my new neighborhood (prospect new town photographer)

 Meet my new neighborhood, Prospect New Town.  It's colorful and lush and amazing - it's been so humid, and there are so many plants, that it's really felt tropical in the last few weeks. It's definitely still feeling a little surreal, but I'm not sure if this place will ever feel totally real.   I'm in love with all of this architecture, so much - not just how cool and colorful and modern it is, but how diverse it is.  Each house is completely different.  Some feel almost Southern, with white columns and huge front porches, some are ultra modern, some feel like Georgetown row houses, some feel like a Dr. Seuss book come to life, and many totally defy classification.  Claire & Amber - this post is especially for you :)

The amazing sushi place just diagonally across the park from us:

Not to make you too jealous, but the hammocks come with the park :)

This aqua building is right next door to us.  We call it the "Miami Vice" building.

Below is the view from our deck and our home / my studio from the outside.  The studio is on the ground level, and we live above:

I love this little neighborhood so far - hope to see you all in Prospect soon!

alien road trip (new mexico lifestyle photographer)

We had this trip planned for months.  I don't even remember how we got started talking about it, but as soon as my friend Brynn and I decided to drive down to the annual UFO conference in Roswell, NM, we got hooked on exchanging UFO jokes and sending each other strange YouTube hoax videos... neither of us feels strongly about aliens one way or the other, but after looking at photos from previous conferences, the potential of lots of people in costume got us really excited. We kind of have a thing for costumes.Oh yeah... did I mention that this happened to land on the exact same weekend we ended up having to move?  And that somehow, despite having grown up in New Mexico, I got Roswell confused with Los Alamos and thought it was only a four hour drive?  Yeah.  Zach insisted that we still go, so we got everything all packed beforehand and Brynn and I made the TEN HOUR drive to Roswell to go participate in such activities as "alien wine tasting and BBQ!!!"

Roswell...it's (really really) hot, completely centered around UFO culture, and an hour away from Mexico.  Even serious businesses, like banks and doctor's offices, had UFOs or motherships or cute aliens in their logos.  They closed down Main Street for the festival, and we walked around in the heat checking out local alien-related businesses and getting stared at because, as it turns out, we were some of the only people in costume.  Yep.

On the border of CO and NM:

The "be in touch" mural  became one of our favorites.  We made the security guards take our picture, which is why it's horribly out of focus.

I'm pretty sure this was the outside of the County Republican building:

One of the few other costumed people:

I got so attached to this blue wig.  Every time I put on costume hair, I get disappointed that it's not my real hair.  Also, please notice the news crew in the reflection.

We decided this was a great time to go antique shopping.  Obviously.

Inside the UFO museum:

The alien costume contest!  We definitely watched this woman dressed as Blue Cleopatra eat a handful of live crickets onstage.  I'm not sure what this has to do with aliens, but it was entertaining.  I really wanted to find these people after the show and take some photos, but most of them changed out of costume right away :(

Alien wine tasting.

A bunch of storm trooper types just hanging out, waiting for a table at Chili's.  Totally normal.

craig & bernadette (boulder wedding photographer)

Craig and Bernadette are some of my favorite people - Bernadette started calling me "Mollyface" before we even actually met so I loved her right away.  I've been looking forward to their wedding at The Pines at Genesee ever since their epic engagement session in the fall, and I was so excited to finally be able to shoot it!  It was full of color and tattoos and happiness, just like I had hoped.

Love these shoes!

Lucky sixpence:

I love it when couples decide to do a First Look because we get moments like these.

Craig's brother Darrell couldn't be at the wedding, but he and Craig are so close that he was technically the best man.  Craig made a life-sized cardboard cutout and carried him around everywhere.  "Flat Darrell", as we all called him, also had several different outfits.  It was awesome.

A real boutonnire for Flat Darrell.

This is Bernadette's sweet sister.  I loved her red sparkle lips so much I needed to take a macro shot.  This cracked her up and I got this shot instead, which is way better anyway.

The co-best man read Darrell's best man speech on his behalf.  Everyone in the room was crying - even me, and I don't normally do that...

These next few shots are some of my favorites.  They were shot at night at with just ambient light from the streetlamps nearby, which gave the images such a surreal, dreamy, eerie feel.  I just love the mood of these.

Another one of my favorites  - there is so much awesomeness going on in this picture.

Craig and Bernadette - you guys are so amazing and so so cool and I loved everything about this day.  Thank you.

angela & tyler (buena vista wedding photographer)

Angela & Tyler met after a thunderstorm that lead them both to seek shelter at a local bar, and they just recently got married at Mount Princeton Hot Springs.  They are both so laid-back, upbeat, and easy to be around that shooting their joy-filled wedding was a complete pleasure.  Perfect light, lovely happy people, and working with some of my favorite vendors made this wedding an amazing experience...xoxo

(makeup  by my favorite Peter at Mr. Beauty)

Getting ready at  Mt. Princeton Hot Springs Resort:

Love these shots of Angie's brother walking her down the aisle:

Kiddos getting bored.  Love it:

It was pretty much the most spectacular day ever.

A&T - you guys are incredible!  Congrats on your new adventure :)

alexandra's sweet 16 / envelope style shoot

The lovely Alexandra and I have been planning this shoot for months now, and it's finally been green and warm enough to pull it off. We solicited envelopes from friends & family over the last few months, and so many of you sent us some great envelopes with sweet notes, drawings, and even a poem inside - so thank you!Not only is Alexandra completely wonderful in front of the camera, she's also sweet and funny and easy to be around.  I absolutely loved this shoot and I'm so stoked to share it with you :)

A huge thank-you to Lorrie at Mountain Meadows for the flowers!