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Hello! I'm a Colorado Springs wedding photographer and portrait photographer. I travel all over the country to document the
important moments in people's lives. My blog showcases some of my favorite photos of my clients and adventures. I update this
blog several times a week, so please visit frequently to see my latest images.
September 27, 2008
Vonzell Solomon
San Francisco
August 2008
(Photos by Mike Pritchard)
After posting my point-and-shoot photos of us with American Idol singers, I realized that I never posted the great photos that Mike took during their concert. He got some great pictures of them!
When we were in San Francisco last month for Kristen and Yaki’s wedding, we stayed at the beautiful Hotel Nikko. One evening we came down into the lobby and saw the very distinctive Constantine Maroulis towering over a crowd of adoring ladies. Constantine was in our hotel lobby? It was a surreal moment. Then I realized that David Hernandez and Vonzell Solomon were also there, chatting with the fans. I talked with the concierge to see what was going on, and he explained that they were giving a concert there every evening.
As you probably know, I have a bit of a reality show problem, so naturally I bought two tickets for the next night’s show. Mike brought his camera and took great photos from our front row seats. Afterward we chatted with Constantine and Vonzell in the hotel bar. Mike showed Vonzell the photos and she loved them and asked for copies. Now that I’ve had some time to process the photos, I’ll email them to her as she requested. Mike got some great photos!
More photos of Vonzell, Constantine, and David from American Idol
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September 26, 2008
Mike and me with some of our photographer friends
Mike, Keith Maull, baby Lyric, Teddi Maull, me, Sarah Walters, baby Isaac, Brad Walters
Summer 2008
I finally got around to downloading the last few month’s worth of photos from my point-and-shoot camera! Here are some random pictures from our summer, all taken with my pocket camera. I can’t believe the summer has come and gone already, but at least it was a good one!
More photo randomness
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Tags: my family, my friends, personal photos, travel
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I’m excited to say that Mike has started blogging! He is using his blog to share the fabulous short stories that are always brewing in his mind. I’m thrilled to finally have a way to learn about that side of him. He told me today that I can post a link to his blog, so go take a look and leave my boy a comment! http://blog.thepipster.com 
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September 23, 2008
Lori and Harris
The Broadmoor
Colorado Springs
September 20, 2008
Lori and Harris got married on Saturday at the beautiful Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs. You might remember them from their engagement portrait session in the Garden of the Gods last month. Their wedding was gorgeous! I loved the flowers, music, and perfect autumn weather. The Broadmoor is a lovely place for a wedding, and every detail was beautiful.
Congratulations, Lori and Harris!
More photos from their wedding
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Tags: broadmoor, weddings
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Rehearsal dinner at the Warehouse
September 19, 2008
On Friday night last week, I photographed Harris and Lori’s rehearsal dinner at this stylish restaurant in Colorado Springs. I love photographing rehearsal dinners, because they give me a chance to get to know the close friends and family members of the bride and groom, and to take lots of photos of them in a relaxed setting. The rehearsal dinner is an important part of the wedding weekend, so it’s great to be able to document it.
More photos from their rehearsal dinner
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September 21, 2008
Janie
September, 2008
The other day, Mike was cleaning out his closet and finding clothes to give to charity, when he turned around found Janie curled up in his shirts. The Salvation Army must have found some cat hair in our donation bag, but we couldn’t ask our adorable kitty to leave her comfy bed!
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September 20, 2008
Amanda Tipton, me, and Debi Tipton
With our matching Shootsacs
August 19, 2008
Last night I was photographing a rehearsal dinner, when I encountered a photographer who was shooting another party on the other side of the building. We chuckled when we saw that we were carrying Shootsacs with the same cover! Then it turned out that her daughter and photo partner had the same cover, too. So we asked a passerby take a picture of the three of us. Meet my new friends with fabulous taste, Debi and Amanda Tipton!
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September 19, 2008
Katie and Dave
Centennial, Colorado
September 16, 2008
Earlier this week I got together with Katie and Dave for their engagement session in Littleton and Centennial. Katie is a photographer, too, so it was really fun to photograph someone as enthusiastic about portraits as I am! She and Dave are an adorable couple, and I can’t wait until their wedding next June. If it’s anything like our portrait shoot this week, the wedding should be a lot of fun.
More of their engagement portraits
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September 8, 2008
Mike and me
The Bishop’s Palace
Wells, Somerset, England
September 8, 2008
Hello from lovely Somerset! As many of you already know, my husband Mike is British, and he grew up in a Somerset village near the town of Wells. Today we took a nice walk through Wells, and I decided to bring my camera to photograph random things that I saw along the way.
Wells is a gorgeous medieval town that has been around since at least 700AD. The focal point of the city is the Wells Cathedral and its accompanying Bishop’s Palace. The Cathedral School has been in existence since 909 and is still filled with students today. I can’t even imagine going to a school that has been around for a millennium. Mike went to the Wells Blue School, which is much younger — it wasn’t founded until 1652. His hometown really puts American history in perspective! My high school in Virginia was one of the oldest in the county; it was about 40 years old at the time.
Wells retains its medieval charm, but now most of its old buildings are occupied by modern cafes and stylish shops. It’s a lovely place to wander around on a late summer day.
More photos from Wells
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September 5, 2008
Mike und Charlotte im schönen Deutschland!
Römerplatz, Frankfurt, Germany
September 4, 2008
We went to Germany this week! It was thrilling for me to be there, because I lived in Frankfurt when I was a kid. I haven’t been back since we moved away in 1988, so Mike and I decided to go visit Frankfurt this summer, twenty years later. The 13-year-old, German side of myself seems like a whole lifetime ago, so it was bizarre to go back and reawaken that part of my brain. It was a relief to discover that I remembered so much of the language and I could still navigate easily around town. I found my family’s apartment building and took Mike on a tour of all my favorite playgrounds. Ha! I gave him the children’s tour of Frankfurt!
Do I have any friends in Frankfurt who are reading this blog? If so, let me say how much I love your city! I’ll always love Frankfurt since I spent so much time there in my youth, but beyond that, it’s just a beautiful, stylish, friendly city that is a joy to visit again after all these years. I wish we could have stayed longer.
More photos from our trip
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September 2, 2008
Another one of my photos has placed in the most recent WPJA competition! This photo from David and Jessica’s wedding placed in the Details category. I took this photo just before the ceremony, as Dave was reviewing his vows. It’s always an honor to be included among the winners of this contest!
You can see all the winning images from this contest here: Wedding Photojournalist Association
You can see my winning photos from previous contests here: My WPJA award winners
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Me, about to be blown into the San Francisco Bay
August, 2008
Right now we’re in England, and later today we’ll be in Germany, but I thought I’d jump to the other side of the globe and post some pictures from our trip to San Francisco a couple weeks ago. We traveled there to photograph a wedding, but we scheduled our trip to give us some free time to explore the city and visit friends. We didn’t take many personal photos on that trip, but I thought I’d post the few that we took.
It’s bizarre to me that August is so cold in San Francisco! The fog was thick every day of our trip, and we could barely see the Golden Gate Bridge. We drove over to the Marin Headlands for a scenic view of the Bay, but all we could see was an occasional glimpse of a foggy bridge. The wind was blowing so fiercely that the fog whirled up the cliffs and past us like a rushing stream. It was a fascinating phenomenon.
We walked all over that lovely city, climbing the wacky hills almost effortlessly. It’s fun to live at high altitude and travel to sea level, because the extra oxygen in our blood makes us feel invincible.
One of the highlights of our trip was the Chihuly exhibit at the de Young art museum. I took a few photos of that, because I wanted to take a piece of his colorful fantasy and take it home with me.
On to the pictures!
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Tags: california, personal photos, san francisco, travel
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September 1, 2008
Richard and Lizzie
Stanton St. Bernard, Wiltshire
August 30, 2008
We went to a lovely English wedding on Saturday! Mike’s good friend Richard got married, and we flew to the UK to be there. Mike went to college at Reading University with Richard. They were lab partners at university, and after they graduated, the two of them drove around the USA together on an eight-week road trip. Richard has been a great friend to Mike through the years, and I liked him instantly when we met. He has come out to the States to visit us twice in the last few years, including a great trip to my uncle’s farm in Virginia (photos from that trip are here).
We met Lizzie for the first time at the wedding, and she is perfect for Richard! The wedding took place at her family’s gorgeous home in a village in Wiltshire. I couldn’t believe that the weather was warm and sunny — it was probably the best weather I’ve ever seen on any of my trips to England. I took some nice portraits of the two of them in the grounds around her family’s home, and then I put away my camera to be a guest for the night.
Congratulations, Lizzie and Richard! I hope your lovely sunshine travels with you to Barbados!
More photos from their wedding
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Tags: england, my friends, travel, weddings
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