Assistant Photographer: Wedding with Jared

This will be my final post... forever... on this blog. That's right I'm done with this old blog and on to bigger and better things. I had a few other opportunities to photograph with other photographers this past year but thought I'd finish out with this wedding with Jared Wilson of Jared Wilson Photography. The interesting thing about this wedding was that only a couple months prior I shot the wedding of the groom's cousin (Hanako & Eddie's Wedding up in Georgetown). Small world! Anyway, their wedding was held at the Gatehouse at Lionsgate Center way up north. Here are a few of the images I took at the wedding. Thanks Jared for the opportunity to shoot with you!

Assistant Photographer: Wedding with Dawn

Here's another wedding I had the chance to second shoot for this summer. This one was with Dawn of Dawn Gioia Photography and was held at the Mount Vernon Event Center in Golden.

Look at all the bugs flying around in the grass!:

Assistant Photographer: Wedding & Engagement Session with Tyler

Back in September I got the chance to shoot with Tyler Jones of Tyler Jones Photography for his wedding at the Inverness Hotel. Here's a few shots from that day:

Tyler asked me not to post this first photo but I just couldn't resist... sorry Tyler =)




This is a REAL photo- I did not photoshop the image into the lens:





We also headed up to Evergreen for a night engagement session with one of his couples. It was very COLD but I love some of the shots I took:

Assistant Photographer: Weddings with Erin

We had a very busy year in 2009. Between some awesome weddings and portrait sessions and our Senior Rock Star Tour, we kept busy. One of my favorite things though is getting the opportunity to tag along with other photographers as a second shooter- whether it's for a wedding or a portrait session it's just fun to work with other great professionals and get to experiment a little with my photography catching a different perspective than I normally would as the main photographer- much like Michelle does for our own business.

This past year I had the chance to work with some amazing photographers and some great friends. On three separate occasions I tagged along with Erin Cady of Art & Soul Photography for various weddings. Below are some of my favorites or just different images that I want to share.

This first wedding was back in June up at The Aspen Mountain Lodge. Down the mountain was perfect weather but once we got up to the top the wind and snow started making for a very cold ceremony. The view was absolutely breathtaking though- making it all worth it.






This next wedding was in August. The ceremony was held at the Denver Botanic Gardens and then we traveled over to the Wellshire Inn for the reception.







This last one I shot with Erin back in October out in Calhan, Colorado. I absolutely love photographing this time of year near sunset with the warm glow.






The kids at this wedding were so flippin' cute!:

Day 12: 12 Days of Pictures- Favorite Wedding Moments of 2009

On the 12th day of pictures my camera gave to me... favorite unexpected moment with the bride & groom.

This one comes from Becky & Neal's wedding this past August. We were taking the bride & groom portraits out the dock when I shot this image. It was supposed to be some nice portraits of the two of them but the dock was open to residents for fishing off of or for accessing the boats so we weren't the only ones there. While we were taking pictures this little boy fishing off the dock was wondering what was going on and was looking over at the two of them. He was close enough to the two of them I just had to snap this one with him in it. It ended up being one of my all time favorite images ever!

Day 11: 12 Days of Pictures- Favorite Wedding Moments of 2009

On the 11th day of pictures my camera gave to me... favorite getting ready moments.

I love catching those moments leading up to the wedding. Whether it's of the guys hanging out, the girls surrounding the bride trying to calm her down, or those funny moments that happen before the bride walks down the aisle. Here are two moments that I caught in the bride's room prior to the wedding that are some of my favorites!

This one is from Brandy & Bill's wedding. Brandy is such a crack up- this picture totally brings out her personality. She was putting her earring in and her expression was priceless.


Almost every wedding venue I've ever shot at seems to have issues with air conditioning in the bridal suite. I guess they figure the bride would have no reason to get a little warm the day of her wedding- not like she'd have any reason to be a bit nervous or anything right? Anyway, this picture from Melissa & Adam's wedding sums up exactly what it feels like to be stuffed in the bridal suite the day of a wedding.

Day 10: 12 Days of Pictures- Favorite Wedding Moments of 2009

On the 10th day of pictures my camera gave to me... favorite "first look" moments.

The tradition of the bride and groom not seeing each other before the wedding began back in days of arranged marriages. The bride's family hid her away from the groom and under a veil until the marriage was official for fear that the groom would take one look at his bride to be and run the other way if he didn't find her attractive.

Today, most marriages are no longer arranged and many brides & grooms are abandoning tradition and superstition and seeing each other before the wedding. And, when they do we like to set up a "first look" where we can capture both the bride's and groom's expressions when they see each other for the first time. Here are two favorites from a couple first look moments.

This one is from Jen & Ryan's wedding this past September.


And this one was from Tammy & Greg's wedding the same weekend as Jen & Ryan's.