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Manitou Springs, Colorado Engagement Portraits

May 05, 2008

We had the pleasure of shooting Kara and Drew’s engagement portraits this weekend and they were so much fun to cruise around Manitou Springs and Garden of the Gods with! I’m pretty sure Nic would have kept them there as his captive models all evening if I would have let him.

Drew wasn’t able to make it to our initial consult (something about a beautiful day and a bike ride sounding like more fun than interviewing photographers), so this was my first time meeting him. I knew he was going to be fun to spend time with, when I was telling Nic about Kara’s VERA WANG wedding dress (you read that right, people). I told Nic that it had been Drew who told Kara to try it on, and Drew said “Yeah! I mean, it’s a dress she’s going to be wearing for several hours.”

Tells his bride to get the Vera and has a sense of humor? That’s a good melon right there.

Okay…enough of the yammer (I’m a little doped up on Red Bull to keep me keeping on after this weekend’s photography mania). Time for pictures.

engagement portrait garden of the gods

Could they be any cuter?! (Nic and I have been fighting over who took that one. It’s a new favorite.)

I loved their outfits–such great bold colors for Manitou Springs, and such beautiful earth tones for Garden of the Gods.

kissing colorada engagement portrait

manitou springs, colorado couple portrait

We had an unusually drab and dull day, which was a bummer for the backlit Garden of the Gods shots that I think are so gorgeous, BUT it meant that we were able to get some pictures in Manitou that have never worked out as well in the sun. Here’s one I’ve had in my head forever, but has never had the ideal light:

engagement portrait manitou springs colorado

I’ve been wanting to photograph another couple at a cafe since shooting pictures of Carolyn and Jack enjoying a Denver cafe, and the overcast day was perfect for it:

manitou springs outddor engagement portrait

I really hate it when I pick the pose and the setting and then Nic takes better pictures than mine. This is one of those times:

manitou springs engagement portrait

We do this pose a lot in the reverse, so I thought it was time to mix things up and have the girl be the seducer:

manitou springs colorado engagement portrait

And one of the last shots of the day:

engagement portrait with garden of the gods view

A big thanks to Kara and Drew for being so great at their shoot! We can’t wait for your wedding!

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Manitou Springs, Colorado Engagement Portraits: Andrea and Jason

Apr 28, 2008

We met Andrea and Jason in Manitou Springs this weekend for their engagement portraits. We had a beautiful evening, and I baptized my precious 135mm lens by dropping it down a set of concrete steps. Oops! Before it jumped out of my lens bag though, it caught this:

manitou springs close-up portrait

manitou springs engagement portrait

A little bit of pretty flare on this next one…

outdoor Colorado engagement portrait

engagement portrait kiss

After playing around Manitou for a bit (and getting their feet freezing wet in the stream) we popped over to Garden of the Gods to wrap up the session Colorado Springs style.

engagement portrait colorado

Andrea and Jason got some fantastic news last week, so her glow in this shot has nothing to do with photoshop!

garden of the gods engagement portrait

We can’t wait to photograph their July wedding! Andrea and Jason are a fantastic couple who are obviously in love and we are so glad they chose us to be their wedding photographers!

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Colorado Springs Engagement Portrait Slideshow: Meg and Matt

Apr 16, 2008

I love Meg and Matt’s session images so much that I thought I’d share the entire slideshow here. They brought so much energy to the shoot that it was like magic! There are a ton of shots here, so sit back and get comfy.

(For my wedding clients looking to have a session like this, it was held in the rural Falcon/Peyton area east of Colorado Springs and Meg and Matt’s brightly colored clothing was part of the “pop” behind the images. They came up with the props themselves, so if you have ideas for props, bring them along! I’m sure they won’t mind if balloons pop up in a few more engagement sessions!) :)

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