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Both Allison and Jarret are Lawyers in New York City and wanted a classic, warm, old world feel for thier photos. What better location in Colorado Springs than the one and only Golden Bee saloon at The Broadmoor Hotel.

I enjoyed this new and dramatic lighting pallet and it seemed to fit Allison and Jarret's raw romantic love.

Being that these two live in New York, we decided to highlight the glorious Garden of the Gods for a few frames.

It seems the park was on board with this idea and provided us with a spectacular golden winter sun set as the perfect ending to our time together.

I felt very connected and at ease with these two and eagerly look forward to photographing thier beautiful faces once again on their wedding day come May!

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Location- The Golden Bee at The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, CO

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Ashley and Luke being from Illinois descided to plan a destination wedding ceremony on the top of Aspen Mountain at The Little Nell.

They were joined by family and close friends only for this breathtaking occasion, and 2 weeks later they celebrated in a big way with a home town reception.

The camera loves Ashley as you can see, and I was in heaven parading these two throughout the streets of downtown Aspen.

Ceremony- The Little Nell Wedding Deck

Flowers- DIY

Videography- Rising Moon

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We are moving!!!

Yes we have moved many many times, but this time it is beautiful and it is right and it is perfect. <--(a bit of Hemingway for you all)

Here's our story:

A few months after purchasing our awesome condo in Denver last January, and welcoming our 1st child Harper into our family, Brian and I began to feel a disconnect from where we were. We weren't quite sure why we would feel this way. After JUST having had a baby weren't we suppossed to be "nesting"? Instead, we felt an axious stirring.

To make a long story short we miraculously sold our condo in 2 weeks!! 

It was about this time that we got a call from a close friend of ours, Aaron Stern, letting us know he was planning on starting a church in Ft. Collins CO. Aaron and his wife Jossie were the pioneers of The Mill, a college ministry out of New Life Church in Colorado Springs CO, which is where Brian and I met.

Both Brian and I after being raised Christians had just come off of a 4 year church hiatus. We took a break from the routine to truly dig deep into what we believed.

We are both deeply spiritual people but have since realized we are happy to leave behind much of the "extra stuff" modern Chrisitianity has come to include (too much for this post... or any post for that matter) and focus on the love, compassion and hope Jesus Christ represents and also teaches us to selflessly give to others.

While the church hiatus has been a beautiful journey of faith, after welcoming our daughter into the world we felt a pull to find a community that shared similar beliefs and convictions as well as provide an environment for her to grow into the woman we envision her to be.

So it is with these thoughts in mind we have decided to join Aaron and Jossie Stern in being a supportive and permanent part of the launch of Mill City Church in Ft. Collins CO.

While that decision in itself is quite exciting, to top it off we have purchased some acerage just 10 minutes north of Old Town Ft. Collins and plan to build what we hope can eventually turn into our dream home over the coming years.

Our plan is to start small and design the home with expansion in mind as our family grows.

West/entry view

house site view

north view 

A few of our dreams for this "Brooks Compound" as we are calling it, over time will include:

Building a home with energy efficiency in mind

solar power

geo-thermal heating/cooling system

aquaponics greenhouse

chicken coop

possible livestock

guest house/office space

 Because we expect all these dreams to take many years to complete we have decided to begin with the construction of the guest house and plan to live there until our main home is complete.

So- countdown 3 months to guest house move in, and 10 months main house move in!

Guest house design- 600sqft- south facing

planning the design with our Denver based architect Bill McDonald at his studio

I'll share the main house design once it is drawn. 

To get an idea of our design esthetic and vision, visit my pinterest account 

If I were speaking, now would be a good time for a big... long... *SIGH*.... to let all that info sink in.

Its quite a bit of change for us, however, we are nothing but deeply anxious to settle into this new chapter of our lives and thankful for all God has provided us. 

The future is uncharted.... but thats how we like it.

If you'd like to follow this entire adventure with us, I hope to blog the journey start to finish, starting with the ground breaking and concrete pour next week!

here we go!

 *If you are a client or collegue please understand this will mean NO CHANGE as far as business goes for audreyhannahphoto. When I was based in Denver I drove to Ft. Collins and Colorado Springs for meetings, projects and weddings ALL THE TIME. So virtually nothing will change. It is business as usual, and I am looking forward to a very busy 2012 season!*

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             ~ the Weepies

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I came across this "tie the knot" (literally) wedding ivitiation via notcot.org and just had to share!

If only I could have another wedding- same groom of course :)

Everywhere you look you are surrounded by art in all forms, whether it be the old spanish architecture with its wrought iron balconies, or the echos of street jazz and blues musicians, or the savory aromas of deeply flavorful creole and cajun cooking. This is a city where French language and culture infiltrates every day life while leaving behind that stuffy french attitude and replacing it with that famous southern kindness and hospitality.

Courtney grew up on a 20,000 acre 4th generation family farm in the heart of Louisiana but you would never have guessed it by how beautiful and graceful she is. She is always smiling.

Aaron, an honored Iraq veteran and fireman is the life of the party and seemed to make friends with every face he came in contact with. He is a perfect gentleman and, just like Courtney, has a compassionate heart for people.

Courtney and Aaron's love story is made of perserverance, loyalty, and passion. It has the making of a perfect hollywood film. These two not only love eachother but pour out love to everyone around them... even us hired photogrpahers, blessing us with a HUGE thank you basket packed to the brim with local products and foods!

I felt as though Courtney and I had known eachother for years and her faith and trust in me fanned my creative flame.

Ceremony- Church of the Immaculate Conception New Orleans

Reception- MILA Downtown New Orleans

Dress- Martina Liana with custom side detailing

Make-up- Kim Porche

Floral Design- Bella Blooms

Band- Kinfolk Brass Band

Videography- Bridefilm 

dad's 1st look

beautiful mother of the bride

a moment seconds before walking down the isle

upon exiting, a celebratory live jazz band greeted them

 The French Quarter- nothing is as photogenic as this place.

For the resception, Courtney's vision was to turn their favorite restaurant MILA in downtown New Orleans into a fairytale-like Louisiana swamp with succulents, moss and knarled trees while still keeping that old world Louisiana charm.

Come 12am - Courtney and Aaron along with thier guests formed a "second line" parade (a New Orleans tradition) danced across Canal street and straight down Burbon street through the heart of the French Quarter. Apparently it is custom for bystanders to join in the second line parade and pretty soon you have a massive mob of people dancing (and sweating) like crazy. I can still feel the bass drum thumping in my my chest!

It was utter chaos... amazing, exciting chaos!! 

The parade led us to Irvin Mayfields Jazz Playhouse, where Grammy winner Irvin himself was performing.

Of course, with their luck, Courtney and Aaron were invited on stage to be serenaded by Irvin. 

What is a visit to New Orleans without stopping at the world famous Cafe Du Monde in the French Quarter for some late night coffee and beignets. 

It was the PERFECT ending to a most eventful and memorable evening.

This wedding had me on my toes! But I greatly enjoyed partying until 2am with these fine people.

It was such an extraordinary wedding. One that I will always cherish being apart of.

 Thank you Courtney and Aaron. You two are as authentic as they come.

that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days

that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth

that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away,

back to his own fire-side and his quiet home! 

~Charles Dickens

Merry Christmas from Audrey, Brian and Harper.

May you rest in the peace, warmth and closeness of the ones you love.