Tracy Carolyn Photography

The beer bottles were empty.  I noticed it straight away while photographing the tables and decor at Deb and David’s wedding.  That’s curious, I thought, normally people give custom bottles with beer in them.  Odd.  Not until David stood up to give a speech did I hear the back story of the empty beer bottles.

You see, David is part owner of a small brewery, and he and Deb thought they’d make a special brew to give away as wedding favors.  They brewed the beer, bottled it up, and a few months later decided to taste it.  The result: awful.  Apparently it was so terrible, David decided they would be better off pouring out the beer and just giving the empty bottles away as gifts :)

Fortunately, Deb and David’s wedding went far more smoothly than the brewing process of their specialty beer.  They had an intimate brunch wedding at Three Trees Chapel in Littleton.  I loved that even though this was a more low-key event, they still cut the cake, gave toasts, and did a first dance.  I also love that David’s tie had photos of his grandkids printed on it – they couldn’t be there in person, but they were there in spirit.  Congrats to you Deb and David – I wish you many happy years ahead!

It isn’t easy to get to Steamboat Springs from out of town.  Sarre and Steve, and most of their guests, live in New York or along the east coast.  To get to this wedding, most of them had to fly into Denver and drive 3.5 hours into the mountains.  That’s not an easy feat if you aren’t used to driving in Colorado.  But once they arrived in Steamboat Springs, I suspect every one of Steve and Sarre’s guests were blown away by the backdrop of this gorgeous wedding.  Throw in delicious food, an awesome band, and a truly sweet couple, and this wedding was well worth traveling for.

I second shot this wedding with Laura Dombrowski, whom I used to shoot weddings with when I worked in Denver back in 2005.  Oddly enough, the last wedding we shot together was at this same exact venue atop Mt. Werner :)  I had a great time working with Laura again – and getting to meet this couple.  Congrats Sarre and Steve!