Wedding Wire 2010 Bride's Choice Award

Dillon, Colorado - February 2, 2010 - WeddingWire, the nation's leading wedding technology company, just announced Beaton Photography has been selected to receive the WeddingWire 2010 Bride's Choice Awards for Wedding Photography.

The annual Bride's Choice Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

Beaton Photography is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers. Just two Summit County Wedding Photographers and 61 Colorado photographers were given this award.

Other Summit County vendors earning awards are:
All Season Catering
Petal and Bean Florists
Breckenridge Wedding Photographers
Congratulations Rich, Dina & Stacey, and Laura!

"We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community" said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire's Chief Executive Officer. "The annual Bride's Choice Awards program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year."

We are happy to announce that Kay Beaton and Beaton Photography are among the very best Wedding Photographers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. We would like to thank our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride's Choice Awards.

For more information about Beaton Photography, please visit www.beatonphotography.com.

About Beaton Photography
Beaton Photography has been photographing weddings in Colorado for 10 years. In addition we love taking children and family portraits as well as architectural and real estate photos. Kay Beaton is the lead photographer and uses photojournalism skills learned originally as a photography intern at the Summit Daily News. She loves capturing true moments when the subject’s true personality shines through.

About WeddingWire, Inc.
WeddingWire is the an online wedding planning resource which enables engaged couples to search, compare and book over 100,000 reviewed wedding vendors nationwide, from wedding photographers to wedding cakes. For additional information, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.

Thanks to all of our wonderful brides from last summer for recommending us on Wedding Wire! And to those that found us on Wedding Wire!

Lauren & Brian's Ski Tip Lodge Wedding July 11th 2009

Lauren & Brian were married at the Ski Tip Lodge on July 11th - one of my favorite romantic wedding venues!

A little rain in the afternoon (right at ceremony time) didn't dampen the fun and celebration - sometimes rain makes things even that much more romantic and memorable! And as you can see from the photos below - the sun came out after the ceremony and everyone enjoyed a little of Summit County's great outdoors!

What a fun couple! Their slideshow is online here!

I love it when couples just "go with the flow" when a downpour happens right before their wedding ceremony - it's a great signal that they are approaching life with a great attitude - there will be rain and sun in every day of life, and it's best to embrace it all!

Congratulations Lauren & Brian! May life bring you more sunshine than downpours, and if not, enjoy the downpours in a cozy place together!














I've noticed more & more how technology enters the wedding photography field - I have more & more photos of LCD screens in my proofs - and I love some of the interactions it brings! And LOVE that I can usually capture a photo of the event through another LCD screen!

Margaret and Richard Say I Do!

Margaret and Richard picked a beautiful May day to get married in Keystone! Lots of fun and lots of kiddos around! And Margaret has been a friend for years, and it's always so meaningful to be a part of a friend's wedding celebration!

This location was at a private home in Keystone Ranch, and the ceremony took place on the back deck overlooking Keystone Golf Course! Absolutely beautiful!

You can view the full slideshow here.....











I love small weddings!

Keystone Mountain Day Before Heather & Andrew's Wedding!

Heather & Andrew were married last month, and the day before the wedding, they had everyone meet on the mountain at Keystone and either Ski or Snowboard....it was a wonderful fun day for all involved (including the photographer!)

View the whole slideshow here!

View the wedding day highlights here!

Keystone Wedding Publication ONLINE!

Keystone Resort hosts hundreds of weddings every year in this beautiful mountain resort. Located just 5 miles from Dillon, Colorado (15 miles from Breckenridge) and 70 miles west of Denver, it's a perfect mountain wedding setting!

The 2009 Keystone Wedding publication is online now! Check out Beaton Photography's Ad on page 17!

Some of the possible Keystone venues include:

Ski Tip Lodge
A beautiful intimate historic cabin that can hold 75 guests in the winter and 125 guests in the summer.






Keystone Back Ranch
A summer location only....with ceremony outside and reception under tents. Kate & Kevin were married here in 2007 and it is one of my favorite locations! But you need to plan enough time for the wagon rides there to the location!






Timber Ridge
Timber Ridge is right next to the AlpenGlow Stube at the top of North Peak....so it is a full two gondola rides from the base of Keystone Mountain. They recommend 45 minutes to make it to the top....I recommend long underwear & when they ask if you want a blanket you say...Yes, Two please! It's one thing to ride a gondola during the day in your ski clothes, but a completely different story at night in your dress up clothes! But it's a FUN event & well worth it!




And a few Keystone Venues that I have never had the pleasure to photograph:

Keystone Ranch

Keystone Summit House
This is a gondola ride from River Run Plaza and the center of activities on mountain during a typical ski day. When we were skiing there last week, they said they had a 4pm wedding at the Summit House.....I know the views are fantastic!



Alpenglow Stube
I've had lunch at this beautiful restaurant on the mountain during a day on the slopes, where they have you take off your ski boots and slip into luxurious slippers and enjoy a 5 course lunch right in the middle of the ski day. So if that's an ordinary day, I can imagine the weddings are out of this world!

And maybe I would offer a discount to a bride & groom that could let me experience this!

Julie & Ace's Ski Tip Lodge Wedding

Julie & Ace were married last fall at Keystone's Ski Tip Lodge. And finally, I have time to post all the photos on my blog!

Ski Tip Lodge is really one of my favorite venues....and a favorite place for a romantic dinner with my husband. But photographing there can be a challenge because the dining room is quite small, that I'm always in the way of the wait staff trying to serve the perfect dinner. And they serve only perfect dinners there!

It is a historic building, the Ski Tip Lodge is really charming. Keystone describes it as located in a quiet area of the resort, Ski Tip Lodge is a storybook place: quaint, cozy, innovative and reminiscent of a classic Swiss hotel. They have accomodations for 75 guests in winter and 125 in summer.

And Julie & Ace had an absolutely perfect day for their wedding!

Click here for the whole slideshow!