This is my favorite time of year to do engagement pictures in Colorado! The spring flowers are budding at 6ft. tall and the fall leaves are just starting to color the parks with beautiful shades of gold and red. For Anika & Chad’s engagement session we met a couple of blocks from Cheeseman Park to start with some graffiti-urban style shots around the neighborhood. Then we headed to the park where I was a little disappointed to find a festival had taken over the pavilion I was anxious to shoot under. But sometimes the unexpected leads to fun surprises – which included a cool brick driveway, a taco break, and someone’s incredible front yard garden.  Being avid rock climbers (they are even building a climbing wall inside their house!), I knew Anika & Chad would be up for an adventure! We talked Chad out of scaling buildings, but did get him to jump in the water fountain! The couple’s fun casual style inspired me to create a few cartoonish painterly like images from their photo shoot. Anika & Chad will be married in May at one of my favorite spots to shoot – the Red Lion Restaurant in Boulder. Thanks guys for a fun shoot!