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Salt and Straw Ice Cream Session

City, Couples January 27, 2019

Over MLK Jr. weekend, Austin and I hung out with our best friends from college. We went to the beach and then went out for dinner (where the guys saw Oscar from The Office but didn’t say anything). At the end of the night, we went to Salt & Straw to get ice cream! Our friend Michael went 52 times in 2018, and everyone in the group loves ice cream. I had been telling Michelle that I wanted to take pictures of her and Connor on an ice cream date so I was excited to get the opportunity.

Shooting: It was already dark when we got to Salt & Straw so I knew it would be a good opportunity to practice. There were lots of lights but they weren’t super flattering. I raised my shutter speed, but I didn’t want things to look too noisy so I don’t think I turned up my ISO enough—a lot of my pictures ended up being pretty blurry. But it was a fun challenge!! I really wanted the white wall picture but because of all the lights it ended up being more pink/green… but I like the effect! That’s what it looked like in reality, and sometimes reality is better (and… more real…) than what you envisioned.

I also really really wanted to get the “through the window” look but the light from the store opposite the ice cream shop was SO BRIGHT.

Editing: These were super tricky to edit and I learned a lot along the way! Because I blew out the Salt & Straw sign, I couldn’t recover all the highlights because the light above the sign especially blew out the top middle. I also didn’t want to underexpose too much to retain highlights in post since I know that my camera’s dynamic range makes bringing up shadows really muddy. I struggled a lot with the white wall picture because there were so many different colored light sources—part of Michelle’s face had a green light while another part had red, and since those are kind of opposing colors (at least on the tint scale) it made it tricky! But I love how it turned out.

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Vertical photo post featuring the incredibly stunn Vertical photo post featuring the incredibly stunning Lindy and her beautiful venue and florals and the talent of their vendors!!! 

Last year I got to photograph a wedding ceremony by some pretty redwood trees, and this year I traded those for aspens. Clear creek inn and the town of Georgetown are so cute!!

Also, a champagne toast at the end of the ceremony is a great idea 💯

Now I will delete this app again, go into my editing cave, and see this beautiful inside and out couple on my screen every night! You can see some more previews in my story highlights

Venue: @clear_creek_inn 
Florals: @boulderblooms 
Makeup: @calliekayartistry 
Hair: @rachael.thehairologist
Congrats to Lindy, Zach, and their little girl!!! Congrats to Lindy, Zach, and their little girl!!! These two got married on Saturday in Georgetown, and the predicted all-day rain thankfully stayed away 🎉

I was delighted and honored that they moved their wedding from Kentucky to Colorado (where they live now) and asked me to photograph their nuptials. One of my favorite parts of weddings is seeing all the family and friends love on each other and the couple—Lindy and Zach’s community is amazing and I love that I got to meet them. I get to photograph the best people 💕and it’s clear from the way that people talk about these two that they are especially thoughtful, gracious, and welcoming. 

For now here are a few horizontal photo previews!

Venue: @clear_creek_inn 
Florals: @boulderblooms 
Makeup: @calliekayartistry 
Hair: @rachael.thehairologist
I had fun hanging out with this new family of 5, e I had fun hanging out with this new family of 5, especially because one of the kids shares my love of photographing families 🥰
Before the Ryders moved out of Colorado, we took s Before the Ryders moved out of Colorado, we took some family photos at Reunion Park, where they announced their third pregnancy almost two years ago!

🥹🥹I have photographed this family 7 times since we moved to Denver 3.5 years ago! Each time I leave feeling so much joy and gratitude that I get to know them ♥️ miss you all
It is always so amazing to see someone you know be It is always so amazing to see someone you know become a parent for the first time 💕 it literally makes me squeal with joy 😂

Swipe to see Tewla adjusting to her new life sharing (or getting bumped out of?) the #1 main girl spot in the family
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