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Everyone wants to look their “natural best” for their family photos. Sadly, we’ve all had that disappointing experience when the way you look in the mirror doesn’t translate well to a photograph! We want to look beautiful, authentic, and confident. You know that I always recommend professional hair and makeup services before your session, but I […]

Hair And Makeup For Family Photos

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outdoor sunset family session with parents and children sitting and hugging each other on marble stairs with the sun shining behind them captured by denver family photographers
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Those of you who follow my blog know how much I enjoy traveling. I have a long bucket list of destinations I want to explore. Traveling to new destinations is such a great way to learn about the world, and it provides invaluable experiences. Luckily, my work as a Colorado elopement photographer has led me […]

Top Reasons To Plan A Destination Elopement

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Colorado elopement Photographer captures bride and groom on the top of a mountain with ridged cliff edges behind them as they embrace one another for outdoor wedding pictures
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You met the love of your life and now you need to shop for the perfect dress. This is the dress, the dress that will hang in your closet for the next thirty years and maybe even get passed down to a daughter or granddaughter. I know how important it is to feel like you’ve […]

Wedding Dress Shopping Tips

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sunset wedding pictures with bride and groom holding hands and walking through a field together with the mountains in the distance as the sun shines right over them
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Most of the families and couples who choose to work with me share my love for nature, but as an outdoor family and elopement photographer, it’s important that I do my part to bring awareness to “leave no trace” and share some ways we can keep our state looking beautiful for years to come!

8 Tips to Leave No Trace From Colorado Elopement Photographer

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Colorado elopement photographer captures a bride in a low-back dress embracing her groom on a mountain top
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It was only three degrees outside on this couple’s elopement day (I had frost and ice in my hair when I hopped back in my car!), but I’m so glad we all braved the elements for a wintery ceremony at Lookout Mountain in Golden, Colorado.

Snowy Winter Elopement with Two Brides – Lookout Mountain Colorado

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One bride in white fur and the other in a black suit hold hands under wintry pine trees in a photo by a Colorado elopement photographer
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When this sweet pair eloped this winter, they had been together for five incredible years. They decided on a destination elopement at Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs as they wanted something different from the warm climate they’re accustomed to in Bradenton, Florida.

Garden Of The Gods Elopement

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It’s hard to believe the year is coming to an end – and with that, I’d love to share a little trip down memory lane! The last twelve months have brought me so much happiness! I’ve photographed families on mountain adventures, couples celebrating milestones, and entrepreneurs and seniors showing off their hard work.

Year in Review: 2022

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I think everyone familiar with Colorado knows that the weather here can be pretty unpredictable – and this time its unpredictability worked out perfectly! The skies were stormy and rainy the entire drive up into the mountains on my way to photograph this mountain elopement at Clinton Gulch, so much so that I even stopped […]

Colorado Mountain Elopement at Clinton Gulch

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This bride and groom came to Colorado from just outside of Houston, Texas for an intimate elopement at Blue Lakes near Breckenridge, Colorado. On their wedding day, they had been together for twelve years, engaged for nine, and even have a five-year-old son. They’ve had their share of ups and downs over the years but […]

Fall Elopement at Blue Lakes Colorado

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This lovely couple first met on the job and didn’t have the best first impression. That obviously changed as they now have two kids together. They chose to celebrate their relationship with an elopement this fall at Officers Gulch. Officers Gulch is a small Colorado lake, located right off of Interstate 70 between the town of Frisco […]

Frisco Colorado Elopement at Officers Gulch

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