http://stevezweddings.com/blog .: a denver/boulder based wedding photographer :. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:10:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now there is a headline for you eh?  Flirting with death? Huh? What? Where? Looks to me like they are just flirting! I keep telling people that my photo shoots are not successful unless I've put my clients in some kind of danger during the shoot.  Yeah, I'm a freakin' marketing ... http://stevezweddings.com/blog/2008/09/03/jillian-and-mike-flirt-with-death-at-their-pearl-street-engagement-session/ I love the Pastures of Pleasure.  Oh, wait, I mean Pastures of Plenty!  The Pastures are out in North Boulder County, and serve as a great laid-back outdoor venue.  I love the pastoral feel and the unique photo opportunities that exist.  I could spend days just shooting ring shots, with ... http://stevezweddings.com/blog/2008/08/28/nikki-and-daves-scrumptious-outdoor-wedding-at-the-pastures-of-plenty/ Innovative Imagemakers, or I2, is a group that seeks to train and educate photographers. They hold several 'Road Trips' a year to various locations to conduct photo workshops. Well their wedding workshop met at 13th and Walnut, so after a long deliberation, I planned for the epic ... http://stevezweddings.com/blog/2008/08/27/innovative-imagemakers-roadtrip-to-the-pearl-street-mall/ You know how when you live somewhere for a while you tend to take the things you see every day for granted? If you live in Boulder then you know what I mean. Those Flatirons are totally overused in local businesses and advertising, so it's easy to not ... http://stevezweddings.com/blog/2008/08/23/harmony-stephen-ravi-and-the-flatirons-get-married/ 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 ... http://stevezweddings.com/blog/2008/07/31/my-first-jewish-wedding-at-the-pinnacle-club-grand-hyatt-downtown-denver/ With the bad joke meter already pegged at 10, we blast off into another episode of the Steve Z Wedding Blog . . . Christine and Matt got married on July 4th. Matt says that it's a good day for an anniversary because he won't be able to forget it. ... http://stevezweddings.com/blog/2008/07/28/roaring-good-wedding-photography-at-boulder-canyons-red-lion-inn/ Heather and Jim are the raddest wedding clients you can get. Heather and I have spent many late nights sending late night emails around. It's cool when your clients become your friends as well. We shot our engagement shoot way back in October when the maples were ... http://stevezweddings.com/blog/2008/07/17/hotel-boulderado-wedding-photography-starring-heather-and-jim/ How do you know if you have all of the elements of an uber-Boulder Engagement Portrait Session? Let's see, first off, you HAVE to have a smiling portrait in front of the Flatirons . . . bonus points if it is NOT taken from the worn out rock or ... http://stevezweddings.com/blog/2008/07/15/an-oh-so-boulder-engagement-session-with-katie-and-jason/ I photographed my first church wedding of the year at the Mountain View United Methodist Church down in south Boulder. The building is pretty impressive, I enjoyed the tall ceiling a lot and the air conditioning even more! Victoria and Rick held a beautiful small ceremony in the company of ... http://stevezweddings.com/blog/2008/07/15/victoria-and-rick-hitch-it-up-at-the-mountain-view-united-methodist-church-in-boulder-colorado/ Here is one more image from that last engagement shoot. I originally didn't include this one because I found some of the train cars in the background ugly. But, I like the composition of the diverging train tracks. Anna's brother liked the photo as well, and asked ... http://stevezweddings.com/blog/2008/07/10/textured-engagement-photo/