Can I just say, I LOVE style shoots?!  They’re so relaxed, there’s nowhere to be, nobody waiting for you, you get to work with wedding friends, and of course, everything looks amazing…I love them!  I am so incredibly lucky to work with wonderful partners in the industry, including one of my very own former brides, who does the loveliest print design and is getting into event design as well.  I fell in love with Paige of Peekay Soirees when I worked with her at Casidy’s wedding, and how fun is it that I get to work with both of them, AND Casidy’s great stylist extraordinaire, all in one shoot!

The Kentucky Derby was a perfect springtime theme (great idea Casidy!)  Thanks to so many wonderful vendors, and of course our lovely models, we pulled off this shoot without a hitch.  And then got to play with some horses and drink mint juleps, even.

Super duper thanks to everyone involved!

Dresses by Anna Be

Hats & fascinators by Kitty Mae Millinery

Sweet treat by The Wooden Spoon

Lovely florals by Ladybird Poppy

Styling & paper goods by me oh my design

Hair & makeup – Stacy Kelly

Location – private residence

Models – Lainey, Emily & Meggan

I love this series of silhouette photos:

A huge thank-you to everyone involved!

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Keegan Steele May 3rd, 2012

Wow girls I LOVE it! CUTE!

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Although I won’t be able to shoot Lindsey & Brad’s wedding, I was so excited to shoot their engagement session!  We headed to the Ice Castles in Silverthorne, which is SUCH an amazing place.  These guys met in elementary school, went their separate ways, and reconnected later.  How awesome that they’re now getting married!  We had such a gorgeous day of shooting – so thankful for this amazing early spring weather :)

 Aah Lindsey you’re gorgeous!!

Oh, look at this amazing light!

 I see a little bit of Kate Middleton in this shot:

Thank you guys so much for such a fun afternoon!  Congrats on the engagement, and I really wish I could be shooting the wedding, too :)

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Mackenzie March 10th, 2012

LOVE THEM! Wow- amazing photos! I esp love the 10th set down. Awesome work as always!

Lee Anne March 11th, 2012

Wow! Crazy amazing images!! Love!

jan o March 11th, 2012

darling couple. look like a ton of fun! ice caves make for an amazing backdrop and a cold one. very unique. love, love the snowball shots. such a handsome twosome. congrats to them and well done, molly!

Katja Dietze March 11th, 2012

Beautiful couple, I can feel the love! You have done a wonderful job Molly…again

mom O March 12th, 2012

Fantastic pictures!! Beautiful ‘in love’ couple!

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Margo & Adam are two genuinely wonderful people.  They’re getting married at one of my favorite restaurants in Boulder, The Kitchen, and Margo will be walking down the aisle to a Radiohead orchestra cover.  I absolutely love them.

Rainbow chocolate bars!

Margo & Adam – thank you SO much! I absolutely can’t wait for your wedding!

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Katja Dietze March 6th, 2012

Very nice! You are amazing.

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I’m so excited to shoot Zak & Melissa’s wedding next year ( she has an awesome multi-colored dress, and they’re launching the bouquet with a large catapult).  I was just as excited to shoot their nerd-themed engagement session!  They met in the engineering department of the School of Mines, so the nerd theme was pretty appropriate.  I was stoked, and as soon as we met up for the shoot, I was even more stoked to see that Melissa had brought nerdy glasses, a bow tie, and that Zak had graphed a heart for her on her calculator :)  We wandered around the Mines campus, through golden light and piles of crunchy leaves, and the headed to Red Rocks for a few less-nerdy shots.  These guys are SO MUCH FUN and I’m anxiously awaiting their wedding next year!

They picked up the wrong books at first, and opened them up.

“Eew, I hate your major!” Melissa said.

“Yeah, I hate your major too,” said Zak.  “Let’s switch.”

Love these color-coded books!

One of my favorites:

From nerdy to James Bond hotness in no time flat:

Zak & Lis- thank you guys so much!  I had such a blast & I can’t wait for the big day! :)

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Melissa November 13th, 2011

These are AMAZING! Turned out better than I imagined. Thank you so much!

Kat November 13th, 2011

I think this is my favorite session you’ve done!! Gorgeous!!

Holly November 15th, 2011

Great session! Such an adorable couple!

femmer November 16th, 2011

absolutely beautiful. i love the “nerd” from Mines touch!!!

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I was out to dinner with my parents for my birthday in March, when my mom got a call from my grandfather, saying he was engaged.

“And, of course,” he told my mom, “Molly will shoot the wedding.”

I was definitely a little mind-blown.  This wasn’t exactly something I thought I would do in my lifetime.

“Of course I will,” I told her, still kind of shocked.

Over the next few weeks, his wedding was on my mind a lot.  My grandfather has meant so much to me – he’s an amazing, successful businessperson, and he’s taken me seriously and stood behind me 100% since starting my own business.  When he was in his 20′s and 30′s, he was very interested in photography, and collected several cameras, which he gave to me when I was starting to get into photography in high school.  He showed me the photos he had taken while on his honeymoon with my grandmother in Acapulco back in the day, which he later sold as postcards in some of the shops nearby for spending money.

I always thought of those cameras as fun relics, novelties that look nice on the shelf…. and they sat on my shelves forever.  They were all caked in dust, the lenses clouded over with age.  As soon I realized I’d be shooting his wedding (!), I started thinking about those cameras.  I dusted them off,  swabbed out the crevices with Q-tips, and ran some test film through two of them: the Argus and the Ciro-flex.  Surprisingly, both of them worked (mostly).  So, obviously I was going to use my grandpa’s old cameras to shoot his wedding.

This was so different from the weddings I normally shoot, and it really made me look at weddings, and my job, in a completely different light.  It wasn’t about the trends, or the details – it was a day spent with family, celebrating the people closest to us.  We didn’t have really any time at all set aside for photos, and Jackie was surprised to hear that she might get several hundred pictures from the day.  I learned that church regulations prohibited me from using flash indoors, or stepping on the carpet, or moving around during the ceremony, even if I stayed behind the guests.  Or wearing anything other than all solid black, otherwise I WOULD BE KICKED OUT.  So pretty much, I went into this wedding rethinking my entire style and approaching the day completely differently.  This, in and of itself, was honestly such an amazing experience for me.   A few days earlier, my grandfather went in for some tests, because his doctors were concerned he might have liver cancer.  Needless to say, all of us were pretty emotionally overwhelmed, in so many ways.  This day was so sweet and very raw, and I got to share it with my amazing family.  I’m lucky to be so close to all of them.

Shooting this wedding changed me.

The rehearsal (and location of the reception), the LA Country Club:

One from the Ciro-Flex:

Fair warning: if you’re not in the mood to see me & my siblings making a lot of stupid faces, you can probably stop now.  That’s just what we do.

My little bro & his girlfriend:

Checking out the gorgeous sunset:

My youngest bro:

And now, the wedding day:

My sweetheart grandfather:

My wonderful, sweet parents:

My grandpa is the COOLEST.  These next few are AWESOME!

Then me & my seester & my cousin get tired of being fancy, and head to the bathroom of this church on Rodeo Drive, where the reeeallly classy shots happen:

Beret & Jaime were the “greeters”.  This was an official title, which was kind of funny to us, because the vast majority of the 30 or so guests were family, and about half of those were in the wedding party. However, they took their job quite seriously, and greeted every.single.person. with… enthusiasm.

Two shots from the Argus:

Another Argus shot.

One from the Ciro-Flex.

The LACC:

The decorations were so classic and elegant:

My sweet grandpa with the Ciro-Flex:

Phew.  I don’t know what else to say.  I love you all.

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Larkin November 6th, 2011

You made me cry, how pure and sweet this was……XO

Heather Barron November 6th, 2011

Just precious, Molly! What a gift to your grandfather and to YOU! :)

zach November 6th, 2011

Amazing. Loved every one of them. They capture your family perfectly.

boo boo November 7th, 2011

yaaaaaaaay!!!! phew. hearts.

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