Hold a Wedding at Keystone Resort - get two free season passes!

I just learned that Keystone is offering a unique incentive to couples booking weddings to be held before November 30, 2010. Two free season passes! More information online at www.keystoneweddings.com.

Details of the offer are on Keystone's Website - or you can email the wedding coordinators in Keystone's Events Office at keystoneweddings@vailresorts.com.

Keystone weddings are really a step above the others.... they have so many different venues to choose from! I have photographed weddings at:

Ski Tip Lodge





Timber Ridge at the Outpost






Keystone Back Ranch


And you can download a great PDF of Keystone Weddings by going to their website www.keystoneweddings.com

Summit County Wedding Vendors

Favorite Summit County Venues
Sapphire Point
Keystone Ski Tip Lodge
Keystone Back Ranch
Griffith Lodge - Breckenridge
Silverthorne Pavilion

Favorite Summit County Florists
Petal and Bean - Breckenridge
Bloom - Breckenridge
Garden of Eden - Frisco

Favorite Summit County Caterers
Hearthstone Catering - Breckenridge
All Seasons Catering - Silverthorne
Gilchrist Catering - Dillon

Favorite Weddings Links
Rocky Mountain Bride - magazine and planning website for Mountain Weddings
Wedding Mapper - started as mapping service for weddings - now planning tool also
Wedding Wire - Online Planning tool and forum for brides
ListPhotographers.com
WedDJ.com - listing of wedding vendors
Blog Catalog

Favorite DJ's
Rockin The Rockies - Denver & Mountains of Colorado

Favorite Wedding Planners:
Custom Weddings of Colorado - Wendee Walter
Bella Design - Emily Campbell
Rocky Mountain Bridal Consultants

Favorite Salons:
Serenity Spa - Keystone
Southern Exposure - Dillon

Rhonda and Matt's October Wedding in Breckenridge

Rhonda and Matt picked a beautiful fall day to have their wedding this month! They married themselves in the back yard of this beautiful Breckenridge vacation home. Their two boys, Connor and Andrew were absolutely adorable and seemed to be enjoying the celebration too!

Rhonda and Matt's slideshow online here....













And earlier in the week we all met at a park in Breckenridge and spent some time getting to know each other.... here are a couple of my favorite images:






What I really like about these family photos are they are GENUINE! Rhonda and Matt said they wanted to have fun and take candid photos, and didn't anticipate the boys would do a lot of "posing." But these moments are even better than the posed photos! What a beautiful family!

Serena and Aaron - married at Sapphire Point by Leon Littlebird!

Serena and Aaron were maried on August 22nd by Leon Littlebird at Sapphire Point. It could NOT have been a more beautiful day! And the ceremony that Leon performs is absolutely amazing...... most guests (and the photographer) were in tears, as you can see the bride and groom and parents are!

You can view the whole slideshow here......

Serena and I said we were meant to connect as bride and photographer, and it was really the most amazing ceremony and reception! Beautiful!

Breckenridge and Summit County Wedding Venues

As wedding season approaches here in Summit County, we have been getting a lot of questions about local wedding venues from brides and grooms. So here are some favorite venues in the area....and we hope to highlight some of these locations down the road!

Alpine Villa - Breckenridge - private home with lodging for up to 40 people just off the Breckenridge Golf Course.

Elk River Ranch - Private Home on Hoosier Pass with lodging for 16. Capacity of 50 guests in winter and 100 guests in summer.

Lost Creek Ranch - Ranch is 12 miles north of Silverthorne with lodging for up to 24 people.

Sapphire Point an outdoor location for weddings with up to 35 guests. Located Off Swan Mountain Road between Keystone and Frisco.



Silverthorne Pavilion - Silverthorne - large community pavilion on the Blue River with capacity for 300 guests.

Carter Park - a park in the center of Breckenridge owned by the Town of Breckenridge.

Keystone Resort - Many options for locations including on-mountain Timber Ridge restaurant, Keystone Ranch, and Ski Tip Lodge. Can accomodate up to 300 guests.

Ten Mile Station - on-mountain location at Breckenridge Ski Area - for weddings with up to 200 guests.

Lodge and Spa at Breckenridge - Being Remodeled Summer of 2008



Other listings of local Summit County wedding venues:

Rocky Mountain Bride Magazine

Hearthstone Catering

Breckenridge Resort Chamber

Wedding Sites & Services

A Snowy Mountain Top Fairytale Wedding........

I have the most romantic wedding story to share........sit down & take a deep breath & put on your romantic hat! This was a moment meant to be on Monday afternoon here in Summit County, Colorado just after we had gotten 3 feet of snow and the sun came out to SHINE!

I was doing a senior portrait at my favorite overlook spot, SAPPHIRE POINT, and when we finished up, another car pulled up. By their gorgeous attire, I could tell that they were going to get married, and then I noticed the Officiant, Gretchen Abernathy, who had married my husband and I 12 years ago!

The mother of the high school senior asked...."Do you have a photographer? Because Kay is a wedding photographer!" And the couple, Christa & Cole, looked at each other & said, "No, come along with us!"

So I spent about 20 minutes photographing their most spectacular union on top of Swan Mountain and I truly think there was magic in the air! Can't you tell from these photos? And I think I was supposed to be there documenting the moment! And I may have two new friends, Christa & Cole - aren't they adorable?

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL SLIDESHOW

I think this was a most perfect fairytale wedding! Maybe someday I will learn their love story, but for now I can only guess! But I can tell that they are truly in love...as it just radiates in the photographs!

These are the days that make me LOVE being a wedding photographer!

Jill and Ryen's Breckenridge Wedding Photos Online!

Some weddings are harder to edit than others....this beautiful wedding has taken me weeks to edit, because we have so many good photos to choose from! And there were so many beautiful children at the wedding - it's hard NOT to publish them all! But over the years we've learned that you do no one any favors by giving them THOUSANDS of choices! We finally edited this one down to 630 photos!

Thanks to Jill & Ryen for being such beautiful and willing subjects, choosing the Lodge & Spa for beautiful photos, and having all those beautiful neices and nephews! Thanks for letting us be a part of your big day! The full SLIDESHOW can be viewed by CLICKING HERE!

And please leave us a comment below....tell us which photo is your favorite! Mine is definitely the first photo of the dancing flowergirl with the bride and groom!






This last photo makes me smile about siblings....when you get four siblings together, there's always a little silliness that comes with the photos. But that's what weddings are all about! A lot of love & a lot of fun!

More from Jill & Ryen's Beautiful Breckenridge Wedding!

as we edit Jill & Ryen's wedding photos, it's hard NOT to post more of these beautiful images! What a great family! And photogenic too!

Jill and Ryen's Breckenridge Wedding

We are just finishing up the last September wedding of the season, but had to share a few favorites from the day. What a beautiful bride & groom and the great backdrop that a reception at the Lodge and Spa at Breckenridge provides!