I had the pleasure of working with Natasha and Adam at Wash Park for their engagement session.  Both Natasha and Adam are EMTs, which is a very challenging job in my opinion and is not something I would ever be able to do.  Their wedding is coming up fast on Sept 9th at the fabulous Della Terra Mountain Chateau in Estes Park.  I look forward to working with this great couple on their wedding day!

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

I was honored to shoot Sam & Bob’s wedding at Mount Vernon Country Club. Being my first wedding I couldn’t of asked for a better bride and groom. It was well thought out and planned, which was a good thing because the outdoor ceremony was halted right after the bride was at the alter due to a massive down pour. We promptly moved inside and started the ceremony back up. Other guests were saying that if it rains on your wedding day you’ll be wealthy. With how fast and the amount of rain that occurred I’m thinking Sam & Bob will be well off.

Congratulations!

Oh! Sam & Bob didn’t have a traditional wedding cake. Instead they had pie!

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

A sneek peek at Julia’s senior portrait session.

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado portrait and wedding photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

The studio at 1801 S. Pearl St, Denver, CO is hosting another First Friday Art Walk Friday Aug 6th, 5-8PM and Saturday Aug 7, 10AM-3PM.  Drop by and talk with several artists and see their work.

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado family portraiture and wedding photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

Every once in a while I get called upon to shoot something other than people.  Most of the time that is product photography, however, this time it was a backyard garden in Longmont, CO.  I figured sure I’ll come photograph some flower boxes and be on my way.  Was I ever surprised to find a mini botanic garden in their backyard.

While I was there I was requested to see if I could capture some images of their two dogs as well.  The first one was easy as it actually sat still for me.

The second one I think had one too many Mountain Dew’s and wouldn’t sit still long enough for the camera to even focus.  We tried but it just wasn’t going to happen with this little guy.

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado portrait and event photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

A local from the neighborhood around the studio gave me a call for some long needed business headshots.  Barbara is a mediator and wanted some inviting images of her for her website and brochures.  We spent about an hour going through several clothing changes and backgrounds.  I can’t stress enough to business owners how important a good headshot is for communicating with prospective clients.  Poorly done headshot images don’t portray you in your best light and could mean losing a potential customer.

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado portrait and event photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

A sneak peek at Kat’s senior portrait session this past weekend held at Wash Park in Denver, CO.  There were some nasty storm clouds rolling in the afternoon before Kat’s shoot but like they do most of the time the storm clouds blew past just in time.  Kat was extremely easy to work with and I look forward to presenting all the great images to the family soon!

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado portrait and event photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

I do like to focus on family photography, however, at times I get requests to do product photography.  A local doll artist down the street from the studio hired me to photograph her custom hand made dolls.  Definitely check out ROotie StudiO and the art work of Leslie Molen. This particular doll, which stands about 12 inches, was made for a client in Russia and is a French girl named Rose.  Rose was created in under 2 weeks and considering the head and face are sculpted out of clay that is no easy feat.  Leslie also teaches the art of doll making so if this is something you are interested in give her a call!

Look carefully at the eyes.  Those are hand painted eyes.

Look for more dolls from Leslie in the future!

I have a history of doing product photography for the Meyer family.  This time around it was family portraits they were after and included their immediate family plus extended family.  With 18 people involved it was a great opportunity to create one of my panoramic images of the entire family.  Panoramic family portraits are great way to handle very large groups. Each individual family group is shot one at a time and then with the magic of Photoshop a composite image is created of all family members.

I recently partnered up with a local clothing store down the street from the studio called KidSport.  The contest entailed a drawing where the winning parents brought their kids down to the studio for a modeling shoot in KidSport clothing.  Nine lucky kids got to spend an afternoon at the studio and in the end I created this panoramic composite image of all the kids.  Thank You to all the incredible kids and parents for participating in the modeling shoot.  The panoramic is currently hanging in the studio lobby and in the near future I’ll be hanging some prints in the KidSport store as well!