To top it off how often does a photographer get to work in both the Brown Palace and Dunafon Castle in the same day.   The Brown Palace which we featured in Mark and Kelle’s engagement photographs was the perfect getting ready place for the wedding party and family as was shown in last weeks post.   Then moving up into the foothills for the wedding and reception at Dunafon Castle just was icing one the cake.

I couldn’t start a section on all the amazing vendors who helped make this event possible without mentioning my friend and regular second shooter Dain of Photography by Dain.

Venue:

The Brown Palace
Dunafon Castle

Hair and Makeup

Both the hair and makeup for this wedding where about as perfect as you could get.   The hair perfectly suited the venue and style of the wedding.

Denver Makeup Guru (Makeup for wedding party)
Keri Winters Bridal (hair for wedding party)

Catering

Mark and Kelle had an amazing meal setup for their guests and the service by Footers was nothing short of amazing.

Footers Catering

Music

Swing Essence

The live jazz music was the PERFECT touch to an amazing party.

Mark and Kelle did two of my favorite things a couple can do.
1: They commissioned me for the entire day so they’d have coverage from getting ready to the last dance (about 14 hours in their case). This is wonderful to be able to document and tell the story of the entire day and not just the 8 hours around the ceremony.
2: They did a first look where they were getting ready before heading to the ceremony site.

Of course getting ready at The Brown Palace didn’t hurt either.   What a magnificent place to play with a young couple in love on their wedding day.

Normally my sneak peeks are just a shot or two of the whole day, not a dozen from just the getting ready moments, but this day was worth the exception.

Helping out at the Brown Palace was my regular assistant and second shoot Dain of Photography by Dain.   Also on hand was Cynthia,Denver Makeup Guru doing the makeup for the bridal party and Keri of Keri Winters Bridal handled the amazing hair styles for all the ladies.

On of my favorite things about engagement sessions is when the couple bring some of the locations that are important to them into their session, be it Gleisy’s favorite theater building or the campus where they first met and fell in love.

Sam and Gleisy are also doing a custom sign in book for their wedding using some of this sessions photos and a custom art book with a photo cover.   There’s a sneak peek of the front and back cover in there as well.

It’s kinda funny how sometimes a photographer might see some random element on the street and know that someday, with just the right couple, he’s going to be back there to shoot.  For me it was the gas station wall in Morrison that is just covered with old auto license plates.   Since the first time I say it I knew I wanted to use it someday, and Erik and Jennifer where just the right couple for it.