Well, we haven't gone far but we are FINALLY ready to unveil our new blog! We've had this current blog for the last few years and although it has served us well, we are happy to be moving to a new blog that has much bigger images and that we just think is much prettier :)
Please make sure to update your RSS feeds and head over to our new blog and check it out! We'd love to hear your thoughts and we look forward to connecting with you over there!
Today is the day! We recently blogged about a great organization we're fortunate to be a part of - Thirst Relief International, whose mission is to save lives and change the world. And they're doing this by tapping into the incredible talent and generosity of the photo industry. Thirst Relief and ShootQ have come together to help raise money for this fabulous cause through the Mentor Auction.
Today, bidding for your favorite photography mentors will begin, so make sure to check it out and bid online! 100% of the proceeds directly benefit Thirst Relief, so along with learning from a successful photographer, you'll be helping save lives.
Want to bid but won't be attending WPPI? My (Katie's) mentor session can take place at WPPI in Las Vegas, or over the phone at another scheduled time. Not only will we have our mentoring session together, the winner of my auction will also receive $200 off of Chris and my "Spend a Day with The Humphreys" private workshop.
We have been excited to meet Kristin and Hadi for a few months now - ever since talking to them on the phone, we knew that we would love to be part of their Fall mountain wedding! A huge thank you to Paige from Colorado Wedding Company for making the introduction! :) Kristin and Hadi currently are living in Texas so our engagement session was the first time we all met and we had a wonderful time! Kristin and Hadi had told us they love going out at night and that an urban, downtown Denver shoot seemed to be what would suit them best. We were thrilled also because they wanted to do their engagement session at night so we had some fun experimenting with some evening shots!
We started out a little before sunset in a downtown Denver park - Kristin and Hadi are simply stunning in front of the camera! (Plus, how do you not just LOVE Kristin's dress and shoes?!)
Next, we made a stop at 16th Street Mall for some fun shots before heading uptown a little bit!
For the last two years, Chris and I have been lucky enough to be part of helping an incredible charity called Thirst Relief International. Thirst Relief is a non-profit whose mission is to overcome death and disease resulting from the consumption of contaminated water by providing safe, clean drinking water to those in need around the world.
At the WPPI convention this year,
some of the most well respected and successful people in the industry
will be donating their time to help benefit this amazing cause.
Photographers will be bidding on mentor sessions with their favorite
photographers and all the money raised will be going to Thirst Relief.
This year, I (Katie) will be flying solo at WPPI but will still be
available for a mentoring session and if you're a photographer, I hope
you'll consider bidding on me or another photographer to help raise
money for this fabulous cause. Not only is it a fun chance to sit down
one-on-one with me or another photographer, but it's such an easy way
for all of us to contribute to a great cause when there are so many in
need.
To make sure you're notified when the auction goes live, click here!
See you in Las Vegas at WPPI! :)
Well, we are definitely behind on blogging. So much has happened in the last two months and we've been majorly behind on our blog, but for good reason! We bought our first home on November 16th and since then, have been busy painting and working on the house, shooting our last weddings of 2009, traveling for the holiday, finishing all of our 2009 wedding and portrait work, moving into the new house, and getting our new puppy! Talk about a whirlwind few months!
We ended our 2009 season with an absolutely wonderful portrait session though, for one of our favorite families! We shot Katelyn and Brett's wedding a few years ago and through that, got to know Katelyn's sister (who is married and has a beautiful baby boy!) Katelyn's sister, Jenica contacted us about surprising their family with a portrait session for Christmas, which we were thrilled about since we hadn't seen everybody in a few years! We did some family pictures with everyone, as well as some baby portraits for baby Corbin. We shot around Jenica and Katelyn's parent's home in Castle Rock, CO and then at a nearby park also in Castle Rock. What a fun afternoon!
Meet Corbin! What a handsome little guy!
The whole family!
Diana and Mike's wedding was one that we had looked forward to for a looooong time. They actually booked us for their wedding back last December and I felt like I spent 2009 wishing their wedding would come sooner because I was so excited about it!! :) This past November, the time came and Chris and I flew out to New York to shoot their beautiful wedding at Oheka Castle. If you haven't seen this place, it is one for the books! It feels as though it's out of a fairy tale and everything about it is absolutely magnificent! Diana and Mike are such great people and so fun to be with, and between getting to shoot with the two of them and working at this spectacular venue, it was a wonderful day!! Diana and Mike were also such good sports about the rain that we had that day - we loved their attitude and despite it being a little wet, the day was still great!
We started out in the bridal suite with Diana and her bridesmaids getting ready and captured a few of all of them getting ready.
And then, the two of them together here :)
Diana and Mike were even willing to out a shoot for a few minutes in the rain! I loved these couple that we captured of them together, despite it being wet!
We would be remiss not to mention the incredible band that Diana and Mike hired for their wedding - Ken James Productions. not only were they one of the best bands we've heard, but they were such fun to chat with and great people to work with! We highly recommend them if you're looking for a great band! www.kenjamesproductions.com
Chris and I met Lyndsey a couple of years ago through a wedding we did with her company, Lyndsey Hamilton Events , and she is truly one of our favorite people to work with. More than that though, we feel so lucky to call Lyndsey a friend and someone in the industry that we really respect and admire.
Lyndsey had her first baby, Raleigh, a few months ago, and Chris and I were so excited to meet her a few weeks ago when we were able to coordinate meeting up while we were in NYC! Though it was a quick visit while we were out for Mike and Diana's wedding (blog post coming soon!), we were able to do some pictures of Raleigh - she is just precious!!
Meet Raleigh.
Lyndsey, we are so thrilled for the new journey you're on as a mom, and feel so lucky to have gotten to capture this stage of Raleigh's life! Can't wait to see you again soon - xoxoxo
I knew Miriam back when I was in middle school and high school. In our awkward phase of life, trying to figure out who we were, acting cooler than we actually were, and trying to navigate the path of being teenagers. When I went away to college, Miriam and I kind of lost touch, but through the wonders of Facebook, we've gotten back in touch over the last year or so. Obviously, so much has happened to us both in the last 9 years (!!) but Miriam now has two beautiful daughters and an absolutely wonderful husband, Steve who she met a few years ago. I had never met the rest of Miriam's family and Chris and I were so thrilled when we found out we'd be able to do a Life Session with Miriam's family!
Steve and Miriam's girls, Kate and Kaia are absolutely beautiful and they are so full of joy and happiness - it's amazing to see!
Meet Kaia!
And Kate!
To see more pictures from their Life Session, you can visit their slideshow here!
Steve, Miriam, Kate and Kaia, thanks so much for meeting up with us! It was so special to be able to capture your family together - this will be such a special time to remember when your girls are so young!! We hope to see you soon!! Big hugs from us both :)
We are definitely a little behind on our blogging. If you hadn't seen our posts on twitter, we've had some big news at the Humphreys house - we just bought our first home! We'll be blogging about this in another post to come, but hopefully it explains a little bit of our delay in posting Tracy and Steve's wonderful Beaver Creek wedding!
We absolutely love these two - they are so easygoing and just like I said after we shot their engagement session, we feel like we're hanging out with old friends when we're with them. We had been looking forward to their wedding for many months and it was actually our first time shooting at the Westin in Beaver Creek - what a beautiful spot! Everyone was a little nervous the leaves would be gone by mid-October, but we lucked out and had an absolutely incredible Fall backdrop for their wedding!
The day started off at their room at the Westin where we caught some fun shots of everyone getting ready!
Aren't her shoes just fabulous?!?! :)
One of the neat things about Tracy and Steve's day was the way that they combined special traditions from both of their families. Among these things was the Chinese Tea Ceremony that Tracy and Steve did to honor this tradition in Steve's family. It was so wonderful seeing both of their families come together!
And Tracy's family had some special Italian wedding cookies specially flown in for the day! :)
To see more highlights from Tracy and Steve's day, you can see their slideshow here!
Tracy and Steve, we are SO glad to have met you two and feel grateful that you live so close by! We can't wait to see you again soon - it was an honor to be part of your day!! Lots of hugs!
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