Laura and Neal had an impeccably planned wedding at Meridian Street United Methodist Church with a reception following at the Scottish Rite. We were thrilled to have the opportunity to shoot a reception at the Scottish Rite for the first time…it is an extraordinary building.

At the reception, Laura and Neal showed a slideshow which included many of the images from our engagement shoot. Their engagement shoot was one of our favorites of the summer…they were so relaxed and carefree. It was easy to capture great images. They also used the images from the shoot as table cards at the reception.

Adrienne and Teresa of Eventfull Planning carried out all of the details of the day, including a 10-page itinerary. There was nothing forgotten.

We wish you both the very best!

Enjoy!

As you may know from Tiffany’s earlier posts, Shelly and I had an interesting few days in Cabo San Lucas.  As we departed Denver, the Captain announced a hurricane was threatening to hit our destination city the following day.

When we booked Sara and Chris’ wedding, we carefully planned…anticipating we may run into issues given the time of year.  We sent our assistant, and fantastic photographer Shelly Valentine early in case I should not arrive on time.  As we approached our landing, we could see beautiful, yet violent cumulous nimbus cloud formations, and with them a bumpy decent.

Upon arrival to the Riu, Shelly and I had two hours to prepare for the wedding.  The first stop was to the spa to see our beautiful bride, Sara.  The second, the poolside bar to see our buff groom, Chris, and friends preparing for the event.

The ceremony on the beach went as planned with the backdrop of darkening clouds, the sound of massive waves crashing on the beach, and half the resort watching the interesting spectacle from above.  Within five minutes of the ceremony end, Henriette, our incoming Hurricane, began to drop rain.

Dinner was had in a beautiful restaurant overlooking the ocean.  Unfortunately, the resort had installed plywood over the windows to protect the structure from the high winds.  What must have been a beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean a day before, now felt like a cave.

The rest of the evening was spent in the safe confines of the resort disco.  As Henriette moved in closer, the resort staff was busy preparing for the worst.  The staff did an amazing job keeping the facility clean, safe, and abundant with food.  Throughout the ordeal the staff remained very upbeat and helpful to all of us.

We awoke, Tuesday morning, to Henriette at full wrath.  We lost power for the first time around 8:15am.  To my surprise power was soon restored and remained on for most of the day.  The water however did not.  The water pressure failed just as I was rinsing the shampoo from my hair.  Fortunately I was able to rinse out the suds via reserves in two sinks and half a bottle of water.  In hindsight, I should have walked out onto the balcony for a rinse.

To our surprise, the resort sustained more damage than we had expected.  We witnessed massive holes in the ceilings, water leaking down interior walls, and puddling throughout the resort.

Shelly and I spent most of the day eating, reviewing the wedding images, and talking.  I am so thankful to have had her along on the trip.  Not only is she an extremely gifted photographer with a bright future, but she is an individual everyone seems to be instantly at ease with.  She is by far the best assistant we have had the pleasure to work with.

The experience proved to be one of the most interesting and exhilarating of my life.  I love any experience that tests your knowledge, preparation, instinct, patience, and mindset.

The attached images are a few I took over the day.  Look for the wedding images in a few weeks.

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Fantastically fun couple! Sarah and Brett always seem happy and easy going. We had been looking forward to this wedding for a long time because we hit it off so well with Sarah and Brett and the rest of the entourage they brought along to meetings!

I think we were hooked when Sarah explained that she and her father would be dancing their father-daughter dance to “Mr. Roboto” and the groomsmen would all be wearing colorful argyle socks.

They had a beautiful wedding at Meridian Street Methodist Church with a reception following at Marriott Keystone.

Congratulations!

Enjoy!

So after double weddings this weekend, Nate left early Monday morning for a Destination Wedding in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.  We know he made it to the wedding.  From the weather reports, Sara and Chris were blessed with beautiful weather.

But if you have been watching the news at all…Nate and our assistant, Shelly, are in the midst of a double hurricane.  Yes…they are getting hit on two sides!

After a long night of celebration, the wedding party and guests likely woke on Tuesday morning to dangerous winds, no power and an evacuation of some sort.  The airports are closed and we have not heard from him.  While terribly frightening…knowing Nate there will be some humor to come out of all of this.

The craziest thing is…Helena (Nate’s wife) and I think Nate could be pictured on CNN in this article of the hurricane hits…click here. She checked his closet and his flip flops are missing.  He also would be stupid enough to venture out onto the beach during a hurricane.  He has another photographer with him that is probably just as willing to capture such an event.  He took very few clothes because he was going somewhere warm and only intending to be gone for two days. And…Nate is bow legged just like the guy pictured here.

Time will only tell.  More updates to come.

We recently updated the marriages section of our web site with all of our weddings through mid-August.  It is fun for our newlyweds to see their customized collage that will remain on our web site permanently.

Nate’s had a marathon weekend…a triple threat of sorts…big wedding on Saturday (love Natalie and Ryan), another big wedding on Sunday (equally love Lauren and Mitch), and a wedding today in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with another great couple, Sara and Chris.  I took a deep breath when we received a text message that Nate had arrived in plenty of time for the wedding.  Thanks to our assistant, Shelly Valentine, for arriving one day early for preventative measures…hope she had a few frozen drinks poolside!

Lots more to come in the next few weeks.  Enjoy!