nicole & mark

nicole & mark loved their wedding images so much (and had so much fun making them in the first place) they did not hesitate to join in when i recommended to do an urban photo session. they were super trouper models and had tons of fun alongside more than two dozen other mile high photographers that participated in a trash-the-dress meet-up at the denver art museum including paige elizabeth, erin cady, zack ware, gena mcmillan, among many others. andrew schaefer helped to spearhead the effort. there were numerous other brides and models that also participated in the event (sorry, i didn't make it around to work with everyone).

if you want to learn why a bride would want to trash her dress in style, you might want to read this. we love to venture beyond our comfort zone and explore new ideas, lighting, and locations with our clients. extended portrait session like a trash the dress session allow just that. and clients in return get fun images that will be super special to share with their grandchildren in 50 years (and that's what really matters :)

click HERE to watch their slideshow and here are a few favs:


i totally don't remember what was so funny, but the photo made the final cut :)


staircases and ivy are not typical wedding backdrops... but we love them for that same reason!


here's mark:


and nicole:


the idea from the shot below came from an old sopranos ad mixed in with this strobist article.
photographers photo geek note: the above image was shot f/19 at 1/250 sec at ISO 280 with two 400 w/s strobes homemade snoot at full power positioned off camera at 30 degrees from nicole and a overhead sb-800 in a softbox mounted on a voice-activated boom lightstick using a nikon d-300 with a nikkor 28-70 f/2.8 lens. whew. i can't wait to use our new set of radiopoppers to pull off more shots like these with a bit more ease in gauging subject exposure :)





straight out of camera with a tad of warmth added (including the halo around mark :)