Every year it’s a race against the clock to get up to the mountains during the couple of weeks when the fall leaves are in full color. It’s a short fall season here in Colorado, but let me tell you every bit of it is brilliant. Last week we got to head up to the mountains to shoot a couple engagement sessions and the views literally took our breath away. We got a super windy day for this one, but it just added to the energy of the shoot! Patrick and Chemaine, thank you for being up for an adventure! Can’t wait for the wedding next summer.

Two things are needed for an incredible wedding – a crazy in love couple and a bit of thoughtful intention. We received an email from Ashley and Remo back in July telling us about their upcoming elopement to Denver. After a short Skype session over a somewhat patchy European internet connection, we knew all that we needed to know. They were setting out an adventure and we wanted to come with. Ashley hails from Kansas City and Remo from a small town in Northern Italy. They first met in 2013 at a small coffee shop in Denver called The Weathervane Cafe. Naturally it only seemed fit that they return to this beloved coffee shop to exchange vows and make their nuptials official over breakfast sammies and proper cappuccinos.

 

So I think I’ve said this before, but I’m gonna say it again. This job of documenting people and their stories…it literally feeds me. Like sometimes I leave portrait sessions feeling like my soul just ate a big buttery bowl of spaghetti carbonara…extra cream, extra bacon! I mean I leave feeling full, fed, satisfied, and renewed. This early morning session in Morrison, Colorado was one of those times for sure! I think there were a few things that made this session really great. Part of it had to have been the fresh mountain air. Getting to start the morning with a hike in the hills most definitely contributed to this shoot’s amazingness, but most of all it was these two people right here, Brian and Amanda. Getting to spend the morning with them was renewing, uplifting, and just so much fun! They let down their guards with me. They allowed themselves to feel silly, to get out of their shells. When I asked them to love on one another, they actually loved on one another instead of just acting it out. That’s what makes this job so amazing! That’s what makes these photos mean something, what makes these photos have the ability to make you feel something. Amanda and Brian, thank you for letting me document your love, it was a privilege and an honor.