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A man holds his wife's hand as she twirls beside him with an alpine lake and mountains in the background

We Got in Front of the Camera This Time | Couples Session at Sprague Lake | Rocky Mountain National Park

Nov 26, 2021

Okay, so we'd be lying if we said we don't get in front of the camera that often. Taking photos - many times of ourselves or each other - during our travels is actually how we first got into photography. But, we rarely ever have another professional taking photos of us and that's a completely different experience - letting someone else take the creative reins.

Here's the backstory: leading up to our trip to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, Laura had the idea of finding a local photographer and doing a session trade. We would take photos of them and they would take photos of us. We both walk away with two galleries of photos. One for ourselves and one for our portfolio. Sounds like a fun idea, right? It was!


Through social media we connected with Angelina (www.angelinaarts.com). After getting to know one another a bit we arranged our meet up and you can see the results for yourself below. Let us just say that we had a blast hanging out with Angelina and even though the weather was looking right on the edge, we wound up getting one of the best sunsets during our whole week in Colorado. By the way, these are just a select handful of the great shots we got out of this session.

A man lifts his wife up into the air in front of an alpine lake and they are backlit by the setting sun
Credit: Angelina Arts Photography

The setting for our little photo trade out was Sprague Lake. It's very accessible and doesn't even require a hike from the parking lot. The views are honestly some of the best that we saw in the entire Park, so if you're not an avid hiker it's the best of everything.

We'll let the quality of Angelina's work speak for itself. She certainly has a trained eye for great lighting and beautiful composition! We felt totally at ease throughout the whole session and we're so glad that we ended up doing this. Now we have some beautiful shots together with great memories attached, something we're always encouraging others towards. As for the shots we got of Angelina, you can see those in our other blog post right here!

A woman posing in a field of tall grasses during harsh sunlight with hard shadows on her face and bodyA woman posing in a field of tall grasses with soft even lighting across her face and body during golden hourA building in a park backlit by the midday sun with a harsh shadow cast on the ground in front of itA building in a park evenly and dramatically lit during golden hour with soft light and shadows A man posing in a field during the harsh midday sun with hard shadows across his face and upper bodyA man posing in a field during golden hour with sunlight from the left creating soft shadows across his face and a warm glow
A man posing in a field during harsh midday sun has his face lit very brightly on one side with hard shadows on the opposite sideA man posing in a field during golden hour with soft even lighting across his face and upper bodyA man sitting down in front of a building with harsh sunlit illuminating him from one side causing hard shadows and making him squintA man sitting in front of a building during golden hour with soft even lighting across him and the background
A man embraces his wife from behind while surrounded by trees with yellow foliage
A husband and wife walk through tall grass toward a beautiful alpine lake
A man sitting with his wife on his laugh, both smiling
A man and his wife sitting on a fallen tree and embracing each other
A woman touches her husbands face as they smile and embrace each other
A husband and wife rest their foreheads against each other
A man helping his wife up onto a fallen tree in front of a beautiful alpine lake
A man and his wife sitting on a fallen tree and embracing each other
A man and woman holding hands while standing on a fallen tree in front of an alpine lake
A man lifts his wife up into the air in front of an alpine lake and they are backlit by the setting sun
A woman holds her husband's hand and leads him toward the edge of a lake
A man and woman stand embracing beside an alpine lake with yellow foliage in the foreground
A man holds his wife's hand as he leads her along a fallen tree trunk in front of an alpine lake
A man holds his wife's hand as she twirls beside him with an alpine lake and mountains in the background
Looking down on a woman who sits reclined in her husband's lap in tall grass
A man holds his wife's hand as he leads her along a fallen tree trunk in front of an alpine lake
A husband and wife sit facing each other and embrace while laughing
A woman sitting in tall grass facing her husband leans back as he presses his face into her neck
A woman sitting in tall grass facing her husband leans back as he presses his face into her neck
A husband and wife holding hands and walking along a gravel path in front of a mountain landscape
A woman sitting in tall grass facing her husband leans back as he presses his face into her neck
A husband and wife holding hands and walking along a gravel path in front of a mountain landscape
A man and woman walking away from the camera down a gravel path with a mountain landscape and sunset in the background
A man and woman standing next to each other and both holding professional cameras in front of a mountain landscape
A husband and wife holding hands and walking along a gravel path in front of a mountain landscape
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