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colorado springs engagement portraits | sarah and dan

Jul 05, 2008

We met Sarah and Dan last weekend at Garden of the Gods for their engagement photos. We loved Sarah and Dan’s entry in our contest this past winter and were so excited when they hired us to be their wedding photographers. They are such a cute couple!

This shot was actually Dan’s idea. Photography is one of his hobbies, and I was so excited when he suggested a silhouette of them climbing! And thanks to the magic of intense saturation boosting, the blah sky became something amazing!

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I heard a rumor that Dan had to be convinced to bring some climbing gear as props, but I’m glad Sarah thought of it–it made for some cute photos! (And a fun challenge for us!)

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When they’re not rock climbing, Sarah and Dan can be found just being adorable:

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Thanks again for a great evening, Sarah and Dan! We can’t wait to work with you again at your wedding!

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Monument, Colorado | Engagement Portraits | Andy and Lauren at Fox Run Park

Jun 28, 2008

We photographed Andy and Lauren’s engagement portraits last week at Fox Run Park in Monument. Lauren’s parents live nearby, so the park is well known to Lauren (which is good, because it usually takes me 800 times longer to drive around the park).

They were pretty sure they were not photogenic at all, but we were pretty sure that they were dirty liars. :P And it turns out we win–they ARE gorgeously photogenic! See for yourself…

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A little bit of cinnamon photoshop action-ery on this next one:

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We played around for a while. Andy and Lauren are totally professional twirlers now–we love it!

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We were threatened with storm clouds, but it made for a dramatic background:

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Lauren and Andy are just as sweet and photogenic as can be. We are so excited for their wedding! (And now that they are such practiced twirlers, we’ll definitely do some spinning on the wedding day!) :)

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kara's brilliant guest book idea | storyboards

Jun 19, 2008

I’m all about the product shares this week. :)

Along with our albums, I love storyboards. Probably because a storyboard is like a single album page that goes on your wall–pictures are just better when they’re together in a nice clean design.

Kara came up with my favorite use for a storyboard yet–using it instead of a guest book. She ordered a 20×24 mounted storyboard (all of our storyboards are mounted, so they are sturdy and will be able to hold up to being a guest book very well). We decided it should have lots of white space for lots of signatures. I mocked up a couple of options, and here was the winner:

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Can’t you just see it full of signatures and hanging on the wall? I totally love this idea!

And while we’re on the topic of storyboards, here’s one that I mocked up for Aubree and Zack that I want to print for myself I love it that much. (Which is the weird thing about being a portrait photographer. If I were a painter, it would be cool to have my paintings in the house. But sadly it would be weird if I hung MY art at my house–I think our clients would be weirded out if they thought we had 15×30 inch storyboards of them in our hallway.) :)

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