Estes Park is one of the cutest Colorado mountain towns.  As the gateway city to Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes offers both plentiful scenery and recreational activities.  It’s the perfect town for a Colorado destination wedding!  One of our favorite wedding venues in Estes Park is the Della Terra Mountain Chateau.  The Chateau sits at the top of the hill with stunning views overlooking the southern valley and the western continental divide.  The inside of Della Terra is just as impressive…with fourteen luxury suites, complete with fireplaces and private balcony hot tubs, you’ll find the ideal spot to relax before all of the festivities start on your big day!

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I warned you that I had a hard time narrowing down the pictures from Elizabeth and Larry’s beautiful wedding at the Della Terra Mountain Chateau in Estes Park, Colorado!  Here are several more of our favorite pictures from their big day…enjoy!

I love these pictures of Elizabeth and Larry’s friends and family congratulating them after the ceremony…

Larry with his dad…classic…

Elizabeth with her mom…

After the ceremony we spent a few more minutes shooting some relaxed portraits of Elizabeth and Larry…

I love this shoe picture!

A re-creation of Larry’s favorite picture from their engagement session.  Larry is such a ham and he had to have his “pointing picture” again…hilarious! :)

The main room at Della Terra was gorgeous!

Some of the amazing flowers from Sweet Pea Flowers…

Paula Thomas with Teacup did an incredible job with the yummy desserts!  Look at how gorgeous that cake is!!!

There were some great speeches during the reception…

A very well choreographed first dance! :)

Elizabeth and Larry – Congratulations!  We had such a great time getting to know you guys!  We are so excited for you and we can’t wait to see where this life takes you!

Much Love ~ Jessica (and Andrew too!)  Andrew and Jessica Photographers

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Earlier this month Andrew and I headed up to Estes Park, Colorado to photograph Elizabeth and Larry’s fall wedding at the Della Terra Mountain Chateau.  It was our first time photographing at Della Terra, and can I just say…that place is awesome!  Backing up to Rocky Mountain National Park, it’s the perfect location for a Colorado mountain wedding.  We listened the the elk bugling all morning long…and even had a few deer join in the wedding day festivities!  Elizabeth and Larry’s wedding was spectacular, filled with so many wonderful fall-inspired details.  It was difficult to narrow down the pictures – so this is Part 1 of their blog post!

Elizabeth and Larry – it was such a great pleasure to witness you pledge your love to each other and we feel so very fortunate to have gotten to know you!  On with the pictures…Enjoy! :)

Elizabeth’s shoes were to die for!  The couple decided to engrave each others rings – but promised to keep the engravings secret from each other until after the wedding.  As I was photographing their rings before the ceremony I took a peek at the engravings on each of their rings…”I love you to the moon and back” was etched on the interior of both rings.  They had each chosen the same saying to engrave on the others ring.  Do you think they are meant to be together or what?!?

Elizabeth’s hair flower and the ring “pillow”…the ring pillow was a joint handmade effort between the bride and groom.  Elizabeth sketched the two lovebirds and Larry used the wood burner to etched the design into the wood.  I love the bow tie…great addition, Elizabeth! :)

Lisa Anderson with Sweet Pea Flowers did an incredible job with all of the florals for the wedding!

I heart Anthropologie’s jewelry…

Nice work, Larry…nice work!

Larry’s tie had the same tree design that was used for the ceremony programs…and I love the hanging pumpkins that Sweet Pea Flowers made!

Elizabeth and her mom working on the finishing touches…and Dad upon seeing her for the first time…too cute!

Elizabeth, you were such a beautiful, happy bride!

The couple opted to see each other before the ceremony for a few pictures…I love this whole sequence from their “first look”.

We took a few minutes to grab some relaxed portraits of Elizabeth and Larry before the ceremony…

All the guys…

Gorgeous ladies…

Love this picture that Andrew captured as Elizabeth and her Dad were waiting to walk down the aisle…

I adore this sequence of pictures as Elizabeth’s father is giving her away…so special…

Larry had all of his vows memorized…but Elizabeth stole all of the laughs when she reached into Larry’s suit pocket for her vows! :)

I don’t think either of their parents could be any happier! :)

The couple planted a tree in remembrance of their union as the last reading was read…

They did it!

That’s all for now…check back later for more pictures from Elizabeth and Larry’s beautiful day!

Much Love ~ Jessica (and Andrew too!)

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Elizabeth and Larry’s wedding day was full of laughter, sweet moments and a lot of love.  Andrew and I had the great pleasure of photographing Elizabeth and Larry’s gorgeous fall Colorado mountain wedding at the Della Terra Mountain Chatueau – hidden amidst the foothills in Estes Park, CO.  Many more pictures coming soon…

This might be my new favorite show picture…

Much Love ~ Jessica (and Andrew too!)

The weather this past week in Denver has felt more like Oregon than Colorado…rainy, cloudy and cold! :(  But cloudy weather can make for some great pictures!  We photographed Elizabeth and Larry’s engagement session this past weekend and had such a great time playing in the rain with these two.  Elizabeth and Larry are getting married in Estes Park, Colorado at the Della Terra Mountain Chateau in October and we couldn’t be more excited for their wedding!  Here are a few of our favorites from their engagement session…be sure to leave us a comment and let us know what you think.  Enjoy! :)

We started shooting around the Riverfront Park / Commons Park area in downtown Denver.  Elizabeth and Larry wanted to make sure that we got some great spring pictures…so we headed out in search of flowers and blooming trees…

This sequence makes me laugh.  First of all, Elizabeth you are absolutely stunning!  I believe my exact instructions to Larry in this sequence were to “stand here and look like a COOL dude.”  Larry jokingly asked if he should look off to the left…and then did…and then proceeded to point.  Love, love, love Elizabeth’s expression as she is laughing at her groom-to-be!

I love the picture that Andrew captured on the left…the “almost kiss” is always the steamiest! :)

I love the leading lines in this picture as well…

Clearly Elizabeth and Larry are going to spend a lot of time laughing in their life together…Love it!

We found some color…I love spring!

I’m sure that Elizabeth was freezing…but look at how cute she looks!

Hello G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S!! :)

We photographed a bit more in downtown Denver…

You guys are so cute together…seriously!

We hid inside a stairway to get out of the rain…

Elizabeth and Larry – Thanks for playing in the rain with us!  You guys did a great job and we are so excited for your wedding this fall!

Cheers,

Jessica (and Andrew too!)

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Andrew and I had such a great time photographing Elizabeth and Larry last night!  The weather cooperated for a little while…and then the skies opened up and we got rained on.  They were such troopers!  Check back in the next few days to see more of their spring engagement pictures.