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Jen and John’s Wedding at The Stanley Hotel

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Jen and John were married at The Stanley Hotel July 30, 2011.

I’d never met Jen and John until moments before they had a private reveal in the gazebo several hours before their wedding. They wanted to have time to drive up into Rocky Mountain National as they are both huge hikers and back packers and in fact they named each table at their reception in The MacGregor Ballroom after different National Parks where they’ve hiked.

One of the defining sequences of moments of the day started with a tap on my shoulder while I was kneeling in photograph flower girl Mahayl, niece of the groom. The ushers were rolling out a runner. I moved over and they continued as Mahayl walked up tossing flower petals and stepped though the runner pull cord without missing a beat and then join her mother where she paused to wiped her brow as Jen and her father were coming down the front steps. She was cool, comfortable and calm just like Jen and John.

Jen’s father Rev. David Stewart performed the ceremony which included everyone singing several hymns. He did a great job of moving around so he could sing with the family and friends who were seated in front of the historic hotel, then turn around and speak directly to the couple. It really was a beautifully orchestrated and personal ceremony.

Cheers, Kent

Jen and John were married at The Stanley Hotel July 30, 2011.

I’d never met Jen and John until moments before they had a private reveal in the gazebo several hours before their wedding. They wanted to have time to drive up into Rocky Mountain National as they are both huge hikers and back packers and in fact they named each table at their reception in The MacGregor Ballroom after different National Parks where they’ve hiked.

One of the defining sequences of moments of the day started with a tap on my shoulder while I was kneeling in photograph flower girl Mahayl, niece of the groom. The ushers were rolling out a runner. I moved over and they continued as Mahayl walked up tossing flower petals and stepped though the runner pull cord without missing a beat and then join her mother where she paused to wiped her brow as Jen and her father were coming down the front steps. She was cool, comfortable and calm just like Jen and John.

Jen’s father Rev. David Stewart performed the ceremony which included everyone singing several hymns. He did a great job of moving around so he could sing with the family and friends who were seated in front of the historic hotel, then turn around and speak directly to the couple. It really was a beautifully orchestrated and personal ceremony.

Cheers, Kent

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Andy and Rachel-Engagement

A couple of weeks ago I met up with Andy and Rachel at Lily Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park for their engagement photo session. It was a warm sunny day and you could see Longs Peak.

Andy and Rachel are getting married August 21st up the road at Taharaa Mountain Lodge.

Cheers, Kent

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Kristin and Brandon’s Estes Park, Colorado Wedding

Kristin and Brandon were married at a Colorado Mountain destination wedding November 1st at Lake Shore Lodge. Kent Meireis of Kent Meireis Photography documented their wedding.

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