Senior Rockstar Tour *** IMAGES!***

Well, a while back on the blog I announced an awesome project that I've gotten to be a part of, The Senior Rockstar Tour. No, I'm not talking about senior citizens! :) The Tour is all about High School Seniors and creating the ultimate senior portrait experience.

Now that we have 2 tours behind us, I can safely say that this really is the ultimate experience. I wish i could have done something like this for my senior photos!

I wanted to post some images from the first tour to give everyone an idea of what our day was like and what kind of images we produced. I'm just going through the stuff from the second tour so I'll have those up later. It's sort of hard to give you the whole picture because as just one of the 5 participating studios, I only have my images to show here. But these seniors have galleries of about 100+ amazing & different images to choose from. I just think it's great that we can all get together and provide such an awesome day for these kids and do something that no one has done before. Even better is the students who went on the tour have given us some amazing feedback! We've posted a bunch of their messages in a special gallery on the SRST website, along with some images from each of the photographers. I'll tell you what... it is an amazing feeling when a customer gives you positive feedback like this. Thanks so much to the kids for being our fabulous guinea pigs! :) Check out what they had to say!

We are taking a waiting list for a 3rd date this fall. If we get enough interested students, we will try to set up a 3rd date and go out one more time this year. If you're interested shoot us a message through the contact form on the website. If not... we will definitely be doing this again next summer, so stay tuned!

Kristi & Hugh got married in Aspen!

Kristi & Hugh are such an amazing and genuine couple. I knew their day was going to be a special one, but I don't think any of us could have ever predicted how the day would pan out.

For this wedding, my good friend and fellow photographer, Dusty Volkel of Volkel Image, came to Aspen with me. Actually we made a little trip out of it and also brought our spouses so we could enjoy Aspen together the next day.

We met up with both Kristi & Hugh while they were getting ready down in town in Aspen, just across from the Gondola at Aspen Square. Now Kristi hadn't spoken to Hugh at all that day, so Dusty & I had a lot of fun running back and forth and spilling the beans about what was going on in the others' room.




On our way up the gondola, we could see the weather at the top had completely closed in. It was windy, rainy/sleeting/snowing, and you couldn't tell that we were even at the top of the mountain, we were just in the clouds! Now you'd think Kristi's scarf on her head was to protect her hair? Nope. It was to make sure that non of the guests already up top got a glimpse of her. She's so funny, I adore her... hahaha.




The boys getting ready, captured by Dusty.




Well it wasn't looking like we were going to get to have the ceremony outside. The weather hadn't let up at all and Kristi told the coordinator to go ahead and set everything up indoors. As bummed as Kristi was, I was really really proud of her for not getting upset. I always tell my brides that there is no reason to stress about the weather! It's definitely the one thing that is completely out of your control! But Kristi & Hugh are from Houston and she wanted so badly for everyone to see this beautiful place that they had brought everyone to exchange their vows. I mean, not everyone gets to be married at 11,212 ft.! So naturally Kristi was bummed, and came down to share the news with her bridesmaids. She tilted her head back and looked towards the sky and actually said, "Please God, I'm with ya, you're my guy! Please give me this one break, it would mean so much"... and with a few laughs and giggles the girls gave Kristi a hug and continued to get ready.

Just a few minutes later, Melina, the wedding coordinator ran down the stairs... "Kristi! You're never going to believe this, you've got to come and see!! It's cleared... the rain has stopped and the sun is out!! "

We couldn't believe it! I have to say that was one of the neatest things I've witnessed. Just as quickly as they had set everything up outside, the amazing staff at the Aspen Mountain Club quickly took everything back outdoors so we could start the ceremony. Dusty captured the rainbow just as the rain was stopping...



So the rain may have stopped, but boy oh boy was it cold!! Being a Colorado girl, I usually keep gloves and a coat in my car, but I hadn't taken them up the gondola with me. I thought, it's June, can't be that bad right? I've lived here long enough that I definitely should have known better. I mean it had to have been no more than 30 degrees up there. It had been snowing! Dusty gave me a look when the ceremony started. One of those, what the heck did you get me into, kind of looks. Hahahaha. :) It actually wouldn't have been as bad if it weren't for the wind. You can see from the pictures that it was extremely windy. Since the staff is used to unexpected cold temperatures, they provided fleece blankets for all the guests. The next image shows a guest bringing up blankets for each of the bridesmaids as they took their spots up front. Such nice guys... :)



See, the sun was out! Doesn't it look warm? ;)




But it certainly didn't take away from a very beautiful and emotional ceremony for the bride and groom. And, well, Kristi got to share the view.







The Aspen Mountain Club was decorated so beautifully. Kristi did a wonderful job picking out all the details and making things special.







All good things, of course, must come to an end. I LOVE the sparklers on the exit. It's my favorite! This is Dusty's image. Isn't it great?! I barely made it outside to even see it because I got trapped by the crowd and burning sticks of fire were a little scary to maneuver through. haha




To Kristi & Hugh... it was an absolute pleasure to get to share this special day with you and your family. You are an amazing couple and I'm so glad you were able to find each other! I can not wait to hear about all your adventures in life as husband and wife and I fully expect to get to meet the possible additions to your family when you come out to Aspen again!! :)

Rachel & Jene's Wedding- River Valley Ranch

Rachel & Jene are a wonderful couple. It's always such an amazing thing to be a part of a couple's special day. I know I say that a lot, but that part never gets old for me! And being a part of their wedding, sharing in this time in their lives, just can't be understated. These two really do love each other and it showed every single time I saw them look at one another and smile. :)











There's nothing that gets me more than the father-daughter dance. *sigh* And the look on his face here just showed such amazing love for his little girl...



While I can usually hold back tears while the bride is dancing with her dad, this is what finally got me. Jerica, Rachel's daughter, (Like Erica, with a "J") and her new official dad had their first dance together as well. She was holding him so tight and Jene was just so visibly beaming and proud of his girl... I just couldn't hold back the tears. I have to admit, this was just about one of the sweetest things I've gotten to witness at a wedding.


There are of course, a MILLION more photos... well maybe not a million exactly, but there are a lot! :) If you'd like to be notified when the full gallery is ready for viewing, just shoot me an email.

To Jene & Rachel: I wish you nothing but a lifetime of happiness together. Thank you so much for asking me to be there with you.