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Welcome to the latest vendor spotlight post, today featuring Colorado Wedding Planner Sugar Willow Events owner and lead planner Natasha Tuccitto! This also happens to be the first video blog of the series, which is super fun and a new format for me. One of the things Natasha and I have connected over and have […]
If you’re looking for ideas for planning the perfect casual wedding welcome party, you’re in the right place. I’m kicking off sharing more of Katie and Roger’s incredible wedding weekend with their casual, backyard welcome party. These two hit every touchpoint so perfectly for their intimate, intentional, experiential destination wedding weekend, and I barely know […]
So thrilled to share another vendor spotlight with you this week, this time with Colorado Wedding Planner Maggie Boesen Co. Maggie and I share a heart for intimate events, and I just melted the first time I saw that the headline on her website is “we focus on the joy of gathering.” Weddings are such […]
One of my favorite types of sessions to photograph are extended family sessions, and these extended family photos in Estes Park are no exception! There’s something so special about having the whole family together, and getting to document this small space in time of having everyone together, and the joy and love that exists for […]
BEHIND THE LENS
A note from Jen
Purpose and passion and the lessons of over 17 years of weddings...
I'm writing this today staring out at the bright blue Colorado sky, near Boulder, CO where I live with my husband of nearly 17 years and our 8 year old son. We moved here to chase the mountains and adventure and a life fully lived, after over a decade in Nashville, TN.
It might seem silly to say that I believe part of my purpose here on this earth is creating photos at people’s weddings. But here’s the thing. Life is absolutely going to life. There are going to be days and seasons that are freaking hard and awful and the world feels like it’s burning down (literally, metaphorically, in all the ways). And there are going to be days full of so much love and joy and bliss and peace that you wish you could just bottle it up for all time.
And I feel so strongly that that’s WHY a wedding matters. And why your photos matter. And why making it so intentional and purposeful to you matters. To create the space to intentionally create beautiful new memories together. Because it’s a weekend to say that this love (yes, all love) and these people (yes, all people) MATTER. It exists. It is real. And it’s worth celebrating the f*** out of. In a radical defiance of everything telling us to be scared and wall up our hearts.
And it’s worth documenting. My purpose in this is to be present with what’s there on your wedding day—all the joy, love, and whatever else is showing up—and creating the record of it. A record of what is true to you. So that when the days hit hard, you can point back at this anchor of joy and love, and know that it exists. It is real. It is worth celebrating.
Sending all the love, wherever this journey of life is meeting you today. xoxo, Jen
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