Beaver Creek Engagement Photos - Connor and Taylor

My last post featured Connor's proposal to Taylor at Beano's Cabin in Beaver Creek.  Following the proposal, it was also sprung on Taylor that she and Connor were booked for an engagement photo session the next morning!  

We started the engagement session outside the old barn at The Mirabelle restaurant at the base of Beaver Creek.  The barn has some great old timber that gives a great texture to the background of photos.  Once we finished up at the barn, we headed a little way up the hill to get some views of the resort.

I've written before about one of my favorite spots on the Beaver Creek Golf Course, which is a small path that you can only access for a few days in the fall and the spring.  It has to be timed right between both the snowfall and the golf season and as luck would have it, the conditions were perfect for Connor and Taylor.  With the sun starting to peek out from behind the clouds, we headed down the path to grab some photos with the ski runs centered in the background.

To finish up the shoot, we took advantage of the stonework outside of The Beaver Creek Chapel before heading to the skier bridge over the creek. 

For anyone thinking about getting engaged or doing engagment photos in the Vail Valley, here are a few ideas from our session.

Engagement Photography session at The Mirabelle, Beaver Creek.

Engagement Photography session at The Mirabelle, Beaver Creek.

Engagement Photography session at The Mirabelle, Beaver Creek.

Beaver Creek Engagement Photos at The Beaver Creek Golf Course.

Beaver Creek Engagement Photos at The Beaver Creek Golf Course.

Beaver Creek Engagement Photos at The Beaver Creek Chapel

Beaver Creek Engagement Photos at The Beaver Creek Chapel

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Vail Family Photographer - Totzke and Festerling Family

Theoretically, we have 3 weeks of summer left.  However, we've been getting plenty of snow around these parts in the last couple of weeks, which was a good reminder to get some of my spring photos posted to the blog.

I've mentioned a new favorite location on the Beaver Creek Golf Course that only works for shooting approx. 2 days a year.  For 1 day in the fall and 1 day in the spring, a clear asphalt path is accessible through the snow, and clients can stand on the path for their photos as opposed to sinking in waist deep snow.  The most unique feature of the spot is that Beaver Creek Mountain is squarely in the background.  

The Totzke and Festerling families just happened to book their sessions on a day this spring where the path was clear.  We made the most of it by taking several shots of both families in front of the mountain, before heading up to the Beaver Creek Chapel to finish the sessions.  

Originally we were going to do 2 separate sessions, but we decided last minute to shoot both families in 1 session.  Thankfully this was a wonderful idea because as I drove home from the session, a massive blizzard moved in would have ruined any shooting later that day!

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