WPPI in Las Vegas

It's that time of year again... 12,000 wedding and portrait photographers get together for WPPI in Vegas. Every year it seems to get busier and busier for me. I spent the first few days working for Pictage. Then I spent the next two days doing presentations for liveBooks on the tradeshow floor. I am hoping to round up a few photos that Barry Staver took during my presentation. The rest of the tradeshow I spent buying new equipment, looking for the latest packaging options and purchasing a new album for my elite album line. For all my 2008 brides, I will be releasing an elite album line very soon.

Some friends from CO, Washington DC and Florida.

Fellow Pictage PUGers. (PUG=Pictage Users Group) Pictage had an awesome party for the PUG leaders at Tao.

Livin' it up in San Fran

Dzifa and I headed to San Fran for a quick weekend to celebrate his 30th birthday! Dzifa extended his weekend with a work seminar. For his birthday we had dinner with a bunch of his friends from Northwestern Mutual Financial Network. It was a perfect way to exit his 20's and head into his 30's. I am not too far behind him. :) I absolutely love San Francisco. The city has so much character and charm. It looks like I will be heading back to SF in November. Me and a few other friends are gearing up for a 1/2 marathon.
Anyone that knows me well, knows I love to shop at Forever 21. It is probably my second favorite to Macy's. This store is 3 stories tall. Dzifa patiently waited while I shopped for over an hour.

A few photos of us "monkeying" around.

Honeymoon to New Zealand

I am back from my honeymoon and getting caught up on life. I found some time to post a few images from our trip to New Zealand. We only had a few days that the weather completely cooperated. We seized every moment of sunshine for hiking, fishing and photos. I loved that every time I turned around Dzifa had his camera out and was taking photos. I am more of a people person when it comes to photography. I think the industry I am in is perfect for me. Where as Dzifa is right at home doing landscape photography.

We traveled across the entire South Island. We started on the northern part of the island and worked our way south, east and west. It was quite a vacation. The next time we go I want to go for a month...maybe in retirement. There were sheep, deer and cow farms every where you looked. I have never seen so many sheep in one place. I guess that is why Uggs come from that part of the world. :-)

I loved the road leading into the country side. It reminded me that the road that lies ahead of us is full of spectacular surprises.
This place was so cool! It was called Punakaiki. Most of the locals called it pancake rocks. The rocks did look like stacks of pancakes.



A few more shots from our hike

New Zealand is one of the best fly fishing places in the world.

Dzifa, workin' it!

A new storm rolling in.

This guy was so cute, it was too bad what he was laying in smelled so bad.

Doesn't he look like he wanted his photo taken?

On our way to stopping for lunch at a winery we passed this pig farm. I couldn't resist a photo of little piglet.

Scott and Megan's E-Session

Megan and Scott found time in their crazy schedules to make it to Colorado for a ski week. Scott is a doctor and Megan is well on her way to being one. I can't wait for their wedding in Keystone. I am especially excited for the trash the dress session we are going to do after the big day! We did a fun e-session at Red Rocks. If you want to see more view their slideshow.

Pucker Up!!

I was just downloading the photos from my wedding and honeymoon from my point and shoot camera. I came across this cute picture of me and a dolphin. Our cruise stopped in Freeport and we had an excursion that you could swim with dolphins. Maren, Denise, Debby and I all jumped on the opportunity to swim with dolphins. The weather was a bit chilly, but it didn't stop us from having a great time. I was practicing my first kiss with Dzifa for our wedding that took place the next day. :-)

Cleaning Off My Desktop

I have been attempting to clean off old folders from my desktop. Since "wedding season" will be kicking off in the next few months I figured now was a good time to get organized. I always come across some of my personal photos that I shot, downloaded and never posted on here. This is from my trip to Cape Cod. The sunsets at the Cape there are unreal! Dzifa and I head out to the Cape for a week every year. This year will be a little different because I have a wedding on both weekends that bookend the week out there. I am sure we will still manage to get out there for a few days in the sun. :-) Speaking of sun I am ready for it to warm up and stop snowing in Colorado. Just another month or so...

Northwestern at the Broadmoor

Every year I have the pleasure of photographing Northwestern Mutual Financial Network's annual party. I always photograph one big group portrait of all of the reps. This is the first year in 29 years my dad hasn't been in the photo. Both Dzifa and my dad work for NMFN. Poor Dzifa missed out on this photo too. He caught a stomach bug and had to stay in the hotel room. It is always a challenge to arrange and photograph 100+ people in one shot. Thankfully Tom Moore came down to help me out with this.

Jake and Katie's Engagement Session

Katie and Jake are such a sweet couple. Jake was just getting over a cold and Katie had been dodging him all weekend to avoid getting sick. Then I came along to do their shoot up in the mountains. I had them kissing every other minute. Katie kept laughing because she was bound and determined not to catch Jake's cold. It was pretty cute watching them together. They have planned their destination wedding for August 2nd up in Keystone. You can watch a little slideshow of their engagement portrait here.

A perfect match. This was a cool scene!

Gerrard-Kuttler Wedding

Justin and Meagan were incredibly adorable in freezing cold weather. They tied the knot on January 5th and pushed through the cold to get some great photos. I just loved how sweet Justin was to Meagan. They were wonderful to work with. If you want to see more of their wedding click on this slideshow link.

This is one of my favorites!

I love it when the wind comes at just the right moment.

Simply beautiful.
Handsome guy.
This is a fun dramatic shot.
The perfect way to end the perfect day.

First Post As A Married Lady!

Words can not express the what I experienced at my own wedding. There I was standing with my feet in the sand pronouncing my love to Dzifa. I didn't know loving someone could be so wonderful.

We just got back from our cruise to the Bahamas. We ended up with 99 guests on board the Sensation cruise ship. Dzifa and I had our ceremony on Paradise Island on January 22, 2008. We brought the party back on board the ship and danced the night away.

I have always loved what I do and I have always known it's importance. I think I truly realized the magnitude of my job as a photographer after my wedding. By the next day I was dying to see the photographs that could help me relive it all over again. The memories fade so quickly, but when I look at the photographs I am right back in the Bahamas on the beach... I know now more then ever that I help in creating a legacy of memories for all of my clients. I am blessed to have such an incredible job.

Here is a SLIDESHOW and a few photos to enjoy. My photographers Jensen Sutta and Emily Brumley knocked it out of the park! I love every image they took.