Engagement photos are always so much fun. It’s always a great time to get to know my couples better before their wedding day. It gives the couple time to get used to being in front of the camera. And of course, most simply– we end up getting so many great loving photos for the couple to enjoy, that are different than just their wedding photos. I had met Alicia and Michael a few years ago when I did their family portraits. When they got engaged and it came time for them to think about who their wedding photographer should be, they immediately thought of me– which I’m, of course, very happy about! I’m so excited to create memorable photography for them this Fall when they tie-the-knot at Hudson Gardens, in Littleton, Colorado. But first, we headed down to the Platte River area in Downtown Denver and took a variety of fun engagement photos around, as well as inside of the REI building. It’s a really interesting area and can provide photographers various options- from more of an urban feel, as well as a softer more romantic feel with the natural landscape surrounding the building. Enjoy!

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Brian Kraft is a Wedding Photographer in Denver. His photography is award-winning with specialty in wedding and portrait photography in Denver Colorado. You can read the original blog post here Engagement Photography – Denver – Alicia and Michael.

“The camera’s got soul” is what I recently heard famed photographer, Zack Arias, say to explain why he’d choose the Fuji X100– if he had to have only one camera for the rest of his life.  It sure does have soul, but it’s also the cause of many headaches to many people. The camera has a lot of things going for it, but even so– I regularly hear about people getting fed up with various aspects of it and selling it. But that soul– it’s a hard thing to shake. And so I’ve also heard lots of those same people that got rid of the X100, feeling like they needed it back in their lives and so turn around and buy it again! Despite its superb image quality, it is not exactly on par with its auto focus system, among other odd quirks. So, it doesn’t make for the most ideal tool to use when everything is on the line– like a wedding. It’s that very thing that made me want to, in fact, use it and only it at a wedding. I wanted that challenge. Less-than-ideal autofocus, odd quirks, plus the fact that the camera doesn’t have a zoom and so you’re stuck with a single 35mm perspective– which is a pretty wide angle when it’s your only one, you’re in a large space, and you don’t want to be up in everyone’s face to get the tighter shots– especially when you’re not even the lead photographer– those were some of the challenges presented to me. But, as I’m always trying to push my limits, this was the perfect opportunity to see what I and the camera had. Please understand– having extreme reliability in your wedding photographer is a number one priority and I would never have tried this as the primary photographer for one of my weddings. So, I was fortunate to be able to tag along with the great Chris Rebo. He and his couple understood the challenges and had no specific expectations for what I would produce. I drove from Denver, Colorado up to Cheyenne, Wyoming and met Chris, who had come in from Helena, Montana. I brought the X100 and nothing else. I had entertained the idea of bringing a Canon flash and a radio transmitter/receiver to do some off-camera flash during the reception, but then decided– no. If I’m going to shoot the entire wedding with the X100, then I’m not going to use anything else– at all. So I used the little built in flash, which I had only used once before– just to make sure it worked when I first got the camera. Another new approach I wanted to take– since my goal was to do everything in black and white, I set the camera’s viewfinder and image preview to black and white. All day, I was able to see in black and white and really pay attention to just those tones and not be distracted by colors. It was great. So, what was my experience? As expected– the camera was a joy to use– in that it is so small, so light, and so quiet. I didn’t feel the fatigue of carrying around all the other gear I usually do. Plus, I was able to blend in quite easily and caused zero noise distraction– even in the middle of mass. Certainly nowhere near what I can do with my two new Canon 5D Mark III cameras in terms of autofocus capabilities, but with the latest firmware onboard (1.21), even in very dark scenes (f2, 1/125, ISO 6400) the autofocus was keeping up… decently. Stationary objects– not a problem. Moving objects– was just ok. Anyway, enough of all that– let’s look at some photos!

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Just a little sneak peek of a few photos from yesterday’s engagement session with Laurie and Colin. I had a great time with this fun-loving couple and I can’t wait for their wedding this Summer!

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I am always so honored when a wedding I was the photographer for is featured on other sites out on the internet. This wedding was certainly an amazing one, as I posted about it previously here on my blog– Breckenridge Wedding Photography  One thing that made it so special, beyond the incredibly sweet couple that Beth and Mark are, is that it was an elopement wedding. Even though it was just the lovely bride and groom and nobody else, there was just so much passion and excitement between the two of them. The fine folks at BreckWeddings have featured their wedding and re-told the story of the day so beautifully. Please visit the featured wedding– Breckenridge Wedding.

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Brian Kraft is a Wedding Photographer in Denver. His photography is award-winning with specialty in wedding and portrait photography in Denver Colorado. You can read the original blog post here Breckenridge Wedding Photography Feature.

Well, as 2011 approaches its end, I wanted to look back at the year we just had. And what a year it was! Congratulations to all the AMAZING couples that had their weddings this year. You are at the heart of what drives my intense passion of being a wedding photographer. I have had such a blast capturing all of these wedding photos around Denver and other parts of Colorado. Thank you all for the opportunity! Narrowing down my favorite wedding photos of 2011 that I’ve taken was no simple task. There have been so many great moments, I wanted to pick many more than this; however, I was very, very ruthless and came up with this selection of my ultimate favorites. Please enjoy! And I can’t tell you how excited I am for my weddings of 2012. I plan on continuing to push my limits, reach new levels with my photography, and when all is said and done – deliver these quality images to my couples that they can be excited about for the rest of their lives!

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Brian Kraft is a Wedding Photographer in Denver. His photography is award-winning with specialty in wedding and portrait photography in Denver Colorado. You can read the original blog post here My Favorite Wedding Photos of 2011.

It’s time to look forward to all the wonderful things that 2012 will bring. I’m so excited for the road ahead- in particular to witness and help in creating the magic that will undoubtedly unfold with the amazing couples I’ll be photographing in 2012! But first, let’s have a look back at the incredible year 2011 was. I’ve put together my “Best of 2011 Wedding Photos” here, but I also wanted to take a look at some of the highlights of the really fun and beautiful engagement sessions I did with couples around Denver and parts of Colorado. There were so, so, so many great moments, so it was unbelievably challenging to narrow it down to just these engagement photos. If I tried again tomorrow, it would likely look like a pretty different collection of photographs, and again if I tried a week later. You’ve got to be ruthless with these, otherwise you end up with the longest blog post known to man! A big cheers to all my wonderful couples- past, present, and future! It’s a real pleasure to be your photographer!

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Brian Kraft is a Wedding Photographer in Denver. His photography is award-winning with specialty in wedding and portrait photography in Denver Colorado. You can read the original blog post here My Favorite Engagement Photos of 2011.

I had the great pleasure of photographing a most-intimate wedding up in the mountain town of Breckenridge this Fall. Beth and Mark contacted me earlier in the year from their home in Tulsa, Oklahoma and wanted me to join them as they came out to Colorado, just the two of them, to tie the knot. We met up at their place at One Ski Hill to get ready before going to a special location they had scouted out the day before to have their wedding ceremony, followed by the three of us poking around to various spots for some additional artistic photos. Once I had arrived and finally got to meet Beth and Mark in person, I was just so amazed at how sweet they were. Just such incredibly genuine and welcoming folks. I was so happy to spend the day with the wonderful bride and groom. They promised when they come back out in the Spring for some skiing, they would invite me to take some turns with them. I’m holding you to it, guys! Congratulations, Beth and Mark! ADDED: Beth and Mark’s wedding has been featured– please read about it here- Breckenridge Wedding Photography!

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Brian Kraft is a Wedding Photographer in Denver. His photography is award-winning with specialty in wedding and portrait photography in Denver Colorado. You can read the original blog post here Colorado Wedding – Breckenridge – Beth and Mark.

It was a great honor to photograph Morgan and Darin’s wedding this Fall. They are such an incredibly sweet couple and I am thrilled that I was able to be there to capture the start of the bride and groom’s undoubtedly long and loving marriage together. Their wedding was at the elegant Four Seasons Hotel in Downtown Denver. If you’ve been downtown in the past year or even just looked at Denver’s skyline from afar, then you’ve definitely seen the new Four Seasons– the extremely tall building with the spire on it. The building is actually connected to my photography in an interesting way. When they were constructing it, they put on a big photography contest, open to all the folks of Colorado and asked photographers to submit photos that represent “what makes Denver special.” Out of hundreds of entries, the panel of 8 judges all selected my photo as their number one favorite. Wow! I actually won the whole thing! …Sorry, I’ve digressed! Getting back to Morgan and Darin’s wonderful wedding… It was a blast– from photographing in the hotel, walking around a bit downtown for some fabulous photos, and probably the apex of the evening was when they had a couple relatives join in with the band to absolutely tear it up and get everyone into a full-on frenzy! So, thank you, Morgan and Darin, for the great time. And thank you to my 2nd photographer Zack Girson.  Also a word out to Dusty at Cinepro Studios for their fantastic work making beautiful cinematic videos– it was a pleasure working along side of you. And finally, thank you to Nicole at RSVPShindig for  being so great in helping to plan such a great wedding! Now for some photos!

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Brian Kraft is a Wedding Photographer in Denver. His photography is award-winning with specialty in wedding and portrait photography in Denver Colorado. You can read the original blog post here Denver Wedding at the Four Seasons Hotel – Morgan and Darin.

Darcey and JB had a very nice urban wedding in a fun and funky space in Denver’s Santa Fe Arts District. It was held at the Space Gallery and Darcey and the girls got ready at the Brown Palace Hotel and Spa beforehand. Darcey is a stylist at Lucky Lu’s and keeps busy doing hair and makeup for other brides, but this was her big day. Did that stop her from doing what she’s so great at? Of course not– Darcey did her own makeup! Many thanks to the incredible wedding planner, Mark Paquette of Events Unwrapped, for doing such a fantastic job keeping everything so organized and elegant! Congrats, Darcey and JB!

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I got to spend some time poking around Denver with the lovely Emily and Jesse to capture some wonderful wedding moments with them. They are so much fun and could not be a sweeter couple (and individuals as well!). They have a great classic retro look about them that I loved photographing. Some of the places we went to photograph included the Four Seasons Hotel and the Brown Palace Hotel– two great options for a wedding in Denver. Thanks for the great time, Emily and Jesse!

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Brian Kraft is a Wedding Photographer in Denver. His photography is award-winning with specialty in wedding and portrait photography in Denver Colorado. You can read the original blog post here Denver Wedding Photography- Emily and Jesse.