Big Sky Weddings

Lone Mountain Ranch wedding

Winter time brings a beautiful white hush to the mountains in our Montana Big Sky country. A scenic mountainous wonderland for downhill, cross country and back country skiing is abundant. Only a few brave couples decide to marry outside during the long months of winter. Those who dare reap the rewards!

Joanna and Andrew made plans in November last year to marry at the scenic Lone Mountain Ranch in Big Sky, Montana. I was excited and pleased to put them on my schedule for an early February wedding. They made plans to marry on the ridge above the lodge with amazing views regardless of the weather or temperature.

Bitter cold days pressed in on our area for a couple of weeks before the wedding. I prepared myself and my gear for the worst. Fortunately there was a magical inversion in the area of the lodge. The temperature in the Bozeman valley below Big Sky hovered around the zero mark, while 2000 feet higher at Lone Mountain Ranch it was an amazing 30 degrees! And OH MY… did it snow. The most luscious snowfall I have seen for awhile. The end result was an amazing winter wonderland wedding in the mountains!

So, please take a couple of minutes and experience the bliss of this ‘marriage at altitude’ in Montana!

Congratulations to Joanna and Andrew! Thanks for finding me…

two souls become as one

What I love!

I love it when my clients get so into being with one another that they forget about me snapping away. Chelsie and Vinny were in that place last year during their engagement shoot. In my mind, that’s what an engagement shoot should be ALL ABOUT! I walked away from this shoot thinking… ‘Oh My God that was crazy beautiful’ giddy and laughing to myself as if I was a little boy! I guess I am in some ways! hahahhabhahah. I knew I had just captured something extremely special!

I dubbed this little video “two souls – become as one”

If you are looking for authentically beautiful imagery for your engagement and wedding… I would love to be considered!

Enjoy the view!

A really Big Sky Wedding with a Texas twist

Stephanie and Jay pulled all their friends and family out of Texas and from around the US and plopped them right down in the middle of Big Sky, Montana at the scenic Rainbow Ranch Lodge to witness a wedding that 'took the cake'! Later I built this story telling photo album for them to have forever. Enjoy their wedding story in pictures!

Big Sky winter elopement

Big Sky winter wedding… and they eloped! Yep, Shelley and Brian flew in from North Carolina and headed toward their mountain top destination wedding with two dear friends. Big Sky greeted them in style with sunshine, lot’s snow and it’s amazing winter scenery! I love the bright sun on snow, it does something really good for my brain! It was a heart felt ceremony with time for laughs, tears and pause to look to our maker with reverence! Afterward they enjoyed a delicious meal and headed to Yellowstone National Park for snowmobiling and the scenic wonder of Yellowstone in winter!

It was a great way to begin another year of Big Sky and Montana weddings. After all, I incorporated Montana Wedding Photographer 15 years ago! My how time flies.

Live with an open heart, an inquisitive mind and … enjoy the view!

flip’n cold engagement session!

Breckyn and Thomas were up for a snowy and cold engagement session and of course… I was all in! We headed down by the Yellowstone river and braved the storm that was blowing in. This was definitely a mini session. It was about 20 degrees with 20 mph gusts! I shot until my fingers got numb and I noticed that the camera was actually starting to slow down a bit. I think 10 minutes was plenty long before we hustled back to our cars! I am looking forward to their Rainbow Ranch Lodge wedding in July wedding in Big Sky, Montana

Enjoy the view!

Big Sky Resort wedding

Chelsie and Vinny got married under Lone Peak and in spite of the weather forecasts in the days leading up to the wedding, it was an amazing day! The mountains at the Big Sky Resort are immense, powerful and demand attention when photographing in the area. What better background could you imagine for your wedding? For my ‘second camera’, I had the rare pleasure of teaming up with a great friend and very talented photographer Dennis Rodgers for this event and we had a blast. Thanks Dennis!
Here is a sampling of the beauty of this special day full of meaningful moments.

Cheers to Chelsie and Vinny!!!