodge in Estes Park on August 16th.  This was the weekend of the rain here in Colorado so Darcey and Brian moved the ceremony inside. It was the kind of day that makes you want to curl up with a hot cup of coffee .... or marry your best friend! The Crags Lodge has a nice cozy feel to it, there were fires in the fireplaces and the ceremony was lovely - the couple even wrote their own vows! An awesome Bluegrass band called Oakhurst was the highlight of the reception! It was really fun for us because we are friends with Brain and now Darcey, too. Thank you both for allowing us to be part of your wedding day! And speaking of friends ... can't post this without a "shout out" to Boogie & Mickie, our friends who introduced us to Brian. Sometimes I feel like we wouldn't have a wedding business without you! Let's see we did your wedding, Boogies brother's, Mickie's sister's, Boogie's best friend from growing up, now Brian's... one every year for the past 5 or 6 years I think. Thanks for always recommending us!

MadiSol & Jason

We photographed MadiSol & Jason's wedding on July 5th at the lovely home of the bride's parents. This was a fun couple and a fun wedding to shoot! They held off the ceremony start time a bit to wait for some weather to clear and it did - it turned out to be a perfect evening. We loved the Southwestern architecture and used it as a backdrop for portraits, then during dinner we were treated to a beautiful Colorado sunset. A Mariachi band played music for part of the reception and for a traditional La Marcha where the bride and groom, the wedding party, parents and guests were led around in a dance. Thank you, MadiSol & Jason for allowing us to be your wedding photographers! 

Laura & Matt

We photographed Laura & Matt's wedding on June 28th at the Moraine Museum Amphitheater in Rocky Mountain National Park. Laura & Matt have known each other since they were kids so they have this great history together -Laura even wore a necklace with her wedding dress that Matt gave her when she was a teenager! This is a couple that seems very much in love and very into each other and I think it shows in their images! We enjoyed driving around RMNP with them for portraits ( I even got to see a wild animal up close that I've never seen before - a badger!) before heading to the historic Crags Lodge for the reception. What a party! Everyone was on the dance floor and having a great time. Thanks, Laura & Matt for allowing us to be your photographers!

Jen & Jay

We had so much fun photographing Jen & Jay's wedding on June 21 (the summer solstice) at the Wild Basin Lodge in Allenspark, Colorado. We didn't know a lot about this couple as they live out of state and booked us via the internet and phone.  When we met we discovered they are raft guides - River People! Yes! And just as you'd expect they were easygoing and fun with great family and friends. All in all a wonderful day.  I have to share one of the readings from their ceremony  -  I know they choose it because it reflects their point of view and I just love it!

The Best Advice

by Edward Abbey

Do not burn yourself out. Be as I am - A reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half- hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it is still there. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, encounter the Grizz, climb the mountains, bag the peaks. Run the rivers, breathe deep of that sweet and yet lucid air, sit quietly for a while and comtemplate the precious stillness, that lovely, mysterious and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the  body active and alive, and I promise you this much; I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those deskbound people with their hearts in a safe-deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators, I promise you this: You will outlive the bastards.

Thank you Jen & Jay for allowing us to photograph this very special day!