Good morning!  Happy Monday!

I hope your week is off to a great start.  This past weekend was perfect — just the right about of family time, a chance to create some beautiful images, play time with my new 70-200 lens, and all the laundry a girl could do. :-) Plus, I started packing for a little Disney vacation and was asked to second shoot a wedding with a photography team whom I deeply respect.  It’s a big deal.  More on that later…

Until then, I have such a treat for you.  Jessica, Matt, and I met up in my hometown of Cañon City this weekend.  These two are from Denver, but when they told me they just loved wine and wanted a winery feel, I knew just the place:  The Abbey Winery.  These guys get extra points for driving two hours for this session, but I believe it was worth every mile.  Lately, we’ve been having super warm and sunny days and this Saturday was so chilly and windy!  I was really envisioning last weekend’s 75 degree day and golden light, but this weekend?  We got the storm clouds without the storm.  And just you wait… this shoot got better and better and better as the day went on.  Definitely one of my favorite engagement sessions. :-)

Enjoy this couple – this couple who are so carefree, classy, and whose chemistry is off the charts.

Jess and Matt – Love you guys!!  June 2nd can’t come fast enough.  It’s going to be party!

xoxo,
René

The sun kept playing peek-a-boo with the storm clouds.

These next three are some of my favorites!

Um… can we take a minute and just soak in that SKY?

The future Mrs. Cook.

LOVE.