Denver Wedding & Engagement Photography :: Love•n•Joy Photography

Megan & Brian engaged! {Denver Engagement}

We met up with Megan & Brian at Rocky Mountain National Park a few weeks before their wedding. Yes, they are now in marital bliss....those photos to come!:) This shoot was fun for a couple reasons; we saw our first bear (photo below), it was our first time to shoot in Rocky Mountain National Park and Megan & Brian packed a cute little picnic with fun props. Megan & Brian spend a lot of time in the park and led us to a secluded little clearing they discovered. We promised to secrecy and can't share the exact location, sorry!:)

He's small but he's there. I had my wide angle lens on, please forgive me.

Reminds me of Twilight or the Real Housewives of Atlanta...right? I'm a pop culture junkie. I can't help it. Try not to judge.

Who else is so excited for Thanksgiving? I'll be in the Cleveland area and Kimothy will be in DC for the next week. Let us know if you'd like to book a session!

Your Denver, Cleveland, DC & beyond Photographers,
Tess & Kimothy

And the Winner is...

CONGRATULATIONS to Laura Hohman for a brilliant, themed photo shoot idea!

Laura's awesome idea:

Great Gatsby theme Croquet game with some good friends in the Great Sand Dunes National Park. Imagine- Floppy hats, suspenders, pin stripes, martinis in a very peculiar setting.

How did you know that one of our all time favorite books is The Great Gatsby?! AND we've been wanting to do a photo shoot at the Great Sand Dunes since we moved here!

So yes, the location is a bit far. But it is too good to pass up. It would definitely fit into the "exception" category...and this is not a shoot that is ideal for the winter months...BUT... we LOVE your creativity and we can share your vision with this one. The props and attire will be so elegant, prim, ethereal, dapper yet out of place and in stark contrast with the wild, rolling sand terrain. Oy vey. We cannot wait for this one. But we must. And we will. Because the photos will soooo be worth it, we promise :)

We'll post come the springtime/summertime upon the conclusion of this fabulous shoot.

Lastly, and importantly, we are so thankful to all of you who pitched your ideas to us and joined in on the fun. We heard so many great ideas from the comments and via email, that honestly, we want to do them all. And we want to encourage you to schedule these mostly winter-themed shoots with us because they are AWESOME!

That being said, if you left us a comment (or sent an email) about an idea for the contest shoot, we're giving you a ridiculously cool deal on it should you book it with us this winter. I mean, it's goooood. Please email us for details. Some of the shoots would take place at mountain resorts, so we've got to work out the deets with you personally.

We look forward to capturing all of this awesomeness and creating these memories for you guys. Thanks again for the ideas, ya'll. We're just so happy people are into the whole photography thing as much as we are!

It's only right to leave you with a poetic, visionary line from the masterpiece of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel:

"Daisy and Jordan lay upon an enormous couch, like silver idols weighing down their own white dresses against the singing breeze of the fans..."

(That last line seems to conjure up the perfect image of a scene of ladies lounging in a parlor from that era...)

or how bout this one...

"A phrase began to beat in my ears with a sort of heady excitement: 'There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, and the tired."

Okay, I'm going to go re-read (<--is that a real word?) the Great Gatsby now...sigh. :)

xoxo,

Your Great Sand Dunes & Colorado Mountain Resort Photographers
Kimothy & Tess

Oh Baby! {newborn photography}

Newborns are so fun to photograph. They will never be this small again. I can't get enough of their little feet, hands, chubby cheeks and feather hair. Meet Landon, the adorable first born of Ashley & Chris. We met Chris aka Gip waaay back in middle school. Then he met a wonderful woman. And now he's married. With a child. That is his mini-me. Where did the years go??

Landon was amazingly alert for most of the shoot and when he looks at you he actually LOOKS at you. Most newborns have that unfocused, dreamy look in their eyes but not Landon. He was so interested in the camera it made photographing him easy.

O-H!!! (I-O)

He looks like a baby doll I had when I was young. So cute. I want to squeeze him (gently). :)

Congratulations Ashley & Gip! We're so happy for you two. Thank you for letting us in on this special event in your life. We hope we get to photograph Landon for many years to come.

And a quote about newborns:

It was the tiniest thing I ever decided to put my whole life into.
~Terri Guillemets

The Pretzler Family {Denver Family Photography}

Last month I had the pleasure of photographing an adorable family in one of my favorite towns in Colorado thus far, Evergreen, CO. Evergreen is a small, spread out, quiet mountain town where families build their homes along the stretches of mountainside. It is so picturesque! There's a lake at the center of the town towards all the shops/restaurants where they have different seasonal community events including ice skating during the holidays. I'm hoping we can photograph people skating along that lake with the mountain backdrop very soon! (hint hint: photo shoot contest idea??? :))

I met this particular family from Evergreen, The Pretzlers, while photographing there house so they could eventually put it on the market for sale. The house is a gorgeous Tuscany style home that sits atop a 35 acre ranch, snowcapped views, ponds, streams, and rolling hills. (I'm still saving my pennies so maybe one day I could make them an offer lol). Anyhoo, their home is the perfect location for a Colorado outdoor shoot and they were so gracious to invite me back to their place for a family shoot while there were still some golden Aspen leaves showing!

Hope these photos entice you to visit beautiful Evergreen. And book a family shoot! I would have loved to do something fun like this with my family growing up! I love how you can understand the big sister-little brother relationship through some of these. Ahhh I always remember being so annoyed by my little brothers when we were young, but looking back, life would definitely not have been as FUN without them!

Introducing The Pretzler Family...

(below) John Phillip being distracted. Don't you just love how little kids bellies poke out?

Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family. ~Anthony Brandt

xoxo...

your Denver, Evergreen, and beyond...

Family Photographers,

Kimothy & Tess

Melissa & AJ engaged! {Denver Engagement Photography}

We adore this couple. Melissa & AJ are getting married this summer. We are SO excited for their big day. Mostly so we can hang out with them again. The engagement shoot was spent laughing and joking around. As we packed up the car and drove off all Kimothy and I could say was how a.) cute they are (as people and as a couple) and b.) how much fun we had with them.

Kimothy and I always ask how a couple first met. Melissa & AJ met at the Tavern Downtown. She was ending work and ordered a water from the bar when she heard "make it two." She thought to herself (like most girls do in this situation) 'oh here we go.' But here they are. Getting married. Moral of the story, guys, is don't give up. Those moves do work (sometimes:)). And girls, don't shoot the guy down too quickly. He might be the one.

Contest is almost over! Have you entered??

We are in the last stretch of the contest and we want to encourage more last minute participation. If you are just stopping by click here for details of the contest.

Here are just a few of our favorite entries so far:

•fresh snow, colorado sunset, snow covered pines, 2 dogs, toboggan, favorite beanies and warm clothes.

•Me, my best friends from grad school, dressed in fun fall colors and fun textures like sweaters,wool hats, scarfs, blankets with grad school books scattered, us laughing about all of our amazing memories together, posing together walking through tall grass, us re-telling stories that we have experienced (you capturing us laughing at each other), us all holding coffee cups to symbolize the cafine that got us through grad school. Location: By the Plate River in Littleton(by grad school). This would be such a gift to us if we win this :)

•Okay, here's my suggestion for our first Mr. & Mrs. photo shoot. Library or book store, book stacks, books and magazines (some with funny/witty/ironic/thoughtful titles?), comfy reading chairs, coffee...fun!

•If all else fails I'd love some glamour shots Napoleon Dynamite style! (you know, two toned back drop, multiple wardrobe changes, side pony, and a strategically placed mole)

Let's see who can top those. I challenge you to try! Contest ends November 17th. Good luck!:)

Chessa & Josh Married! {Destination Wedding Photography}

Internet, meet Chessa & Josh (their faces might look familiar because they are pasted all over our website:) This couple is special to us for a couple reasons..Chessa is Kimothy's sister in law and Chessa & Josh was our first couple to photograph together as a team; we realized that we COULD do the whole photography business.

So, we traveled back to Ohio to document the perfect Ohio wedding. What is a perfect Ohio wedding you might ask? It goes like this; beautiful weather, two adorable people so excited to get married, even more adorable flower girl and ring bearers, formal photos at a farm including a rustic red barn and a beautiful open field, a pastor that looks and sounds like Owen Wilson (it's uncanny!), a backyard reception complete with a tent that resembles a castle, tons of dancing, family and friends. So, enough of the rambling and on to the photos.....