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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…]

Breckenridge Ice Castles Model Shoot

Location: Breckenridge, Colorado Venue: The Breckenridge Ice Castles I had the pleasure of photographing this beautiful model, Maggie, at the Breckenridge Ice Castles a few weeks ago. A pretty heavy snow started falling in the middle of our shoot which resulted in some pretty dramatic photographs and one very cold model.

Natural Light Photography

  Natural light is one of best light sources for photography. Most artificial lighting is designed to emulate natural light. So why is it that so many established professionals cringe when hearing the phrase “natural light photographer” like it was nails on a chalkboard?   The answer is pretty simple. The problem is that when[more…]

Anatomy of an Image #10

Summer Wedding Fun     I love creating images that allow the subjects’ personality to come through. That was completely the case with this image. Nate and Joy are one of the most fun playful couples I have ever known. In fact they even met “playing” while mountain biking with mutual friends in Moab, Utah.  They[more…]

Personal Work: Ice and Light

  I love May when the ice on Lake Dillon near my home starts to melt. But before the ice can completely melt, it usually breaks up first. When this happens the ice get’s pushed around the surface of the water and can end up in big piles on the edges of the lake. In[more…]

Jennifer and Said’s Breckenridge Engagement Photos

Jennifer and Said’s engagement photo session in Breckenridge, Colorado  Jenifer and Said contacted me through my website about photographing their wedding next summer and their engagement photos this fall. We were originally planning on photographing on the Front Range, but due to the flooding, we moved things up to Breckenridge just in time to see[more…]

Janet and Rob’s Cincinnati Wedding

Location: Cincinnati, OhioVenue: Taft Museum  I new Rob through climbing, rafting, and general outdoor adventures.  I have photographed him before for National Geographic Adventure, Outside, and other magazines and climbing websites, but I was still honored when he and his fiance trusted me to photograph a more formal event like their wedding in a city[more…]

Anatomy of an Image #6

Refelections   I am always on the lookout for interesting or unusual compositions.  This image was shot on a hotel patio where the wedding was held earlier that afternoon.  When I saw the glass partition around the patio during the day, I thought there might be a a chance of using it to capture some[more…]

Who do you shoot for?

Are you photographing for you or your client? If you ask most wedding photographers who they are shooting for, they will undoubtedly respond, “The client, of course.”  If that is your mindset, I hope you take the next few minutes to read this post and allow me to change the way you think about wedding[more…]