This wedding almost didn’t happen.  Hanna and Jonathan’s wedding day happened to be taking place during the terrible Waldo Canyon fires in Colorado Springs.  Hanna called me about 10 days before her wedding, throwing out dates for 2013!  I was so sad for them, thinking they might have to wait more than a year to have their wedding after all the planning and anticipation that went into the big event.  But thank goodness these two decided that they would keep their original date.  They found new housing for their guests and were optimistic that all would go well….  And boy oh boy, did it ever go well!  It was a GORGEOUS day with ominous, indigo skies that threatened, but never opened up, and nice cool temperatures in the 80’s.  It was a happy day!  As for the fires, they were 100 percent contained and put out faster than the firefighters imagined, which just added another reason to celebrate.

Hanna and Jonathan also surprised me by taking the cake for the best partiers and dancers of the season–maybe even the best of the last 10 years!  I have to say that I’m generally a great judge of character–and of course I knew Hanna and Jonathan were fun as hell when we did their engagement session.  We drank a few glasses of wine before the shoot and laughed a lot,  but I had no idea these two could raise the roof like they did on their wedding night.  HOLY MOLY there  was some hot dancing on the floor!  It was so much fun!  The toasts were some of the funniest I’ve  heard and Hanna and Jonathan even managed to make the cake cutting a party.  It wasn’t just the two of them who made the party fun however–these two have the most fantastic set of friends, and their families were so kind wonderful to work with.  I walked away thinking, “I sure hope Ramona has two little brothers that are as cool and fun as Hanna’s”.  This wedding was truly a treat to photograph.