January 2010. You’d think a winter wedding in Colorado would be pretty darn cold…

Nope. Sunny, upper 50′s, and quite lovely actually. Katrina and Peter had the perfect day for a small intimate wedding at the Chief Hosa Lodge and Red Rocks.

We have joked with some of our Spring-time weddings (which have been bitter-cold and windy at times) that if they wanted nice weather for a wedding, they should have booked mid-winter.

What a crazy state Colorado is. Never the same and unpredictable, but always stunning to shoot photographs in.

I had some of the most precious newborns in the month of January! What a wonderful way to start off the new year. A couple of them were amazing sleepers, let me mold and pose them anyway I wanted… then a couple were a little more tough. Always sleeping with one eye open, watching me and refusing to sleep… luckily, with patience, a warm house and a full tummy they all finally succomed to their need for sleep and passed out! That’s when the real fun begins.

A lot of parents think they want their newborn to be awake for pictures… when in reality newborns photograph best when they are in that deep deep sleep where they can be moved without waking for a single second. Typically, if the baby is awake when I get there I’ll start the session and try to get a few shots of their bright eyes, but after a few of those I always recommend nursing/feeding the baby to top them off and get them to go to sleep. Sleepy newborns are much easier to work with than wide awake ones!

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Don’t miss out on our annual wedding special!

If you book your wedding with us before 1/31/2010 and include a Graphistudio wedding album, and get two 6″ parent’s album copies FREE!

It’s a great savings and a wonderful gift for your parents. Schedule your consultation today!

In Denver call 303.872.4678, and in the Springs call 719.359.5520 or e-mail us at info@trystanphotography.com.

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One of my best friends, Gaby, just delivered her third daughter, McKenna. She picked a great day to be born… my birthday! So McKenna’s daddy came up with the nickname of KimKenna…. since we will forever share the same birthday. I thought it was cleaver and pretty cute! Especially since I was there photographing her grand entrance into the world!

You’ll be seeing her on the blog as she grows through the first year, and I am so excited… she is just the cutest and most precious little girl. And look at all that hair! You’ve also seen her two older sisters on the blog before… so keep your eye out for their first session together!

Gaby made a great decision to have me photograph McKenna before she was even a week old. Newborns are the easiest to photograph in the first week of life… they hardly, if ever!, wake up… and let me mold them and move them whatever way I want. Its a dream really! They still have the scrunchy look and are just so easy to handle. I typically say before they are 2 weeks old is best, but the first week is ideal!!

It’s not often I sit a baby down to photograph them and they are smiley and happy from the start! But I sure do love when that happens! I can always depend on Elena smiling for me, she’s got to be one of the happiest (and cutest!) babies I’ve photographed. Sure makes my life a lot easier!

You may remember Kendahl from her newborn session. She sure has grown since then!

She’s gained so much chub its beyond adorable… love baby rolls! And when else are rolls cute on a girl in life?!

Please click the photo or follow the link to view Katy and Aaron’s spectacular wedding at Arrowhead Golf Club in Littleton, CO.

Katy and Aaron are a romance long in the making. Even though they met young and had a long distance relationship in college, their love remained strong and they found themselves in the middle of a perfect sunset ceremony in June.

It’s really nice to see such hard work and loyalty pay off for couples: for both their relationship and their wedding! Although we had a flower issue for the guys, and the clouds were threatening all day, Katy and Aaron kept their eyes on the prize and simply enjoyed, no, were enthralled with each other.

There was also an uninvited wedding guest who ran across the fairway in front of the ceremony spot, much to many guests delight and my wife Charlotte’s absolute terror: a big ol’ bear decided to pay us a little visit. She didn’t interrupt things anymore during the ceremony, but afterwards she was definitely a factor in our photography. She decided to hunker down in the hillside 20 yards from the main spot we’re allowed access to at Arrowhead. So imagine me randomly yelling “hey bear!” and a small army of golf course personnel forming a ragtag human shield from any possible bear encounter from behind us. It was interesting to say the least!

The best part of the day was the photographic blessings Mother Nature bestowed upon us. The skies were afire, and so dramatic. It was a pleasure to capture these images for Katy and Aaron in such a breathtaking setting!

Thanks you two for choosing us as your wedding photographers. Your wedding was one for the ages and it was an honor to have this responsibility.

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Duane was all smiles! Such a fun and spunky little guy… and adorable!
He just turned 18 months old and what a fun age! Its a workout… but fun!

This gorgeous mama-to-be was a blast to photograph… she was more than willing to do what I wanted and was such a good sport! She was glowing and just stunningly beautiful. I cannot wait to photograph the birth of her little boy and, of course, do his newborn portraits!

I’m sexy.

I know. It’s so obvious now that I’ve said it, but there’s been times that I have to admit I might have doubted whether or not it was true. Being 6′ 5″, 280 lbs. and all.

But MSN has just come out with their report on the “10 Sexy Careers You Never Thought Of…“, and guess what is number 8? That’s right: photographers.

I mean, ever since I read that article, my whole life is different. Clearer somehow. I feel glamorous, and sexy.

Like last night when I was bent over scooping my 2 year old’s puke out of the couch cushions, shirtless (’cause I got puked on, too), butt crack exposed and belly flab hanging… I felt good. I knew that if one of our clients saw me at that exact moment, they would shriek in excitement and glee at the mere sight of my sexiness.

Thank you MSN.

My name is Trig Bundgaard, and I’m a photographer.

And I’m sexy.

Dave and Sherry had a lovely, intimate wedding in March. Unfortunately, because it was March, we were hit with a sloppy wet snow storm and we had to scrap our plans to shoot some photos at The Garden of the Gods.

However, Dave and Sherry did reschedule that section of the shoot for a much clearer day (except it was still really cold, but you can’t tell becasue they’re such troopers!), and it was well worth it, as you can see.

We love small intimate weddings. Even though the couple with the smaller wedding often gets us for less time than the big weddings do, we often get more quality time with the couple and can photograph more creatively without the rushing around that can come with gigantic weddings.

Dave’s an avid elk hunter, and I’m one too, except I haven’t managed to successfully hunt an elk… yet. Dave passed on to me some great hunting tips, and shared some premium cuts of elk meat from his past exploits. The meat was delicious, and actually put a lot more pressure on me as a hunter because my whole family loved it when I cooked it up, and my mom said, “So when are you gonna get some of your own?”

Dave may be a storied trophy hunter, but I could tell from the look in his eyes, as Sherry walked down the aisle, that his greatest catch was right in front of him…

Congrats you two!