{"id":1714,"date":"2008-11-29T00:06:37","date_gmt":"2008-11-29T07:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/realphotography.com\/blog\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2008-11-29T00:06:37","modified_gmt":"2008-11-29T07:06:37","slug":"wedding-photographer-denver-st-dominics-church-and-lombardis-roman-garden-belinda-and-justin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wedding-photographer-denver-st-dominics-church-and-lombardis-roman-garden-belinda-and-justin\/","title":{"rendered":"wedding photographer &#124; denver &#124; st. dominic&#039;s church and lombardi&#039;s roman garden &#124; belinda and justin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Belinda and Justin were married last weekend at St Dominic&#8217;s Church in Denver.\u00a0 They are an adorable couple and it was an honor to photograph their day!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Belinda is one of the most genuinely sweet people I&#8217;ve ever met in my life.\u00a0 And so I forgive her for being so crazy beautiful!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1718\" title=\"wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_01\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_01.jpg\" alt=\"wedding photographer denver colorado\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1719\" title=\"wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_02\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_02.jpg\" alt=\"wedding photographer denver colorado\" width=\"582\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I couldn&#8217;t resist an ivy background!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1720\" title=\"wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_03\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_03.jpg\" alt=\"wedding photographer denver colorado\" width=\"582\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yep.\u00a0 Belinda is way too pretty!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1717\" title=\"wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_15\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_15.jpg\" alt=\"wedding photographer denver colorado\" width=\"782\" height=\"622\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nic&#8217;s shot, and my favorite from the ceremony.\u00a0 I bow down to him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1730\" title=\"wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_13\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_13.jpg\" alt=\"denver wedding photographers\" width=\"582\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My favorite &#8220;We did it!&#8221; face of the year.\u00a0 Which is a good way to end because this is our last wedding of 2008!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1721\" title=\"wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_04\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_04.jpg\" alt=\"wedding photographers denver\" width=\"582\" height=\"802\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The dove release after the ceremony&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1722\" title=\"wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_05\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_05.jpg\" alt=\"wedding photographer denver dove release\" width=\"582\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Belinda&#8217;s son, Aidan, is such an adorable little boy!\u00a0 He was so well behaved for us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1724\" title=\"wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_07\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_07.jpg\" alt=\"wedding photographer denver\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We had some beautiful afternoon light.\u00a0 The kind of light that we just don&#8217;t get in most areas of Colorado Springs because the mountains get in the way!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1723\" title=\"wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_06\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_06.jpg\" alt=\"wedding photographer denver colorado\" width=\"582\" height=\"854\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Time for some back alley kisses.\u00a0 I&#8217;m pretty sure photographers end up spending almost as much time in back alleys as muggers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1725\" title=\"wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_08\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_08.jpg\" alt=\"wedding photographer denver\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We had an awesome amount of time between the ceremony and reception for photos, so we played around for a long time and then released them to the limo party&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1726\" title=\"wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_09\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_09.jpg\" alt=\"wedding photographer\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My favorite reception shots are almost always from the first dance.\u00a0 Nic really rocked this one!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1727\" title=\"wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_10\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_10.jpg\" alt=\"wedding photography denver colorado\" width=\"582\" height=\"854\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The mother-son dance always gets me thinking about the future.\u00a0 (Although I&#8217;m pretty sure I&#8217;ll run off any of Will&#8217;s prospective brides.\u00a0 Because No One will be good enough.)\u00a0 :P<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1728\" title=\"wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_11\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_11.jpg\" alt=\"denver wedding photographer\" width=\"582\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Belinda&#8217;s father passed away, so her uncle stood in for him on the father-daughter dance and they danced to There You&#8217;ll Be (that song from Pearl Harbor) and I cried like a baby.\u00a0 So much so that Nic was prompted to look at me and ask &#8220;Have you been drinking?!&#8221;\u00a0 (But since this was his shot, I know he was feeling it too.)\u00a0 It was so moving it was totally &#8220;two glasses of wine&#8221; or &#8220;six months pregnant&#8221; pain-in-your-chest emotion.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t even proof these without tearing up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1731\" title=\"wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_14\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_14.jpg\" alt=\"wedding photographer\" width=\"582\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Before I start crying all over the place again, I&#8217;m going to end with my favorite picture of the day.\u00a0 A little something I like to call &#8220;the magic of the D3.&#8221;\u00a0 Or just &#8220;a really cool bridal bouquet toss picture.&#8221;\u00a0 Belinda has the cutest expressions!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1729\" title=\"wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_12\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wedding_photographer_colorado_springs_12.jpg\" alt=\"wedding photographer denver colorado\" width=\"582\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Thanks, Belinda and Justin, for letting us photograph your day.\u00a0 You were so easy and fun to work with, so gracious, and so welcoming.\u00a0 We hope you have a wonderful mini-moon in Vail and fantastic forever together!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belinda and Justin were married last weekend at St Dominic&#8217;s Church in Denver.\u00a0 They are an adorable couple and it was an honor to photograph their day! Belinda is one of the most genuinely sweet people I&#8217;ve ever met in my life.\u00a0 And so I forgive her for being so crazy beautiful! 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