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  • Hi there and welcome to the Becky Young Photography blog! I am a mountain loving girl based in beautiful Colorado. I specialize in wedding photography for simple, happy couples who love the great outdoors. I am married to my wonderful husband David and we have a wonderful little life together. Here, in my slice of the internet, you will find lots of pictures from my recent weddings and engagement sessions. And every now and then, you will also find a post or two from our adventures throughout Colorado too! Thanks for stopping by! :)

Off Season

Colorado is definitely a state that allows wedding photographers to have an “off season.” A time where not too many people are getting married, mostly due to weather. Though I certainly photograph winter weddings in Colorado (one of which you’ll see in just a few days!), they are certainly not as common as spring, summer and fall weddings. I love this! Mostly because my off season falls exactly during ski season.Colorado wedding photography But also because it gives me a few months to recharge my creative energy and get caught up business stuff, like adding pretty little social media icons to my blog (I’m kinda in love with them!).

Many of you know that my husband is a journalist. He writes about beer, the bicycling community and health/fitness for a local daily newspaper. This year, his editors asked him if he would also like to be the ski reporter and write reviews of various ski resorts and backcountry trails in Colorado. I’m not sure even half a second went by before he happily accepted the offer.

At first I was jealous. But then I started scheming up ways to join him on his many free ski days around Colorado. “Well surely if they ask you to write these reviews, they are also going to need pictures to go along with your stories…right babe?!” And thus I wiggled my way into a wonderful winter full of free skiing. Because we are spoiled and we hate crowds, we were able to go up on weekdays and have the snow all to ourselves. It was absolutely heavenly.

On several occasions, we were met with 12+ inches of powder, which is incredible considering the resorts didn’t get all that much in the way of snow this year. But even on the non-powder days, basked in sunshine, blue ski, snow capped peaks and quality time together doing one of our favorite things. I’m not sure we’ll ever have an opportunity like this again, so we soaked in every minute we could.

While I can’t share my professional photos, because the newspaper has them, I can share a few of my iPhone/Instagram photos of our wonderful winter. What a lucky girl I am to call this my life!

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In my opinion, Beaver Creek has some of the best views in the whole state. You can see the entire Gore range, it’s beautiful!

Colorado wedding photography

David is rarely happier than when he’s in the mountains with skis on!

Colorado wedding photography

While we were staying in Steamboat Springs, we had a chance to check out the Ice Castles there. If you ever have a chance to go to Steamboat, you’ve got to check it out!

Colorado wedding photography

Winter Park was one of our first stops. I’ve been skiing for over twenty years and I’ve never been this cold in my life while skiing! It was -20 with the windchill. Brrrr!

Colorado wedding photography

We had our first date at Arapahoe Basin ten years ago. It’s always so fun to go back to where it all began!

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Flushmount Album

Today I’m posting several blogs about album options that I offer. Many of my clients live out of state, so this is a great way to see some options from a few hundred miles away! I try to make the album process as simple as possible. Today you can see examples of the Flushmount Album, Woodland Album and Guest Book!

The Flushmount Album has been a tried and true album option for my clients over the past 5 years. It never changes, never goes out of style and never fails to impress! The Flushmount album is a beautiful way to preserve your wedding images that will last a life time. Pictures are printed on UV-coated photographic paper which is then mounted to cardstock and binded together. The binding lays flat and allows for the page design to span the entire spread without interruption.

Colorado wedding photography

Colorado wedding photography

Colorado wedding photography

Colorado wedding photography

Colorado wedding photography

Colorado wedding photography

Cover options include a variety of leathers and non-leather materials. Photo cameos on the front cover and name/date imprinting are also available. Cover color options are below:

Colorado wedding photography

Colorado wedding photography

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Woodland Album

I’m so excited to share this beautiful album with you! The Woodland album is a new album that I am offering for my 2013 and 2014 clients. The Woodland album is simple and sweet, I absolutely adore it! Photos are printed directly on heavy weight (like really really really thick) fine art paper that is matte and slightly textured. The album has a very durable and natural feel to it and the images print beautifully.

Colorado wedding photography

Colorado wedding photography

Colorado wedding photography

Colorado wedding photography

The Woodland Album is considered a “split binded” album, which means there is a tiny (about 1mm) gutter in the center of the spread. You can see an example below:

Colorado wedding photography

Colorado wedding photography

Colorado wedding photography

Colorado wedding photography

Cover options include gorgeous silk, linen and canvas options. You can also have a picture cameo feature on the cover.

Colorado wedding photography

The following are cover color options available for the Woodland Album:

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Guest Books

What a splendid day for a splendid couple. The Lord has truly established your love and I am blessed by you both“-my best friend, Caitlin

My favorites memory of your wedding was when Becky placed her hand of David’s back and patted his shoulder after signing the marriage license at the altar. So sweet! May the Lord bless your marriage!!”- A good friend’s mom

Hi! I get the first page! So this was so beautiful- you two did an amazing job! You guys make me so happy and I’m so glad I’m a part of your lives! I love you guys both to pieces! Much love, always and forever!”- My sister, maid of honor

Aside from our wedding pictures, our wedding guest book is one of the best things that David and I have to help us remember our wedding day. I love looking through the wonderful message our guests wrote to us. We did a guest book of our engagement pictures so that our guests could look through our engagement pictures while they signed the book. What a great combination!

A photo guest book showcases all of your favorite engagement photos and also allows for plentiful white space for guests to sign their names and write you messages. It’s a great way to show off your engagement pictures and a great way to preserve some sweet notes from your guests

Colorado wedding photography

Colorado wedding photography

Colorado wedding photography

Colorado wedding photography

Colorado wedding photography
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