I recently did an engagement photo session of Joy & Joe in Denver’s City Park.  With names like Joe & Joy you know they were meant to be     We had a great time playing with the dogs and enjoying the sunset as we walked around the park taking pictures.   I love dogs but boy can they be a challenge to photograph!  They are similar to photographing toddlers as you have to tease them with toys to get their attention and hope they don’t start crying if they get hungry or run away when they see a squirrel.   Thankfully,  I had my wonderful assistant Lauren help me keep the dogs under control and we managed to pull off some beautiful images of Joe & Joy and their 2 dogs.

After a beautiful mountain top ceremony at the Summit of Cordillera, Allison & Brian hosted a private wedding reception at the Singletree Pavilion in Edwards, Colorado.   Allison (and all her helpers) did an amazing job decorating this place! I have to admit, I was a little concerned when she first told me how much she was doing on her own, but man did she pull it off!  I foresee a future in wedding planning for Allison! Thankfully, she did stick with wedding pros when it came to the music and photography.  But the flowers, food, decorating and coordinating all came together because of Allison’s amazing party throwing skills & creativity, (oh and a little help from her friends)!  Thank you again Allison & Brian for trusting me to document this amazing day for you!
If you haven’t seen the other slide shows yet, here is Part 1 & Part 2.

Wow, what an amazing event to photograph!!! My favorite musicians from New Orleans set against the vast red landscape of Red Rocks! This past Saturday New Orleans literally descended upon Red Rocks for Mountainside Mardi Gras! The crowd was kind and crazy, the music was funkalicious, and the beads and booze were flowing!  Its times like these that remind me how much I really love being a photographer…and from New Orleans!  It was quite an exhilerating challenge running up and down those endless stairs to get the best shots, and it’s been 4 days since the show and my legs still hurt, but it was totally worth it.  This was the biggest concert I have ever photographed, but hopefully the first of many more to come.  Thank you so much DJ Kinetik for hooking me up with this “job”…anytime you need a photographer (especially at Red Rocks) I’m there!

If you do not know these bands, if you have not ever felt New Orleans music (this aint no country or cajun, but funk-jazz-blues-soul-brass) then you must check out these sites below:

Johnny Sketch & The Dirty Notes
Big Sam’s Funky Nation
Papa Grows Funk
George Porter Jr. & The Runnin Pardners
Ivan Neville’s Dumstaphunk
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Dr.John & The Lower 911
New Era Brass Band

P.S.  I used to want to be a painter and a rock star, so I had dreams of painting on concert stages along side the drummer.  I eventually discovered that my true talent and passion was in photography. It excites me to see artists living my former dream and I was thrilled to see 3 painters on Saturday.  Check out these amazing painters that were there to capture the scene in beautiful ways my camera can not.

Frenchy
Scramble Campbell
John Bukaty

Yea, I just got done with Part 2 of Allison & Brian’s Wedding Day! View Part 1 here.  For their ceremony the couple chose the summit at Cordillera Country Club in Edwards, Colorado.   It was windy and bright, but luckily no rain, and definitely worth it for the amazing views! Also, with not a car, road, or person for as far as you could see the intimacy and peacefulness made it even that much more special. After all, we were such a long ways from our own cars that everyone had to take golf carts just to get there, how fun is that!

Time to update my portfolio’s…I’ve been digging up old CD’s and searching through my computer for High School Seniors that I’ve photographed in the past 5 years in Colorado and New Orleans.   There are a bunch more seniors I need to add in, but it’s getting late and I haven’t had dinner yet, so for now enjoy these cuties!