Trystan Photography: An Intimate Portrait.

Tanesha was one of our “really-on-top-of-it-brides”. She booked with us a good year out (or more) from her wedding date. She had her engagement session done a few months later, and her choice for her matted 8×10 signing board back to us well before the deadline. The amazing thing to us was how she somehow pulled off planning her Colorado Springs wedding all the way from the Western Slope of Colorado (Glenwood Springs, I think…)

Sometimes you can just sense how badly a bride wants to get married. Tanesha’s excitement and desire for nuptials was almost palpable.

Tanesha and Carlos area truly happy couple, with very large and loving families that came togther that day for a simple, beautiful and moving ceremony and a “party-of-the-century” kind of reception.

Thank you both for an beautiful wedding that made photography almost easy!

Side note: I’ve seen a lot more white tuxes in ‘08 than any other year. Could that be that logic is finally creeping into the minds of the average wedding couple: summer weddings are hot; the bride and her girls get to wear cool light colored dresses and the guys wear stifling hot black tuxes.  I say, let the men wear cool clothes, too!

Groomsmen unite! Demand light cotton, breathable clothes! Let the hot black tux (albeit still very flattering, I’ll admit) be reserved for cold East Coast weddings in the fall and winter.

Now I’m just rambling off of the top of my head here, but someone should develop a portable liquid cooling system for tuxes that utilizes tubes of cooled water supplied from a discrete pump-pack under the coat on the belt… hey, wait a minute… that’s a good idea!

Hmmmm… please excuse me, while I secure the necessary patents…

Brooke and Randy had a vision of a wedding at the Woodmen Valley’s Stone Chapel in Colorado Springs followed by a riotous reception at the Marriott.

We previewed Brooke and Randy’s engagement pics a while back on our blog, and we were hoping that the wedding photos would be as much fun to capture as their engagement photos were… and how!

Brooke and Randy have such a fun, carefree love. They laughed and played all day long, shrugging off the usual wedding snags and stresses with a joke and a grin. They loved being close to each other that day, and it shows in our photography of them.

We love our job, but weddings like this remind us how lucky we are not only to be wedding photographers, but also to be in love as husband and wife!

I’d photographed a number of weddings at Woodmen Valley’s Stone Chapel before, but I’d never captued a photo that really showed they hidden Jesus inlay in the stonework behind the altar. Charlotte got a great shot of Him this time, so keep an eye out!

I’ve been taking Hayden’s pictures since he was about 3 months old and I feel like he’s growing up as fast as my own children. I’m thinking I’ll probably be taking his Senior portraits like tomorrow!

He’s always been one of the easiest, happiest babies to take photos of and even now that he’s walking.

It’s so neat to be able to watch so many children out there grow up and capture those moments at each different age in their lives. I really do have one of the best jobs!

Susan is graduating from college this month and she wanted to take some pictures to commemorate this time in her life. I took her sister Angie’s senior portraits last year and I also took pictures of her Dad Mike and his wife Ginger a few months ago. They are such a photogenic family.

Susan has a natural modeling ability and I really think she should try and pursue something in this field. She thinks she’s too short, but her looks are stunning and I think that can override the short thing. I’m calling Tyra!

Good luck with all you do Susan!

Trystan Photography is excited to announce that May is Family Portrait Month! In honor of Mother’s Day, we’re giving away free family sessions all month long! Simply book an indoor or outdoor family portrait sitting between May 1st - 31st, 2008 and you’ll recieve the sitting for free (our $25 deposit is still required to book, but it will be applied in full to your print order).

Please make sure you visit our family portrait samples from areas around Colorado Springs and Denver, and check out our portrait prices.

Amy and Daniel are getting married this summer and it will surely be a fabulous affair. I love engagement sessions because it’s the perfect time to really get to know your couple before you photograph them on thier big day. Amy and Daniel were really funny with each other. Daniel seems to be such a kid at heart and Amy is so patient with him. Well, for as long as she can stand it!

I love it when my couples goof around with each other. These guys seem like they have such a great time together and it truely reflects in the photographs. I’m so excited to photograph them on their wedding day!

I don’t think I need to use words to describe how stinkin cute this little guy is. I love the ones we took outside by the fence and wall. Hayden really liked eating the leaves, Yummy!

I took Brooke and Randy’s Engagement pictures several weeks ago. It started out to be a nice day, but the weather took a turn for the worst the second we got to The Garden of the Gods.

I had to put Brooke’s crazy wind blowing hair series at the end of the slideshow. Randy was trying so hard to help keep her hair under control, but it was pretty pointless.  We called it a wrap, which was fine because I tend to want to shoot forever when I have a really fun couple. Then I get home and have over 500+ images to process.

Their wedding is definitely going to be one for the books. They’re just a blast to hang out with and apparently the families are just as wild and crazy fun. I Can’t wait!

I just recently spent an hour or so taking a few pictures of our own kids. I never expect much from these photo shoots. Ages 2 and 1 are probably the most difficult ages to photograph, especially when they’re your own children. They did a pretty good job and we got to have some fun playing in our jungle of a backyard too (note: If there are any landscapers out there that have any photography needs, we should talk!). They both look so grown up in these pictures. Ella’s really turning into a little ham and Trystan has the best hair to style! There are quite a few in the slide-show, I just couldn’t help myself.

Sometimes you get a day that’s perfect.

Sometimes the weather is warm but not hot (you do not want to see me sweat).

Sometimes the Colorado skies are extraordinarily beautiful.

Sometimes you can feel just how much your clients are really in love.

These were just a few of the things that made Nadja and Joe’s Mystic Meadows wedding really special for us.