Tag Archives: winter weddings

Elyse and Kerry’s Breckenridge Wedding

Venue: Main Street Station Hair and Makeup: Breck Hair Company Elyse and Kerry were hoping for snow for their Breckenridge wedding, and although it didn’t snow during the day, there was plenty of snow capped mountains in the background. They met in high school, but lost touch when Kerry was in the military. Years later[more…]

Kristine and Alan’s Winter Wedding in Beaver Creek

  Venue: Beaver Creek Chapel Kristine and Alan planned an intimate winter wedding in Beaver Creek Colorado with close family and friends. I think winter weddings in Colorado are some of my favorite to photograph. The light is usually softer and lower in the sky, the contrast between snow and earth, and the intimacy of[more…]

Chris and Angie’s Breckenridge Ski Wedding

Location: Breckenridge Ski Area Venue: Mountain Thunder Lodge   Chris and Angie had a really fun idea for a wedding: ski down from the top of Breckenridge Ski Area together to their ceremony at Mountain Thunder Lodge. Finding a photographer who was willing and able to go on that adventure with them could have been[more…]

Nicole and Jason’s Breckenridge Winter Destination Wedding

Ceremony Venue: Nordic Sleigh Rides Reception Venue: Sevens Restaurant  Hair and Makeup: Hair and Weddings by Kylee Nicole and Jason came to Breckenridge, Colorado from Florida for a fairy tale winter destination wedding complete with horse drawn sleighs for all of their guests. It was an intimate wedding on a crisp winter afternoon with their[more…]

Mary and Ben’s Christmas Themed Illinois Wedding

Venue: Fishermen’s Inn, Elburn, Illinois I went to college with the groom, Ben, many years ago before I was ever really practicing photography. I was delighted when he and his fiance, Mary, asked me to photograph their winter wedding in Elburn, Illinois. The surprising thing was that despite being in the middle of December near[more…]

Lisa and Salvador’s Wedding on Oahu, Hawaii

Venue: Turtle Bay Resort Location: Oahu, Hawaii Flowers: North Shore Weddings and Flowers Hair and Makeup: Sarah from Whik’d Hairstyling & Makeup Officiant: Jon Kuahiwi Moniz from Ae ‘Ike Hawaiian Wedding Ceremony   I was introduced to Lisa and Salvador through a mutual photographer friend. I was delighted when they asked me to photograph their destination[more…]

Sarah and Tyler’s Breckenridge Colorado Engagement Session

  I love photographing in the winter, especially weddings and portrait sessions of couples willing to brave a little cold and snow. Tyler and Sarah were a lot of fun to photograph, and I can’t wait to photograph their wedding this September.  

When equipment breaks down

 Imagine you are photographing a wedding ceremony, and right as the bride begins to walk down the aisle, your camera breaks. It becomes completely non functional to the point where you can’t even turn it off. What do you do? Do you panic? Do you ask to stop the ceremony? Do you pull out your[more…]

Mark and Kristen’s Breckenridge, Colorado Wedding

Location: Breckenridge, Colorado Venue: Sapphire Point  Mark and Kristen had an exciting and intimate ceremony at Sapphire Point near Breckenridge, Colorado. High winds and cold weather did not deter from the beautiful ceremony with many family and friends in attendance. After there ceremony, the three of us went down to Breckenridge for some wedding photos[more…]

Anatomy of an Image #3

Technical Images   90% of my wedding images don’t use a lot of specialty equipment.  The vast majority of images are capture with nothing more than the camera and the right choice of lens.  The image at the right is one of the exceptions. Even though I don’t shoot with a lot of extra gear,[more…]