Montana Weddings

Morning light at Yellowstone falls proposal

Ryan contacted me in the early months of this year with his plan to make the long trip to Yellowstone National Park and propose marriage to Payton, the love of his life. When planning a day in Yellowstone in the first week of October, you never know what sort of weather you may get. At about 8000 feet above sea level, you may have 65 and sunny or, 15 degrees and snow. It’s a roll of the dice. As this date was coming up on the calendar I watched as the temperatures were dropping and precipitation was on it’s way sooner rather than later. Fortunately, the weather held!

I headed out before sunrise to get to our meeting place that looks directly into the face of Yellowstone falls. Everything went like clock work, the surprise was a great success and then we took a drive to several other of my favorite locations for photos.

Congratulation to this wonderful couple!

Enjoy the view!

Happy, happy, happy!

Allyson and Drew

A splendid summer wedding day in Paradise

Allyson wore her Grandmother’s wedding dress for the first look, in her honor. Then she surprised her husband (to be) with her own wedding dress when she came down the isle. Awesome!

At the end of the day the grandeur of Paradise Valley shown it’s amazing light and beauty upon this wonderful couple. Cheers to Allyson and Drew!

Thanks to my awesome second camera person Rachel Mascari for her excellent work and smiling face!

Jordan and Jacob

It is always special when long time family friends ask me to capture their wedding day images. We go way back!!! Summer evenings were a time for grass court volleyball in the park. At that time Jordan was just a little one who slept and played on a blanket, while the adults played on into summer evenings.

A few weeks ago this wonderful young woman married the love of her life. Congratulations to Jordan and Jacob! Such a meaningful time. I felt honored to capture their wedding day!

Joy, Joy, Joy!

Mill Creek wedding

This intimate family wedding took place beside the rushing of a local creek in the foothills of the Paradise Valley on a historic family property. When I drove down the steep driveway it opened to reveal four family cabins. It was magic! You could feel and see the family history in this place. I felt honored to have been hired to photograph in this very special place for this fine young couple.

Thanks to Amber and Jeremiah for choosing me to capture this beautiful family event. And… thanks to my amazing second shooter Rachel Mascari for her meaningful contribution of artistic, sensitive imagery.

Loving large

It is always pleasant to meet a couple in person for the first time on their wedding day and feel like I’ve known them for some time! Such was the case last Saturday at the 320 Guest Ranch. I have always had an affinity with this place. I have had the honor of photographing many fine weddings here for years.

This marriage brought a lot of lives together. Now they are one big happy family! I’ll let my photos tell you the story.

Thanks to my fine young friend Rachel Mascari for second shooting with me again this week and contributing to this blog post. ENJOY THE VIEW!

Sarah’s sons walked her down the aisle and there wasn’t a dry eye in the place!

I love my job! Capturing the experiences of life and making new friends!

Thanks to Sarah and Steve for finding me!

Alanna and Brent

It was a warm and pleasant day in the hills above Bozeman at the Woodlands at Cottonwood Canyon. It seems just weeks ago, that I had met and photographed with Brent and Allana in preparation for their wedding. And now here we are!

Enjoy the view!

This is not exactly what you might think. Brent’s back muscles were cramping after the wedding. The officiant also happens to be a trainer and good friend. So after all the family photos were done, he came to Brent’s aid. It’s one of those special moments during a wedding day of photos!