Destination Wedding at Boettcher Mansion-Lookout Mountain | Golden Colorado
The excitement I feel for destination weddings is similar to starstruck, teenage fans, cheerfully screeching for their favorite pop star. So when Daniel (a.k.a. Brandon) & Madison asked me to fly out to Golden, Colorado. I was elated, to say the least!
Shooting Photo & Video at the same time can be challenging so I’m extra happy that I was able to shoot enough video clips to create the Video Highlight you hopefully watched above. Madison & Brandon didn’t even know I was intentionally shooting more video than they planned for. So I’m sure they will appreciate this upgrade from the shorter Fusion Video they were expecting.
Mowgli: A dog of a million kisses… I hadn’t even walked through the door of the hair and makeup room, when I was warmly welcomed by Mowgli. (Madison & Brandon’s dog) Doggy hugs and kisses where generously given. It was like he remembered me from the engagement session. I thought this was awesome but what happened next floored me. While Madison introduced me to her bridesmaids and family, she told them that I was the one who did her engagement pictures and Fusion Video…. and they actually started applauding and thanked me for flying in.
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I honestly didn’t know how to act. So I just blushed and did something silly to add some comedic relief to the amount of attention on me. In the past I have been a Dancer, DJ, Drummer, and Singer, so I’ve experienced being applauded, but this was the first time my work as a photographer was ever applauded. Whoa! Right?!?
I was cheesy and I wish it was on video. It was clear to me that this day was going to be more amazing than i had imagined.
The couple hours before the ceremony, were lining up to be insanely rushed, sooooo to hopefully aliviate the time strain, the plan was for me to pick up Madison’s dress, jewelry, (even the rings) and take it to the venue, which is where she had envisioned her detail pics would be photographed. This meant an earlier start time to the day — and— assuming the huge risk associated with moving the brides dress and priceless family heirlooms. I was flat out honored to be a trusted member of team “Madison & Brandon”. So I was happy to accomodate. Check out the dress shots and other details shots below!!!! Soooo glad we decided to take the details shots at the venue.
The Boettcher Mansion in Golden Colorado was so accommodating to me as a photographer. Especially Bernadette, who went out of her way to help me get these images early on in the day. She even showed me key areas of the mansion that I should consider. I fell in love with the Ballroom area so the dress pics had to happen in that room. I’ve shot hundreds of wedding dresses hanging in windows so so when I get the chance to change it up, you better believe I’m going for it.
So many epic moments on this day. I would love to spill out every detail of the day in a play by play approach, but I really really really want you to just check out the pics so…. I’m going to shut up for now so you can enjoy, but I will update this blog later.
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Congratulations to the Newlyweds!!!!
