Miss Ava was a joy to photograph… she did everything I asked her to do and with such sass and a cute little smile! I love taking her pictures and look forward to having her in front of my camera for many years to come! And not just her… but her little brother, Benjamin, too!
My good friend, Kim, is in the hospital right now waiting to deliver her baby girl. She’s only 35 weeks along so she’s on hospital bedrest to try and keep that little girl cookin’ for at least another week. We had her maternity pictures planned for this coming weekend but since she won’t be leaving the hospital anytime soon… we decided to do some maternity pictures in her room. Her doctors allowed her to be up for a while to do them and it was a lot of fun!
There’s nothing better than doing something you’ve never done before… experimenting and having fun!
Cannot wait for her little one to arrive! But hopefully it’s not for another week or two!
Just call me the “fiance whisperer”.
Joe is a cool guy. But like most male fiances, he wasn’t the most keen about gallivanting around some park playing kissy face with his girl in front of some other dude (me) whom he barely knows.
However, I am blessed with a unique set of skills that allow me to put most males at ease and can even bring out their fun, softer sides that they might only reserve for private moments with their fiance.
How do I do this? How do I overcome our natural male machismo and get guys to feel comfortable showing their more sensitive sides?
Can’t tell you: it’s a trade secret.
Actually, it’s almost always the guys that claim they don’t like photos that end up being the most natural and loving in front of the camera. It just takes some encouragement!
Lee and Jessica are part of this ever increasing and surprising circle of friends of our studio manager, Julia. She basically knows everyone in Colorado Springs. Seriously. It seems like every wedding she’s assisted on she’s know somebody there. It’s pretty cool.
We met Lee and Jessica because Julia emphatically recommended us to them way back when she was just a bride, before she was working for us. Now that’s she’s managing the studio and assisting us with photography, she was with me at their engagement shoot! What a twisted web we weave!
This photo session was an adventure, to be sure. Lee and Jessica wanted to try Seven Falls (which I’ve never shot at, nor even been to…) and when we arrived, Seven Falls was by no means busy, but there were still hundreds of onlookers around while we tried to shoot. It was fun and fine and good, but I couldn’t get into my groove the way I like (can you believe it? I have a limit on how many people are around me?!), so I eventually threw in the towel and we went off in search of a little more seclusion just up the road at Helen Hunt falls.
Now don’t get me wrong, lee and Jessica are fantastic in any situation. They are truly loving, fun, and uninhibited. In fact, they almost look like hired ringers / models. They are almost too perfect together! But I assure you, they are the real McCoy.
I really like this new era of Trystan Photography we’re entering. The vast majority of our new clients are here because of the good word of another past client.We’re shooting multiple weddings within families, seeing the same people for portraits year after year. It’s starting to feel really connected, almost like some kind of gigantic Trystan Photography family. It’s an honor to be such a fun part of so many people’s lives.
I’m not one to shy away from a photographic challenge, in fact I welcome them. But when, at our intital consutlation, Leigh Ann and Gary told me about their plans for their wedding in April, at night, outside, at Mystic Meadows, I was honestly hesitant.
It’s one thing to shoot a wedding at dusk or in a dark chapel, but outside in the cold night of early spring… it promised to be a huge challenge. How do you light the night in a way that is still fresh, unique, and non-repetitive?
Well I may be blowing my own horn here, but I am so happy with the results! We used our usual ultra-fast and flexible lighting system consisting of multiple Nikon SB-800 speed-lights on tripods and took care to use both the available (and yet limited) ambient light to paint an eerie and Gothic yet still romantic portrait of the evening’s events.
I especially loved working with Gary’s mister/smoker (he had a technical name for it, I can’t remember). He’s a video production stud, and he brought some toys to play with, and that was amazing to work with.
Thank you Leigh Ann and Gary for selecting us for your very unique and challenging wedding. I love the results, and I hope we captured your vision for the evening.
Benjamin Stryker… what a cool name! Especially Stryker for the middle name!
He was a doll to work with… perfection!
Can I just say, I love my job!
I suppose the reason it’s okay to for me to hassle these guys on the “finally” part is because I’ve known them for years and I’m so excited they are finally tying the knot (AB was very patient….hehe, sorry Tim)! I was absolutely honored when they called to ask if we’d photograph their wedding in September. The wedding is going to be at Lower Lake Ranch near Conifer, which is amazing, and let me tell you……. that wedding is going to be one heck of a party!!!!
Tryg and I had such a blast taking their engagement photos. As you can see below I had a hard time picking out my favorites for the slideshow. I just love how fun, happy and in love they are!
This was one of my favorite sessions… this little guy was so content and let me do whatever I wanted. A true photographers dream!
This little girl was a dream… she was screaming (from her bath) and wide awake when I arrived but as soon as she had her bottle and a little bit of cuddling, she was out for the count. And once she was, she was great!
