About

Everybody has a gift inside them. That passion for me is capturing little slices of life moments. It was obvious from my first art photography class in high school that photography was what I was born to do.

I grew up in Wichita, Kansas and went to Wichita State University on an art scholarship where I met one of the most famous photojournalists of all time Eugene Smith. Smith who also grew up in Wichita was one of the great photo essayists for Life Magazine. He did photo essays such as "The Country Doctor" which was actually photographed in Grand County Colorado. Seeing his work and work by Dorothea Lange's "Great Depression" photographs hanging on the walls of the art museum at WSU opened my mind to the power of documentary photojournalism. I changed my major from Art to Journalism and never looked back.

I spent the next 20 years working as a newspaper photographer in Kansas and Colorado winning numerous state, regional, national and international awards for news, feature and sports pictures. I was twice nomanated for a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography while working at the Fort Collins Coloradoan for two different long term documentary projects.

Most of my newspaper career was spent working as a staff photographer for the Denver Post during a time when the paper had the budget to cover sports teams both at home games as well as on road trips. There were also two Sunday magazines and an arts section that kept me traveling all over the west.

I met my wife, Geri, working at the Post where she was the Marketing Director. I seriously almost had to quit my job so that we could get married in the middle of July in Montana 25 years ago. That's when I first realized I needed to get out of the news industry and work for myself. Five years later in, 2000, I began photographing weddings full-time and winning awards from the Wedding Photojournalists Association consistently. I still enjoy competing with many of the top wedding photojournalists around the world.

In the summer of 2108 we sold our house in Denver and bought another house in Kalispell, Montana all in the same week!
We've come full circle to live in the town where we were married and we are looking forward to enjoying skiing, bicycling, camping, hiking, cooking, gardening in our new location.

Vail Wedding Photographer

The Vail valley with its spectacular views of Gore Mountain Range make beautiful locations for wedding ceremonies and wedding receptions. Vail Wedding Photographer of Kent Meireis Wedding Photography specializes in taking Vail wedding pictures that show sunny blue skies, mountains, decisive moments, bridal parties, families, brides, grooms and dogs. Kent Meireis Wedding Photography is considered one of the best Vail Wedding Photographers due to his unique wedding photojournalism approach. Kent also does destination weddings worldwide.

Here are a few of his favorite wedding locations in the Vail valley.

Here blogs links to Vail Wedding Photographer Kent Meireis favorite wedding posts.

Stephanie & Dan – Wedding at Larkspur and reception at Four Seasons Resort

Megan & Dom – Wedding and reception at the Donovan Pavilion.

Susan & John – Vail Interfaith Chapel wedding ceremony and Donovan Pavilion reception.

Jenna & Dave – Ceremony on the Vail Mountain Wedding Deck followed by a reception at Donovan Pavilion.

Rachel and Ben – Betty Ford Alpine Gardens ceremony site followed by a reception at the Donovan Pavilion.

Vail Interfaith Chapel is the spiritual heart of this community whether you’re Jewish, Catholic, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Lutheran, Baptist or nondenominational Christian.

The Chapel at Beaver Creek is located at the base of the world class Beaver Creek ski mountain.

Vail Wedding Deck, Vail Mountain is the ideal alpine setting for any wedding. Set in the heart of the Colorado Rockies with majestic 360 degree views of the Vail Valley, the Mount of the Holy Cross and the Gore Mountain Range.

Donovan Pavilion, is the perfect year round venue for weddings, receptions nestled in next to Gore Creek in West Vail.

Larkspur Restaurant, weddings in the Vail Valley are stunningly beautiful, no matter what the season and Larkspur is one of the best venues.

Four Seasons Resort is the perfect location for an upscale wedding ceremony and wedding reception.

The Arrabelle at Vail Square, is nestled at the base of Vail Mountain in the heart of Vail Square near picturesque Vail Wedding Ceremony venues.

Betty Ford Alpine Gardens is a perfect location for an outdoors wedding ceremony with the most diverse, best curated, and most aesthetic displays of alpine and mountain plants in the world.