Category Archives: Portraits

Adam, Heather & Julia

Laura Gravelle is considered one of the best Denver wedding photographers and she photographs luxury weddings in all Colorado wedding areas including Estes Park, Vail, Aspen, Colorado Springs, Keystone, Beaver Creek and for all Colorado destination mountain weddings.  You can contact Laura as your Denver wedding photographer by emailing laura@lauragravelle.com. 2012 Colorado weddings are already filling up quickly!

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Since we took these pictures, Adam and Heather have found out that they are expecting their first baby together! Congratulations! I know they are ecstatic and so excited for next summer when that little baby boy or girl will arrive.

This summer has been quite the journey for them. There were so many extreme ups and downs, but through it all, their marriage has been strengthened as well as their appreciation for each other and life.

Early on in the summer, Heather went in for a minor surgery and came to the brink of death. I wrote a blog post after it happened that you can read here – The Miracle. After that scary experience, they were beyond excited to find out that they were pregnant, which was a miracle in itself. After several weeks of feeling that excitement of a first time pregnancy, Heather had a tragic miscarriage and found out it had been an ectopic pregnancy. God is answering their prayers again for a baby. I’m proud to see how Adam took care of Heather through all of these unplanned, scary moments. She is my sister and I love her dearly. It is great to see that the man she chose to marry loves her just as much!

Enjoy the blue themed stylized photo shoot of Adam, Heather and Julia at the Historic Covered Bridge at Fallasburg Park!

 

I loved using this vintage car as a photography prop!  It just happened to be parked here waiting for my camera!

PS – here is another photo session at the historic covered bridge – http://lauragravelle.com/traditional-vietnamese-wedding-engagement-photograph

     

Ray & Carol B.

Colorado wedding photographer, Laura Gravelle, is considered a top Denver wedding photographer for Colorado weddings in Estes Park, Vail, Aspen, Colorado Springs, Keystone, Beaver Creek and all destination mountain weddings. You can contact Laura for all Colorado weddings, Denver wedding photography, or any worldwide destination wedding by emailing laura@lauragravelle.com.  Please look around to see why brides planning Colorado weddings choose Laura Gravelle as their Colorado wedding photographer.

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Meet … my Dad & Mom!!! It was past due to take some great photos of my parents together, so we organized a portrait session for the two of them. The place where I grew up set the perfect backdrop for the photos – the good ol’ family homestead in Lowell, Michigan. The place where fond memories were made and are still being made!

While editing these photos, my kids kept yelling over my shoulder, “Papa, Nana!” They are the best parents a kid could ask for, and now the best grandparents that my kids could ask for. I have memories that include walking around a path that my Dad mows on their property. I remember sitting on a small deck that was rickety and had room for a few chairs. Every summer I had to go to my Grandma’s house to swim in her pool. Now that I and all of my siblings have moved out, my parents have applied the upgrades so that their grandkids can come to Papa and Nana’s play land! The walking paths have been redone to accommodate the four wheelers that my Dad wants to purchase once the grandkids are a little older. The small rickety deck has been torn down and turned into a massive deck that overflows with flowerpots, a hot tub getaway corner, fires in the chiminea, and sitting areas that are perfect for parties. Now my parents even have a pool! See what happens when I move out!

My parents have started a legacy that has been passed down to me and my siblings, and now the ever expanding line of grandkids. I’m so thankful for them and love them so much!

PS – I think we will need to update the family picture wall in the basement with some of these photos!

Denver family photographer in a country setting

Colorado family photographer in a goldenrod field

close up photo of hands and wedding rings

Colorado portrait family photographer with a mom and dad

using reflectors to cast light onto photographic subject

Country setting for Denver family photographs

walking photos in Denver, Colorado

For brides planning Colorado weddings, please contact me to be your Colorado wedding photographer by emailing laura@lauragravelle.com. I am a Denver wedding photographer and for Colorado destination mountain weddings in Estes Park, Beaver Creek, Aspen, Vail, and Keystone.

     

Emily, James & Owen A.

As a Colorado Wedding Photographer, Laura Gravelle is considered a top Denver wedding photographer and for Vail, Aspen, Colorado Springs, Keystone, Beaver Creek and all destination mountain weddings. You can contact Laura as a photographer for your Colorado weddings, your Denver wedding photographer, and destination weddings in the mountains by emailing laura@lauragravelle.com.  Please look around to see why brides planning Colorado weddings choose Laura Gravelle as their Colorado wedding photographer.

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Have you ever had a mentor couple in your life that has helped shape who you are today? I have. Their names are Jason and Dana and they are the parents of these 3 good looking kids! Now looking back, I realize they were younger than I am right now when they came into my life and started giving themselves to me and so many of my friends. They were the youth pastors at my church back home, Vineyard North Church, during my teen years. We’ve traveled with groups together around the world from camping trips in Killarney Provincial Park in Canada, leading a rustic youth camp in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, long youth group road trips to the Florida Keys, and a few days in Naivasha Town, Kenya. Those are all such fond memories of mine, and Jason and Dana were always right at the center of those activities. I can even remember the day that all of my friends and I erupted in cheers because they told us that they were expecting their first baby. Now that baby, Emily, is in high school! Makes me feel a little old! The climax of it all was the day that Jason led Matt and I through our wedding vows in front of all of our family and friends.

Their front door was always wide open to my husband Matt, me, all of my friends, and now to people around the globe. They continually give to people in hard circumstances. In 2005, they founded an organization called Kenya Matters. In just the few short years since the organization began, an entire rural community in Kenya has received hope in so many practical ways. The vision statement of the organization sums it up well - Kenya Matters addresses the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of orphans through empowering local African leadership with self-sustainable enterprise projects in partnership with an active donor community in the United States. The organization is sustained through donations. Please take a moment to visit their website and see the amazing deeds that they are doing and consider donating towards their mission.

Emily, James, and Owen are so fortunate to have parents like Jason and Dana. Their Michigan home has turned into a small farm! Before our photo shoot, Owen excitedly took me on a tour of their property to see the duck pond, the pig pen, and the massive vegetable garden. And yes, those are chickens in the backgrounds of some photos! Chickens, chickens, everywhere!

What a fantastic family! You will always have a very special place in my heart.

I’ve chosen a song for their slide show that will always bring back memories of my monumental teenage years with Jason and Dana. Now they are modeling for their kids what it means to give generously to others in need of hope in life.

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Laura Gravelle is considered one of the best Denver wedding photographers and she photographs luxury weddings in all Colorado wedding areas including Estes Park, Vail, Aspen, Colorado Springs, Keystone, Beaver Creek and for all destination mountain weddings.  Please take time to view her award winning wedding picture gallery. You can contact Laura for your Colorado wedding, Denver wedding, or any worldwide destination wedding by emailing laura@lauragravelle.com.

     
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