Sarah Lee Welch Photography-Colorado Wedding and Portrait Photographer

Danielle and Eric’s Gorgeous Tapestry House Wedding!

Sarah Lee — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:26:22 +0000

WOW!

Danielle and Eric contacted me to cover their wedding and engagement some time ago and over time I have gotten a glimpse into their lives. So in love, in tune with one another, and just all around happy! Those combinations make for a fabulous couple to be around and to photograph!! They did a fantastic job with the planning and the details of their wedding I was very much impressed! Each little detail put together makes the feel for the whole day and was so beautifuly done at this wedding. Here are a few of my favs enjoy!

Taken by my lovely assistant Lauren.

Danielle you are soooo beautiful!!

Eric you are pretty handsom yourself, you and Danielle make a stunning couple!

Eric and Danielle opted for a “First Look” which I HIGHLY recommend. A first look is where we set up a quite moment BEFORE your ceremony for you and your groom to see eachother for the first time. I LOVE doing it this way because it is so much more special! And you also have that moment to your selves and can talk, hug, smooch ect rather than standing in front of all of your guests. When we do a first look we will usually capture most if not all of your formal portraits before the ceremony as well so that you can just move onto your reception following your ceremony.

The day couldn’t have been any better for an outdoor ceremony. No wind, not too hot, not to cold just perfect!

I LOVE the color choices Danielle! And the lilacs and other flowers just beautiful!! Who was your florist?

There is this spot at the Tapestry House set up just for this shot and I believe that every couple who gets married there gets this shot, isn’t it just fabulous! What a great way to get one photo with you and ALL of your guests!

Peek-a-boo!

I think this might be my new all time favorite shot! Just LOVE it!

So serious! Great job guys you don’t look at all mad:)

I don’t know this one is tied for my new all time fav!! Thank you Shannon for your help with this one!

The reception was stunning!

Danielle got a piggy back ride into their reception and it was way cute!

Favors! You all know I LOVE LOVE LOVE details!! This was a fabulous idea! Inside each sack was flower seeds!

Gorgeous rings!

The Tapestry House does such a fantastic job all the way around!

Aw what a moment!:)

And a tear….

And LOTS of awesome dancing!

I can’t remember the song that they were singing to something by Journey but this was awesome! We had some karoke and some serious dancing to follow!

At the Tapestry House each couple who weds there receives their very own brick that gets layed in the “Brick Laying Ceremony” at the end of the wedding. It is a really cute little ceremony and a great way to have your stamp stay there forever!

And of course a lovely bubble exit!

Thank you Danielle and Eric for having me share in your special day!! It was truly a pleasure and I wish you guys many happy years together!!

To see Danielle and Eric’s engagment session click here.

Thanks to the following vendors for making this wedding so fabulous!

The Tapestry House

Melissa Moseman - Hair and Make-Up

and of ocurse me and many more!:)

Paige and Brandon are Engaged!

Sarah Lee — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:23:21 +0000

Paige found me through a mutual friend and we clicked instantly. I just met Brandon at this session and we all hit it off perfectly! I am soo excited for this wedding and working with Paige and Brandon! They’re fun and funny, full of love and laughter, and just all around great people to hang with! We went to Estes Park for this session and visited two different locations. First we went downtown and walked the river walk (which is where Brandon proposed!) and then we headed up to Lily Lake. For those of you who have never been to Estes Park I would highly recommend it! It is such a cute little mountain town!

Anyhow here are my favorites, enjoy!

I totally love their arm placement in this image!

This is the spot where Brandon proposed! How cute is that!

As some of you may know I kind of have a thing with photographing feet. Not sure why just do:)

Paige you look so cute doing your pirouette!!

Love this image!

Expressions here = priceless!

Loving your ring Paige!!

Longs Peak and Twin Sisters in the background!

Paige says “Lets ride the bridge like a horsey!” I am still laughing:)

So serious, LOVE it!

Paige and Brandon I had an absolute blast with you guys!! Thank you for such a fantastic session! Can’t wait for your wedding!!

Cassie and Fred Tie The Knot!

Sarah Lee — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:14:00 +0000

I have been waiting my entire career for one of my brides to wear a birdcage veil and I am so excited to finally say that I’ve had one! Cassie wore a birdcage veil for her wedding day and along with her vintage hand made dress she looked absolutely stunning! Fred you are one lucky fellar! Cassie and Fred had their ceremony and light reception at Grace Church in Greeley Co.

For their engagement session we went to Namaqua Park you can view that session here. Here are my favorites from their wedding day enjoy!

This shot was taken by my lovely assistant/2nd shooter Lauren.

For their Guestbook Cassie and Fred had a real tree (I assume they will plant this tree in their yard) along with little note cards on strings. Each guest got to fill out their own card and hang it on the tree! Seriously cute an unique idea!!

WOW! Now isn’t that jsut stunning! LOVE LOVE the veil! and of course Cassie too!:)

Celeste you are soo cute! Celeste was the junior bridesmaid as well as Cassie’s sister.

Cassie and Fred opted to do all of their formal portraits before the ceremony YAY!! I like this format best because it makes your day flow so much smoother and your “First Look” moment is more special because you can share it with just eachother rather than all of your guests.

I Love the windows at this church!

Cassie’s mom made this dress! Isn’t it just beautiful!!

Aw you guys are too cute!!

Who says formals can’t be fun?!?

Almost married!

Unity candles are great when you’re having an indoor ceremony.

Cassie’s ring is stellar! Love it!

Cassie and Fred it was truly a pleasure to work with you guys and photograph your special moments! Thank you for inviting me to share in such an important time in your lives, it has been wonderful getting to know you and I look forward to photographing you again! I wish you two all the best and hope that you will always treasure and love one another!

Anne and Ryan are Engaged!

Sarah Lee — Tue, 11 May 2010 22:35:33 +0000

Anne and Ryan are from Kansas but are having their wedding at Stonebrook Manor in Thornton Co. I simply can’t wait for several reasons 1) I have yet to photograph at Stonebrook and am very excited! 2) Anne and Ryan are such sweethearts I can’t wait to see them all dolled up! 3) And it was such a pleasure to photograph them for their engagment session I can only imagine how much fun we’re going to have on their wedding day! We decided to do their engagement session at Viestenz-Smith Park (this is like my all time favorite place to shoot and everyone loves it!).

So off we went, we had a blast and got some fantastic images to boot! Here are my faves, enjoy!

Unfortunately we couldn’t find their initials in the Aspens:( Still got a great shot though!

What does this remind you of?

Gotta love those tulips!!

You 2 have such spunk I love it!

This is one of my new fav shots! Kuddos to Stacy Reeves for the inspiration!

You guys are such perfect naturals! Great shot!:)

Vintage rings on purple flowers seriously makes my mouth water……so beautiful!!

This shot was sooo hard to get!! The wind was blowing I had to hold the branch still while trying to take the shot and not loose Anne’s ring! So worth it though!!

Anne and Ryan thank you guys for such a wonderful session! I had an absolute blast with you 2!! And yes again I can’t wait for your wedding!!

Breann and Brian are Engaged!

Sarah Lee — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:21:26 +0000

Breann and Brian decided that Viestenz-Smith Mountain Park was the place for them for their engagement session. Of course I was very happy about that as this is one of my favorite places to shoot! We went out one Sunday morning with their yellow lab Yeager and had a blast! We shot for about 1.5 hours (thank you Brian for making it though that!!:)), and got tons of awsome images! Breann is very much into “ring shots” just as I am so of course we had to get lots of shots with her ring, even on Yeager’s tail!

Breann and Brian I had a fabulous time with you guys!! I can’t wait for your wedding and RTD session! (We will be heading up to Storm Mountain on 4-wheelers to do their Rock the Dress Session so stay tuned!)

Here are my favorites from your session I hope you love them!!

Love the reflection here!!

Breann pointed out this flower, great eye hun!! This one is my favorite!!

Yeager just makes this shot!!

Yup that’s Breann’s ring on Yeager’s tail!!

You guys are soo cute together!! Can’t wait for your big day!!

So serious! Stellar shot guys!

We even got Yeager to grin!! Can’t beat that!

Save the date!!

You guys are so fun, full of life and laughter, you are going to have a wonderful life together!!

Thank you again for such a fabulous session!! Please let me know what you think by leaving a comment below!

Summer has grown!

Sarah Lee — Sun, 02 May 2010 19:26:23 +0000

Wow! My little cousin Summer has grown!! I have had the pleasure of photographing her since she was born and what a treasure she is!! For this session we went to Grandma’s house, played outside, played on the table, jumped on the bed, some of the things you don’t normally get to do at Grandma’s house:) What a blast it was!

Children are not my specialty but I very much enjoy photographing them! Here are my favorites, enjoy!

Is she not just the cutest thing you have ever seen!?!?!? Such a sweet little girl!!

Frogs are a thing with my family. So of course we had to kiss the frog in the yard:)

Summer just turned 2 and loves telling you about it!

A kiss for mama.

Oh and of couse the details!!

Ha! I asked her to look for the horses and this is what we got! How cute is that?!

Summer knows exactly what each animal does. So here I asked her what sound do horses make and she showed me!

So beautiful!!

And of course a kiss from mama.

Thank you Prairie for always having me take Summer’s portraits! It is truly a pleasure to watch her grow!! Can’t wait for the next one!

Danielle and Eric are Engaged!

Sarah Lee — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:33:06 +0000

Danielle and Eric. Fun, totally in love, happy, touchy-feely, and joksters, that is how I would desctibe this couple! We went to Viestenz-Smith Park for their engagement session and wow! We got so many amazing shots that I had a really hard time deciding which ones to keep! I wish that I could have had a live video of this session as it was such a great example on “How to get great Engagmenent Images”. First and foremost you must be in love (I know duh right?) and be willing to show that love through smiles, laughs, tickles, smooches, ect. Then I capture those special moments as they unfold:)

Danielle and Eric you guys have it made because you have all of the above and more!! It was a pleasure photographing you!! I am sooo excited for your wedding at The Tapestry House! Not too much longer!!

Here are my favs…..enjoy!

My lovely assistant Lauren took this shot!

Sexy sexy!

Aww how cute!

This is my new all time favorite ring shot!!!!!! I absolutely LOVE it!!

Such sass! Work it guys!

Thanks guys for such a wonderful session!! Please leave a comment below!

The Grandchildren…..

Sarah Lee — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:07:20 +0000

Oh how I so look forward to having my own brood of grandchildren! Oh yes I know I have many years to wait but I can still be excited about it! I suppose part of that comes from having 3 of the best grandmas in the whole world!

Here are four of the cutest grandkids ever! Linda (their grandma) commissioned me to do a session with her grandchildren. She was adament on having no posed shots, strictly candid, which I normally do a bit of both, so needless to say when I did try to pose these kiddos they didn’t like it much! But I sure got some cute expressions out of them! Doing a session of this nature was sooo much fun and it was a great learning experience too! I can’t wait for my next set of kiddos!

Here are my favs, enjoy!

Poor thing, the day before she fell and hit her knose so bad she had to go to the ER! Luckily she is obviously ok and I was able to clean her scuffs:)

I wasn’t wanting a grumpy face for this shot but I kept my mouth shut and ended up with a stellar shot!

So cute!!

Again so cute!!

When posing children one must make do:) I thoght I made do very well with this one!

He is a Knitter, totally loves it, so of course we had to capture that!

Thank you Linda for inviting me into your lives to capture your memories, it was a pleasure! I so look forward to photographing your grandchildren again!

Engagement Guest Book

Sarah Lee — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:37:03 +0000

So I totally LOVE LOVE LOVE this new idea!! Instead of having a traditional guest book or just that, why not add a customized guest book? They make for a wonderful keepsake! There are several empty spaces throughout the book for people to sign and write cute notes to you. There are also words placed throughout the book to help your guests know that Yes it is ok to write in this book:) I can design these books using your engagement images, images from your lives or a combination of the two. Please don’t hesitate to call me if this is something that you would like! And don’t forget that if you purchase the Ultimate Wedding Package you also receive 20% off all albums and books!

Ok without further adieu here are the images! These are just the images of the pages and they don’t do the actual album justice:) If you would like to see it in person just ask!

This is the front and back cover of the book.

So what do you think??? I absolutely LOVE these books!

Jeff and Molly: Engaged!

Sarah Lee — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:14:12 +0000

Jeff and Molly. Where to start with this beautiful couple! They contacted me several months ago to shoot only their engagement session as their wedding isn’t until 2011, and they hadn’t set an actual date yet. I said of course! So one afternoon we traveled up to Viestenz-Smith Park to do their engagement portraits. It was a beautiful day and we had a fabulous time! Viestenz-Smith is one of my favorite places to shoot in the mountains. First of all it isn’t very far, it has the river, it has plenty of open space, a pond, pathways and trails and of course the mountains! If you’re not sure where to do your engagement portraits and you love the mountains then I highly recommend this location!

Jeff and Molly it was an absolute pleasure working with you guys!! I simply can’t wait for your wedding! Now your date is set, you have your wedding location chosen and soon your photographer. Your off to a great start!!

(BTW their chosen wedding location is The Pinery at Black Forest, it is stunning, I can’t wait!)

Ok ok here are my favs:) Enjoy and leave a comment if you like!

I have this image in an 11×14 Canvas and oh my it is stunning!!

How lucky were we!!! To find their initials already carved into the tree so nicely!! It’s meant to be guys:)

I adore this image!

Of course we must show the ring some love!

Jeff and Molly are big football fans, so of course we had to toss one around a few times and Molly got the tackle:) You go girl!

Molly your eyes are amazing! They are sooo blue and with Jeff’s shirt ah I LOVE this image!!

Again it was an absolute pleasure working with you guys! Can’t wait for your big day! If you need any help planning don’t hesitate to ask!