{"id":3332,"date":"2009-12-31T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T18:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/realphotography.com\/blog\/?p=3332"},"modified":"2009-12-31T11:00:32","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T18:00:32","slug":"colorado-springs-wedding-photographers-usafa-chapel-marriot-hotel-kina-and-wes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/colorado-springs-wedding-photographers-usafa-chapel-marriot-hotel-kina-and-wes\/","title":{"rendered":"colorado springs wedding photographers &#124; usafa chapel &#124; marriot hotel &#124; kina and wes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m so excited to finally blog Kina and Wes&#8217;s wedding!\u00a0 We love, love, LOVE shooting ceremonies at the Air Force Academy Chapel, and I knew I wanted to save their blog post so I could end the 2009 wedding posts with fireworks!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kina is the tiniest person I&#8217;ve ever seen in real life.\u00a0 Seriously.\u00a0 I had to eat like 3 bags of swedish fish immediately after the wedding to console my pregnant self about the fact that even not pregnant, I&#8217;ll never look that good!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3333\" title=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel01\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel01.jpg\" alt=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel01\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And how handsome is Wes in his mess dress?!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3334\" title=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel02\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel02.jpg\" alt=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel02\" width=\"581\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It never fails&#8211;the father\/daughter moments are usually my favorite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3365\" title=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel031\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel031.jpg\" alt=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel031\" width=\"581\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The USAFA chapel is so much fun to shoot in.\u00a0 So much color!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3336\" title=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel04\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel04.jpg\" alt=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel04\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Because we weren&#8217;t sure if a sparklers get-away would be possible after the reception, Wes and Kina rocked two &#8220;grand exits&#8221; (if you can&#8217;t do sparklers, the daylight exit from the ceremony is definitely your best photographic option).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3337\" title=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel05\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel05.jpg\" alt=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel05\" width=\"581\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I got a little arty after the ceremony.\u00a0 I was feelin&#8217; the love.\u00a0 :)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3338\" title=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel06\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel06.jpg\" alt=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel06\" width=\"581\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The wedding party was awesome.\u00a0 But with Air Force guys, it&#8217;s always going to be!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3339\" title=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel07\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel07.jpg\" alt=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel07\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nic found a little patch of light coming through that I could have made out with.\u00a0 It was the perfect spot, and we could have kept Wes and Kina there all day.\u00a0 Beautiful back light + long grass = my favorite spot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3340\" title=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel08\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel08.jpg\" alt=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel08\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I love it when a bride will sit down on the ground in her dress!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3341\" title=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel09\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel09.jpg\" alt=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel09\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Another arty shot?!\u00a0 I was kinda out of control.\u00a0 :P<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3342\" title=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel10\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel10.jpg\" alt=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel10\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The reception at the Marriott was a blast&#8211;lots of good dancing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3344\" title=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel12\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel12.jpg\" alt=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel12\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And the guests were totally rocking the photo booth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3343\" title=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel11\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel11.jpg\" alt=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel11\" width=\"581\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ready for fireworks?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3345\" title=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel13\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel13.jpg\" alt=\"weddingphotographercoloradospringsacademychapel13\" width=\"581\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I have so many favorites from this wedding&#8211;you can see their album preview <a href=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/albums\/kinawesalbum\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kina and Wes, thanks for being so patient and letting me end 2009 with fireworks! \u00a0\u00a0 Your wedding was gorgeous, and we loved spending the day with you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m so excited to finally blog Kina and Wes&#8217;s wedding!\u00a0 We love, love, LOVE shooting ceremonies at the Air Force Academy Chapel, and I knew I wanted to save their blog post so I could end the 2009 wedding posts with fireworks! Kina is the tiniest person I&#8217;ve ever seen in real life.\u00a0 Seriously.\u00a0 I [&hellip;]<\/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":[118,178],"class_list":["post-3332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wedding-photographer-colorado-springs","tag-air-force-academy-chapel","tag-colorado-springs-wedding-photographers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3332","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=3332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}