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the latest news | upcoming seattle openings | (and a little bit of bragging)

Feb 13, 2009

I just got an email today that we have been awarded the 2009 Bride’s Choice Award by Wedding Wire! A big thanks to our brides who made that happen!

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In more bragging news, we were also accepted into the Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalist Association last week. If you’re familiar with WPJA, AGWPJA a subset group of WPJA that allows you more free reign in photoshop (my love of brightly saturated images disqualifies us from being in the original WPJA).

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And to prevent this post from being entirely about tooting my own horn, I am really excited to announce that Willie and I will be in Seattle in April and I would love to shoot a portrait session or two while I’m there!

I have a couple of Seattle area location ideas that I would love to try out, so I am going to have special pricing on weekday Seattle shoots from April 6th-9th. If you let me pick the location, the session fee will be waived! (I have only one weekend opening–the price for that will be $500 and it includes a $375 print credit.)

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Final piece of news: Real Photograph will be closed and email responses slow until Thursday the 19th while I attend the big fun photography convention in Vegas. It’s tough, but someone has to do it. ;) Pray for poor Nic who will be holding down the fort while I’m gone.

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we made it onto offbeat bride, too! :D

Jan 13, 2009

What a great two weeks it’s been for our photos on wedding blogs! I love seeing new Offbeat Bride posts pop up in google reader, so my jaw dropped when I opened the latest and saw a picture from Kara and Drew’s wedding! Ariel loved Kara’s poof veil, as I did!

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And in case you missed it the first time around, here’s their slideshow!

Here’s to our brides popping up all over the internet! Only root beer floats make me happier!

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colorado wedding photographers | the sanctuary, denver | lauren and andy

Jan 10, 2009

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Last weekend found us photographing Lauren and Andy’s wedding at St Mary’s in Littleton and their reception at The Sanctuary. (I know around shared the above shot, but it just sums up their snowy day so well I couldn’t not have it in their official sneak peek!)

Getting ready:

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I blatantly stole this shot from my friend, Abbotsford wedding photographer Rachel Ludwig. I’ve been wanting to do it ever since I saw her version months and months and months ago!

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A few portraits before the wedding ceremony:

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The church had requested that they arrive very early before the ceremony, so we had lots of time for pictures. But as cold as it was outside, no one wanted to spend a huge amount of time out there! So we got a little creative and I took these bridal portraits of Lauren in the cafeteria, using some dramatic natural light from a window:

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Time for a little touch-up…

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And then show time!

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Couples often worry that if they see each other before the grand walk down the aisle, that moment might not be as special. But just look at their faces in this shot right after “the hand-off!”

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The proud mother, father, and grandmother of the bride:

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St Mary’s Catholic Church in Littleton was beautiful and their priest’s homily was great. He made us want to move to his parish!

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We absolutely had to take a big bridal party shot in the snow (our biggest bridal party yet–ten on each side)! A big thanks to all twenty of them for making the trek outside!

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The reception was held at The Sanctuary, and it could not have been a more beautiful spot! The cake fit the weather perfectly!

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The first dance:

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LOVE this shot of Lauren!!

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I am a sucker for a good father-daughter dance shot:

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The Christmas tree made a great back-drop for the dance floor!

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The DJ’s lights were the coolest ever, and I always got excited when a new group of people moved over to them. The light coming off them is so fun!

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And I’m going to end with the dance-off shot, cause it’s so rad.

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Andy and Lauren, thanks for your graciousness and for allowing us to photograph your beautiful wedding. It was the perfect way to kick off 2009!

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Behind the scenes…

You know that beautiful “bride and groom walking through snow” shot up top? Lauren suffered for that one! She was for pretty much barefoot out there, so when we came in she went straight for the bathroom and a warm towel for her exceptionally red feet! (I’d show the color version, but then you’d see just how red they were and accuse me of “cruelty to brides.”)

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Nic at the ceremony getting his “ninja shots,” as our August ’09 bride Leigh coined it:

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