I spent today trying not to obsessively stalk cnn.com. In trying not to hit “refresh” every 3 seconds I busied myself with editing!
Which brings me to today’s sneak peek for Kendra and Chris, whom we met in Manitou Springs this weekend for their engagement shoot. They are a very fun and trusting couple…when I told them to lay down in the leaves not 30 seconds after they got out of the car, they didn’t blink an eye! This fall I keep thinking “okay–THIS is the last shoot that we get to enjoy the fall colors” but then I keep getting surprised! Here it is November, and we still had great leaves!
(Above version was my view. Here’s Nic’s…)
You wouldn’t know it, but Kendra was totally nervous during this shot! She said her cheek was shaking!
Kendra is so pretty!
We really lucked out with the leaves!
Time for a coffee break!
I never get tired of this cafe. There are so many ways to use it!
Then it was over to Garden of the Gods for a few more shots.
This next one was inspired by one of Will’s favorite books of the moment: The Day the Babies Crawled Away. (Did you spot the moon?)
Kendra and Chris were amazingly patient and put up with our hope that we could wait about 20 minutes for the sunset. Sunsets are tricky because you can never quite predict how colorful they will be! (For the photographers out there: this one was shot using two flashes–the fill mounted on Nic’s camera, and the key held by me off to the left–to create some dramatic light.)
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Behind the scenes…this was (most likely) my last blast with my trusty Canon 5d camera body. My new Nikon camera arrives tomorrow, and Nic will inherit my 5d while we decide whether or not to totally jump off the Canon ship.
To commemorate the good times, here I am with my camera and my thinking face. (I need to work on my thinking face. It looks a lot like my “someone just ate the last cookie and it wasn’t me” scowl.)
How cute is this guy?!
And a sweet action shot of Nic rolling around in the leaves…
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