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Thursdays Tip – Formal Photos and seeing each other before the ceremony

When it comes to the formal photos this is an area that can suck time (and sometimes the life) out of your wedding day. The timing on these photos typically depends on if the couple is seeing each other before the service or not.   If seeing each other before the service then many of...

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The Little Things

Just wanted to share a couple of images from a few weekends ago that go a long way towards showing what I do.   Being more of a wedding photojournalist than a traditional wedding photographer I find myself always observing my surroundings, watching for bits and pieces of the days story to unfold.  Such little...

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Summer Newsletter

A*list – Best of Denver A*List’s Best of Denver Mark Hayes Photography has again been nominated for the A*List on channel 7 for Best in Denver under the category of photographer. The competition for this is always tough, this year no less than before. The fact that I know a lot of these other wedding...

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Pre-Wedding Photographers Checklist

I mentioned on twitter (@hayesphoto) something about my pre-wedding checklist not long ago and another photographer commented on that.   So figuring that someone found it interesting  I’d post since other’s out there might benefit from it, or comment back with their own additions. So for me the day before the wedding is gear check...

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Night Shooting with Illuminate Workshops

Earlier this month my wife and I took some time to go one a monthly photowalk that Efrain from Illuminate Workshops organizes every month free of charge.    This photowalk was down at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs. Despite the fact that I shoot professionally as a Denver wedding photographer, I still...

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Bridal Session

Normally I always try and setup an engagement shoot with any couple I’m photographing a wedding for.   It’s more than just “extra photos” but a chance for them to work with me, and me with them.  It’s great to get that out of the way before the wedding day. Daliana and Kyle have their...

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Christies of Genesee – Deb and Steve's Colorado Wedding

Normally when I blog about a wedding I like to give a little blog lovin to the other vendors that helped make the event special for the couple, but in my haste to get some images ready for my friends Deborah and Steve I overlooked the other vendors a bit, so here’s a post to...

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It's Friday – Lets Talk Senior Photos

It’s Friday morning and as I get ready to go into the studio today I’m thinking back over a few notes I’ve received lately from last years senior session clients.   All those great kids who where at the brink of adulthood are graduating over the next few weeks and now thinking about the next...

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Updates to Gallery site

I’ve finally been able to update the gallery site over at www.mhp-studio.com to include some recent weddings and restructure it a bit.   First of all I’ve broken the “Anytime Sessions” galleries out from the weddings.  Then the wedding galleries received a new breakdown: The People – Posed shots of couple, family, and bridal party. ...

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Something different

I had an interesting break today from the normal weddings and such that I normally do.      First up was Marina, a wonderful woman I met a few years ago while working on a pageant for a local russian newspaper.  Seems Marina and her mother now work on russian fashion clothes for collector dolls.   So...

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