Marley

Marley is honestly one of the most beautiful people I know. She is not only beautiful with her long blonde hair and contagious smile but her spirit is genuine and sweet. My shoot with her was incredibly easy for these reasons. I asked Marley what she liked and she answered: coffee, people, and mountains. I planned for us to shoot at Union Station, Common Grounds, Tattered Cover Books and Green Mountain and it was a seriously fun day. Here are some of my favorites and I'm excited for this friend as she works towards grad school. 

They Call Me Hero

 Back in September, a local Denver band asked me to shoot one of their upcoming shows. Soon after, I shot another, then another, then made a few videos for them. There is no other band out there that works as hard as these guys do. I have had the most amount of fun getting to know each of them and watching them amaze crowds at each show. It has been a real dream shooting this band. They Call Me Hero's new EP just released on iTunes and I highly recommend checking out their music.

Coming to a computer near you

My official website is coming together really nicely and I'm excited to share it with the world! I'm more than thankful for all the support I've received from family and friends over the past six months when I first started this journey. Be on the look out for the Always Gold website coming out soon!

John & Laurel

These are just a few of my favorite photos from an engagement session of two of my very best friends. It was magical and I was honored to shoot this couple.

Feeling 22

I had my dream party in honor of my 22nd birthday. I invited 22 (not planned) of my closest friends, cooked really good food, and bought tons of craft beer to have a beautiful party outside. I held the party outside of my house and my neighbors were so kind as to hang lights in the trees. I made two types of soups - chicken white chili and corn chowder - sweet potato fries with bread, and various types of vegetables. My friends, unknowing to me, prepared toasts, making me feel extremely loved and honored as each one went around the table and relived precious memories. Everything on the table, from the floral arrangements to the name place cards, was handmade. It was truly one of the best evenings of my life.

The night reminded me of a quote from theologian Toby J. Sumpter
"We live in the world He is telling. So we talk, we preach, we argue, we baptize, we sing, we laugh and drink and sleep and do it all again. And somehow, somehow God is here with us, in us, working through us, through the Word, through our feeble words, through our prayers, through water, broken bread, and shared wine, through dinner tables, candles, pies, through it all, and He draws us on. God is always free to suspend His normal rules. He can part the sea; He can speak through donkeys. But usually He uses His ordinary magic. He uses the magic of well reasoned arguments, the magic of friendship, the magic of hospitality. We can't reduce any of these things to a formula, to an exhaustive list of ingredients, but we don't need to and we don't need to throw up our hands in despair or give up arguing or preaching or sharing or loving.

This is because He is the One persuading all of us. He is the One who plays and sings and calls us home, and we come."