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It’s always such a highlight when I get to shoot weddings for old friends and so last year when my former high school classmate Hillary emailed me letting me know that she was engaged and wanting me to shoot her wedding this fall in Chicago I was thrilled for the opportunity.  Not only was it a blast shooting a wedding for an old friend, it was also fun to shoot WITH an old friend Kenny Nakai, another fantastic shooter out of the windy city who came out to help document Hillary and Brad’s wedding with me.

Here’s a few of the highlights from the day…..

From their first time seeing each other the day of.

Loved this shot… Brad, his dad, and his father are all avid golfers, so it was fun to be able to photograph them out on the course of the Lake Shore Country Club where the wedding was held..

Because it was a Jewish ceremony, the cocktail hour was actually before the ceremony and the ceremony took place after sunset.

A few from the Ketubah signing.

The outdoor nighttime ceremony certainly presented it’s own set of challenges, it was also a neat opportunity to play with the contrast of the lights set up for the ceremony vs. the backdrop of the darkness of the night.

A few from throughout the reception…

Both Hillary’s dad and her brother play the drums so it was fun to see them both hop up and play drums with the band during the reception…

Love this final one of Hillary and her mom out on the dance floor…

Many many thanks to Hillary and Brad for allowing me to document their beautiful wedding!  Hillary after being in the same 5th grade class together growing up, it was so fun to be there on your wedding day!  :)  Many many thanks also to Kenny for his excellent eye and amazing help throughout the day!

I’d been looking forward to Laura and Justin’s wedding ever since their Brooklyn Bridge Engagement Session back in May.  It’s always fun when I get to photograph a couple’s wedding in a completely different environment than I photographed their engagement session in.  In Laura and Justin’s case, the bridge connecting lower Manhattan and Brooklyn couldn’t have been more different from Winter Park, Colorado!  This wedding was also really fun because I got to test drive Canon’s 1D Mark IV as well as shoot with my super talented friend Erin!

Here’s a few of my favorite images from the day:

Loved this image of Laura’s nephew getting ready.  His belt was bit too big, so his dad cut it shorter with a knife.  Here he is inspecting the belt post surgery.  :)

Obviously, one of the coolest benefits of this business is getting to meet amazing couples (like Laura and Justin), but one of the often under looked benefits to this business is getting to know incredible vendors like Kara Delay who not only coordinated a flawless event for Laura and Justin, but provided them with gorgeous florals.  (How she does both, I’ll NEVER know…., but she totally rocked both aspects.)   Here’s a few images of Laura’s beautiful bouquet.  (Scroll down to see some more of Kara’s amazing magic that she worked at the reception)

A few from the ceremony…

LOVED this quick moment of Justin winking to his family members in the front row during the mass.

Laura checking out her husband’s new ring…

One of the great benefits of shooting in the Colorado mountains is not having to go far to find great spots to shoot.  All these photos were taken with 200 yards of the church after the ceremony.

Heading up to the top of the mountain for the reception at the Lodge at Sunspot Winter Park Resort…

More of Justin and Laura’s fantastic details provided by Kara Delay!

I’ve often mentioned on this blog that one of my favorite times of the day is to just capture natural candid images throughout the cocktail hour and reception.  I very rarely grab groups of people together and have them pose for photos (unless a few people ask me to take a group photo, which of course then I’m always happy to do).  As a rule though, I prefer capturing  people in these types of candid and natural moments so much more because these images always have so much more appeal to me.

A few moments from throughout the reception….

Loved this final image of Justin and his brother rocking it out on the dance floor!

Many many thanks again to Laura and Justin for allowing me the document their super fun wedding, to Erin for doing such a great job assisting, and to Kara Delay who did such a phenomenal job quarterbacking the day as well as designing all the wonderful details and flowers!