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Category Archives: weddings

Bess & Preston’s Vail Evening Wedding

There is no doubt that big gala weddings and receptions are not only a great time to shoot, but also a lot of fun to be at. Bands, drunken Uncles, little kids doing the worm…love it all. Still, at the heart of the experience is supposed to be the quiet, thoughtful commitment to someone...

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We’ve been featured in Chicago Social Brides magazine!

Jenny and I spent this weekend in Chicago meeting with some clients and having a generally amazing time. Such a great city! Anyway, we definitely had our weekend capped off by seeing some of our images on the newsstand!
Ryan and Korey had their Beaver Creek wedding featured in the Spring/Summer issue of Chicago Social Brides...

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Kassia & Nick are married!

There is no doubt that summer weddings are beautiful, but we really like the different look and feel you get from great weddings in the winter. Maybe it’s the post holiday rut but it seems like people are always SUPER stoked for a winter wedding. Kass and Nick’s friends and family showed up in...

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Getting some Real Wedding love!

We’re super excited to be featured in bride-buzz.com’s Real Wedding section for Kelli and Sebastian’s Vail wedding! In their own words, bride-buzz is a “website and email blast featuring our daily picks for the hippest, sweetest and most inspirational items for brides (and grooms) to-be”, and we couldn’t be more honored to be included.
Thanks...

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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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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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Candis & Greg’s Vail Wedding

We’ve been looking forward to working with Candis and Greg since they booked us forever ago. Winter weddings are always an adventure and the anticipation is the worst part. Blizzard, closed passes, wet, cold, and horrible?…not for these guys! They got an amazing, albeit freezing slightly chilly day in Vail.
I’ve known that Candis and Greg...

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Janna & Ben at Denver’s Brown Palace

Janna and Ben were a referral and although Jenny and I were already booked, they still wanted to work with us..so that pretty much rules! Jenny shot their beautiful engagement this summer and our associate Shane was on hand for all the great details of their wedding. With a ceremony at Holy Ghost in...

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Kat & Andrew’s Beaver Creek Wedding

Can I just say how frickin’ much we LOVE our job! We have had so many fun couples towards the end of the season, that we’re literally all smiles. I have actually known Andrew as an on and off ski buddy for a few years, so when he and Kat got engaged, we...

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Kelli & Sebastian at the Donovan Pavilion

Like a lot of our couples, we first met Kelli and Sebastian in a coffee shop while they were planning their wedding. We liked them immediately and knew their wedding was going to be awesome. Shortly after our first meeting, Kelli was diagnosed with Follicular Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and, as you can imagine, their world...

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