Location Scouting : Virginia Dale Community Church

Mark | February 1, 2012 - 4:38 pm

For all our weddings I’ll go scout out the church and reception venues prior to the wedding. Catherine and Drew’s wedding slated for December 2012 is a bit special as the location of their church is in an isolated location south of Virginia Dale, Colorado. Virginia Dale is north of Ft. Collins and near the Colorado and Wyoming state line on Hwy 287. On my last trip north to Idaho I took an alternate route to visit the Virginia Dale Community Church where their ceremony will be held. The little church has a wood burning stove as a source of heat and a couple of outhouses for bathroom facilities. I personally wouldn’t recommend using the outhouses unless absolutely necessary. When I dropped by the preacher’s wife was practicing the piano and we had a nice little chat. We are looking forward to shooting Catherine and Drew’s wedding in this quaint little church next December! Catherine and Drew’s engagement session can be found here.

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado Portrait and Wedding Photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

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Engagement : Catherine and Drew

Mark | January 15, 2012 - 4:01 pm

Catherine and Drew are from Ft. Collins where Catherine is finishing up her degree in technical writing. My wife and I had a great time getting to know the two of them better and to walk around the CSU campus for their engagement session. We look forward to their wedding coming up in December 2012 at the Virginia Dale Community Church outside of Virginia Dale, CO (north of Ft. Collins).

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado Portrait and Wedding Photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

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Doll Photography : NIADA 2011 Annual Conference

Mark | November 16, 2011 - 10:33 pm

Here’s something different rather than a wedding or portrait session. Take a look at some very talented doll artists who got together in Westminster this summer for their annual NIADA doll makers conference. NIADA stands for National Institute of American Doll Artists, however, a lot of their members are from around the world. It was great to hear the story behind each doll and how some of the dolls looked a lot like their creator. Enjoy!

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado Portrait and Wedding Photographer. [plus a bit of product photography]
www.MarkMortensen.com

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Wedding : Jennifer and Wes @ Red Rocks

Mark | November 14, 2011 - 8:35 pm

Jennifer and Wes’s wedding at Red Rocks in Morrison Colorado was truly a beautiful September wedding. We shot their engagement session in June in Golden Colorado. Both Jennifer and Wes are hearing impaired so there were several signers during the ceremony and reception. Wes was probably the most articulate man with his words I have ever met. He gave very moving ceremony vows and a wonderful speech during the reception. We had a bit of trouble getting his ring off his finger at the reception for some photos. A little butter from the table worked wonders. Congratulations and best of luck on your new life in Atlanta!

Ceremony: Red Rocks Trading Post

Reception: Red Rocks Rock Room

Coordinator: Marcea Copeland Something Blue Colorado Planning and Design

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado Portrait and Wedding Photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

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Business Headshots : Atelier Interior Design

Mark | November 12, 2011 - 8:24 pm

Atelier Interior Design helped me do a revamp of my home studio and I did their business headshots. Katie and Erika hooked us up with a great faux painter and an interior painter that I highly recommend. This was my first experience working with interior designers and in beginning they selected some color combinations I wouldn’t of necessarily selected. However, after putting the suggested colors on the walls and drapes hung the studio looks great.

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado Portrait and Wedding Photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

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Wedding : Jenilee and Craig @ Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church

Mark | October 16, 2011 - 2:00 pm

Jenilee and Craig met us about a year ago at a bridal show. We shot their engagement session in January 2011 in Golden, CO. Their wedding date was 09.10.11 which was also Jenilee’s parent’s anniversary. To make things even more interesting Jenilee and Craig were getting married in the same church as her parents, Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Lakewood, CO. Jenilee and Craig wanted group images of their extended family which of course was very large. We came up with the idea to create panoramic images of the family units for a unique portrait of their extended family. Take a look at the last image in the post to see the end result of the 4 extended families. Our technique is to photograph each family unit and then stitch the groups of families into a panoramic image.

Church: Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Lakewood, CO

Reception: The Sheraton Denver West

Chair Covers: Bille @ Chair Covers and Linens

Video: Michael @ Bristlecone Ridge
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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado Portrait and Wedding Photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

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Wedding : Jennifer and Matt @ Crested Butte Colorado

Mark | August 30, 2011 - 8:56 pm

Jennifer and Matt had the most beautiful wedding in a high meadow outside of Crested Butte Colorado. The ceremony was originally slated to be at Emerald Lake, however, the snow pack this year was so heavy one couldn’t drive up to the lake even in July. Instead they found a random meadow lower in elevation (still around 9500 ft). Jennifer and Matt selected July as their wedding date because it is the height of the wild flower season in Crested Butte. That was an understatement as the day after the wedding my wife and I went back up to the wedding site and spent all day taking just wild flower pictures. Their engagement session was taken at Red Rocks in May. Thank you Jennifer and Matt for a wonderful weekend in the mountains.

Venue: Mother Nature’s Creation
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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado Portrait and Wedding Photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

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Engagement : Jennifer and Wes

Mark | June 21, 2011 - 10:09 pm

Jennifer and Wes were truly a unique couple as they are both profoundly deaf. Plus Wes is about 1 1/2 feet taller than Jennifer. It was a joy to watch them signing with each other and then start laughing over what ever was said. We are looking forward to their wedding in Sept at Red Rocks in Morrison, CO.

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado Portrait and Wedding Photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

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Engagement : Jennifer and Matt

Mark | May 30, 2011 - 9:46 pm

Jennifer and Matt were such a wonderful couple to be around. They had this ability to make people laugh and smile when you were around them. Their engagement session was shot at Red Rocks in Morrison, CO. We look forward to their wedding in Crested Butte, CO in July. Enjoy!

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado Portrait and Wedding Photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

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Portraits : Boersma & Jimenez Family

Mark | February 22, 2011 - 8:48 pm

My wife, Corie, has known the Boersma family (Ian and Veronica) for quite some time. Veronica and Corie both work for Denver Public Schools and met while teaching primary at Academia Ana Marie Sandoval, which is a dual language Montessori school in the Highlands area. When Veronica’s sister, nephew and father came up from Mexico they felt it was time for a multi-generational family portrait. These images were all taken in their living room. Take a look at the slideshow and at the end is an image of the finished artwork hanging on the Boersma’s stairway walls. The framed artwork running up the stairs are 10×15 inch images and the canvas on the stairway landing is a 30×30 inch gallery wrap. As a service my studio provides I personally came and hung the framed artwork and canvas on the walls for the family.