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Winter Solstice Photos

Couples, Outdoor, Personal December 22, 2020

Did you see the Jupiter/Saturn conjunction on the winter solstice? I attempted some photos, along with other star/moon photos with people in there as well.

We went outside on Monday evening to take a look! I only had my 50mm lens—the Canon R6 has 1.6 zoom though so I think this first picture is technically at 85mm. Still far, far, far away :). The lines in these first two are plane contrails (vapor trailers from planes). The planets were supposed to be really close together an hour after sunset, so that’s why it’s not super dark yet.

Note that I’m suuuure these aren’t technically correct, but I’m still learning! It’s so fun for me to try various exposures and just practice.

Austin set up his new telescope to look! This Celestron has the capability to find something in the sky and track it—one day we will use it to its fullest potential!

I’d love to take an awesome Milky Way photo one day. The moon was so bright and it was a bit cloudy but you could still see so many stars.

Some shooting stars, clouds, and satellites out there.

Such a beautiful backdrop!

I overlaid the Christmas tree middle window from a darker photo onto this star photo so that they would both be well exposed! But not any of the other windows heehee.

Can you spot the shape of Austin’s face in one of these windows?



“Their hands are pooping the moon.” – guess who. I was just trying out different compositions!

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  1. 2020 Year in Review | Vivian Killin Photography says:
    December 30, 2020 at 5:43 AM

    […] you remember from my 2019 year in review post, a few of my goals were to try astrophotography and more nighttime photography. You can see a couple of those above as well as below! For 2021, […]

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Now some horizontal photos! You might remember the Now some horizontal photos! You might remember their wedding reception details on my Instagram - expect no less amazingness and attention to detail for their baby’s nursery 😍

Now that the eras tour is almost over (Denver n1 will live in my memory forever [picture to burn and timeless as the surprise songs, photo theme!! 🤩 best day ever]), I will be back to my regular schedule of not getting on Instagram every weekend at 10:40pm local time to check the surprise songs goodbye
Lots of favorites from this session, so here are 1 Lots of favorites from this session, so here are 10 vertical ones 🥰 from Alex and Dave’s engagement photos to their backyard wedding reception to their newborn photos, every time I see them, they radiate love and joy 🩵. Their son is so, so lucky to have them as parents!

Their cat Soy is a little skeptical of the new addition 😂 also the baby has Alex’s little bell rattle and Dave’s baby blanket from their childhoods 🥹
Third time taking their photos and love seeing the Third time taking their photos and love seeing their growing family 🥰 🌒
Hi 🌌 A very bright moon-lit sky on a hazy day f Hi 🌌 A very bright moon-lit sky on a hazy day from my in-laws’ front porch 

Tilted my camera on top of a bunch of phones and wallets as a makeshift tripod
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
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