Manitou Springs Colorado Engagement Session - Devon & Brent

I almost typed "the weather is warming up" but in true Colorado fashion there's a blizzard outside.  But what's true is that wedding season is just around the corner.  My friends Devon and Brent got engaged just before Christmas and are madly in love.  They asked me to do an engagement session for them this past weekend at their first date spot, the totally rad Penny Arcade in Manitou Springs Colorado.  This place has games from the turn of the century and I don't mean this century.

This is the first blog post since my business slogan and website became "Capture Your Adventure", thank's Dev and Brent for letting me Capture Your Adventure!

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Favorite Canon G12 Photos of 2012

A couple years ago I bought the newly released Canon G12 so I'd have a backup camera, and something compact to easily take on trips.  While most would take it for a "point and shoot", it does have many manual functions, plus the vital ability to shoot in the RAW format.  I have been extremely impressed with it.  And she has provided me with some incredible photos from California to Colorado to Barcelona to Rome to Paris.  Here are my favorite G12 images from 2012.

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Colorado 

 Colorado

 Colorado

Colorado

Nevada

Paris, France

Paris, France

Colorado

Colorado

Paris, France

Paris, France

 Colorado

 Colorado

Colorado

Colorado

 Colorado

 Colorado

 Colorado

 Colorado

 Colorado

 Colorado

 Colorado

Colorado

 Colorado

 California 

 California

 California

 California

 California

 California

California

Top 10 images from 2012

2012 came to a close a week ago, and what an adventurous year it was!  Highlights were: a week long trip to Paris, a road trip to Illinoise (Sufjan Stevens reference), shooting a wedding in Tennessee where I was assisted by my beautiful wife, and kinda sorta wrapping up the year with an incredible road trip throughout California.  While 2012 was slower for me in the business sense, life was at moving at quite the clip.  All in all I shot fewer sessions and weddings, but I do love the thousands of images that I was still able to create.  It was hard picking my Top 10 favorites, but here you have 'em.

Also, a quick shout out to Visual Supply CO. for their rad VSCO Film software.  Thank you!

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 The Seine River - Paris France - June

ISO 100 - 70mm - f/2.8 - 1/1000sec - Canon 50D 

Musee d'Orsay - Paris France - June

ISO 80 - f/2.8 - 1/125sec - Canon G12

The Eiffel Tower - Paris France - June

ISO 100 - 38mm - f/2.8 - 1/3200sec - Canon 50D

Dinner in Paris France - June

35mm film - Holga 135

 Drew & Sarah's engagement session - Garden of the Gods, CO - June

ISO 100 - 45mm - f/2.8 - 1/200sec - Canon 50D

Pat & Kimbosha's engagement session - Colorado Springs, CO - July

ISO 100 - 51mm - f/8.0 - 1/160sec - Canon 50D 

ISO 100 - 52mm - f/2.8 - 1/3200sec - Canon 50D 

Barton & Sarah's wedding - Jackson, TN - October

ISO 100 - 40mm - f/2.8 - 1/400sec - Canon 50D 

ISO 100 - 42mm - f/2.8 - 1/1000sec - Canon 50D

Golden Gate Bridge - San Francisco, CA - November

ISO 100 - 24mm - f/2.8 - 1/1000sec - Canon 50D