» Engagement Photography

Nancy and Mike

Kara — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:14:58 +0000

When Nancy came in to chat about wedding photography – we hit it off right away. No nonsense and what you see is what you get – it must be the Omaha in her. I met Mike for the first time at this shoot. He had had an “I-just-want-to-sit-on-the-couch-and-drink-a-6-pack-and-not-talk-to-anyone” kind of a day; so needless to say, taking engagement photos wasn’t at the top of his list. He was a good sport, and I think after we wandered around their Highlands neighborhood, enjoying the sunshine and a glass of wine at Duo, the day had taken a turn for the better.

I love how easy these two fit together, like they’ve known each other forever. I am excited for their DAM wedding later this summer :)

Denver portraits on film

Kara — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:19:00 +0000

I’ve bought/inherited/taken from my dad a few film cameras over the past few months. I’ve been bringing them on shoots, and using them more. You may recognize one of the shoots from a past post. Plus my ever-patient husband and dog are willing to be my models during sunset…

Film geeks: These were taken on my Hasselblad 500 camera with Kodak Porta 400 film

These were from an old Kodak Gold film roll shot on a Canon AE-1 camera

Wes + Becky

Kara — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:44:14 +0000

These two are some cool cats. They’ve been through a lot in their first few years of marriage, so it’s really nice watching them have fun and being “normal.”

Becky is probably the sweetest person I’ve ever known, and Wes, well, he’s probably the biggest smart-a** I’ve ever known – and he can take that as a compliment. He had us laughing through the entire shoot…

We started at the Tattered Cover and then wandered around Curtis Park in Denver.

Brooke and Dave’s Chicago engagement session

Kara — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:12:59 +0000

Dave was a bit hesitant to do engagement portraits. Not just because he had to be in pictures, but because he had to shave off his beard! I met Dave thru my husband while we were at college. He’s found the perfect girl in Brooke; she compliments him well. They are getting married this July in Illinois, and from what I hear, it’s going to be one big bash!

Carly and Ilan’s snowy engagement portraits

Kara — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:57:29 +0000

I am not going to lie – editing through these made me shiver a little. Brrr! Carly and Ilan were such good sports during this shoot. They envisioned a snowy engagement shoot, but with the 65 degree weather we’d been having, we had given up hope. Until Saturday that is! We romped around in the snowstorm until our fingers and toes were frozen. I’ve been wanting to bring some more life and movement to my portraits, something more than just poses, and I really think we accomplished it here.

Hopefully their August wedding will be a tad warmer!

Thanks to Cynthia Goodberry of Denver Makeup Guru for the fab makeup!