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 ;)

Loveland Pass Engagement - Sapphire Point Engagement Session - Colorado Engagement Photographer - Haley & Andrew

For this session I broke my own personal rule about no sunrise sessions in the middle of winter, only because it can be so miserable for everyone involved (think cold hands, feet, noses, all of it) However, Haley and Andrew absolutely LOVEE winter. So much so, that they purposely planned their wedding in the mountains during the coldest month of the year! I am personally super excited, because I absolutely love winter weddings. There is something about how romantic and calm they feel, and the snow just gives everything a beautiful glow.

For Haley and Andrews sunrise winter engagement session we met up on Loveland Pass right before the sun came up. It was a stunning morning. To have the alpenglow in your photos makes the early morning all worth while. I’ve said it a million times, but there really is nothing better than the colors and feel of sunrise engagement sessions. It’s so serene and peaceful, and we got really lucky with the most beautiful colors that morning! After that, we went to Sapphire Point, which overlooks Lake Dillon and was absolutely stunning as well.

I cant wait to celebrate Haley and Andrews Breckenridge winter wedding this weekend! Stay tuned for more pics from their day, and if you’d like to have a winter engagement session at Sapphire Point or Loveland Pass definitely reach out! I’d love to freeze my butt off with you ;)