Behind the scenes: 2009, part 1

Me, photographing Jenny and Brian at their springtime wedding in Maryland
Photo by Heather Clarke

Wow, I haven’t blogged in a while, sorry! It’s been a busy few weeks, and I’m still trying to get caught up on work after a trip to see my family in Virginia last month. I have a lot of things I’ve been meaning to post, including this fun series of behind-the-scenes photos from 2009 weddings.

My good friend Heather took this picture of me crawling around in a field of flowers, taking this photo of Jenny and Brian last spring. Here are lots more photos to reveal what happens on the other side of our cameras!

This is Heather Clarke! She is a photographer in Northern Virginia, and we’ve been close friends since the days on our high school yearbook staff. It was fantastic to have her help me out at a wedding in Maryland. I can’t believe that was *cough* 18 years ago.

Here I am, looking the wrong way as Jenny and her dad enter the ceremony. In my defense, I was photographing the groom’s reaction, but still this picture looks all kinds of wrong.

Getting down and funky at the reception.

Mike in the balcony of the majestic Air Force Academy Chapel.

When I was a kid, I loved to jump around the living room furniture to avoid imaginary crocodiles on the carpet. I play the crocodile game for a living now.

This is Lindsey Zahalka, my excellent, hard-working, and quick-learning assistant. This wedding at Hillside Gardens was her first wedding, and I threw her into the deep end by having her work with me in a torrential downpour.

This is what the sidewalk looked like that day at Hillside. This is the view from the door of the bride’s changing area. She had to walk through this water, but was in a great mood when she arrived, despite the weather.

I took a picture of myself as I waited for the bride to arrive. I wanted proof that I had attempted to look nice for her wedding. I knew it wouldn’t last long.

Lindsey got this picture of me shooting in the rain a few minutes later.

This is how I looked by the time the ceremony began. The ceremony was moved indoors at the last minute, but it was still beautiful.

In June, Mike and I traveled to San Francisco to photograph Mae and Robby’s wedding at the gorgeous Cliff House right on the Pacific Coast. We made a mini-vacation out of it — we spent the day before walking all over SF, and the day after wine tasting in Napa. One of these days I’ll get around to editing the tourist photos we took that weekend. We adore the Bay Area.

Steve Tinetti took this fun shot of me photographing Dave and his groomsmen at Hudson Gardens in Littleton.

Here’s Lindsey, holding my reflector and Katie’s bouquet at Hudson Gardens. She’s adorable.

One of my former grooms, Barry, was a guest at Katie and Dave’s wedding, and I cracked up when he jumped out to dance with me. I never turn down an opportunity to dance at a wedding!

Self-portrait with Barry and his beautiful wife, Chrissy. These guys are cool.

In July, Tamera Goldsmith and I photographed a wedding at the diagonally-shaped Denver Art Museum. She and I always have so much fun together!

Tamera took this picture of me photographing Leslie and Brian on the roof of a building opposite the Denver Art Museum.

During our dinner break, I went outside for some twilight pictures of the Art Museum’s incredible architecture. Tamera didn’t know I was spying on her while she was eating.

Strolling with lovely Jacynda and Karen in Denver, between their ceremony and reception.

Lindsey managed to hold Karen’s bouquet and take pictures at the same time.

My wonderful team for Karen and Jacynda’s wedding: Tamera and Lindsey.

Awkward self-portrait of Tam and me.

I like this picture that Steve Tinetti took when I was second shooting for him. Do I look like someone who enjoys her job, or what?

Stay tuned for Behind the Scenes, part 2, coming later this week! I’ve got some great photos for Part 2.