{"id":1594,"date":"2008-11-05T00:04:29","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T07:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/realphotography.com\/blog\/?p=1594"},"modified":"2008-11-05T00:04:29","modified_gmt":"2008-11-05T07:04:29","slug":"engagement-portrait-photographer-kendra-and-chris-manitou-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/engagement-portrait-photographer-kendra-and-chris-manitou-springs\/","title":{"rendered":"engagement portrait photographer &#124; kendra and chris &#124; manitou springs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spent today trying not to obsessively stalk cnn.com.\u00a0 In trying not to hit &#8220;refresh&#8221; every 3 seconds I busied myself with editing!<\/p>\n<p>Which brings me to today&#8217;s sneak peek for Kendra and Chris, whom we met in Manitou Springs this weekend for their engagement shoot.\u00a0 They are a very fun and trusting couple&#8230;when I told them to lay down in the leaves not 30 seconds after they got out of the car, they didn&#8217;t blink an eye!\u00a0 This fall I keep thinking &#8220;okay&#8211;THIS is the last shoot that we get to enjoy the fall colors&#8221; but then I keep getting surprised!\u00a0 Here it is November, and we still had great leaves!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1596 aligncenter\" title=\"_mg_5860\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/_mg_5860.jpg\" alt=\"engagement portrait photographer\" width=\"582\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Above version was my view.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s Nic&#8217;s&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1608\" title=\"img_3273\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_3273.jpg\" alt=\"engagement portrait photographer\" width=\"782\" height=\"569\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1599\" title=\"_mg_5954\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/_mg_5954.jpg\" alt=\"engagement portrait photographer\" width=\"582\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You wouldn&#8217;t know it, but Kendra was totally nervous during this shot!\u00a0 She said her cheek was shaking!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1598\" title=\"_mg_5932bw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/_mg_5932bw.jpg\" alt=\"engagement portrait photographer\" width=\"782\" height=\"569\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kendra is so pretty!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1600\" title=\"_mg_6064\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/_mg_6064.jpg\" alt=\"engagement portrait photographer\" width=\"582\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We really lucked out with the leaves!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1601\" title=\"_mg_6097\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/_mg_6097.jpg\" alt=\"engagement portrait photographer\" width=\"582\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1609\" title=\"img_3290\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_3290.jpg\" alt=\"engagement portrait photographers\" width=\"782\" height=\"569\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Time for a coffee break!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1602\" title=\"_mg_6141\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/_mg_6141.jpg\" alt=\"engagement portrait colorado springs\" width=\"582\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I never get tired of this cafe.\u00a0 There are so many ways to use it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1603\" title=\"_mg_6180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/_mg_6180.jpg\" alt=\"engagement portrait photographer\" width=\"782\" height=\"569\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then it was over to Garden of the Gods for a few more shots.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1604\" title=\"_mg_6244\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/_mg_6244.jpg\" alt=\"engagement portrait photographer\" width=\"582\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1610\" title=\"img_3314\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_3314.jpg\" alt=\"engagement portrait photographer\" width=\"782\" height=\"569\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This next one was inspired by one of Will&#8217;s favorite books of the moment: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Day-Babies-Crawled-Away\/dp\/039923196X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1225867901&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">The Day the Babies Crawled Away<\/a>. (Did you spot the moon?)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1614\" title=\"_mg_62963\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/_mg_62963.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kendra and Chris were amazingly patient and put up with our hope that we could wait about 20 minutes for the sunset.\u00a0 Sunsets are tricky because you can never quite predict how colorful they will be!\u00a0 (For the photographers out there: this one was shot using two flashes&#8211;the fill mounted on Nic&#8217;s camera, and the key held by me off to the left&#8211;to create some dramatic light.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1595\" title=\"img_3360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_3360.jpg\" alt=\"engagement portrait photographer\" width=\"582\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Behind the scenes&#8230;this was (most likely) my last blast with my trusty Canon 5d camera body.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>To commemorate the good times, here I am with my camera and my thinking face.\u00a0 (I need to work on my thinking face.\u00a0 It looks a lot like my &#8220;someone just ate the last cookie and it wasn&#8217;t me&#8221; scowl.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1611 aligncenter\" title=\"img_3327\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_3327.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"569\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">How cute is this guy?!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1607\" title=\"_mg_6301\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/_mg_6301.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And a sweet action shot of Nic rolling around in the leaves&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1597\" title=\"_mg_5884\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/_mg_5884.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"472\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent today trying not to obsessively stalk cnn.com.\u00a0 In trying not to hit &#8220;refresh&#8221; every 3 seconds I busied myself with editing! 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