colorado springs engagement portrait photographer | mindy and brett
Aug 30, 2008
Mindy is cursed when it comes to Colorado Springs weather. She told me that whenever she comes to visit, it always rains or snows. I didn’t really believe her…Colorado Springs gets barely any rain!
Except that it rained on her first Saturday engagement shoot appointment. So we rescheduled to Sunday…and it rained.
So we rescheduled for this weekend, and everything looked good. 10% chance of rain. That’s nothin! We set off from our house to gorgeous blue skies…but then as we approached Manitou, the skies opened up. (I’m bringin’ cute umbrellas to Mindy’s wedding!!)
We stuck it out, shooting under trees and then ducked into a cafe to dry off…
We made our own sunlight light with a video light and our trusty reflector:
Aren’t they cute?!!
And then we were rewarded. It took a good hour, but the sun finally popped out, and with it, we had a rainbow:
And backlit rain:
And if you are willing to wait out a storm, you are usually rewarded with some gorgeous light!
We drove to Garden of the Gods, where the light just got prettier…
This was Brett’s one request–a picture of them both in their CSU sweatshirts. We were happy oblige!
Told ya we were rewarded!
And a little something different for us with this one…I’m excited to show off one of our polaroid transfer print options!
Mindy and Brett were amazing troopers! Waiting out the rain (and trying new rainy poses/techniques) took some time, but they were fantastic and didn’t complain a bit! Mindy’s sister, Andrea, came down from Denver with them to have her senior portraits done at the same time (her sneak peek will be up in the next couple of days). Here’s the whole crew!
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Comments
These came out gorgeous, Traci!!! I LOVE the one with the rain in the background. Beautiful! Can't wait to see the wedding pics!!!!
Laura Sep 01, 2008 at 10:45Beautiful pictures :)
cblackstone Aug 31, 2008 at 07:52my favorites evah! love the poses and the backlighting - I love these. The polaroid transfer is so so cool:)
Susie Aug 30, 2008 at 08:18Traci, these are gorgeous- love that one with the splash of sunshine on her hair and some drizzles coming down. Nice!
Mindy Aug 30, 2008 at 07:04Awww, Traci!! :) I love them! I'm already more than pleased. We had a blast- and that says a lot since we all have been known to run away from cameras. Brett is so happy that "his" shot made the sneak peek. Thank you so much!
dixie stout Aug 30, 2008 at 06:47These are FANTASTIC! I am Mindy's Grandmother Dixie. I live in California and I thank you so very much for sharing these with me. It makes me feel like we are sharing in the planning of this wedding when you do things like this. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart. I can't wait for the wedding photos!!!!!!