What a wonderful couple! Jen and Craig were married Saturday in Breckenridge at Ten Mile Station and then jaunted over in a carriage to the Maggie where they celebrated their union. Jen and Craig were such a blast to photograph because they could have cared less if I was there—they just enjoyed each other so much, that the rest of the world didn’t seem to exist. If there could be a soundtrack to this wedding it would be “I only have eyes for you” by the Flamingos— wish I could rig that for an added entertainment!

The whole day was about Jen and Craig… it always is on a wedding, but these two took an hour and half break between their ceremony and reception, not to take a bunch of posed photos, but to go to a bar in downtown Breck to enjoy each other and a beer. I came along to act as paparazzi, but what fun photos!!

Congratulations, Jen and Craig! Thank you so much for letting me be there to capture some of your most intimate moments….

I love this image of Jen, because it really captures her exuberance!

There ceremony took place at Ten Mile Station, and the venue must have hung a black sheet to hide the back side of the tent—I’m not sure what that is in the background actually, but it created a very dramatic entrance for Jen, with the stark black background and the bright mid-day sun.

Jen and Craig went to the Gold Pan Saloon in downtown Breck after the ceremony to unwind and spend some quite moments together—timeless shot!

I go to a lot of weddings and still tear up quite often, but this father daughter dance may have taken the cake–both my assistant and I were in tears to the point where it was hard to focus the camera enough to get the shot.

This shot was taken outside the Maggie in Breck when the heat let up a bit.

Whew! This was a hard one… on top of the fact the Kristi and Jeff were starving, and that we almost had to cancel the shoot due to some crazy dust storm that blew into Denver violently, when we finally decided to go ahead with the photo shoot, it was unbearably hot—Hello!!!

Engagement shoots are usually a blast, but sometimes they can be hard. It’s funny, I tell my couples to “pretend that I’m not there,” and to “act really natural”, but the fact is, I am there–right there in their faces, and let’s be honest—how many people frolic through the park naturally? It can be really difficult for some to relax and act silly. And the PDA thing is a whole different matter…..

However, that being said, I pulled some tricks out of my bag on this shoot and felt that we ended up with a really nice mix of both silly, and sincere images. Thanks for humoring me, Kristi and Jeff—I promise your wedding pics will be much easier!