Crooked Willow Farm, Colorado Wedding Photography

The Crooked Willow Farm Venue in Larkspur, Colorado was the perfect setting for Christy and Jason’s wedding!!  The day began beautifully, and as usual, I dove right in to photograph the details.  I love seeing the little items that make each wedding truly unique!

There’s nothing like the notes exchanged the day of a wedding…absolutely priceless!It was gorgeous as I photographed all of the details…then all of sudden, the sky went dark and a CRAZY storm rolled through.  It knocked over 2 trees, flooded the drains, and then cleared back up…all within about 20 minutes!

I wish every wedding had this cool ‘love’ sign, I wanted to play with it in every picture!!

Because of the rain, the ceremony was moved indoors, but it didn’t stop one of the neatest aspects of the day…Christy and her dad entered on a carriage!  The clydesdale marched right into the room, dropped her off, waited during the ceremony and then led the carriage with Christy and Jason out the opposite door!

It’s so incredible when a friend sings at the wedding reception..in this case, a bridesmaid sang the first dance song…it was awesome!

One of the best moments of the night was watching the 2 year old dance…AND watch this series (first you dance, then flowers, then….):

And they lived happily ever after:)

A huge thank you to:

Event Planner:  Christy Walters

2nd Photographer:  Love n Joy

Hair/Make-up:  Carissa Passerella

Venue:  Crooked Willow Farms

Music:  Rob Schenk – ShowTek

Flowers:  Rhonda Floral Design

Catering:  Cravings

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Amanda and Dave’s Wedding Photography from the Arrowhead Golf Course in Colorado

I love Dave and Amanda!!!  When a couple is so expressive, emotional, in love, and fun like Amanda and Dave the pictures take themselves!:)  The day began in the bridal suite of the new Hampton Inn Suites in Littleton, Colorado.  While the girls and Amanda were getting ready, I started in on the details:

The flower girl was so shy at first…but when I asked if she would help hold the rings for a picture and then showed her the result on the back of the camera she became so happy and involved, it was so cool!

That image of Amanda on the far right was when she stepped out on the balcony by herself to practice her vows… It may have been better a better picture to see the actual piece of paper she was reading, but with her alone on the balcony, I still love the moment!

Below just might be my favorite bridal portrait of the summer so far!

Then we took off to the Arrowhead Golf Course next to Roxborough Park and Waterton Canyon…it is GORGEOUS!!

After a few quick wedding party images, the ceremony started overlooking the red rocks, golf course and mountains.  It was a quick ceremony, but the vows that each read were powerful!

The sun was setting during the family portraits, but Arrowhead had a staff member and golf cart waiting to rush us off to this amazing tee to get this shot just before dark:

The reception was under a tent near the reception site.  It was beautifully lit and was full of neat moments.  I always love the first dances, but one unforgettable moment was when the song ‘Forever and Ever, Amen’ was sung as a suprise to the bride and groom!  It was fantastic!!!

Both sides of the family are so wonderful, and the guests were very friendly…what an AWESOME wedding!!!  Congratulations to Amanda and Dave, I wish you both nothing but the best!!

A huge thank you to these folks!:

Mackenzie Miller (sister of the bride) – thanks so much for referring me to your sister!!

Dain Linder – Rockstar 2nd photographer

Natalia Quiroga and Lindsey Dienstbach – coordinators at Arrowhead

Barb at Perfect Petals – florist

Joel from Rock Candy – music

Child’s Bakery – cake

And if you are interested in seeing more from the wedding, here are some additional links!!

Highlight Slideshow  (click here)

Link to ALL of the images (click here)

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Ned - August 25, 2010 - 1:52 pm

What a badass course! Love the final shot man!

Jensen - August 25, 2010 - 2:47 pm

Thanks Ned!!

Anne and Nick’s Beaver Creek Wedding, Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch

The weekend began with an awesome rehearsal party at the Lazy J Ranch outside of Vail and Beaver Creek, in Wolcott, Colorado!

The guests wore western attire and were able to eat, drink, shoot and play!It was nice there was no rain, but a rainbow!

The following day began with the details in the bridal suite of the Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch in Beaver Creek.  And by details, that of course means both hummingbirds, and the bride’s ring with her awesome Christian Louboutin shoes! I love having a good amount of time in the bridal suite to capture portraits and fun moments of the bride before we head out.In this case we headed to a ‘first peak’ on this awesome ‘skiers bridge’ outside of the St. Regis.The ceremony was at the historic Beaver Creek Chapel and then back to the Ritz for the reception.

Michele Willett was the ‘day of’ coordinator for Cloud 9
The 2nd Photographer was Don Mamone Photography

Flowers by: Newberry Brothers Greenhouse and Florist

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Jensen - August 19, 2010 - 1:19 pm

THANK YOU!!! I have St. Regis on the brain, but you are so right, thank you so much!

Bill Yeager - August 19, 2010 - 8:48 pm

Great images Jensen! I did a wedding up there last summer, and it provided some of my favoritest photos I’ve taken!
Bill

Mike Novelli - August 22, 2010 - 8:50 pm

Awesome photos Jensen!! I really love your shots of the first dance. We had such a great time working with you!

Jensen - August 24, 2010 - 12:16 am

Thanks Mike, can’t wait to check out the video! It was great working with you too!!

Ten Mile Station, Breckenridge, Colorado Wedding

Urvi and Ankit had a beautiful Indian wedding in Breckenridge, Colorado.  It was so colorful and gorgeous!!  Most of the details were hand-made and purchased by Urvi’s father on a recent trip to India:

Both sides of the family mail out invitations, and they were GORGEOUS!  This is the outside of one of them shown under the rings.

Ten Mile Station is half-way up the mountain at the Breckenridge ski resort.  The mountain backdrops are so gorgeous they nearly look fake!  Here’s the ceremony site before the festivities begin.  One of my favorite moments to the wedding was that the bride’s family is seated here at the ceremony site, and all of the groom’s family and friends DANCES their way over to start the ceremony!!!  It was SO AWESOME!!

It took about 10-15 mins for the dancing group of the groom and his family and friends to dance over to the ceremony site where they were met by the bride’s family and friends:

The ceremony was two hours long, but full of fun, laughs and lots of ritual…

I have a digital camera that was converted to capture Infra-red wavelengths of light.  The result is that on bright sunny days, any green grass or trees that are lit by direct sunlight glow white, the blue sky looks dark, and the white puffy clouds glow.  I think it makes for a neat black and white image!Congratulations and best wishes Urvi and Ankit!!!!  If you would like to see more of these images, click here to view the slideshow!

A HUGE thanks to everyone who helped make the day happen:

Event planner:  Ashley from Table 6

2nd photographers:  Kim and Tess from Love n Joy Photography

Hair/Make-up:  Kori Schell

Flowers: Alicia from Bella Fiori

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The Knot Wedding Party at the Space Gallery in Denver

Each year the Knot hosts an industry bash to thank supporters and generate interest in the Knot and the new baby side of things, Bump.

The Space Gallery was a neat location to host the party and Debbie from Save the Date Events and StudioWed did a fantastic job with the planning and details!

It was a packed house!  Vendors even came down from Beaver Creek and other towns in the mountains for the shin-dig.

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David Sandusky - August 13, 2010 - 8:36 am

Julie and many others raves about your work for good reason. Nice to see you in action and the beautiful results here! Great work!

Jensen - August 13, 2010 - 9:15 am

That’s so nice, thank you very much!