Vail Family Photos - East Vail - Kruger Family

The Kruger's were coming in from out of town to have their photos taken and they arrived a couple of hours earlier than we had scheduled.  They called to see if I could come a little earlier, but I had my oldest son Maxwell with me.  They weren't perturbed at all and told me to bring him along.   While Maxwell was a very handy assistant, he did manage to walk into a few of the shots during the Kruger's session.  I've photoshopped him out of one of the photos below.  See if you can spot it!

One member of the Kruger Family ripped their jeans all the way from zipper to knee during their shoot too!  It was probably one of the funniest things that's ever happened on a shoot.  This one might be a harder one to spot, but see if you can figure it out. 

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Beaver Creek Family Photos - Miller Ranch Open Space

I had done a couple's session for Sarah and Jesse a couple of years ago, so I was excited when they decided to book a fall session with their children and brand new fur baby.  With the whole family in tow, we headed to the Miller Ranch Open Space in Edwards.  The Open Space has spectacular views of Beaver Creek, along the Eagle River.  If you can time it right with the leaves, it's the perfect spot for fall pictures. 

If you're wondering about the best colors to wear for fall photos, these guys had a great combo.  Blue and white for the neutral tones and dark red for the accent color.  It worked perfectly with all of the yellow. 

These are a few of my favorite shots from their session. 

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Vail Elopement - Betty Ford Alpine Gardens - Megan and Matt

As a general rule of thumb, I don't shoot large weddings.  We have an over-saturation of wedding photographers here in Colorado and most of them are going after the big accounts.  After working in the wedding industry for a few years, I knew that big weddings weren't going to be my thing once I started my photography business.  I sure do love shooting small weddings and elopements though!

When Megan and Matt asked me to shoot their elopement at The Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, I was more than happy to help them out.  It was an honor to be trusted to shoot such an intimate experience, especially because we didn't get to meet beforehand.  Their ceremony was beautiful, with lots of tears and laughter.  Mother nature turned it on that day too.  Fresh snow on the Gore Range, loads of sunshine and leaves at their peak.

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Vail Family Photos - Vail Mountain - Rodriguez Family

There's a day that usually only happens once a year here in Vail.  You can't really plan for it and you certainly can't schedule your family photos for the day it will happen.  It's the day that the leaves are at their peak and fresh snow has fallen.

Landscape photographers live for this day.  They'll be up at 4am and by mid-afternoon, their spectacular images will be all over social media.  Given that my clients usually book a couple of weeks and in advance, it can be hard to schedule your session for these conditions.  The Rodriguez Family won the lottery though!

It was still warm enough that they didn't have to wear big bulky jackets, and there was still enough snow on the ground to get some fun images.  If you take a look at the last photos, you can see how much snow had melted by the end of the session.  It was such a fleeting moment and I'm so glad that such a sweet family were able to take advantage of it.









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Vail Engagement Photos - East Vail - Kim and Bradon

I was recently staying right in the heart of downtown Houston and talking to a friend who lives there.  He told me that during the summer months in Houston, there's a significant decrease in traffic and pedestrians in the city because so many people leave to escape the heat.  I can attest to the fact that a ton of Houstonians migrate to Vail for the summer to take advantage of our cooler summers. 

Kim and Bradon were recently visiting Vail from Houston and decided to take their engagement photos while they were here.  With their cute pup Shipley in tow, we set off down the East Vail bike path to take in the views and grab some shots.  We got some great shots and as you can see, Shipley completely stole the show!

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Beaver Creek Fall Photos - Bachelor Gulch - Morley Family

There's a spot at the top of Bachelor Gulch in Beaver Creek that has one of the best views of the Valley and most locals don't even know about it.  The irony is, we ski over it all the time in the winter.  Our mountain environment is in a constant state of change and when the leaves are in full bloom, you get much more depth to the views than when they're covered in snow.  This makes this little bridge a perfect location during the fall.

We chose to do the Morley family photos there and it had everything you could want for a family shoot.  Lots of space for the kids to run around, a rustic skier bridge and views of the Gore Range all the way down to the valley floor.  The leaves at their peak didn't hurt either!

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Beaver Creek Engagement Photos - Taylor and Ray

I'm 3 months behind on blog posts.  The kids had a 13 week summer break - 13 WEEKS!  As any parent knows, little people don't take too kindly having their Mama on the computer very often.  Now that the longest summer break ever is over, it's time to get back to work. 

So now that the weather is cooling off, we're heading into the madness that is leaf season in the Rockies.  In the next few weeks, traffic on I-70 will increase with large numbers heading up into these hills to get their leaf-peeping on.  It also means that I'm heading towards one of my busiest seasons of the year with fall photos. 

To kick things off, I'm posting an engagement session from last year with Taylor and Ray.  They drove up from Denver and wanted to meet in Beaver Creek.  We had overcast weather which is just perfection for daytime photos.  They were a gorgeous couple and thankfully, they didn't mind hiking up the mountain to get the perfect shot!

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