My First Jewish Wedding at the Pinnacle Club Grand Hyatt Downtown Denver

July 31, 2008 | Filed Under Wedding Photos 

I was very excited when I booked my first full-on Jewish wedding. Dancing, drinking, breaking stuff. . . oh yeah, I knew that this was going to be my kind of party!

Things started off a little slowly at first with some getting ready and dress shots. Ali was a little, um, nervous . . . who planned for a cute young little bride to get married on the 38th floor surrounded by windows? Oh nevermind. The Pinnacle Club is the highest public place in Denver and a fantabulous place to have a wedding. As long as you like heights and scenic views of course.

We got everything straightened out in time to do some window portraits . . . yup, it doesn’t get any more classicly beautiful than this. This whole wedding was a bit of a departure from my usual outdoorsy style of wedding. So I decided to change up my editing style to honor the tradition and heritage of the culture.

Most of my day was spent shooting in a photojournalist style. Sometimes it’s nice to be there just to observe and capture what is going on. Sometimes it’s a tough call, whether to manipulate and arrange things for a better shot or to sit back and just capture what is going on. On this day it was easy, because there was A LOT going on!

I had all of about 15 minutes to try and get some creative shots of Ali and Noam. I also had the choice of 1) in the lobby or 2) on the street in front of the hotel. I hate choosing so I did both.

The Pinnacle Club encompasses both the 37th and 38th floors. These next two photos were taken on the 37 1/2th floor.

And now finally we get to the early awaited crazy dancing! There was moderate singing and dancing throughout the day in the halls, but that was just a warmup for the entire wedding congregation to get on the floor. Noam’s dad William is having a great time right about now!

And here Ali is having a great time, um, of sorts . . . who’s afraid of heights?!?

Then came the part where the bride and groom were seated in chairs, and everyone takes turn dancing before them. I take ‘everyone’ quite literally. Everyone was PSYCHED! William gave me a hug!

We’re going to wind this party down slowly with a little slow dancing by the couple, with Denver far below in the background. Mmmm, that feels good. Until next time . . . Steve Z out.

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