I promise I’m going to blog this wedding soon, because it was freaking awesome.  In the meantime, you can get a preview over at essence.

Their day was jam-packed with activities. That’s not an exaggeration.  For Amy and me it was a 17-hour day, and the couple started earlier and finished later than us, so I  think it was literally a 24-hour wedding.  The schedule didn’t leave a lot of time for a typical day-of portrait session, which is something we normally try to keep as part of the wedding day.  Sometimes though, it’s just really difficult to get everything in.  So Sandhya and Gaurav made the excellent decision to do their portrait session ahead of time.  We did this day-after session way back in October.  I’ve been keeping a lid on them until the wedding was over, but man am I glad to be able to share them now.

Sandhya and Gaurav met and started their relationship while they were both attending UT Austin, so they wanted to use it as a backdrop for their session.  It’s such a pretty campus, and I think it served as the perfect surrounding for their beautiful traditional Indian attire.

When Amy and I got in the car to leave, I looked over at her and said, wait did we just get hired?

There really was never a moment of decision.  Sometime in that first two-hour chat it just became understood the we were going to photograph their wedding.  And so it’s been with Sarah and Steve ever since.  We’ve met for drinks, we’ve bonded over our mutual love of puppies. We share restaurant and hangout recommendations.  Amy spent several evenings over at Sarah’s with her and her bridesmaids making reception decorations and party favors.

We are so happy for these two, I can’t even tell you.  They are two wonderful people who are perfect when they’re together, and we’re lucky to know them.  Sometimes weddings are a little bittersweet for us, because we know we may not see much of the couple as they move on from their wedding and start their lives together.  With Sarah and Steve we’re just happy.  Happy for their wedding, and happy the wedding is over so we can just get on with being friends.

Congratulations Sarah + Steve.  We’re so happy for you, and we’ll see you on Sunday.

OH WAIT. Did I mention, we’re also happy about these photos?  Sarah is a genius.  She has a really great career, that I’m trying very hard to get her to leave so she can plan and style weddings that I can photograph.  This wedding makes me swoon.  And I’m a dude. I’m not going to try and describe it for you, because I’ve got photos instead. 

Turned out all my worry was for nothing.  This wedding was so pretty, It didn’t need the lake.  It was a gorgeous sunny day, and they timed their ceremony to be a beautiful sunset affair.  And Natalie looked Hollywood stunning.

We loved working with Natalie + Matt. We enjoyed every second we spent with them.  they’re incredibly funny and just full of life.   I mean, check out the couple portraits. That’s all them. Their friends, it turns out, are just as great.  This was one of the most entertaining receptions we’ve been to.  I’ve never seen so much dancing in my life.  Of course, it helped that the photo booth was right next to the dance floor.  Within about five minutes, I’m not sure there were any props left at the photo booth.  They were all on the dance floor.

Yep, we pretty much adore this couple. Maybe you remember the story where we asked them to move in with us.  They still haven’t taken us up on the offer, but we’re so happy for them anyway.

welcome to the new nrp blog.  It’s really the old nrp blog.  All of our old posts are here.  We just moved everything over here.  Thanks for making the leap with us!

There are a few things missing from this new blog, including tags, and the much-loved Facebook like button, along with a bunch of other stuff you probably won’t miss.  We decided to build this new blog from the ground up, and to simplify it a lot.  We’re simple people.  We like simple. Some of the things we’re working to bring back to this blog as quickly as we can.  Things like social media buttons we hope to have back soon.  In the meantime, We love the new look.  We hope you do too.

Welcome!

nathan

Okay, well maybe not every image. But I had a hard time narrowing this shoot down to my favorites. I love these photos. I love this couple. They were so much fun to work with. They just owned the camera, and gave me everything a wedding photographer could want. Stylish. Cute. Silly. Sweet. Romantic. It’s all here. Enjoy.

Katie + paul’s wedding was a really pretty affair, with the perfect mix of classic tradition and vintage touches.  We don’t shoot very many weddings in churches.  I don’t  know why, that’s just the way it seems to happen.  I love the outdoor weddings that make up the most of our work, but I have to admit I really enjoyed shooting in this beautiful church in downtown Denver.

I’d never met Katie + Paul before I showed up to shoot their wedding.  That happens sometimes with weddings we have to travel for, and sometimes it can be a little weird.  Photography is a lot more personal than, oh, say catering is, and in order to get amazing images, there has to be a certain amount of trust between the couple and the photographer.  That’s hard to build if you’ve never met.  Katie and Paul felt like immediate friends.  They were immediately so open and warm, and I had a great time at their wedding.  I even got a little choked up during the toasts.  I’m not a weepy kind of guy, really, so I think that says an awful lot about how genuine these two are.