Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy Graduation - 4 Eagle Ranch

When I finished High School in New Zealand, nothing really happened.  I'm pretty sure I got in my car and drove home and I probably went to my after school job that night.  Americans on the other hand, know how to do it up right when they finish high school!  

Last week I was asked to shoot the Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy's graduation at 4 Eagle Ranch.  These graduates compete in skiing and snowboarding all over the country and they still managed to get all of their school work done with the help of some amazing teachers.

Astronaut, Jerry Linenger, was the key note speaker and gave the most amazing address.  If you have the chance, look him up and read one of his books.  His tales from his 5 months in space were absolutely unbelievable!

Congratulations to all of the VSSA grads to graduates everywhere!

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Vail Event Photography - 3 x 40th Birthday Party at Bol, Vail Village

Up in these mountains, you'll find that most residents would consider themselves more Country Mouse than City Mouse.  If we have to wait behind five cars at a roundabout, we complain about the traffic.  

We do miss some of the big city luxuries though.  Luckily we have Bol.  It's a bowling alley in Vail Village and it's about the most cosmopolitan place you'll find around here.  

When Brandon contacted me about shooting a 40th birthday party, I had no idea that it was 3 x 40th birthdays combined.  I was later told that these three guys had been born at the same hospital at the same time and they've been throwing elaborate birthday parties together ever since.  

Friends from all over the country, from every phase of their three lives flew in to help these boys celebrate.  They brought in their own DJ, turned the lights down on the lanes and let the good times roll - bad pun intended.

Side note...I may or may not have been humming Marilyn Manson's 'The Beautiful People' throughout the night.  Such a good looking group!

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Lifestyle/Travel/Fashion Blog Shoot with Melanie - Vail Village

Melanie contacted me recently about shooting for her blog, Something Dashing, with the directive of capturing the essence of Vail Village and The Sebastian Hotel while she was staying in town.  Of course I was excited to help her grab some images around our little resort, especially with her precious pup Mia.

We started out at the hotel, taking in the gorgeous decor in the lobby before heading out to do a walk around some of  Vail's better and lesser known landmarks.  The beauty of The Sebastian is that everything is in close walking distance.  We were able to shoot at The International Bridge, Gondola 1, Golden Peak and Gorsuch before ending our session at The Covered Bridge.  

It was Mia's first time in the snow.  It doesn't take much imagination to figure out how excited a husky pup would be to see the snow!  She was ecstatic to say the least.

Here are a few photos from our session.

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Vail Bachelorette Party - Lionshead

I'm getting more and more requests to shoot Bachelorette Parties and they're such a fun new type of shoot to get involved with. These gorgeous girls were visiting from California and had spent the afternoon designing their own flower crowns, with flowers they'd bought on their way to Vail.  

 Let's be honest - there are usually parts of bachelorette parties that you probably don't want captured (thank goodness there's little photographic evidence from mine...).  However, these girls were very smart to have me capture them before the sun went down.  We spent some time wandering around Lionshead, making the most of the beautiful blue skies, the scenery and their flower crowns!

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