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Category Archives: engagements

Ashley & Joe’s San Francisco Engagement session!

One of the best parts of this job is the opportunity to meet all sorts of cool couples from all over the country. It may sound cliche, but we really love getting to know our clients and developing a relationship with them. We feel like every minute you spend talking to and getting...

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We heart anna bé

Although Kelli and Sebastian’s wedding was featured on their blog months ago we hadn’t had time to catch up with the lovely ladies of Anna Be until last week. Their new space on Boulder Street in the Highlands fits their aesthetic to a T and is sure to make any bride inspired and happy...

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Chris’ proposal to Lisa…and engagement photos!

Every photographer has a mental list of shoots that they would just LOVE to do. For example, if you are having a traditional Indian wedding ceremony and are actually riding in on an elephant, call me, we’ll shoot your wedding for peanuts (get it, elephant, peanuts…I’m hilarious!). The same thing goes for anything at...

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Paul & Lilia’s Vail Mountain Engagement Session

People get married in the mountains in winter for lots of different reasons. It’s beautiful, there are lots of amenities, they just can’t get enough of the smell of ski wax…there are a million great reasons. Paul and Lilia have one reason. They LOVE LOVE LOVE to snowboard. I don’t know that I’ve ever met...

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What I saw…2009

2009 was a huge year for J. Nelson Photography. We worked hard, and had many, many wonderful clients. Nate and I moved out of our basement and into our new office space in Boulder’s Holiday neighborhood. We continued splitting our time between Vail and the front range. We traveled and shot...

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Mattie & Julian’s Vail Engagement Session

Jenny and I try and spend a lot of the winter in Vail slacking off and skiing shooting and meeting with clients, and it always gives us a great chance to do some cool winter shoots that we don’t otherwise get to do. Julian and Mattie’s engagement was a perfect example.
Mattie gave me a call...

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Lizzie and Ryan’s Boulder Engagement Photos

Lizzie and Ryan are getting married next summer in Beaver Creek but they wanted to try and fit their engagement session in before Jenny and I went away for the fall. It worked out that we all had some time on Boulder’s first snowy evening of the year, and the fresh snow on the just...

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Brooke & Kevin’s Denver Engagement

Dear Brooke and Kevin,
Thank you for making my job so fun!
Brooke and Kevin are getting married next weekend at the Denver Center for Performing Arts which is a new venue for us and sure to be amazing. If their engagement is any indication, their wedding is going to be full of lots of love....

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Claire & Ryan’s Longmont Engagement

Claire and Ryan met on AOL chat many, many years ago, years before twitter and even i.m! They currently live in Longmont, and decided to shoot their engagement photos there. Claire is a super chic girl, and initially thought she would like some urban looking photos in Denver done….but Longmont is where they...

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Brandon & Melissa’s Engagement

I have known Brandon for most of my life, and he and I were both fortunate enough to meet Melissa in our senior year in high school, when we were the yearbook’s photo editors and she was one of our photographers! Brandon and Melissa have loved and supported each other through the ups and...

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