Denver

Colorado Wedding Photographer - Best of 2019

I know, I know. It’s March (almost April) and we are in the midst of an coronavirus pandemic, and now is when you choose to post about 2019?! Let’s be real here though. 2019 is looking like an ocean view suite in Maui compared to the under the highway hourly motel that 2020 is shaping up to be. I typically like to look forward, and in reality, there is no point in holding on to the past. But now more than ever I am finding reasons to celebrate and be grateful for what was, in hopes that we can one day soon be there again. I feel so much for my 2020 brides because this is uncharted waters for all of us. We can pretend to be fortune tellers all we want, but the truth is we don’t know how this year is going to turn out, but I for one want to do my absolute best to not put joy and celebrating on hold. As one on my lovely brides put it, we can’t postpose everything about life. It keeps going and threatens to leave us in the dust if we don’t keep up. We’ll slow down, quarantine, hopefully flatten the spread, and pray for the best, but eventually (and I of course don’t mean within the next couple of months - isolating is a must right now!) we will need to soldier on, perhaps with new extra sanitized and social distanced ways of living, but we’ll have to move on nonetheless. And with all the dire news lately I am feeling more than ready for reasons to celebrate again.

2019 was quite a year of growth for me, in the best of ways. When I first started my business 10 years ago, I didn’t know a single thing about being a business owner. All I knew is that I wanted to take pretty pictures for people because that’s what made me truly happy. If the last decade has shown me anything, its that The best part about this entire journey of mine has not only been to see my business grow and flourish, but also to learn about that side of me - the side that has been able to figure out the ins and outs of being a one woman show. It’s been scary at times, trying to rely on myself completely to put food on the table. But I’ve also found that I am stronger than I thought, and that ability to surprise myself has been priceless.

Thank you for taking the time to scroll through my 2019 weddings. I want to mention here that I shot this entire wedding season pregnant, with my last wedding of the year being 3 weeks before giving birth to my daughter Margot. Not to toot my own horn or anything ;)

Boettcher Mansion Wedding - Denver Wedding Photographer - Betsy and Connor

Oh my goodness…how can I even begin to describe the awesome/amazing/rager of a wedding that was Betsy and Connor’s? For starters, these two are loved immensely by all of their nearest and dearest - it was palpable. I pretty much teared up every time a friend or relative did, which means I basically was hogging all of the tissues.

They decided to host their love fest at Boettcher Mansion in Golden, Colorado, which suited them perfectly. Betsy and Connor have known each other since elementary school, and even dated briefly (there is a framed note to prove it, scroll on!) around middle school before breaking up and then getting back together seriously in high school.

One of my favorite things about this wedding was (besides the amazing sunset on lookout mountain) was the crazy dance party at the end. These guys know how to throw (and throughly enjoy) a good dance party. I don’t think there was anyone who didn’t get up to dance (it was incredibly contagious, even I was moving!), and once you did you were hooked the rest of the night!

List of the folks who make the magic happen:

Photography by yours truly: Teresa Woodhull Photography

Venue: Boettcher Mansion

Dress: Emma & Grace

Wedding Coordinator: Sapphire Celebrations

Hair: Liana Conway

Make Up: Liana Conway

Flowers: Hawk Flowers Designer - Serena McKee

Video: Olena Films

Catering: Biscuits and Berries