Breckenridge wedding

The rocky mountains, in my opinion, are the best place to spend a weekend. It's also a fantastic place to get married.

Saturday my close friend and fellow photographer Michael Sasser helped me document Joy Clark and Joe Gross's wedding at The Maggie in Breckenridge. I had a great time photographing them back in August so I was looking forward to working with them again. They had a gorgeous ceremony at the base of Breckenridge Resort's Peak 9 and the weather couldn't have been any better.

The color of the changing Aspen trees are often a highlight of the mountains in the fall and there was plenty of color to come by this weekend. Combine that with a really great couple, a fun group of people and good weather, and you have the making of one fantastic day. It was pretty great to shoot as well. Denver wedding planner Michelle Byerly put all the finishing touches on an already outstanding event.

I really love everything that the mountains have to offer. Nothing beats the Colorado high country. Now bring on the ski season!!!

-JCE

www.jcedmonds.com (New website coming soon)

Browns at Broncos

The Denver Broncos are 2-0. I must be getting punk'd.

Last Sunday I ran cards for the Cleveland Browns at the Denver Broncos home opener at Mile High at Invesco Field. When I wasn't riding the elevator up to the press box to deliver Browns' team photographer John Reid's images to the media relations staff, I managed to shoot a few for myself.

For the most part it wasn't a great game despite not making any great pictures. Then again it seemed as though any time Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton actually managed to complete a pass it was on the opposite side of the field from me. Browns quarterback Brady Quinn also struggled. The highlight of the day seemed to come when former Bronco tight end Shannon Sharpe skydived into the stadium during introductions. It was definitely a great entrance and prelude to his Ring of Fame induction.

I had a great time and you're obviously not going to get any complaints from me when I spend a Sunday afternoon on the sidelines of an NFL game.

-JCE

www.jcedmonds.com

Greek wedding

If you've seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding then you might have a little understanding behind this assignment, or so I'm told. I've never seen the movie.

On Saturday, nine nineteen two-thousand and nine, I had the pleasure of photographing Elaine Papanastasiou and Steve Christou's Greek wedding celebration with colleague Greg Harring. The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Assumption & Community Center in Denver served as a great backdrop for the ceremony and reception.

Having never photographed a Greek wedding before I didn't quite know what to expect but if there was anything that I learned, it's that the Greek community has huge families and definitely know how to throw a party. The other big difference was the much longer ceremony than most weddings that I've done before. This gave me a lot of time to work the situation and even the opportunity to break out a 400mm lens that I don't usually bring to a wedding.

Both Elaine and Steve were a blast to work with. They were really easy going, had a great time and didn't let anything distract them from enjoying their day.

-JCE

Denver wedding photographer (new website coming soon!)