Category Archives: Life, The Universe, and Everything

and baby makes three…..

You might remember Paul and Hannah’s amazing wedding from 2010 in Trinity Church and Denver’s Brown Palace, well about a year later it was a huge honor to capture some shots of the newest edition to their family. While I’m mostly a wedding photojournalist and focus almost exclusively on that style of photography, when contacted…

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Mark’s Miscellaneous Monday – Studio repaint – Jasmine Star, The Fix – Street Shooting in Denver

As some people may have heard Bridalize has gone through a bit of a change this spring.  Focusing more on event planning and services the boutique shop they had was no longer serving enough purpose to justify the costs associated with a storefront like that so they closed it down. Don’t worry – Bridalize isn’t…

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Season of Personal Projects

Personal projects are for an artist the chance to explore their medium and create art purely for the sake of creating art.  It gets those creative juices flowing and allows us to explore new things, think outside of the box and take risks with our art that we might not ever do when working for…

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Off Season Studio Work – J-Chan’s Designs Recycled Collection

One of the challenges for wedding photographers in Denver is the seasonal nature of weddings in Colorado.   During the winter months the outdoor venues back off and weddings in general decline.   So while things are intense and crazy in the summer, the winters really wind down. During the slow time I tend to…

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Mark’s Miscellaneous Monday – Gail Werner w/ Jasmine Star, Fav Holiday Music, Burning calories

************************************************************************************************************************ Gail Werner guest posts on Jasmine Star Blog One of my favorite things about being a wedding photographer is all the amazing people I get to me, be it wonderful clients, other area vendors or other photographers around the country.   Two years ago I attended a photographers get together that not only had…

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Gail - December 19, 2011 - 6:45 pm

Ahhhhh Mark! Thanks so much for this sweet post of yours. It means a ton! And gosh, I can’t believe that workshop was already 2 years and 180 pounds ago! SO proud of you! Wishing you and your family an awesome Christmas :)