Shupe Homestead Wedding - Longmont Wedding Photographer - Ted and Ellen

Ted and Ellen flew in from California, along with all of their closest friends and family, to get married at Shupe Homestead. I’ll start by saying that this was my first time photographing a Shupe Homestead Wedding and I’m officially obsessed. It’s a super gorgeous Longmont farm with views of Longs Peak off in the distance. This day was one of your rare, middle of summer but less than 85 degree days that you get on the front range of Colorado. Ellen was stunning in her simple white gown that fit her like it was created for her, and Ted was visibly smitten by his new wife.

The day started with each of them getting ready and mingling with friends at the St. Julien in Boulder, and then having a first look right across the street on the edge of Boulder Creek. From there we took a bus to different trails in between Boulder and Longmont, and then finally we arrived at Shupe Homestead. I could keep going on about how lovely the decor was, or how fun the dance floor was, but instead I’ll let you relive these pre covid times through the images themselves.

The Dream Team!

Wedding Photographer: Teresa Woodhull, assisted by Kyla Fear

Wedding Planner: Pam Zola

Venue: Shupe Homestead

Getting Ready: St. Julien Hotel and Spa

Caterer: Three Leaf Catering

DJ: Rickochet Entertainment

Florist: Lace and Lillies

String Quartet: Front Range Strings

HMUA: Amy DaCosta

Dress: Alyssa Kristen, Emma & Grace Bridal

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 ;)