Engagement: Brandan and Michelle

Bustamante is a familiar name in my life. I went to school with a beautiful friend of mine, Kristin, since... gosh, I believe second grade? I remember staying the night at her house one time and meeting her brother sooo long ago. I don't remember much of him, except that he was really really into music!

Years and years later, he has worked up his music career as being a Worship Leader and creating beautiful music for all wandering ears to listen! He has lead worship at New Life Church in Colorado springs, toured in several locations.. and, as he mentioned during the shoot, went to my FAVORITE city of Nashville to record! That is where he met his beautiful future wife, Michelle. And goodness do they go great together!! Models they are, as well! They were so much fun to work with and were totally down to any pose, anywhere, and I barely had to direct them at all!

These two were engaged in Nashville and will be soon to wed in Ohio. Though I will not be photographing the wedding, I was very very happy to have spent the time with both of them to give them some beautiful engagement photos! Congratulations Brandan and Michelle!

Check out some of his amazing performances, especially for the Desparation Tour he did. The videos for these performances are found on his YouTube here!!















Michelle is quite the model!! She wanted to get a few good shots of just herself for her visit to Colorado for these photos! She is originally from Nashville..


GORGEOUS!!


Be sure to check out more of Brandan's music HERE! Or here! He appreciates all the support!!!

Engagement: Anthony and Audra

Anthony: the most sarcastic person you've ever met.

Audra: the cutest person you've ever met.

Anthony and Audra: one GREAT couple!!

I met Audra years ago through my Young Life College group, The Life. I knew something was up when I wasn't running into her as much on campus, and sure enough... she was in LOVE. Aww... :)

At first I felt soo bad because Audra and I had been playing phone tag for quite some time to talk about her wedding. Back and forth we went... but when it finally got down to the time for her to send out invitations, I made SURE we made a point of it to get together to get some cute shots of them to send out with the invites! We found an open spot in the morning. My first morning couple shoot! The light was BEAUTIFUL! We went down to the Nature Center in Pueblo to take these. At this time of year, especially with all the left over overgrowth of the summer, this area is gorgeous. I've been doing a lot of my shoots here lately and the outcome is just perfect!!

Can I also just say, I love love LOVE doing engagement and couple sessions? They're so intimate, and so fun, and when you are with two excited and in love people, you can just see it and feel nothing but warmth and happiness inside you. I purely enjoy every minute.

I'll be doing their wedding in January and I can not wait!!

Family: Pope/Batdorf

I met Tiea and knew her as my red headed co worker during the 4 years I worked at Starbucks. Through working there, we've developed a life long friendship and I am so thankful that I have her in my life. Through the beginning of my photography career, Tiea and her family were so supportive and always loved being my test subjects. I enjoy every moment I have when I'm with her and her family.

This session was special because this time it included her twin sister, and her father from Denver who hasn't visited in a long time. It was a pleasure to meet him and it was so fun, as always, to photograph this family!

Model: Brytny (Night and Day)

Brytny and I decided to head out and do a little bit more experimentation. I had some ideas stirring in my head so she contacted me at the perfect time! Brytny is always the girl I run to when I need a quick model. She's just so easy to work with and is willing to do what it takes to get a good shot (though she hardly needs to try...). Here is the outcome of some of the best shots from our series of sessions. Hope you enjoy!

Married: Bri and Erik

Bri is a wonderful and beautiful person who I met in middle school! We have known each other for years and she is just that type of girl that you can spend time with, and not see for a long time, but when you see each other again, it's like you just spent time together the day before!! She hasn't changed a bit, and neither has our friendship.

In high school, she attended a different school and we kept in contact. But in college she moved away. Our only contact was through the internet. But it wasn't until she finally got engaged to her long time boyfriend, that we really started talking again. Had time really gone by that fast and we are moving on with our lives and getting married, finishing college, settling down? Uh... YEAH IT HAS!! I couldn't believe it. I offered to be her photographer for her North Carolina wedding. Not only because I wanted to just photograph her wedding, but it would be the most joyous thing for me to be there and be a part of this special day. I love her like a sister and I am so happy for her. Her husband is so wonderful and kind (and so is his family who I got to know really well!), and I expect nothing but happiness and good in her marriage. Congratulations Bri!!

In this post, I will put the photographs from her wedding. But being that is is my *FIRST* Destination wedding, I will do a separate post for all the photographs I got along the way! I hope you all enjoy!!




























To view more photos from my trip, view the blog by clicking HERE!