Engagment Pictures

We finally got our act together! With all my work event craziness and Dan's general busy-ness... we hadn't had time to schedule our engagement pictures. It's been six weeks since we got engaged and since we are planning a March wedding... we need to get cracking on those Save-The-Dates!I was perusing Facebook the other day and noticed a friend of mine, Max Gerson, is shooting professional pictures on the side. And DAMN! He is good. :) I talked to Dan about maybe using Max for a photo shoot... He saw some of his pictures and agreed. So we planned for today, November 11... until Max told me that it was going to be snowy and gross. It was at that moment that I kinda freaked out. Dan's worried about people having time to make plans to get to the wedding (I agree) and we need to get the save-the-dates out.I have the designer in place, she is just waiting for the pics. So after going round and round with Max... me throwing out crazy ideas, he coming back with viable ones... we settled on some concepts. Dan wanted straight pics, Max and I were kind of excited about something a bit more dramatic. We looked at the weather and decided today, Sunday, would be the day. It was cold but beautiful.We started in Civic Center Park, near the wedding venue, and shot all around. Yes, there were homeless folk hanging out but nothing crazy happened... but we were COLD! From there, we moved on to The Cruise Room at The Oxford Hotel. AMAZING location. It opened the day after prohibition ended in 1933 and is downtown Denver's first bar. It was fashioned after one of the lounges on the Queen Mary. Original chrome and neon reflect onto the wall panels depicting light-hearted “toasts” from around the world. Utterly FUN to shoot pictures! The staff at McCormicks was amazing. They let us take pictures no problem and we came WAY before the bar was open. They have a free jukebox with songs from another era on actual 45s (records)... it kept us entertained and Max caught some great shots of us dancing. We also entertained the McCormicks patrons who watched us shoot through the glass doors. It's was Dan's first time taking pictures in public like that and he kept saying, "Babe! They are staring at us!" "We are keeping them quite entertained!"All in all, it was an awesome day and I think we got some beautiful pictures out of it. Max is quite talented, has great ideas but isn't too pushy. He let us take some of the shots we wanted too (even if they aren't as good)!So vendors to recommend - I loved shooting engagement pictures in downtown Denver. Don't be afraid to call your favorite bar or restaurant and ask if you can shoot before they open.Engagement pictures photographer - Max Gerson!!I'll be sure to post pictures when I get them! :)

When the 'fun' starts to wear off...

Don't be deceived... getting married is still fun! I just realized that planning a wedding involves WAY more details than I ever thought possible! Guest lists and rings and chuppah and ketubah and decor and outfits and dresses and most of all, making sure everyone is happy and feelings don't get hurt!Thank G-d I have three dear friends/co-workers helping me plan... except we all got sidelined by our two biggest work events that are taking place next week. That is the only bummer of us all working together. So planning is on a hiatus until CHOICES and Men's Event are over and then we will get back down to it!Oh I just can't wait to get started again!!! :) I am working with this awesome chick on designing my wedding invitations. Brooke at Paper Candy is doing a custom design for us and I am SO excited. Being a pseudo designer... finding the right invitation design was VERY hard...Oh wait... no talking about wedding planning until next Friday... oops...:o)Until then, friends...