Cathi and Derek were married at The Inn at Cherry Creek, which is a beautiful boutique hotel located in the center of the Cherry Creek shopping district.  Cathi and Derek had some AMAZING hand-made items, such as a bouquet made from paper, felt coursages and boutonniers, books for the guests and map-wrapped centerpieces!  The ceremony was beautiful and all the guest had such a fabulous time dancing the night away AND singing karaoke!

Thanks to Heather Lilly Photography for assisting me!  And, thank you to Cathi and Derek for having me photograph your special day, we had a great time!!

Anyhow, I wanted to show you my editing steps in this image I captured about a week ago and that just subtle adjustments is all that is needed to make this a great image.

1.  Ran ProRetouch (TRA) at 40%…I still want to be able to see lines/pores in her face so she doesn’t look plastic.

2.  Removed a stray hair with the clone tool that was a bit distracting.

3.  Lighted up her face (at about 15% opacity) with Ying/Yang (TRA)

4.  Used my dodge tool to run over her eyelashes one time to get them a tad darker.

5.  Ran Oh Snap (TRA) at about 35% to give it a little more “pop”.  HOWEVER, I need to make sure I don’t loose the details in her black jacket.  They look pretty dark in this image, but on my computer, the details are still there.

6.  Smart Sharpened, saved as JPEG.  I also give my client a second, web-ready file of all their images.

And, because it is hard to carry my “big” camera around all the time, here is a little collage of my iPhone images from the weekend!  Hope you all had a great weekend!!

Elizabeth is the author of Whole Living Blog, which gives you a TON of healthy and important information about eating right!

Mark informed me this morning that I hadn’t posted pictures from our day, so I hopped on the computer this morning to add a few snaps from our outing last weekend.  Ryland is driving the ball really far and Easton has a beautiful backswing!!  Can’t wait to get these boys in a few lessons, they LOVE the game!

He did a FANTASTIC job!!  Got all his lines correct and we were all sooooo proud of him!!  The family all sent their well wishes, which he got to open up on opening night of the play.  The cutest part was we were all instructed to bring a pad of paper for autographs after the show.  Ryland was determined to get his entire cast-mates signatures before he left.  Also, big props to their teacher, Ms. Jeanne, for directing, she did a FABULOUS job!!

He is very excited for round-two of acting class!!

I made the decision to take my 70-200mm lens, thanks to a handful of friends on Facebook!  :-)  Below are a few snaps…Ryland is #28 (Royal Blue team)…there is a mix of images of both teams.  Looking forward to next weekend!

And, I just happened to have a camera laying around the house, so we took off on Sunday evening and took some quick pics of the kiddos.  Enjoy!!!

We met up in Boulder, CO and took some beautiful images of both Susan and Steve, who were an absolute blast to work with!!  We even got a treat about half-way through the shoot…Steve and Susan gave us a private concert, which was AWESOME!!!  You two are VERY talented!!  Near the end of the shoot, we brought the kids out to take a few family shots, too.

Wanted to give a quick shout of thanks to Maria of Studio Sister Photography for coming along to help me out with lights and reflectors, which helped a ton since the un was behind the cloud most of the shoot.  Thanks girl!

Seriously, I am completely ecstatic and thrilled to get this!!  I have worked really hard for the past five years developing a strong brand backed by top-notch customer service (in my opinion) and have had some absolutely amazing clients to help me along the way, thank you!!

Along with the award, I will be featured in the Stiletto Women’s Magazine and will make sure to pass on the link once it is published.

Yesterday there were several fire burning toward the edge of the Front Range.  And, because of the high winds, the smoke from the fires started spreading throughout the Denver-metro area.  Outside of our house, we saw the smoke consume the sky, which was a pretty awesome site to see.  The sun started to glow a bright-red color (see the last image below), so, naturally, I grabbed my camera and took a couple shots.  The kids were fascinated with the entire process.

I have 25 WONKA BARS that are wrapped and ready to be mailed out.  Inside THREE of them is a golden ticket (I have no idea where they are since my kids mixed up all the chocolate bars for me), which awards you a FREE senior session PLUS 5 high res digital files.  Wanna WONKA BAR???  Just email me the answers to the questions below and I will drop a bar in the mail to you.  Hey, even if you don’t find the golden ticket at least you get some free chocolate!  Spread the word to your friends on Facebook and Twitter!

RULES:  YOU MUST BE A CURRENT JUNIOR AND LIVE IN THE DENVER, COLORADO AREA!!

Email me answers to these question to:  keridoolittlephotography@gmail.com

1.  Name, email and mailing address (so I can mail you your chocolate bar)

2.  What school do you currently attend?

3.  What activities are you involved in at school?

Remember, I only have 25 WONKA BARS to mail out, this will be first come, first served.  Good luck!!!

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING!!!

Keri’s Time = 39 minutes for 3 miles (run/walk in high elevation)

Katie’s Time = 43 minutes for 4 miles (run at sea level)

Back to Denver…once I was done with the 5K, the kids met me at the course and got ready for their FIRST kids run!!  Oh, they were sooooo excited!!!  Here are a few shots from their race!!

And, if you’d like to follow Mark and Easton around the entire kids course, here is the link to the video.  Warning…might be a little bumpy:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVwSZUpGfDg

These two are world travelers…they just returned from a 6 month journey around the world!  WOW!!  Jason proposed in India and now they are set to be married this September!  They brought their golden retriever along for a few shots…his name is Taj (after the Taj Mahal).  So fun!

Here are a few of my fave shots from the evening.

Keri Doolittle is a Denver Wedding Photographer who specializes in local and Rocky Mountain weddings, along with destination wedding photography.

First, Destination Inspirations is a fabulous blog about inspiring destination weddings from around the world.  I was honored to have them feature Danielle and Dave’s Jamaica wedding!!  Here is the link to the BLOG POST.  Thank you Jessica for sharing my work with others, much appreciated!!

Next, was a branding/marketing feature on the Pursuit 31 blog.  Pursuit 31 has an amazing mission…keep God, families and marriages your number one priority in life.  When running a small business sometimes it is difficult to remember that the important things in your life should always remain #1.  When Karen asked me to share about my branding, I was beyond thrilled.  I really enjoy sharing about my business and what a better platform to show people the goods of KDP.  :-)  Here is a link to that BLOG POST.

Lastly, was a personal interview at LSI (Learn Shoot Inspire).  LSI is an amazing group of photographers, who mostly specialize in kiddo and newborn photography, however, there are a few of us wedding photographers.  :-)  I LOVE doing personal interviews…seems I always learn a little something about myself when really thinking about my answers.  I had a fun time pulling up some of my favorite images to showcase, too!  If you want to learn about the person behind KDP, here is the link to the BLOG POST.

Big shout-out to everyone who took the time to ask me to contribute to their blogs.  I am super honored and LOVE each and everyone of you, you are doing a fantastic job!!  Keep on doing what you are doing!!

This year the couple had PERFECT weather to race 2+ miles while stopping at different businesses to complete a set of tasks.  I was stationed at the start line, Happy Cakes Bakeshop, Menchies Frozen Yogurt and Plum Sage Flowers.  I had a BLAST photographing the couples as they raced through their tasks!  Even got to see a photo-finish for third place, which was oh so exciting!!

Congrats again to everyone who participated!  Below are a few images from the race…however, if you’d like to see the entire photo album, just visit the Facebook album Hitched in the Highlands.