Another image placed in a WPJA quarterly contest! This one placed in the ‘creative portrait’ category, which is pretty competitive since photographers are generally pretty on point with these pics and tend to shoot all sorts of crazy stuff.

Funny story behind this image: Brad and Gina got married at the Vista at Arrowhead in Beaver Creek this past Labor Day weekend. While Gina was getting ready I asked her about what kind of stuff she and Brad do on vacation. And she said they take lots of pictures. Of what, I wondered. Well, she said, of signs.

So we decided to make a bride and groom sign and see what would happen. Her dad actually got psyched about the whole thing and wound up making them himself, and then Gina, Brad and I snuck off after the ceremony for some couples portraits. Part way through we decided to bust out the signs… And, among other things, this is what happened. I totally love their faces. They were trying really hard to keep it together!