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Andrew and Ellie were married at the beautiful Rockledge Inn in Manitou Springs.  They were so wonderful to work with and the site was gorgeous.  :)  We would happily shoot their wedding every weekend!  (How about it guys?  Feel like getting married every weekend forever?)

Ellie is as beautiful as she is awesome (which is a lot)!!  [And we also happen to be incredibly fond of her name!  ;) ]

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Nic and I had a little argument over who took this shot, because we both took pictures of everyone looking out the window at different times that day and this was the fave.  I was massively annoyed to check out the file data only to see that it was Nic’s.

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These two are so in love!

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Yep.  She’s gorgeous!

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We loved this wedding party.  They were awesome and made portrait time so easy on us!

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If Andrew and his grooms-people ever form a band, this can be their album cover.  (Andrew’s best “man” was his sister–how awesome is that?!  I went home and was like “Will, listen up–here’s how it’s gonna go…”)

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This shot CRACKS ME UP.  The words “throw an arm around each other in a man hug sort of way” were not out of my mouth before these two posed in perfect bride+bridesmaid style.  :)

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Loving this ring shot!  (Thanks, Nic!!)

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Off to get married!!!

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A my angle/Nic’s angle moment!  (I’ll let you guess who shot what.)

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Right after the ceremony Andrew and Ellie stole away for a few private moments.  (Although I’m not sure you can really call it private if you’ve got a photographer stalker hiding behind a hedge. :)  )  They were both emotional and it was so sweet to see.  I love it when couples get to take a moment or two throughout the day to really savor the wedding!

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The cakes were incredible…and shockingly they weren’t professional!  I couldn’t believe it, but they were all made by Andrew’s parents’ neighbor who just happens to be an avid baker!  (I wanna live next to such a Martha Stewart!!!)  I also thought it was really cool that they served Mexican for dinner (yummy burritos!!) and had a margarita machine that was a huge hit.  Definitely went in my “wedding tips/ideas” bank!

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I’ll close with a first dance picture:

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Thanks for everything Andrew and Ellie!  We loved shooting your wedding and wish you every happiness!!

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It’s been a while since I’ve had a behind the scenes shot to share (or maybe it just feels like that)!  Here’s the behind the scenes view of the black and white close-up portrait from up top.  Gotta love cozey moments with your photographer 5 inches away from your face!

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Posted in Wedding Photographer

Hillary met up with me in Falcon for her senior portraits.  We had to reschedule for weather and got completely lucky with our session–as I was driving home it started to rain!

I swear these seniors get more and more gorgeous every year!

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I always get the cutest expressions when the seniors look over at their moms!

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Thanks so much Hillary!!  I hope you love the photos!

Posted in Senior Portrait Photographer

I ordered some new tutu props and I couldn’t wait to use them, so I grabbed Will’s favorite baby, Marley, for some pictures the other night at cooking club!  She is just so cute!!

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Thanks for sharing your baby girl with me Heather!!

Posted in Baby PhotographerChild PhotographerFamily Photographer