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Mission Bay Bonfire Engagement – Cassandra and Tyler

Cassandra is an old buddy of mine.  She currently lives in Arizona, we currently live in Denver.  I told her that we would be heading to San Diego where we both grew up (also where she and Tyler are getting married next year) and would love to shoot their engagement pictures if they would be able to make it out there.  They were totally awesome and made the drive from Phoenix to San Diego to check out some venues, catch up with friends and family and to be totally awesome and let me take their pictures.  I had always wanted to take some pictures near the water with a bonfire.  This is what ensued.

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Mary HandMarch 15, 2013 - 12:57 am

Great pictures Daniel!

Jason BucknerMarch 15, 2013 - 7:44 am

Very, very cool, Dan. Excellent work, as always.

MerrielleMarch 15, 2013 - 1:29 pm

Love it! These are really really good.

Matt LongMarch 22, 2013 - 6:20 pm

Great light, lots of fun, really enjoyed this post Dan

dylanMarch 23, 2013 - 12:01 pm

so fun, cute, and refreshing!

Derek OlsonMarch 23, 2013 - 2:03 pm

Brilliant job capturing this couple’s chemistry!

Jessica SchillingMarch 23, 2013 - 7:11 pm

Lovely session! The bonfire is a nice twist on a beach engagement shoot, and I love the lights and colors after the sun started to set!

jamesMarch 24, 2013 - 10:33 am

Those beach shots rock!

PJMarch 24, 2013 - 1:05 pm

so cute ;) and love your post processing…

David McNeilMarch 24, 2013 - 2:02 pm

The early evening light is such a winner – all comes together for a dreamy and relaxed feeling which I love.

Sarah DerMarch 25, 2013 - 8:54 am

Oohhhh love the twinkling, evening lights at the end! These two seem so relaxed and at ease, such sweet and playful moments between the two of them!

Adonye JajaMarch 25, 2013 - 9:17 am

This is really romantic, The stuff on the beach is so good!

GalenMarch 25, 2013 - 2:26 pm

The best thing about this session it how well it displays the emotion of joy! This couple looks like they are having a blast and it takes a good photographer to set clients at ease like this. Great work!

Ben TomlinMarch 26, 2013 - 9:08 pm

Cute smiles all round, relaxed & natural – I want to build a bonfire now!

Derek MartinezMay 1, 2013 - 12:50 pm

Such a fun and beautiful session, lots of love!

Carrie + Geoff | Denver Engagement photography

Since around May I had the pleasure of working alongside Geoff at work until he moved to Washington for new opportunities.  A few weeks back Geoff told me he would be in Denver to spend Christmas with his fiancee and wanted to set up an engagement shoot while he was in town.  Last Friday we met up in the afternoon and set off through the Denver Tech Center area and a short drive towards Red Rocks to Mathews/Winters park.  As the sun went down it got cold fast but I think the photos turned out great.

Carrie and Geoff will be getting married on the Oregon coast in August and I can only imagine how awesome and scenic it will be.  I can’t say enough good things about these folks and I had a lot of fun goofing around with them.

 

 

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Mary HandDecember 29, 2012 - 4:44 am

Great pictures Daniel! Beautiful Scenery and subjects!

Geoff CritzerDecember 30, 2012 - 1:35 am

I cant believe how awesome these photos turned out! You have got some legit talent Dan!

Dan HandDecember 30, 2012 - 4:28 am

Thanks dude, I’m glad you like them!

JESSIEJanuary 1, 2013 - 9:11 pm

Cute couple. Love the black and white one where he is kissing her forehead. There is so much happiness on her face.

Kari BellamyJanuary 2, 2013 - 6:08 am

What a lovely blue sky- and just a beautiful couple! Nice Work!

Mary SylviaJanuary 2, 2013 - 6:26 am

Oh these two are so cute and you’ve captured them so well! LOVE the big black and white portrait. Wall portrait for sure.

AvelaineJanuary 2, 2013 - 9:11 am

That first bw photos is an instant favorite!

sam hurdJanuary 2, 2013 - 9:36 am

very nice! you do a great job of capturing the subtle candid laughs :)

Kat BramanJanuary 2, 2013 - 10:56 am

what a fun session! I love all the candids you captured.

MercedesJanuary 2, 2013 - 11:21 pm

Really cute couple! I love how animated they are and you captured that so well.

SamJanuary 3, 2013 - 3:35 am

What a cute couple, and lovely images. I bet they were thrilled!

Merrielle BucknerFebruary 5, 2013 - 2:11 am

My fave is the second one where she is hugging back. That is so sweet and natural-looking. But I also loooove the last one. You can see their noses are red from the cold. It just looks so wintry and perfect. AMAZING job capturing this couple in the beauty of Colorado. Good luck to the happy couple!

Ellie + Jonathan – Red Rocks engagement photography

This week I had the pleasure to take engagement photos for Ellie and Jonathan and had a great time.  We started the afternoon off at Red Rocks which is always scenic and later finished the session in historic downtown Littleton.  I had never been to downtown Littleton before but I thought it was pretty cool.  They had added a bunch of holiday lights throughout the various trees around town but unfortunately they were not on while we were down there.  Even without the lights I felt like we got out with some pretty good pictures.

The chemistry between these two was fantastic.  I always love when a couple can naturally direct themselves without forcing it.  I’d rather replace with cheesy posing with cheesy jokes any day and this session had no shortage of cheesy jokes and hilarious stories.  While we were walking around Littleton we found this small shop that sold strange metal objects such as birds for your garden or sheet metal santas.  We decided to walk around the back of the store and found an entire garden of sheet metal pigs of various bright colors with wings.  I suggested that Jon and Ellie make up some back story about how she said she would marry him when pigs fly and then took a photo in front of all the odd flying pigs.  Just think of the Christmas card potential!

One thing’s for certain, their wedding will be awesome.

 

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ChrisDecember 17, 2012 - 2:35 pm

Beautiful work. Looks like you got some real genuine expressions – particularly in that shot in the market.

Mario colliDecember 17, 2012 - 2:42 pm

The picture with them in the hay is one of my favourite on SWPB ;) great job

smallDecember 17, 2012 - 6:04 pm

She has such a beautiful smile! Great work!

MerrielleDecember 17, 2012 - 6:31 pm

The one in the tunnel is absolutely fabulous! I love the one with the yard art!

Eduardo SuasteguiDecember 17, 2012 - 7:42 pm

Nice imagery finished with evocative post-processing.

Richard GraingerDecember 18, 2012 - 3:45 am

Love the b/w where the door creates that square shadow. Awesome. You spotted the light well.

Jared TsengDecember 18, 2012 - 7:47 am

Love the framing of the light on the second to last!

ElissaDecember 18, 2012 - 11:53 am

This is a beautiful session… I really like the one in the tunnel!

/mariahedengrenDecember 18, 2012 - 1:35 pm

I like the diversity. Must be really awesome for the couple to have so different shots.

Kari BellamyDecember 18, 2012 - 3:57 pm

wowzers… what a great location! Awesome work!

Mariana MayaDecember 19, 2012 - 12:09 pm

Looks like a super fun chill couple! Nicely captured

Photos from our San Diego trip

I can’t believe it’s been almost two months since our trip to San Diego. I’ve been totally slacking on the blog per usual. Here’s a couple pictures from when we took the niece and nephew to my dads fire station. Also included is a portrait of a giraffe eating.

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NathanOctober 29, 2012 - 11:10 am

Love that view!

Mary HandNovember 6, 2012 - 4:28 am

Great pictures Dan!

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