Wow! That’s all I can say. Brandy and Tony are so awesome, and they put together one of the best weddings ever. Don’t even know where to begin — it was a whirlwind.
Be sure to read the whole post — there’s a slideshow at the end. 🙂
It was a cool six days, and shooting at the Atlantis Resort was one crazy experience. It’s a photographer’s dream, really — so much interesting architecture, vibrant colors, cool textures.
I flew in Thursday and shot a dessert welcome, followed by a rehearsal dinner on Friday, followed by an awesome wedding day on Saturday. They had a great ceremony put together by Matt Sweeting, a local officiant. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were all fun!
Here are a few of my faves (Yes, there really was a fire dancer! How cool is that?!)
The photobooth was out, for sure, and lots of ridiculous images showed up on my flash card, including this one, which was the last pic of the night. It’s like Christmas all over again when I download the photobooth cards. It’s so much fun, and you never know what you’ll find.
One of the funniest things that happened was that the wedding got crashed! Ha! It was my first experience with a real wedding crasher, and even though it wasn’t an intentional crashing, it was a crashing nonetheless. Meet “The Crashers”
Atlantis is big on aquariums, which I love. Big on big aquariums, I should say. There’s one bar that you walk into, descend down its stairs, and then walk through a giant glass tube suspended in the middle of a shark tank. Whoah!
After the wedding was over I had a chance to hang out and explore with Brandy, Tony, and the fam… And, of course, there were lots of shark tanks involved. Aside walking through that shark tank, we slid on a water slide in inner tubes through through a shark tank, we slid without inner tubes through shark tanks, we ate in a restaurant that had shark tanks instead of walls. We even got to pet dolphins. Whoah!
I had so much fun shooting the big day, and I’m so honored that Brandy and Tony had me do it.
Thanks, guys! You rock!
Here’s a slideshow — it’s on the long side, but then again, it was 6 days! Click the center play button to check it out.
Nathan, Brandy and Tony…..this slideshow is awesome and then some!!!! It made me relive all of the fantastic moments of that unbelievable week-end and even made me shed a few tears at all the beautiful images as they brought back such an unforgettable occasion…..Thanks for sharing with us. Nathan, you do have a beautiful ‘eye’ and I’m so happy that Brett found you. If you come to the Durango area anytime, please contact us.
Nathan, these images are amazing! You more than captured the spirit and personality of everyone at the wedding. It was great to get to know you and have you spend the week with us. We can’t wait to put the images in our home, always remembering an amazing experience and a new friend. Thanks for making it such a memorable week, and one everyone will enjoy looking back at for years to come. Can’t wait till the next “event” where we can have you! Don’t forget to come visit us in Houston and expect a call when we come to Colorado.
Ryan
Nathan,WOW we are absolutely thrilled with your pics!! We will never be able to thank you for all of your hard work to make sure all of our wonderful weekend moments were documented. We were so blessed to have Tony and his family join “our” family, and also feel like we added you to our extended family. You were such a trooper and followed us around all week so everything would be unforgettable for us for years to come..Your professionalism is so appreciated ; thru all of our private and public moments you were there quitely capturing us and we did not even know you were there. That is what makes you so fantastic. Anyone can take a picture, you have the special ability to capture the moment and help create a memory! The family “portait” you took in the lobby of the Cove is simply stunning and will be a treasure of ours for the years ahead. John and Terry
That fire dancer photo at the top is outstanding! You have some lovely work shown here.