{"id":1951,"date":"2009-01-10T14:15:35","date_gmt":"2009-01-10T21:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/realphotography.com\/blog\/?p=1951"},"modified":"2009-01-10T14:15:35","modified_gmt":"2009-01-10T21:15:35","slug":"colorado-wedding-photographers-the-sanctuary-denver-lauren-and-andy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/colorado-wedding-photographers-the-sanctuary-denver-lauren-and-andy\/","title":{"rendered":"colorado wedding photographers | the sanctuary, denver | lauren and andy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last weekend found us photographing Lauren and Andy’s wedding at St Mary’s in Littleton and their reception at The Sanctuary.\u00a0 (I know around shared the above shot, but it just sums up their snowy day so well I couldn’t not have it in their official sneak peek!)<\/p>\n

Getting ready:<\/p>\n

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I blatantly stole this shot from my friend, Abbotsford wedding photographer Rachel Ludwig<\/a>.\u00a0 I’ve been wanting to do it ever since I saw her version months and months and months ago!<\/p>\n

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A few portraits before the wedding ceremony:<\/p>\n

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The church had requested that they arrive very early before the ceremony, so we had lots of time for pictures.\u00a0 But as cold as it was outside, no one wanted to spend a huge amount of time out there!\u00a0 So we got a little creative and I took these bridal portraits of Lauren in the cafeteria, using some dramatic natural light from a window:<\/p>\n

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Time for a little touch-up…<\/p>\n

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And then show time!<\/p>\n

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Couples often worry that if they see each other before the grand walk down the aisle, that moment might not be as special.\u00a0 But just look at their faces in this shot right after “the hand-off!”<\/p>\n

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The proud mother, father, and grandmother of the bride:<\/p>\n

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St Mary’s Catholic Church in Littleton was beautiful and their priest’s homily was great.\u00a0 He made us want to move to his parish!<\/p>\n

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We absolutely had to take a big bridal party shot in the snow (our biggest bridal party yet–ten on each side)!\u00a0 A big thanks to all twenty of them for making the trek outside!<\/p>\n

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The reception was held at The Sanctuary, and it could not have been a more beautiful spot!\u00a0 The cake fit the weather perfectly!<\/p>\n

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The first dance:<\/p>\n

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LOVE this shot of Lauren!!<\/p>\n

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I am a sucker for a good father-daughter dance shot:<\/p>\n

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The Christmas tree made a great back-drop for the dance floor!<\/p>\n

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The DJ’s lights were the coolest ever, and I always got excited when a new group of people moved over to them.\u00a0 The light coming off them is so fun!<\/p>\n

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And I’m going to end with the dance-off shot, cause it’s so rad.<\/p>\n

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Andy and Lauren, thanks for your graciousness and for allowing us to photograph your beautiful wedding.\u00a0 It was the perfect way to kick off 2009!<\/p>\n

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Behind the scenes…<\/p>\n

You know that beautiful “bride and groom walking through snow” shot up top?\u00a0 Lauren suffered<\/em> for that one!\u00a0 She was for pretty much barefoot out there, so when we came in she went straight for the bathroom and a warm towel for her exceptionally red feet!\u00a0 (I’d show the color version, but then you’d see just how red they were and accuse me of “cruelty to brides.”)<\/p>\n

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Nic at the ceremony getting his “ninja shots,” as our August ’09 bride Leigh coined it:<\/p>\n

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Last weekend found us photographing Lauren and Andy’s wedding at St Mary’s in Littleton and their reception at The Sanctuary.\u00a0 (I know around shared the above shot, but it just sums up their snowy day so well I couldn’t not have it in their official sneak peek!) Getting ready: I blatantly stole this shot from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[237,28,233,58],"class_list":["post-1951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wedding-photographer-colorado-springs","tag-colorado-wedding-photographer","tag-denver","tag-snow","tag-winter-wedding"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}