Christian + Grace | Wedding Photography at Stonehaven | Colorado Springs

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to Christian & Grace! Grace’s family is incredibly special to us. This is our second wedding to photograph for them, and in between their older daughter’s and now younger daughter’s weddings, we photographed both Grace and her brother’s senior portraits during each of their years and the first year of baby photography for their first grandchild. How special to continue to be their family’s photography team!

Christian met Grace when he was stationed here in Colorado Springs with the military. Apparently he has impressive two-step skills and swept her off her feet…literally! Their paths have taken them to California, yet with Grace’s family roots and the start of their story here in Colorado Springs, it was fitting to begin their marriage here in the mountains.

They had a gorgeous summer day and a venue that backs up to the mountains on the northwest side of town. Their decor included fresh flowers throughout and fun, summery colors. Grace’s dress fit her personality perfectly. They were surrounded on their day by family and many close friends. Their personalized vows and “tying-of-the-knot” were highlights of the ceremony. We loved seeing how much fun Christian and Grace have together – their day was filled with laughter and evidenced the strong friendship they enjoy. Grace’s dad gave a wonderful toast full of great childhood stories during the reception. This family feels like family to us, and we loved being such a special and important part of this day for them.

Enjoy our favorites from their wedding day!

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The Coakley Family | Family Portraits at Cheyenne Cañon, Colorado Springs

The Coakley Family is currently en route to their new home in Texas, and before they left Colorado Springs, they created beautiful family portraits with us. They chose the Cheyenne Cañon area as the setting for their photography because they love rivers, green tones, and all of the flowers that grow there this time of summer.

We’re excited to share favorites from their family session. All of our family portrait sessions include photographing a variety of groupings from the full family together to updated couple’s portraits and portraits of the kids together and individually. Whenever we prepare families for photography sessions, we encourage a cohesive look for their attire. We love their choice of dark blue for their attire – it’s the perfect compliment to the lush greens and brown stone tones throughout the canyon.  The Coakleys did a wonderful job and the result is beautiful!

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Elijah | Colorado Springs High School Senior Photography | Class of 2018

Congratulations, Elijah, on becoming one of the newest high school graduates in Colorado Springs!

Elijah is a fashionable guy who loves city life and being surrounded by the colors and textures of urban architecture. He’s planning to pursue a career in marketing. While his photography session in downtown Colorado Springs focused most on Elijah with favorite outfits in great urban settings, we love the tribute to his grandfather he included in his session.

All of our high school seniors benefit from a pre-session consultation that plans the session. We want every senior to be fully prepared and build excitement for their photography session. We love hearing about all of their interests and activities and future plans, even when those aspects of who they are will not be a part of the session. We often brainstorm all sorts of ideas so that every senior can think about what they want to bring and never have a moment of “I should’ve” or “I wish I would’ve” after the session. Framed pictures can often help with storytelling portraits during the session, and we love that Elijah thought to bring the picture with his grandfather. Other families sometimes bring a childhood picture of their senior to storytell a “then” and “now” of how much their child has grown and changed over the years. Photography provides a priceless connection of the past to the present, and there are great opportunities to use pictures from the past in today’s sessions.

Enjoy some of our favorites from Elijah’s senior portraits!

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Joe + Haley | Colorado Springs Engagement Portraits

Haley’s family is an incredibly special family to us! We photographed Haley’s senior portraits (along with her brother’s and sister’s senior portraits for each of their turns), her brother’s wedding, family portraits, and a very rewarding project archiving generations of family pictures from the late 1800s and into the 1900s. We are honored to continue as their family photographer and capture Haley’s engagement portraits!

She and Joe met at the University of Michigan where they are completing their undergraduate degrees. They are both in the ROTC and will serve with the Air Force, accepting their first assignments to begin in the coming months. They are both incredibly dedicated and crazy smart, and we are thankful for the service they have given and will continue to give to our country. When they aren’t studying or completing ROTC activities and training, they enjoy cooking, camping, hiking, and have even run a marathon together!

We photographed their engagement portraits along Gold Camp Road to prominently feature mountains and forests in their photography. We enjoyed building a 5-piece metal art wall display for them that will give each of them a smaller collection during the time their military assignments keep them apart, and then come together in the full 5-piece display once they complete those assignments and are able to live together. We know these portraits will help them feel close and connected, even when they are apart.

Congratulations, Joe & Haley!

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Danielle | Mesa Ridge High School Senior Portraits | Class of 2018

Danielle counts herself as one of Mesa Ridge High School’s newest graduates! We enjoyed photographing her senior portraits this past fall, and Danielle was one of our seniors who came to her pre-session consultation with some specific ideas and requests that we loved fulfilling. One of her biggest requests was to recreate the closing scene from the iconic 80s movie, “The Breakfast Club.” That movie was a favorite of mine for a very long time, so I knew exactly what she was describing. It was also refreshing to have a high school senior loving some of the movies we ourselves loved from our childhood and high school years – what a fun connection!

During her high school years, Danielle exceled both athletically and musically. She played alto sax with the marching band and competed in track. She’d also played volleyball and softball in past years; track ended up her favorite with the 100m sprint as her best event. In addition to these extracurricular activities, Danielle adores her dog and loves the color black. She describes herself as quirky, unique, and an “outside of the box” individual. She’s planning to pursue a career as a pharmacist.

For her photography session, the best location was her high school. Danielle loved connecting her senior portraits to the spaces that have filled her high school days and memories.

Congratulations, Danielle, on a great finish to high school. Our best to you with all your next steps.

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