Beaver Creek Family Photos - Beaver Creek Mountain - Singal Family

When Alka contacted me to take photos for her family, she told me that they would be celebrating a 1st, 9th and 70th birthday during their first ever trip to the Vail Valley.  What an honor to be capturing so many special birthdays.  

Our shoot was scheduled for early in the morning, which can lead to tricky lighting. The sun was already high by the time I arrived.  To counteract the light, we took a short walk to a huge aspen grove on one of the work roads, that doubles as a cat track in the winter.  There was plenty of shade and some great back lighting with the trees blocking most of the sun.

After a while, we ventured out of the shade to grab some photos with mountain views.  Although the light wasn't in our favor, we still managed to make the most of it and we got a few really great bonus photos.  

Sibling photos on Beaver Creek Mountain

Family photos at Beaver Creek

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Beaver Creek Wedding Proposal at Beano's Cabin - Connor and Taylor

Something strange happened to me a couple of weeks ago.  I shoot a lot of wedding proposals, but for the first time ever, I was asked to shoot three proposals in one week.  I'm just going to chalk it up to a strange coincidence.

Unfortunately, I also managed to break several ribs that same week.  There's never a good time for broken ribs, and this certainly was horrendous timing.  However, a very kind Dr. managed to get me strapped up and pull my rib cage somewhat back into place in order for me to be able to go out and shoot.  Thankfully 90% of my work is editing and proposal shoots are typically fairly short.

So with the help of a couple of ibuprofen, I set off to shoot the first proposal for the week at Beano's Cabin at Beaver Creek.  Connor had planned the proposal to take place on the deck facing the mountains.  A sign had been designed and shipped to the restaurant in advance, so we needed to get up to the restaurant ahead of his girlfriend Taylor to get everything in place.  I rode with Connor and his dad on the first sled up to the restaurant for the evening.  We had about 20 minutes before Taylor was going to arrive.  Just enough time for me to get set up, check on the lighting and figure out the flow.

Taylor's sled arrived right on schedule.  Before she entered the restaurant, Connor's dad invited her to check out the view from the deck.  Of course, Connor was waiting with the sign and the ring in hand.  Everything went perfectly and of course, she said yes!

We also sprung it on Taylor that we'd be shooting engagement photos at 9am the next morning.  More to come on that shortly...

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