In February I received my 8th Fearless Award in Round 8 for the picture below. It’s always an honor to win awards that are judged by peers whom I have great respect. The story that follows about thoughts of a Fearless Award curator by Scott Lewis did a great job of explaining what it’s like to judge this contest. Scott really puts this competition into perspective.
Cheers, Kent
Tania Dibbs and Bruce Etkin were married September 24, 2011 at The Lodge & Spa at Brush Creek Ranch near Saratoga, Wyoming. Photography by Kent Meireis
Jenna DiManna and Jarret Guptill were married at September 10, 2011 at The Lionsgate Event Center at The Gatehouse in Lafayette Colorado.
This was a rather intense wedding! There was so much raw emotion and drama playing out around every corner. And the setting sun beaming strong into the ceremony added to the effect and matched up well like a well paired dinner wine.
After the ceremony, during the cocktail reception, Jenna and Jarret’s friends band, Places played a fun rock and roll set before pausing to invite the happy couple up to receive a signed guitar as a wedding gift. These guys are no slouches. Their classic rock and roll set included songs by Tom Petty and Led Zeppelin. They debuted an eleven song CD of original songs, Where We Are Right Now, in 2010. The wedding slideshow is set to their song, Love Someone.
Cheers to Jenna and Jarret!
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
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
