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Cowboy meets Cowgirl – Katie and Josh Engagement Photos

September 29, 2009 – 7:30 am

Recently I had the chance to work on engagement photos with Katie and Josh.

One of my favorites from the day was in the old barn.

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Being an animal love I of course love working their dogs into a few shots.

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of course once they caught the scent of something in the bushes they had ideas of their own.

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Monica and Cory Engagement Session

September 1, 2009 – 7:30 am

A few weeks ago I had the wonderful pleasure to get together with two of my clients, Monica and Cory, and shoot their engagement session.   Picking a nice weekend day and heading off into downtown Denver we kicked around one of the river areas and picked up some great shots.

Such a wonderful couple,  looking forward to working on their wedding as well.
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Castle Rock Colorado Engagement Session – Marianne and Daniel, and Riley too.

August 6, 2009 – 8:15 am

One of the wonderful aspects of being a wedding photographer in Colorado is the variety of areas you get to shoot.   Be it gardens, parks, or urban looks in the city or natures finest in the surrounding area, you’re never far from a fantastic location.

For Marianne and Daniel’s engagement session they chose a location that was a favorite of theirs, along a small trail at Surrey Ridge in Castle Rock.

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Of course no good hike around Castle Rock is complete with a dog for companionship.   Riley certainly enjoys his time out on the trail with his family.

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although obviously not everybody can keep up with him and sometimes Riley has to let everyone else catch up.

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Guys all I can say is with you guys being the first wedding of the 2010 season – it’s going to be a great year.

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Summer Newsletter

July 31, 2009 – 6:32 am
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A*list – Best of Denver

A*List’s Best of Denver

Mark Hayes Photography has again been nominated for the A*List on channel 7 for Best in Denver under the category of photographer. The competition for this is always tough, this year no less than before.

The fact that I know a lot of these other wedding photographers makes it rather difficult, part of me is rooting for my friends, but maybe if I got just enough votes to give them a run for it. :-)

As for myself I just noticed I haven’t been to even half of the places running for best burger……….

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Wedding Season 2009

Well it’s about half way through the season, and what a year it’s been so far. As always the greatest part is the wonderful people it brings me in touch with, be they marvelous clients or other vendors who do amazing work in their own fields.

Now while every wedding and engagement session has been great so far there are a few that really stand out in my mind as being unique or special for some reason.

Daliana’s Bridal Session.

It’s been a year and a half since moving my studio to it’s current location attached to South Broadway Christian Church. While I’ve used the wonderful stonework of this building many times for other types of sessions I’ve yet to be able to arrange to shoot a bride here.

When Daliana told me she wanted to do a traditional bridal session instead of an engagement session I knew I’d finally get the chance.

The bridal portraits out in the portico proved to be just as beautiful as I’d hoped they would be. The combination of her dress and the 120 year old rough hewn stone arches make for a amazing portrait.

For finally getting a chance to capture the images that had been floating in my mind for 18 months this is one of my favorite moments this season.

Ryan and Maggie’s Engagement Session

The part of this that will always stand out is the fact they weren’t officially engaged until half way through the session.

If you missed the story on the blog, go check it out – but fair warning, have a box of kleenex handy. This one has made more than a few people teary eyed.

Just being there to capture this amazing moment sets this one apart from all the other engagement sessions this year.

Nick and Nikki’s Dunafon Castle Wedding

When my wife and I spent two weeks driving around Ireland the entire time we would be on the look out for old stone buildings. “Old thing alert”, was heard every time we saw an old tower in a field. Which in Ireland can be about every 15 minutes.

So it’s no surprise with the stone towers, celtic themed wall paintings and beautifully groomed landscape that spending a day cover a wedding at Dunafon Castle is like a mini vacation to me.

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It’s beginning to look a lot like……….

Still working out the details for this years holiday card offerings but just wanted to make sure everybody starts thinking about it early. Details should be announced in mid to late August and setting up the tree in the studio by September.

With some of the changes this year there will be more choices than last year as far as what type of cards will be available.

The custom cards like last year will still be available, and our print partner, Pictage, will also have simpler card options available. Pictage will even have an option to purchase a digital download to allow you to make your own cards if you wish.

And as usual I’m sure we can expect something different for the official studio holiday card. :-)

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Sneak Peeks – What's in the queue

July 22, 2009 – 6:00 am

It’s been a busy, busy month around here.   July is a busy month for a  wedding photographer and there’s a few things we’re working on here at Mark Hayes Photography.

Wendy and Robert’s wedding from earlier this month.  We’re working on the book for this one right now.

Denver Church Wedding

Daliana and Kyles’ wedding was just last weekend.   Haven’t had much time to do anything but download and backup yet, but here’s a few unfinished teaser shots.

Boulder Colorado Wedding

And also last weekend was Marianne and Daniel’s engagement session.   Another unedited straight out of camera sneak peek.

Castle Rock Engagement Session

We’ll be posting more over the next week or two as items finish principle edits.

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