Anniversary Roadtrip!

For our 1-year anniversary we decided to take an abbreviated version of our honeymoon roadtrip. We ended up heading to Southwest Colorado for Westy camping, great food, wine tasting, hiking, and being all shmoopy with each other for a few days. Its always nice to turn your back on emails and electronics for a while...my phone conveniently died on the day we left, and Lynn's wouldn't charge the whole time, so we didn't even hear a phone ring for 5 days. Aaaaahhhhhh....

Have coffee, make road trip!

First stop, Palisade CO....just in time for some wine tasting at Grande River Vineyard. We closed down the tasting bar and picked up a couple of their reserves and port! We wandered the grapes and snacked on a few afterward...





We made it to Telluride the next day and took a little hike up to and above Bridal Veil Falls. Gorgeous views of the valley from up there.

The aspens are just starting to show their gold...

Lynn gets rained on coming down from the top...

Here's a few images of the falls...




This was our first trip over Lizard Head Pass, just another brilliant corner of this state. This is Lizard Head Peak in a misty sunset...

Lynn wrote me an anniversary love note with her headlamp during this 20 minute exposure. Now that's what I call love.

Backyard Elk

Lynn and I are housesitting for some friends that live in the foothills, and wildlife abounds here in the open spaces. Deer, elk, fox, lion, and who knows what else. Wildlife photography is definitely something that I love and only had a few opportunities to actually do. To do it well and come away with really striking images, its a lot harder than you think. Most of the time you need time and patience to plan, track, wait, and shoot wildlife images. So I've been loving the fact that all I have to do is walk onto the back deck and scout the open space for animals! Its almost armchair wildlife photography! We've been totally enjoying the herds of elk that roam here, and most days and during dinners on the back deck have been accompanied by lovely elk bugle serenades. One of the bulls was wandering around behind the house last week. Such majestic animals, most of the time we just watch them and listen...but we have to take the opportuniy for a few images....

This morning I had to slowly creep my way down the hillside to a vantage point to get a good angle. Its such a cool feeling to get stared down by a large animal....

He was giving himself a nice antler massage in the tree limbs for a good 5 minutes....


Bugling away....

Anniversary!

Lynn and I celebrated our 1-year anniversary last week by taking a road trip down to southwest Colorado. Again borrowing our friends' Westy, we took off for 4 days to see if, after a year, we can still live in a van together. Ha ha ha, of course we can! In fact, its one of our favorite things to do....Our route took us through Palisade, Ridgway, Telluride, and Ouray. We got to check out some cool corners of Colorado we hadn't seen yet, and we hit a couple of our favorite spots that we visited on our honyemoon a year ago. The song "Memories" should be ringing around in your head by now.....Pictures to follow soon.

"Green" Wedding Contest!

We are excited to announce our upcoming Green Wedding Contest! "green" has become a very buzzy & trendy word lately, and there's a good reason: it's just plain smart! This is one trend that's bound to stick around.

So here's the idea: We are committed to supporting couples who plan their wedding with the Earth in mind. Savvy brides and grooms are realizing that being chic and eco-friendly can go hand in hand…from organic edibles and vintage wedding gowns to charitable gift registries, being socially and eco-conscious on your wedding day can go a long way to protect our planet and culture.

To promote "green" values in the wedding industry, we will be launching a contest in the upcoming months ~ available to all couples who contract with us for their 2008 wedding. Couples will try and plan their wedding with the most "green", eco-friendly, non-wasteful elements, thereby creating the least amount of impact on good ole Mother Earth! The winning eco-conscious couple will receive a FREE David Lynn Wedding Photography Collection, including complete photo coverage and more….Details will follow on the blog, so keep watching for upcoming information regarding the contest, and get your green on!

Terry & Chris

We had an amazing time photographing Terry & Chris's wedding at Beaver Creek’s Ritz Carlton last weekend. What an incredible venue!

They put so much thought into making their wedding a unique and memorable event for their family and friends. The day before the wedding, Chris, his father & groomsmen donned kilts and swords for the rehearsal (and didn’t stop laughing the entire night!) Terry gave each bridesmaid a special necklace, which housed a small piece of a clock to signify her gratitude for the time they had spent together over the years. They also offered each guest a river stone with a special message painted on them to take with their namecard.

Terry’s father, Jim toasted the couple as soon as everyone was seated with a special bottle of Anisette that he had been saving just for Terry’s wedding. As the Italian tradition goes, if he liked the man that Terry chose to marry, he would open this special bottle of liquor on their wedding night…. Chris passed the test with flying colors!

Terry & Chris worked with Alyssa at the Ritz Carlton and hired Kathy Vaughn of A Beautiful Memory to help with the coordination, and they worked their tails off! Great job, you two; we hope to work with you again soon!

Thank you for an awesome weekend, Terry & Chris! We look forward to sharing lots more images from your wedding weekend!

Kilts make any event a great time...the Doig's sported their colors for the rehearsal and dinner...




The dinner was held at Allie's Cabin on the Beaver Creek mountainside. Awesome cozy place for a party surrounded by aspen...








Saturday was the wedding day at the Ritz, a gorgeous venue; the ceremony was in the outdoor tent and reception in the grand ballroom...






























The river stones each had a saying painted on them, everyone took one home with them. Such a great idea and a cool keepsake from the wedding.




They had the most amazing cake we've seen yet. It was chocolate love, with words iced around every layer and built on a tilt! The thing looked like it was going to fall over at any moment. I can only describe it as a Dr. Suess cake. And delicious!! Check out the creations at Eat Dessert First...


The bottle of Anisette sits behind a personalized toasting glass for Terry & Chris...each guest got their own glass too!






Thanks again Terry & Chris!