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For our 1-year anniversary we decided to take an abbreviated version of our honeymoon roadtrip. We ended up heading to Southwest Colorado for Westy camping, great food, wine tasting, hiking, and being all shmoopy with each other for a few days. Its always nice to turn your back on emails and electronics for a while…my phone conveniently died on the day we left, and Lynn’s wouldn’t charge the whole time, so we didn’t even hear a phone ring for 5 days. Aaaaahhhhhh….

Have coffee, make road trip!

First stop, Palisade CO….just in time for some wine tasting at Grande River Vineyard. We closed down the tasting bar and picked up a couple of their reserves and port! We wandered the grapes and snacked on a few afterward…





We made it to Telluride the next day and took a little hike up to and above Bridal Veil Falls. Gorgeous views of the valley from up there.

The aspens are just starting to show their gold…

Lynn gets rained on coming down from the top…

Here’s a few images of the falls…




This was our first trip over Lizard Head Pass, just another brilliant corner of this state. This is Lizard Head Peak in a misty sunset…

Lynn wrote me an anniversary love note with her headlamp during this 20 minute exposure. Now that’s what I call love.

Lynn and I are housesitting for some friends that live in the foothills, and wildlife abounds here in the open spaces. Deer, elk, fox, lion, and who knows what else. Wildlife photography is definitely something that I love and only had a few opportunities to actually do. To do it well and come away with really striking images, its a lot harder than you think. Most of the time you need time and patience to plan, track, wait, and shoot wildlife images. So I’ve been loving the fact that all I have to do is walk onto the back deck and scout the open space for animals! Its almost armchair wildlife photography! We’ve been totally enjoying the herds of elk that roam here, and most days and during dinners on the back deck have been accompanied by lovely elk bugle serenades. One of the bulls was wandering around behind the house last week. Such majestic animals, most of the time we just watch them and listen…but we have to take the opportuniy for a few images….

This morning I had to slowly creep my way down the hillside to a vantage point to get a good angle. Its such a cool feeling to get stared down by a large animal….

He was giving himself a nice antler massage in the tree limbs for a good 5 minutes….


Bugling away….

Lynn and I celebrated our 1-year anniversary last week by taking a road trip down to southwest Colorado. Again borrowing our friends’ Westy, we took off for 4 days to see if, after a year, we can still live in a van together. Ha ha ha, of course we can! In fact, its one of our favorite things to do….Our route took us through Palisade, Ridgway, Telluride, and Ouray. We got to check out some cool corners of Colorado we hadn’t seen yet, and we hit a couple of our favorite spots that we visited on our honyemoon a year ago. The song “Memories” should be ringing around in your head by now…..Pictures to follow soon.

We are excited to announce our upcoming Green Wedding Contest! “green” has become a very buzzy & trendy word lately, and there’s a good reason: it’s just plain smart! This is one trend that’s bound to stick around.

So here’s the idea: We are committed to supporting couples who plan their wedding with the Earth in mind. Savvy brides and grooms are realizing that being chic and eco-friendly can go hand in hand…from organic edibles and vintage wedding gowns to charitable gift registries, being socially and eco-conscious on your wedding day can go a long way to protect our planet and culture.

To promote “green” values in the wedding industry, we will be launching a contest in the upcoming months ~ available to all couples who contract with us for their 2008 wedding. Couples will try and plan their wedding with the most “green”, eco-friendly, non-wasteful elements, thereby creating the least amount of impact on good ole Mother Earth! The winning eco-conscious couple will receive a FREE David Lynn Wedding Photography Collection, including complete photo coverage and more….Details will follow on the blog, so keep watching for upcoming information regarding the contest, and get your green on!

Sarah & Steve had a great time with their close friends and family celebrating their marriage in complete elegance. Sarah got ready at the Adagio B&B in Denver, and their wedding was at 1770 Sherman Street, an awesome building built in 1906 with a beautiful Byzantine-themed ballroom. They had the coolest mix of style and simplicity throughout their wedding day, it was great to work with them from the start. Congratulations Steve & Sarah, and have an amazing time in Peru!