For 2012 and on I have decided that in order to preserve my sanity and continue to give each one of my clients 150% of my best we will only be taking on a maximum of 20 weddings per year. With this plan there will be some additional time that will allow me to work more closely with each of my clients while getting to know them even better and helping to plan their weddings.  With my experience and knowledge of the photographic and wedding industry I will be a great value to you! And the more involved I am the closer we will get which will result in a much more relaxed atmosphere and even more gorgeous images!!

Now most of you probably participated in or at least saw my 2011 Favorite Photo Contest on Facebook. Let me first say that it was soooooo hard selecting those images!! I had literally hundreds of favorite images from last year and really had to just pick a few! The everything BUT weddings part of the contest is over and you can see the winners and their prizes here. The Weddings part of the contest has been broken into 2 parts and part 1 is open for voting now! To vote and see contestants click here. I am so excited for this contest as weddings are my specialty as well as my favorite! I thought selecting favorites for Part 1 of the contest was hard but this is turning out to be way harder!! There are just so many images that I love it’s almost impossible to pick just a few! But we will manage and you may follow and Like SLWP on facebook to see the latest!

Again I thank you all so much for your continued support and love for SLWP! Most of all I thank God for giving me this wonderful talent to share with the world!! I am so looking forward to where life takes SLWP in the coming year!

And of course we can’t have a post without images so without further babbling from me here are some of my 2011 Favorites! Enjoy!

Hope you enjoyed browsing some of my favorites!! Now that collection of favorites did NOT include any Wedding images! There are a few Rock the Dress images but no Weddings. Watch my blog for a separate post just for Wedding Favorites!

After such a busy season I am taking some time off!! Wahoo!! I have to admit I am quite excited!! There are things that  I just never have time to do such as rake my yard, clean my gutters, organize my garage, deep clean my house and oh the list could go on and on! I will be spending my time off doing either absolutely nothing or whatever I feel like doing at the moment. It’s going to be glorious! Rest and relaxation is a very important part of life and I can’t wait to get some for a spell!

Our offices will be CLOSED from Friday November 18th through Monday December 5th. Friday November 18th through Sunday November 28th will be my vacation then I will be back in the office Monday November 29th through Monday December 5th for strictly office work. This week I will be working to catch up all of this years projects, prepare and plan for next year, and of course all the back office stuff that I don’t have time for throughout the rest of the year. Our offices will reopen fully on Monday December 5th. Please feel free to email me or call me and know that I will be answering all calls and emails upon my return to the office on December 5th.

Please remember to submit all of your Holiday orders to me no later than Friday December 9th so that there will be plent of time to receive by Christmas.

In the meantime I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving! And let’s remember to be thankful for all God has given us this year! Take a few extra moments to tell your loved ones how much they mean to you and enjoy the Holiday!!

Always have to have a photo:) Here is my newest favorite image!! I absolutely ADORE this shot!

Here are a few of my favs, enjoy!

LOVE this!

And it’s finally here!

Molly you made a gorgeous bride!

Awesome flowers provided by The Pinery!

What a fun group of guys!

WOW!

What a gorgeous ceremony!

Aw!

And the ballroom wow!! Such an elegant place I LOVE it! I so wish it was closer!

Gorgeous decor Molly and Jeff! Great job!

Lovely cake!

Wee!!!

I just LOVE all the lighting effects here!

LOVE this!

Aw sooo happy!

Awesome!

My fav!

And we had a guest appearance! It was perfect!

Toasts!

Jeff and Molly’s 1st dance was anything but traditional! I have to say it was the most awesome 1st dance I have EVER seen! Great job guys!

Grease lightning!

Rappin to Eminem!

And back to sweet:)

Dancing with Dad! These always make me tear up!

Dancing the night away!

You’re going to get it! Haha but she didn’t:)

Jeff pulled out some Granny Panties first and it was hilarious!

Aw!

I LOVE me some sparklers!

And off they go!

Congratulations Jeff and Molly!! It was awesome to share and cover your special day thank you!! We wish you both a lifetime of happiness and can’t wait for your next memories!

The Pinery at Black Forest is an all inclusive wedding venue. They make it really easy on their clients as they offer everything but photography all in one place! I would HIGHLY recommend this venue!

Here are a few of my favs enjoy!

Gorgeous flowers!

What a view!

Aww!!

Fav!!

LOVE this!

Instead of doing the traditional Dollar Dance they had a Money Tree!! I thought this was a fantastic idea!

Jessica and Shane, it was such a pleasure to share your special day, thank you! We wish you many years of happiness are are looking forward to meeting you new bundle!

Giuliana and Ray contacted me to do their engagement session and then later booked their wedding which I can not wait for btw!! We decided to go to VSmith for their engagement session and WOW! These guys are just sooo cute! I love when my couples are adventuras like me and up for anything!

Here are a few of my favs enjoy!

I LOVE this bridge!

Awww!!

I love the Colorado Mountains! Couldn’t live anywhere else! Permanently anyway;)

LOVE this!

Ohhhh the black and white is just mouth watering here!

Love the rings!!

A kiss with some flare!

And some fun of course!

Since Giuli and Ray are big football fans we had to play a bit! I strongly encourage all of my couples to bring items to their session that they love as it helps to make their session more unique and of course more fun!

Save the Date!! A sharpie PLUS a cute pose EQUALS the perfect shot for your Save the Dates!

Thank you Giuli and Ray for such an awesome session! I can’t wait for your big day!! Only 1.5 months to go now!