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October 29, 2012 by Anya Elise

Grace and Joey || Boulder engagement photography

I come from a family of four siblings: three girls, one boy. I’m stuck in the middle with the boy.

Not everyone takes a lot of stock in the notion that your placement in sibling hierarchy bears much influence on how you turn out. But I must protest.

Enter my dear friend, Grace. She too comes from a family of four siblings: three girls, one boy. And she too is stuck in the middle with the one boy.

And let me tell ya’ she and I just get each other. We do. We have an understanding of one another that can’t be learned, it’s just there. And I definitely believe that our shared standing in our respective sibling hierarchies plays some part of that understanding.

This is all just a round about way of saying, Grace is one of my dearest friends. We met during college and have stayed in pretty close contact with one another since then. A couple of months ago she and her boyfriend of several years got engaged. (And yes, I made a high-pitched squealy type noise when she told me…it wasn’t pretty.)

When we sat down over coffee a few days after her engagement she said, “I also wanted to talk to you about photographing our weddin–”

“Yes!”

Thus proving I’m very difficult to persuade.

We went up to Boulder last weekend to photograph Grace and Joey in our old digs. Here are a few of my frames from our very lovely outing.

Check out more from this killer couple over at A&D Photography.

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October 15, 2012 by Anya Elise

Lindsay and Chris || Denver engagement photographer

Fall in the city. Cooling temperatures. Hot coffee. Football. Excitement for the holiday season just a few months ahead.

This is my favorite time of the year. So what better time than now to plan your wedding and get some engagement photos done?

Lindsay and Chris joined us in downtown Denver at the very end of September to embark on just such a mission. They brought little Ewing. They brought their sense of adventure. They brought it: that elusive characteristic of joie de vivre, mixed with confidence and a healthy spirit of excitement. I love people who exude it. It’s contagious and beautiful to photograph.

Check out more photos from Lindsay and Chris’ engagement session over on A&D Photography.

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October 5, 2012 by Anya Elise

Lindsay and Chris || Denver engagement preview

Autumn in Colorado. First snow on the ground. Engagement sessions being booked for next summer’s weddings.

Here is a single shot from Lindsay and Chris’ session last weekend. We explored the vistas of downtown Denver. I’m digging the urban outlooks that we found for their session. A broader edit will be hitting A&D (and here, because I love ya) next week.

But until then! Go do fun things this weekend and then report back. Take photos, jot down notes, I want to hear your stories.

Love and coffee to you, -a.e.

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May 30, 2012 by Anya Elise

red barns and cowboy hats || Colorado engagement photographer

As a native of this fair Colorado state, there are few things that get me more fired up than cowboy hats, boots, cows and general Wild West moments.

So when we were able to set up this scene at Johnny and Erica’s engagement session earlier this month, my heart went pitter patter. And life was good.

Mosey on over to A&D Photography to see more of their classic Colorado engagement session.

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May 24, 2012 by Anya Elise

dancing || Denver engagement preview

It was raining and there was lightning and I could feel a cold coming on, but when I asked Johnny to start dancing with his bride-to-be, Erica, in a field in the mountains a few weekends ago, that all melted away. I expected a sort of slow dance, swaying number, but instead he broke right into a beautifully executed swing dance. Here was a fellow who knew what he was doing, and it was perfect.

This is just one of my favorite frames from Johnny and Erica’s engagement session. Many more to come!

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