Sean & Chloie - a midwest love story

I've known Sean for over 10 years, he was one of the first people I met when I moved to Colorado Springs. Since that time he has become like a brother to me. When he left The Springs to pursue a career and a new adventure in Kansas City I was really bummed. I have come around, I love that his time in KC has treated him very well. So well that he found his bride to be there.

Chloie is awesome! She is a school teacher, laughs (a lot), and isn't scared of adventure. No joke, she dropped everything two summers ago and moved to South America to take a job. With her fun personality and adventurous spirit she and Sean are a perfect match!

The love birds came out to The Springs a couple of weeks ago, and we went to the trolley car museum for a fun and unique engagement session. Yeah, I said "trolley car museum". Totally random but awesome.

In March I have the honor of being in Sean & Chloie's wedding!

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Pat and Kimbosha Engagement Session - Colorado Springs Photographer

Not only was it a pleasure to photograph Pat & Kimbosha's engagement session this past Sunday, it was a BLAST!  

I've known Pat for something like 10 years.  He is an incredibly humble man, and musician.  One of those guys you can count on, and one that people only have nice things to say about.  It had baffled me that Pat hadn't snatched up a cute young lady to make his wife sooner, but more and more I see that the proverbial "perfect timing" saying is true.  Kimbosha is the perfect match, at the perfect time.

Kimbosha is this unbridled ball of joy.  She is goofy, fun, creative, and a videographer!  I only met her recently, at what happened to be her brother's wedding; he was an old roommate of mine.  I remember seeing her family's Christmas cards on my fridge, when her brother lived with me.  These photos consisted of the family dressed in hilarious costumes (i.e. such as pirates).

This engagement session was a little different...  I just picked up some Cactus V5 remote triggers, and wanted to experiment with off-camera flash, this was my first outdoor use of this technique.  I also had my beautiful wife, Andrea, assisting me.  She hand held one small softbox with a Canon 580EX II flash.  We realized that we need to come up with some keywords so she knows what I mean when I say "turn it clockwise".  

Anyways.  Enough of me rambling.  Here you go!

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 I did not use flash for the above photos, just available light

The incredible story of Vivian Maier

A young man in Chicago purchased some items at an auction, and stumbled into a virtual treasure chest of photographs taken by a reclusive woman named Vivian Maier. He now has approximately 100,000 negatives and hundreds of undeveloped rolls of film, of her work that are finally seeing the light of day and are receiving world-wide recognition. Watch the video HERE and check out the blog which features one of her photos close to daily, HERE. This is incredible!