Kuddos and thanks again and again to Keren Lifrak Weddings & Special Events for making SURE this wedding got where it needed to be: day of AND in the magazine!! You’re the best!! And I LOVE your new website! Esp. that very first pic of YOU!!! xoxo
  

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Heather with Calluna Events assembled a fabulous set of wedding professionals to pull off Annie’s dream wedding. Jessica Shineyda with The Face Lab transformed the already adorable Annie & her bridesmaids + mother into works of art.

Had you any idea it was this much fun to work with a bride?? This shot really sums up how all the wedding vendors felt about working with Annie and her mom! Andy with Andres Alfredo styled the girls’ hair. He is as sweet as he is talented!
What is the best reason for a June wedding? PEONIES. Thanks to Brighter Day Floral, every corner of Annie’s wedding was dripping in these sublime arrangements.

Due to rain, the ceremony was moved inside. I have NEVER been happier to shoot an indoor wedding thanks to Denver Design Works!! Can you believe this room?? It took my breath away- all night! We kept commenting that this backdrop, originally intended for outside, would have gotten lost. Sometimes it is for the best our plans get changed. What a treat to work with a team of unbelievably creative professional artists. It made my job so very fun!      
I was so relieved Annie & Nick braved the drizzle for a quick photo shoot! Nothing is better than natural rain-cloud-diffused light!!
 
 
Sumptuous cake by non other than the fabulous Tee & Cakes. Do NOT pull up their website if you are on a diet. Within one second of glancing at their blog I promise your mouth will be watering!!

A very proud father of the bride!
(A guest grabbed me while shooting candids during the cocktail hour and said, “Get a shot of this- he is the bride’s father!!” I thought, “Geeze, it would be pretty sad if I hadn’t figured that out by now!” But I’m glad he grabbed me because this image is so beautiful!) 
A shot with the Flatirons completely misted over. So enchanting!
This might be my favorite shot of the day!!!
Can you see me in the background wearing my “signature” skirt that I found in a vintage shop in Dublin? I’ve worn in to almost every wedding I’ve shot in the last 8 years! Caroline shot this beautiful image.  
Although I haven’t yet seen the video, I can say that it was wonderful working with the Lupher Arts Videography team! And I always love the video light at the reception!
Another seamless & resplendent event by Heather Dwight, the owner of Calluna Events. I have no idea how she pulls off perfection every single time with her gracious & unruffled spirit. Her attention to detail is impeccable and she treats everyone with the utmost respect & kindness. It is always such a dream to work with her.
It’s not often that a photo of the photographer shows up on the blog! Here I am- Regina Mountjoy of Recherché Photography! My fabulous assistant, Caroline Colvin, took this shot of us as I was saying my goodbyes. It really is a trick to be “unobtrusive” with all that gear I’m packing!! But I’ve got to be ready for anything!!

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Cat’s parents hosted the rehearsal dinner in their backyard.
One of Cat’s bridesmaids took their wedding logo to a baker and had this cake made!!  

Cat’s father grew up in the Powel Crosley Estate, which has since become a historical museum. It was a dream come true for Cat to be able to have her wedding here. She wrote a captivating description of her thoughts on her wedding website. Incidentally, this mansion is where they filmed Great Expectations several years ago- before they did a major renovation!
Yummy, yummy, yummy details…     
I have played it safe for a decade by positioning myself at the end of the aisle to get the shot of the bride walking down with her father. I had just said to Cat, “see you at the end!” and then at the last second changed my mind. I dashed up the stairs just in time to catch Cat before she descended the staircase. When I rushed in she started laughing and said, “I KNEW you’d change your mind!” This image was worth that wild dash!
This is Cat’s adorable hairstylist (one of the many as far as I can tell!)
Greg is a phenomenal artist and painted all the signs for the event!
I think Greg almost lost his eye running down this precarious path! They said people were flailing the sparklers every which way and I had to yell at everyone right before the couple came down to get OFF the path and make some room! This was the ONLY semi-focused shot I could manage, but very happy with it and think it is so fun!
And the grand finale: Cat & Greg depart on her father’s boat. Lovely!
As I was flying across the country to photograph this event for Cat & Greg a day-after photo shoot was absolutely required.     

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my current FB profile pic:the runner up profile pic: me with the most fabulous julie harris: my handsome husband and sultry best friend: a shot with my best friend where i do indeed look like Renee Zellweger: the photo booth boys! my parents: acupuncturist extraordinaire, Robin Schiesser: my very fabulous makeup artist, Jeremy Simpson: my mommy! me with Aimee Monihan-Greening with Mountain Occasions: me with sister, Jordanna, doing an unintentional Fraggle Rock impression: The adorable Heather Dwight from Calluna Events expecting her first baby girl: Jessica Miele from Bistro Boys Catering and her handsome husband, Adam: Jay & I with our newest family member, Finnegan! (Obadiah was NOT getting in that booth.

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This is her precious nephew who was so happy that he started sobbing uncontrollably.       

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Here I am on a Saturday night- and a holiday weekend no less, hunkered in at my computer editing. And quite frankly feeling sorry for myself. I spent the day painting the trim in my new studio space (a bit too tedious for my taste, but Jay never complained so how could I??). Then took the pups for a walk and realized I have not mastered the training technique for teaching a dog to “heel” and it all unraveled from there. I hate to break it to the everyone (besides my mother and Jon & Juli), but Regina’s life is not all flowers and sunshine. She puts up a pretty good front but is slightly obsessive compulsive, perfectionist, prone to bouts of extreme impatience, frustration and melancholy. But let’s face it- aren’t those some essential qualities for any great artist? Self-loathing, despair, emotional disparity seem to be vital ingredients for great works of art!

As any wedding photographer will probably tell you, the first run through a wedding edit is HARD. Hundreds of images to get through, so many NOT good ones. But once you cull through and start working with only the solid shots the process is much more pleasant. Tonight I am still in the initial culling stage of Jake & Meadow’s wedding, about to pour another glass of wine and BAM, here was this shot. It took my breath away and filled my heart with a deep deep sense of God’s purpose in my life. I’ve known Jake a very long time and practically forced him to let me shoot his wedding. And I believe this shot is the reason why. Maybe you’d have to know Jake to understand why this is such a fabulous image of him. Meadow is an absolute dream to photograph, but this image in particular is so natural of her. I am not a fancy photographer. And while I’m playing the honest game on my blog, I don’t know jack about the technicalities of my craft. But this should not be a news flash as I’ve been blatantly admitting it for 10 years. I am in awe of so many other photographers and artists and feel often that what I do is so not impressive. My brother was the brilliant artist. And my sister the beauty. I was the charismatic one. But I think this image is a reminder to myself about what my work is all about: creating the space for people to let down their guard and be completely at ease with who they are. Before every single shoot I ask that God would give me His eyes, that He would show me the person He loves, who He created them to be, how He sees them. I will never be a technical shooter. I feel I almost shoot blindly, instinctively, trying to capture the moments in between when the most genuine childlike nature of a person feels it is safe to peek out. 

Jake & Meadow: I hope you are both having a wonderful time in Hawaii!! I’ll have the rest of your wedding up in just a few days!! Thank you again for sharing your apartment with us! Hope you didn’t care too much about that couch… (j/k) Love!