I knew I loved Julie when she contacted me back in January and commented that her favorite word was also plethora, and that she gushed over the movie, Braveheart as much as I do.  Then…. when Ryan, the other day said that they would “nuzzle” in the engagement photos, I thought to myself, “I have found my soul-mate couple”.  Nuzzle is one of my favorite verbs.  We all have so much in common, and I have had so much fun with the two of them so far.

Julie and Ryan are so in love, that they were almost oblivious to me photographing them.  They kissed and “nuzzled” the entire hour.  I’m so looking forward to their wedding in August at Ten mile station in Breck.  I can only imagine that it will be an amazingly emotional event…

Julie and Ryan met at CU, so while they were out visiting from Orange County, they wanted to do an engagement shoot at CU. They spent a lot of time “nuzzling and canoodling” around varsity pound and the anthropology building when they first met—thus the vast architecture shot.

We finished up our shoot at Chautauqua where we found the most serendipitous field of wild poppies….

I had the pleasure of photographing little Annika’s birthday party last Friday in Boulder.  She turned 3 and celebrated the day with her entire extended family.  We spent a majority of the time taking group photos, but the more natural candid shots were my favorite….  Happy birthday, Annika!

Katie and Geoff tied the knot last Saturday and partied hard at the Ritz Carlton downtown! What a fun couple they are…. Katie is the sweetest, most caring bride I’ve ever met. She was far more concerned that everybody else was doing well and having a good time, than she was about making this “her day”. She was also all emotions! She was so happy all day and ready to marry Geoff that the mention of his name made her eyes swell with tears. I’m so happy for this couple—they really have it going on—and are truly, madly in love.

I love the emotion in Katie and Geoff’s parents in the next three shots. They both have such great families!

We were originally going for the traditional shot of the bride and groom looking through the window of the limo, but as they were getting in, Geoff stepped on Katie’s dress, tripping them both. I love this shot so much more than the planned.

Geoff is a good foot taller than Katie…. I had to show this in a photograph and I love the way it turned out! They are so adorable!

Truly. Francine and John were so urban and edgy, that this session was like a dream shoot for me… we looked for shots in the hidden alleys, empty parking garages, and the seediest bars.

We broke the law for this shot and crossed over to the train tracks by the millenium bridge. I really liked the juxtaposition between these gorgeous yellow wildflowers with the dirty train tracks…. but I guess in the end, what I really liked, were these gorgeous yellow wildflowers!

Steamy shot!

We went in to this bar to wait for it to get darker so we could do some night shooting. I fell in love with the place !!! We ended up staying for a budweiser or two… I also snuck in a few personal shots for my own collection.

….this is one of them. This guy had such a great face and, of course I love the cigarette!

Check out this beautiful spread that I have to brag about! Jesse and Melissa’s wedding that I shot last September made it into this season’s knot’s “real weddings”.

I am in love with this family…. I have been working with Cleo and Jon since their wedding on New Year’s Eve back in 2003/2004 and have been so lucky to have had the opportunity to photograph their family as they “grow”. Teddy is now 2, and Rosie, just three months. Cleo called me a couple weeks ago and asked me to get some images of her little one, and some of the two of them together as a surprise for Jon for Father’s day (hopefully, he doesn’t read my blog)! I am so pleased with these images—-I already ordered an 18×24 gallery wrap of the last one for my studio. It actually brought tears to my eyes.

All I can say, is that I can’t wait to photograph Ashley and Nate’s wedding next October…. They are a riot! And it sounds like all their friends are too…. My question is, will Emmett be in the wedding party? I might as well have named this post “Emmett (and Ashley and Nate of course)”. They are totally in love with their dog, who I might add, is very lovable. It was adorable to see them play with each other –all three of them! They are a fun-loving bunch and they really showed me a good time on Sunday! Thanks you guys–you’re two cool cats (and a dog). Ashley and Nate have this game they play with Emmett called an “Emmett sandwich”. They love it… but I’m not so sure about Emmett! …Here he is–the apple of their eyes. Speaking of eyes, doesn’t Emmett look as though he has human eyes? Unbelievably cool!

Kelly and Aaron are sweethearts! They really took one for the team with these engagement pics! First, we had to reschedule our original shoot as it was pouring rain on memorial day, and when we did reschedule, Kelly sat on a cactus, and I made them hike all over the place! I thought it was worth it (but I’m not the one with prickers in my butt or sore feet)!

Hope you guys had as much fun taking these pictures, as you look like you did in the images…! Thanks for being so cool!

As much as we would have loved a sunny evening, these green ominous clouds were even better! I love the moodiness of this image.

Kelly and Aaron both have the most amazing eyes! I really got up close on this one with my 50mm to capture them… Hmmmmm I wonder when they have kids if they will have Kelly’s chocolate brown eyes or those clear blue water eyes of Aaron’s….

What a lovely family! These four were so easy to work with—maybe it was being at the park, but they all seemed to genuinely enjoy the session (which is, of course my goal)! Alex and Michael are twins, and so completely different in their nature. Alex was the ham. Michael was a little more cautious, but was so honest… I loved that about him. When we were almost finished with the shoot. He stood up and said, “I’m done.” And so we were. I wasn’t about to pull any teeth and spoil our great evening at Wash park.

Meet Michael

…and Alexander

This was by far, my favorite shot of the day. The light was gorgeous and I love Michael’s candid expression.

I don’t normally post this sort of shot, but the light was perfect, and the family seemed to love to “canoodle”, so… I posted it! But take note, this is about as traditional as I get!