January, 2010 | Real Photography

best of 2009 | colorado springs photographer | personal photos

Jan 03, 2010

Continuing in the “best of 2009” series, here are some of my favorite Turchin family shots this year!

My absolute favorite photo of 2009:

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After our trip to Delaware to shoot Ernest and Kim’s wedding, I became a big fan. Who knew Delaware was so awesome?!

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Doing my part on Earth Day

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Fell in love with him when I was barely 18, married him before I could legally drink…8 years and 1.9 babies later and he still has the power to make my day with that smile.

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Our trip to Disneyland in April was the highlight of the year. Will is still talking it, wanting to “go on a big jet” back to California. When we walked out of the airport and he saw the palm trees his eyes got big and he said in total awe: “It’s like a jungle.” And that was just the airport!

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If the magic hour light at the beach doesn’t make you want to drop everything and move to the West Coast, nothing will!

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best of 2009 | shoes | colorado springs wedding photographers

Jan 02, 2010

As Nic watched me gush over a bride’s shoes a few months ago, he joked that I should do a “shoes 2009” blog post. I’m totally doing it. Our brides have great taste. And when they turn their attention toward footwear? Incredible things happen. Here are a few of the shoes that have made my heart go pitter-patter this year.

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The award for “taking away my designer shoe photographer virginity” goes to Amanda’s Christian Louboutin’s. I came out of the getting ready room with them and whispered to Nic: “Look! RED SOLES!” and like a good husband he pretended to understand the significance. The award for best flats goes to Ashley’s metallic green ruffled flats. The award for the shoe that shoe that got strangers to stop and comment goes to Bailey’s something blue Manolos. And the “sexiest shoe” award goes to Leigh’s red heels. She rocked them at her boudoir shoot and then hid them under her white dress for the wedding!

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best of 2009 | cakes | colorado springs wedding photographers

Jan 01, 2010

Happy New Year! We are going to be celebrating all month long by sharing some of our favorites from the year. To kick us off, it’s cake time! (Can you tell I’m 8 months pregnant?! :P)

The award for the most delicious cake of the year…heck, the DECADE, goes to Iliana and Freddy’s cake from The Market in Denver. It’s a good thing we don’t live in Denver, because if we did, I’d NEVER lose this baby weight.

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The award for the cake so pretty I cried a little when they cut into it goes to Jay and Ashley’s Martha Stewart inspired cake from Amy Bruntz (Amy’s Unique Cakes – 720-882-6546).

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My favorite cake topper of the year belongs to Jaime and Aaron. (Okay, this is a bit of a cheat…because it was MY cake topper, too!) This cake topper blessed the cake of the happiest couple in all the world–my Nana and Poppa. They married in 1946, when wedding luxuries were still in short supply. My Nana had to bring her own sugar to her cake baker, and she told me that she had actually been very disappointed in her cake topper. It’s “out of fashion” bride and groom from the 1930s was not what she had in mind. But 60 years later we’re all a bit partial to it! (I can’t find my picture of my Nana and Poppa on their wedding day–which means we’re missing out on a seriously cool “three generations of cake toppers” storyboard.)

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The award for the best cake smashing moment goes to Carrie and Kevin. (this will probably show up again in our “2009 outtakes” file–it’s just too good.) The woman’s expression is PRICELESS!

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The award for the most Ace of Cakes-iest cake goes to Kina and Wes’s C-17 groom’s cake from Boonzaaijer’s Dutch Bakery!

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And last but not least, I think my favorite cake photo of the year is of Amanda and Steven’s cake from Stonebrook Manor.

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