Valentine's Week in the Mountains

I'm celebrating Valentine's all week this week. With everything that's going on in the world, love should be celebrated as often as possible. So I'm breaking the week down into three parts, starting with some exciting news.

Part I

As of January 1st, I now have my own little studio in Vail. It's been an unexpected and fun opportunity and I'm looking forward to getting the word out and getting more people in there. I'll still be operating a mobile studio, but hopefully this will cut down on schlepping my gear around so much.

We broke the studio in with Valentine's Mini Sessions with some amazing tiny people. I got a little carried away with investing in Valentine's backdrops, but they were all just so cute. These aren't even all of them (yes, there's more), but it gives you an idea of some of the fun we've had so far in the new space.

Valentine's Mini Sessions White Starfish Photography

Part II

Chris contacted me about proposing to Eileen at The Vail Observation Deck last week and he was a dream client to work with. It can be hard to coordinate proposals when clients aren't completely familiar with the mountain. But Chris was sending ME diagrams with locations, placements and the timing for everything. This has never happened...EVER!

What Eileen didn't know was that Chris had also flown in their parents. They were watching the whole proposal from a distance and knew that they could head towards the deck once he got down on one knee. The third photo shows Eileen's reaction to seeing them all heading to the deck.

It was a gorgeous day and she was completely surprised with everything. Perfection!

Part III

This morning I had the privilege of shooting a wonderful, heartfelt, self-solemnizing wedding at the top of Beaver Creek Mountain. To give you some context, yesterday we had an insane blizzard. 10 inches of fresh snow and some of the worst wind we've had all season. I was looking out the window all day thinking 'this better be gone by tomorrow'. Thankfully, everything worked out in our favor!

Following their vows, Brynn and Matt asked me to take a run with them down the hill. We got some fun shots while skiing, but my favorite was the chairlift photo as we made our way back up the mountain (the last photo in the series).