A few months ago, the editor at Photo District News (PDN) magazine emailed asking if I had any stories to share regarding the challenging situations wedding photographers face at weddings, how you’ve handled it and what you’ve learned. Last week, I opened the mailbox to find May’s issue, my interview and a few photos along with four other photographers’ interviews and work.
My work’s on the right
The owner of The Village Cork is my across-the-street neighbor. She stopped by to see if I would do some photos for their new website. Their chef, Samir, cooked up some AH-mazing dishes for me to shoot. And yes, I got to taste them afterward. Yum. They were great to work with and I love shooting with little guidance. This restaurant is sooo charming – great wine and local food – located on Pearl and Louisiana.
They were recently chosen as 5280′s Best New Restaurant. Even though they’ve been open for 9 years, they just recently started serving full meals – hence making them a restaurant.
I got an email from Michael with SparkTheater, asking if I would do some promo shots for their upcoming play, “Dangerous Liaisons.” It’s always fun working with actors because they will pose the crap out of a photo – I don’t need to give them much direction. Definitely looking forward to seeing this play. It’s going to be pretty intense!
After shooting Brent and Kelly’s vow renewal until late Saturday night, Alexis, with Volte Photos, and I were back at the Sopel’s house in the morning. We got there before the Stanley Cup, so we could document the arrival. Brent was like a little kid when the Cup came – grinning from ear to ear.
They had planned to eat cereal out of the Cup as a family. It was so fun and surreal. We then came back later in the afternoon for the Stanley Cup party/backyard bbq. The Sopels guesstimated that they would have more than 350 guests throughout the day at the party, and it sure seemed to hit that mark. With music from Panache, 2 pig roasts and the Stanley Cup – it was a great party.
Brent had silver spoons engraved with each family member’s name
I asked Brent how amazing of a feeling it was washing the Stanley Cup in his kitchen sink. He said he’d been dreaming of the Cup since he started skating at two years old and he couldn’t believe it was in his house.
Before heading out to bring the Cup to the crowd …
Jayla manned the fun Sno-kone machine
Every Wednesday night at 7:30, there is a “Questions Group” that is held at Dazbog Coffee (12th and Clayton – Congress Park). It’s a place where people can come who are struggling with religious questions – people of all backgrounds attend (atheists, Catholics, Muslims, etc.). Pastor Dave Morlan sums it up well on the questions group blog:
“The Question Group is a conversational forum that has met in various locations in Denver for the past four years to discuss hard questions about God, Jesus, the Bible and Christianity. It is an inclusive group that assumes we don’t have it all figured out. The purpose of the group is to help you figure out for yourself what it is you do believe about God and why. Everyone, regardless of one’s beliefs, is welcome to join in the conversation. So if there is something about Christianity that is bothering you, let me know what it is by emailing me. We all have questions – together we can find some answers.”
Again, I shot this for Fellowship Denver. Now for a few photos:
