RachaelHopePhotography

Monday, March 23, 2009

a colorado engagement...

A little over a week ago Drew and I had the privilege of helping our old friend Wes Tongue get engaged to his love, Jo Warner. I know that I use the word privilege a lot but I truly am so honored when I am asked to participate or capture these amazing and memorable life moments. I am always blessed.

So, Wes is an old friend from New Life and my freshman year of college at ORU. Wes was always so great and let me ride back and forth with him from the Springs so I could see my love, and now Wes is marrying his love! The day was perfect and Wes had an elaborate plan that went off without a hitch...Jo was totally surprised!

Congrats Wes & Jo! I can't wait to see you guys again soon!

Below is my favorite!!!!

Beautiful ring!

Sunday, March 15, 2009

a sneak peek...

I forgot...I wanted to give a sneak peak of Jamie and Nathan's wedding!!!! I'll do a whole post on this great and exciting wedding next week but for now...

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spring break on the way...

At the beginning of March I knew that this month was going to be a busy one for me, and yet even with that knowledge I am completely overwhelmed now that all the business is upon me. I'm three engagements, one wedding and several consultations down though and I'm pretty happy with a lot of the projects so far. I need to take a little brake from editing for the next few days though because I have a HUGE paper due this Thursday before Spring Break and I haven't even started it yet! Yickes! I have big plans though for Spring Break, catching up on pics and house stuff (I'm painting and hanging pics!) So, I'll be back sometime next week with a ton of new posts and pictures!!!

For now, check out Sabrina & Hunter...another amazing and incredibly beautiful couple who made each other laugh our entire time together. I can't wait for their wedding this May! It's going to be beautiful, I have no doubt.

So hard to decide!!! But I think this is one of my favorites of the day! So romantic...

All images copyright RachaelHopePhotography 2009

Thursday, March 5, 2009

janelle & jon...

Last Saturday Drew and I had the true privilege to head to Denver to shoot Janelle & Jon's engagement photos. They wanted an urban feel so we headed to down town Denver near the Capitol building and the Denver Art Museum. I can not rave enough about this couple. They were to sweetest, most in-love and just overall most awesome couple ever! Janelle even crocheted me an amazing scarf that I've been wearing all week! How amazing is that?!

The best part of the day is while we were shooting in front of the Capitol building, sharing the space with a wedding party that was having their pictures taken as well. Next thing I know Janelle and Jon were sharing an intense smooch, catching the eye of the entire wedding party and disappeared behind the wall to cat calls and hoops and howlers!!!! It was awesome and made for some amazing pictures!

As you can see...I really fell in love with this couple and I can not wait for their wedding in June! I can already tell that it's going to be a very special and anointed event.

Enjoy a lot of favorites from the day!

The famous kiss!!!

I really really love shooting in Denver!!!

All images copyright RachaelHopePhotography 2009

Sunday, March 1, 2009

boulder...

So last week I was really took some time to sit down and think about my photography. I have to admit that this thought was sparked by another photographer I follow who blogged about the same thing, but it sparked something in me to think about if and how I've been growing as I've gotten so busy. As I sat down I realized how fast this year has been moving already how I already felt like I was kinda in a rut. I sometimes struggle with finding new things like locations (though being in Denver has been a huge help!) and poses. It made me realized once that I need to continue challenging myself and working hard to become a better photographer in these aspects and so many more.

All this thought inspired me to work on a few of these areas in a 'just for fun' shoot. So I called up the brother-in-law and his fiance (Zac MacPhee & Meagan Taylor) to see if they'd be willing to go out on the town with me. They were up for it and so we headed to Boulder, CO!

I've been wanting to shoot several places in Boulder for a while now. Zac & Meagan were thankfully up for the drive since they were headed up for a visit and theMILL anyway! Sadly it ended up being an incredibly cold and windy day so we were only out for about 40 minutes...but I am really happy with the product anyway. I tried out some new poses I've seen around but tried to put my own flair on and the Flatirons are such an amazing backdrop. All in all I think I got some good shots and I enjoyed challenging myself a little. Let me know what you think!

P.S. - Thanks Z & M!!! Love you guys!

I love this one!!

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

kendall & brett...

Ever since we moved, I've really been enjoying being in the middle of all these great places in Colorado. Denver, Fort Collins, Boulder, Colorado Springs...the list goes on and on. Living up here has been so much fun and I've been discovering so many great new places to do shoots.

So last week I went on location in Denver with Kendall & Brett! These High School sweethearts are a beautiful couple getting married this summer and I had so much fun with them on the most beautiful day at Cheesman Park! I've been wanting to shoot here for years since I was there for a charity walk. I can't gush enough over how fun this couple is so I guess I'll just have to show you!

They made each other laugh the whole shot! It was so so cute!