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First Look Pros and Cons for your Wedding (copy)

September 13, 2026

Is a Telluride first look right for your wedding? Planning a Telluride wedding can be overwhelming. Figuring out your timeline, logistics, is enough to make your head spin. I’m here to help you and your fiancé see if the first look is right for you. While the time honored practice of not seeing your beloved until you’re walking down the aisle is a good luck superstition that many stick with. Others are wanting to ease their wedding day nerves and make sure they actually ...

Best Intimate Wedding Venues in Telluride, Colorado

September 6, 2026

Best Intimate Wedding Venues in Telluride, Colorado - A Local Photographer’s Guide There is something incredibly special about an intimate wedding or elopement in Telluride. Maybe it’s because when you strip away the enormous guest list, complicated timeline and expectations of what a wedding is supposed to look like, you’re left with the things that really matter: the two of you, the people you love most, a beautiful meal, a meaningful place and enough time to ...

5 Reasons to Elope in Telluride

August 30, 2026

For couples who value experience, intimacy, and meaning over performance.1. Because your wedding can actually be about the two of you.No seating charts. No spending the entire night making sure you’ve talked to everyone. No pressure to perform. An elopement gives you permission to slow down, be present, and build a day around what matters most: getting married to your person.Some questions to ask yourself: When you picture your wedding day, what do you want it to feel ...

Family-centered elopement in Telluride Colorado at Alpino Vino

A Family-Centered Telluride Elopement

August 23, 2026

When Eloping Doesn't Mean Leaving Your People Behind When you hear the word elopement, you might picture two people heading off into the mountains alone.And that can be amazing. But it doesn't have to be that way.You can have a small, intimate wedding in Telluride or the nearby mountains and still have your parents there. Your kids. Your siblings. Your grandparents. Your closest friends.For me, an elopement isn't necessarily about leaving everyone behind. It's about taking away ...

30 inch artwork Monochrome photo of a woman in a dress reclining on a reflective surface indoors.

Woman of Impact

February 17, 2026

Women of Impact - A Passion ProjectIf you would’ve asked me five years ago if I’d have a 30-inch acrylic portrait of myself hanging in my bedroom, I probably would have laughed.Like so many photographers, I’ve always been more comfortable behind the camera than in front of it.A few years ago, a group of photographer friends and I were helping one of our own launch a campaign. I was in a $10 thrift-store dress… simply showing up for a friend.But when I saw the ...