Trystan Photography: An Intimate Portrait

Our new blog!

2008-03-05T10:14:00.002-07:00

We have a brand new custom blog with a hot new look and a brand new web address (www.trystanphotography.net), so please check it out and please update your feeds!

Fabulous Febuary Discounts!

2008-02-14T15:22:00.006-07:00

Here it is! The best time if year to book your wedding photography with Trystan Photography, because if you book your wedding before 02/29/07 you not only get 10% off the standard price,
(and this is the best part)
...if you refer a friend who books before 02/29/07 you get a free 8x12 Graphistudio album!

Limitations apply. New bookings as of 02/14/08 only. Your referred friend must book at least 5 hours of wedding photography.

Trystan Photography 2.0 is here!!!!

2008-02-10T19:51:00.002-07:00

It's been a long time coming, longer in fact than I'd have ever imagined (I started this thing in October!), but trystanphotography.com 2.0 is live and online!
We're so proud of this site. A completely new look, new style, new pricing, new samples client galleries! It's like we're re-born into this different, more stylish photographer, but it just seems that way to anyone else but us. We've been fully aware of developing this dramatic and fun photography style over 3+ years, and only now is it really coming into full fruition with the entire range of our historical library at our disposal (thanks to Adobe Lightroom!).
The website is still really buggy and I'm up late every night ironing those out. If anyone is looking around and sees an error in spelling or grammar or coding, please let me know (trygve@trystanphotography.com).
I'm just looking around at this monstrous site, and it occurs to me that my wife, Charlotte, is really special. Her portraits are just amazing (for anyone who didn't know, Charlotte is the sole photographer for the entire portrait catalog) especially her seniors. I just love her work there, and I'm very proud of my talented wife.
Enjoy!

A Month in a Half in the Life of Trystan Photography Part 1

2008-01-18T15:21:00.001-07:00

I realized today that my lack of blogging really makes it look like we're not a very busy studio. Fortunately, it's just the opposite. We've been so busy over the last month-in-a half it's been great. We've worked with so many wonderful clients. What a great job we have!
My first priority is to take pictures and then get them to clients in a timely manner. So unfortunately, the first thing that gets put on hold is the blog. With that said the next two portions of our blog are very long. I tried to re-cap in just a few pictures from most of the photo sessions/weddings we've had from Dec 1st through today. I'd love to write longer blogs and I never can cut it down to just a few pictures, so this was really hard for me. I'm really going to make a better effort to blog all of my sessions right away. Enjoy!

Jill and David's December 1st wedding in Breckenridge was so amazing. I love winter wonderland weddings, especially up in the mountains.
Tryg is this close to finishing their wedding, check for more photos over the next couple of days. Jill and David we're such a joy to work with, I can't wait for them to see the rest of their special day.

Brittani and Brian were married on Dec 4th at the LDS temple in Denver. Since we're not allowed inside the temple for the ceremony, we waited outside for the couple to come out. We shot for a couple hours all around the temple grounds and took lots of fabulous pictures. Their wedding should be finished very very soon, so watch for more pictures.

Meet baby Asher, he's three months and I think he weighs as much as my one year old. I love it!
He was such a pleasure to photograph and I look forward to taking his 6,9 and 12month portraits this year.

It was yet another really cold day in Colorado for The Oloson's Family Portraits, but we all toughed it out. It was so cold that day, I think you can feel it through the pictures. Only the daughter Sarah lives here in Colorado, and the rest were just visiting. I thought it was appropriate to get Pikes Peak in the background for at least one shot. It was a privilege to shoot your way-to- good-looking family!

Erica and Renzo's Engagement session. These guys have been dating since high school. It's so great to meet real high school sweethearts, they're always so comfortable around each other and have true love written all over them. We shot their wedding on Dec 29th, see picture below. Good luck you two!

Allysia is a Realtor here in Colorado Springs who came to me for some head shots. She has the most amazing red hair I've ever seen. I'm always so jealous of people that have never colored or processed their hair. I've been highlighting mine for like 15 years and now I can't stop. If I tried to let my natural color come back it would be horrible. I could never put myself or my loved ones through that.

John and Amy Daniels we're married on the morning of Dec 13th, and came to me later during the day to take a few shots of them in their wedding clothes. We originally had planned on a big photo shoot at Fox Run Park, but due to the weather we settled for studio shots. They turned out fantastic. Good luck with everything you do, the two of you make a beautiful couple.

Next, meet the Yoder Family, with their newest addition Ms. Olivia.
I took Angela's maternity pictures when she was 8 months pregnant with Olivia, what a stunning little family they are. Hopefully I will get to see more of this family throughout the years, but last I heard they may have to relocated back to their home town. Keep in touch guys!

Leann and Greg's Engagement session.
We shot this on another really cold day here in Colorado. You can actually see breath in most of the pictures! These guys are having their wedding at The Pines in Genesee, in Golden, CO.
Tryg and I are so lucky to be photographing some of the most fun (and not to mention good looking) couples this year, I can't wait to shoot their wedding!

And then there was Emily's late graduation from the USAFA. What an honor it was for me to photograph this very special day for her. We'll be building her a GraphiStudio album with the images I shot that day. I'll post it as soon as the album's complete.

Jessica and Keith's Engagement session, what a blast! What a happy-go-lucky couple. I say "happy", cause they're a very happy couple and I say "lucky" because they seem perfect for each other.
They're having a July 11th wedding this year at Hillside Gardens, I can't wait to photograph them on their wedding day!

This is 6 month old Riley, I took her 3 month pictures too. She's such a little doll. I can't wait to take more pictures of her over the next several months (and hopefully years)!

Originally the Ellis family had planned on taking their family photos outdoors, unfortunately due to plane delays and bad weather we had to opt for an indoor shoot. Thankfully the music room at The Cliff House Inn in Manitou fit well for this beautiful family.

Chris and Nicole's December 28th wedding in Woodland Park. This was probably one of the coldest days this winter, but we all braved the cold to make photos just like the one below. I'll get this wedding posted shortly, stay tuned!

Erica and Renzo's December 29th wedding, I have so many more wonderful pictures from this day to post, soon, I promise.

Suzanne and Pat's New Year's Eve Wedding in Salida. The ceremony was held outdoors at 8pm in 0 degree weather, but well worth it. It was freezing but stunning all at the same time! More pictures to come.

Stephanie and Josh's Red Rocks Wedding on January 5th, what an amazing day! Such a hilarious couple. Instead of making a toast to each other they read aloud letters they'd written for one another. I laughed so hard at one point, I almost peed my pants. I'll post more of this wedding as soon as I can.

And last, but certainly not least, Marcus Green. I took his Senior Pictures about a week ago. He reminded me of Matt Damon and what a nice young man he is. Good luck with the rest of your senior year Marcus!

A Month in a Half in the Life of Trystan Photography Part 2

2008-01-18T14:34:00.001-07:00

Every year I take pictures of a handful (or two) of my wonderful friends and family. Here are some images from a few of the sessions I did at the end of 2007.

My amazing Mom and my wonderful Step-Dad Dennis, they needed an updated picture.

My darling nephew Jackson on his first Birthday. He's the one year old of many faces, but so hard to make crack a smile.

My gorgeous sister Cassie's senior pictures.
Out of the 6 kids in my family (5 girls and 1 boy), Cassie is the only one with brown eyes. The rest of us have blue. We've always told her she's the Fed Ex man's baby, she doesn't like that very much. But really I'm just jealous, look how beautiful her eyes are in the second shot!

My little sister Nikki. She's only 11 and just absolutely stunning and the spitting image of my Mom!

My best friend since 2nd grade, Heather, and her two kids Noah and Ariana.

My Cousin Lacey, her husband Brad, their little man Van, and Booner the dog.

Our good friends Megan and Kurt, and their two little angels Anna and Sylvia

Among all the other things I didn't get around to blogging I didn't even get to blog about our Rocky Mountain Christmas. We headed up to the high country to ski, bake cookies, eat lots of food, drink lots of wine and sleep (more than usual, because Nana was there to help with the kids) and just have a relaxing time.

Every year we go out in the Forest Service and chop down the biggest tree we can find (with the most branches)... not to exceed ceiling height of 25 feet. This year the tree was a little smaller at a whopping 18 feet, but still real perty.Trystan checking out Daddy's new rifle that Uncle Ty bought him. I'm kind of nervous around guns, so this was kind-of hard to photograph. Even though the gun (of course) was not loaded.

Ella got a little red bike from Santa, she loves it. Too bad Santa made a bike with NO BREAKS??? OOPS!!!

Whew, I'm so tired from all this blogging today! I promise myself I will not have to do a Month in the Life of Trystan Photography again, at least not for another month and a half!

My little Picabo Street

2008-01-13T20:28:00.000-07:00

Tryg and I just couldn't wait any longer to get Ella on skis. Tryg started skiing around 3 years old which is the average age, but Ella is such a quick learner we knew she'd pick it up just like that.
Actually that's somewhat of lie, the truth is we thought we'd never even get the skis on her.
You see, Ella is defiantly a little girly-girl. She can be a little whiny and sometimes a little Monk-ish too. When we were putting on her ski boots and she started complaining about not wanting to wear two pairs of socks to keep her feet warm (because that's just not normal) and then how the ski books were too tight, we thought that was as far as we were gonna make it.
But in the end Ella put the boots on (but not the two pairs of socks) and went out on that little bunny hill and skied .... all day! It was so fun to watch her, especially because she had more balance and coordination then the first time I put a pair of skis on, when I was 25! She figured out how to shuffle around on the skis, get herself onto the magic carpet (all by herself for the most part) and then cruise down the hill without any assistance. We we're trying to work on turns (of course that was a little hard since she doesn't know what left and right are) and stopping, but didn't get that far. She was more interested in just flying down the hill as fast as she could, with one of us catching her at the end.
Of course Tryg and I had to sacrifice a little and only got to take a couple of runs, but it was so worth watching her ski for the first time. I can't wait until we're all skiing together. I suppose that means I have to step up my game, before Ella's a better skier than I am. Which will probably be like next year!!!

Look at her little teeny Atomics... so cute!

She fell backwards a couple of times, but thought it was hilarious!

Valentine Boudoir Special

2008-01-10T12:30:00.000-07:00

Hey Ladies,
I'm running a boudoir special for the next couple of weeks. Don't miss out on the chance to make that very special valentine gift, for that very special person in your life. You know it's something you've always wanted to do. If there's not a special person in your life right now (or no one that deserves these kind of pictures), just do it for yourself!

For $300.00, my boudoir sessions include....

- Boudoir session with unlimited looks, at location of your choice (my studio, your home, outdoors, victorian hotel)

- Select retouches on all photos

- Online proofing (Password protected of course!)

- Mini 4x6 album (brag book), with 30 of your favorite images!

You must have your session shot by February 1st in order to get the album back on time. Book now, time slots will go fast!

Trystan's Belly Laugh

2008-01-06T11:23:00.000-07:00

Tryg and I finally got a video camera for Christmas from his Dad and Step-Mom, I'm so excited! This is Trystan (11 months) cracking up to Mommy playing peek-a-boo behind the chair. I'm so sad that we didn't have a video camera sooner, we'd have so many more of these moments from Ella's first couple of years too.

Iowa girl meets Minnesota boy - sounds familiar!

2007-12-17T22:03:00.003-07:00

Lisa is my best friend from Iowa (Heather, don't worry your my longest best friend from Iowa), she actually followed me out to Colorado about 5 months after I moved here and thank heaven she did. If she hadn't she never would have met Jason (or I wouldn't have gotten to call him and his friends over to our table at a bar for them to meet) and he is such a wonderful guy and a Minnesota boy at that (Tryg, my husband is from Minnesota also... I think Lisa copies me). I couldn't be more thrilled for her and delighted to be a part of their wedding.
Their wedding is June 14th in Estes Park, CO and it's going to be fabulous. I'm sorry if your reading this blog and considering us for your wedding photographers for that date! I'm actually the Matron of Honor/Photographer at this big event and I can't wait.... I actually (for the most part) get to go to a wedding as a guest.... well not really 'cause I'm still taking the pictures (but I get to drink at the reception and as much as I want!).
Here's a bunch of shots I took for their engagement/save the date pictures. I love these guys so much I just couldn't decide which ones to post!

This door is the main entrance for 15C a wonderful Martini bar located in a dark alley in downtown Colorado Springs, there's one little red light above the door to help you find your way!
This is the bar I mentioned early where Lisa and Jason met!

Andy and Kimerbly's October 20th Wedding

2007-10-26T10:01:00.004-06:00

We usually don't blog until we've completed an entire wedding, but I had to jump ahead to Andy and Kimberly's wedding from last weekend. The couple got ready at The Curtis Hotel in downtown Denver, the ceremony and reception were at The Tivoli Center, and the after hours party moved back to The Curtis. We were there to document it all and what a fabulous day we had. Andy, Kim and all their friends and family were a blast... (and pretty much everyone could dance their butts off).

The first time Andy and Kim saw each other, it was magical.... this was across the street at the Denver's Performing Arts Center!

This was the first of many dips throughout the day and evening. Kimberly and Andy are amazing dancers and actually met when they were both out dancing with friends, so dipping was very natural for them!

Boys will be boys!!!
Kimberly is an Interior Designer with fabulous decorating ideas and her taste of colors was superb. The details at her reception, right down to the programs, we're stunning!

Andy's uncle carved at least a hundred of similar wood structures like above... candle holders... flower holders... they were awesome!

They did a bunch of different kinds of cheesecake, instead of wedding cake..... yummy!

After the couple did there first dance, they pretended to be doing a garter removal, when actually Andy was ripping the bottom part of Kimberly's dress off...everyone freaked out .
The dress was made with this in mind and only the couple knew about it, it was great!

These guys could dance....

and dance.....
and dance....
They had moves that I'd never seen before, and they look so great dancing together.

It really made Tryg and I want to take some dance classes, but I'm convinced I'm totally not coordinated enough to pull moves off like these guys.

I love it when people give me the funny shots on the dance floor, even though this will not be one of this gals finer photographs, I'm sure Andy and Kimberly will get a kick out of it.... I know I did!
This gal just had her a baby boy (see above) 2 weeks ago, but that didn't stop her from cutting a rug!
It was around 70 degrees in Denver that afternoon and by midnight it was snowing, so we had to take advantage of the wet, snowy streets of Denver in the night light!!!
We feel very privileged to have gotten to photograph this very much in love couple on their very special day. Tryg and I both feel like we walked away from this wedding with two new friends. Congratulations Kimberly and Andy, we can't wait for you to see the rest of the pictures.

Our little family

2007-10-10T15:55:00.000-06:00

When we went back to Iowa this summer for a visit home, my old boss and dear friend Mindy Myers (see blog link to right) took our family photos. Of course in Iowa in the middle of August it's probably the hottest, most humid time of the year, but the photos turned out .... well see for yourself... there awesome (not to mention the gorgeous subjects!). You can't tell at all that we've soaked through our clothes with perspiration, so gross, I don't know how I lived liked that for 25 summers!

Ella was acting a little 2 at first....

But, it didn't take long for this star to start shining!

My little chub of love!

At the end Mindy says, "God threw down a rainbow to remind me that Iowa really wasn't such a bad place to grow up". She's right, sometime I miss that place more than I ever would have thought, mostly being away from my family and friends. Colorado's home now and I'm very blessed to live in such an amazing part of this country. Besides I would have never met my
fabulous husband, made these beautiful children, and been able to show you these phenomenal photographs!
I cherish these photos more than Mindy will ever know, she's just an amazing photographer who has always been and always will be an inspiration to me. Being photographers ourselves it's obviously pretty hard to get family photos, and I probably don't pick up the camera enough to take pictures of my own children. It's also just really cool to get another photographers perspective and vision of your family.
Thanks so much Mindy, can't wait to hang out again in November!

The Combs Wedding (yes, like p.diddy)

2007-10-08T21:16:00.003-06:00

Celine and Steven were married at the USAFA Chapel on Aug. 25th, and what an amazing day it was!!!
I love shooting at the Air Force chapel, we always seem to luck out with the most beautiful weather there (even in April when there was a big frost that covered everything, it was awesome!).

Love it!

It's always a bit windy up there, but it sure can make for great veil blowing shots!!!

These guys are so in love!

This is their little guy Nicholas, he's a around 10 months and never stops smiling. He's ridiculously cute!!!

Celine and Steven are both in the military and just recently left for another tour to Uruguay, but they get to take the whole family (meaning their little son). We can't wait to hear from them when they return, we wish you guys all the luck in the world and a safe tour. See ya in a year!!

Hayden

2007-10-01T14:29:00.005-06:00

Meet Hayden, he's around 3 weeks here. I love taking pictures of newborns, my kids have grown so fast (Ella's -2 and Trystan-8months), it's nice to have a new baby fix.
We got some great shots of this little man, but for some reason he was always awake when we wanted him sleeping and sleeping when we wanted him awake, go figure!

I love this shot below, behind the scenes of a newborn session. These poor little guys, we put them through so much so soon after coming into this world. They always seem to get revenge by poohing or peeing, or both, on one of us. This time it was Dad (picture not included) and of course Mom and I just laughed, sorry Dad you we're the one holding him!!!
Congratulation to the Raph family and their new addition!

Tiffany and Matt

2007-09-28T09:52:00.005-06:00

Tiffany and Matt are one of those really beautiful couples, (yes Matt you're beautiful!) who just can't take a bad picture. Tiffany is Kristin Wheeler's assistant at the Cliff House so knowing a little bit about your couple always makes for a great photo shoot. Tiffany has the best smile and laugh, she really hammed it up for me, Matt on the other hand... I had to break out my kid tricks just to crack a smidgen of a smile (he's very serious, but not really)!!!
I've actually already shot the couples wedding as well (I'll post some of that soon) and what a gorgeous day. The wedding photos are amazing, I'm sure they'll be very pleased.
Congratulations you guys, can't wait to take pictures of your beautiful babies!!!

Good Luck Seniors!!!

2007-09-18T13:33:00.003-06:00

Okay, so I know I've been very bad about posting blogs lately, it's been a very busy time at Trystan Photography. With all the amazing weddings, fabulous seniors, and adorable families I've shot in the last few months I really don't know where to start.
So I flipped a coin and seniors it is....here are a few pictures from several senior sessions.
I have a 19 year old brother and a 17 year old sister who live in Iowa, I miss them terribly every day. I love shooting seniors because most of them remind me of Tony and Cassie, so it helps fill that void of not getting to see them very often.

Sean is a Senior at Falcon High School. He has a very cool personality and you can just tell he's a genius, I'm sure he'll be very successful in life! Good luck Sean!

Laura is a Senior at Sand Creek High School. She has the most amazing green eyes and was such a pleasure to photograph. Good to luck Laura!

Tyler is a Senior at Lewis-Palmer High School. Tyler reminded me a lot of my younger brother, very laid back but very outgoing at the same time, he was very easy to photograph.
Good luck in all that you do Tyler (and good luck with the ladies)!

Christine is a senior at Pine Creek High School. She was so willing to do whatever it took to get fabulous shots of her gorgeous self! Good luck Christine!

Angie is another senior at Lewis-Palmer. She had the coolest look, if only I could pull off her style. It was very hard to narrow down her outfits but the ones we did with her guitar are defiantly my favorite. Good luck Angie, you rock!!!

Elliot is a Senior at Pine Creek. He's an only child and just adored by his mother (who's wonderful) and I absolutely no why. Elliot is the most genuine high school kid I've ever met.
I kept calling him the Karate Kid cause I think he looks like him. Good luck in all you do and good luck with the Hockey thing!

Samantha goes to Sand Creek High School. What a sweetheart, this girl is just a doll and we had a blast at her photo sessions. Samantha was just fabulous in front of the lens, it was very hard for me to narrow down my favorites. She is defiantly going places in this world. Good Luck Sam!

This is Samantha too and she also goes to Sand Creek. I have had such the privilege to take senior portraits of some of the most gorgeous girls this year. I have a two year old and if she's half as beautiful and full of as much personality as Sam, well I'm in big trouble!!! Samantha and I walked around Manitou Springs for her senior portraits, she wanted a very urban outfitters look (of course focused more on her than the clothes) and we had a blast shooting it! Good luck Sam!