My Wedding Engagement Photos

In an effort to keep the love alive today and fight back the frustration of having to wait out the weekend or possibly even longer, for some kind of statement from SCOTUS regarding The Defense of Marriage Act, I've decided to get sentimental and focus on how incredibly lucky I am.

Yup, that's me and my lovely bride. These are some of our favorites from our engagement session with photographer Brian Kraft at Red Rocks. Stay tuned for our wedding pictures, they're pretty too....

Lesbian Engagement Photos

Before the big day and maybe even before you start with much of your wedding planning you may want to consider getting some engagement photos taken. Most wedding photographers have an engagement photo shoot included in the wedding photo package. It is something you should consider taking advantage of. An engagement session gives the photographer and you a chance to get comfortable working with each other before the big day. It is also a chance to take some more relaxed, less formal photos in a variety of environments. And if you get some really good ones you can include them in your save the dates, wedding website, wedding invitations or an engagement announcement in your local paper.

When searching for a photographer spend a lot of time looking at websites, and photo blogs to get an idea of the style of photos you want. Choose a photographer that works frequently in the style that you are looking for. If you're not sure if the photographer works with same sex couples simply contact them and ask. There are a variety of photographers who specifically reach out to the LGBT community and are easily found on the web.

One great website and resource is: http://www.soyoureengayged.com/
Check out the section Real LGBT Weddings & Engagements to see lots of great examples of engagement photos and links to the photographers who took them.

For those of you in Colorado, here is a list and a sample of Colorado based photographers that are LGBT friendly:

Photographer Brian Kraft

Photographer Timothy Faust

Prideful Engagements

Photographer Anslee Wolfe

Photographer Sue Beckerman

http://www.thismomentcolorado.com/

The Colorado photographers listed below also claim to be LGBT friendly photographers but currently don't have any examples of same sex weddings/engagements on their websites. 

http://www.adore-photography.com/

http://www.alldigitalphotoandvideo.com/

http://www.jbosma.com/

http://www.jennsphotos.com/

http://www.kimballnelson.com/

http://www.nicolenicholsphoto.com/

http://www.sarahroshanphoto.com/