2018 Year in Review | Colorado Wedding Photographer | Colorado Elopement Photographer

As a Colorado wedding photographer, 2018 was an excellent year. This is a collection of some of my favorite moments throughout the last 52 weeks / 365 days!

A lot can happen in 365 days, and as far as 2018 went that definitely holds true. This year has honestly been one of the most defining years of what I have been building my life up to + what I want it to look like moving forward.

Here is a condensed highlight of all of the magic that this year held:

• I photographed 64 (h o l y s * * t) incredible couples for their Colorado elopement / Colorado wedding
• I drove at least approximately one billion (give or take) miles all across the beautiful state of Colorado and ventured across so many different mountain tops.
• Brayden and I traveled together to California 3 times. We also switched up our scenery from our usual trips to Rocky Mountain National Park and road tripped it out to Montana and visited Yellowstone National Park.
• I went to Nashville, Tennessee to learn from one of the ‘greats’ in the wedding photography industry : Robert J Hill
• Both my mama and my best friend married their soulmates this year and Brayden and I got to be a part of the weddings.
• A select few of the Colorado Weddings I photographed were published in Wedding Chicks, The Knot, Martha Stewart Weddings, JLM Couture, Hayley Paige’s website, and Couture Colorado
• *THIS IS THE BIG ONE* In May of 2018 I left my corporate job of almost 7 years to pursue my dream of being a full-time Colorado Wedding Photographer and I haven’t and won’t ever look back. Onward and upward!

I honestly have to pinch myself often, because even now 7 months later it still doesn’t feel real that photography has become the thing that I get to do full-time. The thing that I get to call my job, my career, my everything. I love when people ask me what I do for work and I get to say “I’m self employed!”. No more side hustling, no more weekend warrioring. This is it and this is my all.

I am so thankful to all of the other Colorado Wedding Professionals I have worked with, but most of all I’m thankful to all of the amazing couples that chose to have me as their Colorado wedding photographer and Colorado Elopement Photographer! It’s hard to even express how truly thankful I am for each and every human being that trusted me to document such important moments in their lives. I love all of the friendships I made along the way, all of the funny laughs I had with wedding parties, all of the incredibly sweet vows I was a witness too, all of the big family wrangling, all of the bad dance moves and belting out the wrong words to songs while I shimmied my way through dance floors. These images wouldn’t even be possible without my amazing couples and the awesome human beings that make up their tribes!

In this post you’ll find some of my favorites from 2018. Personal photos, Colorado wedding and elopement photos, moments that still make me tear up. I hope you enjoy and I can’t wait to see what 2019 has in store!

Best of 2018 Colorado Wedding Photographers Sharee Davenport // Best of 2018 Colorado Elopement Photographer Sharee Davenport

Best of 2018 Colorado Wedding Venues: Church Ranch Event Center in Westminister, Lionsgate Event Center in Lafayette, Stonebrook Manor in Thornton, Dushanbe Tea House in Boulder, Boettcher Mansion in Golden, Devils Thumb Ranch in Tabernash, The Lodge at Sunspot in Winter Park, Lunch Rock at Winter Park Resort, Back Canyon Inn in Estes Park, Twin Owls Steak House in Estes Park, Taharaa Mountain Lodge in Estes Park, The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, The Pavillion at the Stanley in Estes Park, The Dao House in Estes Park, Wild Basin Lodge in Allens Park, The Manor House in Denver, Highlands Ranch Mansion in Denver, Willow Ridge Manor in Morisson, The Pines at Genesee in Golden, Wedgewood Boulder Creek in Boulder, The Boulderado in Boulder, Remembrant Yard in Boulder, Skylight in Denver, The St Vrain in Longmont, The Wellshire Event Center in Denver, Warren Station in Keystone, Sapphire Point in Dillon, Schoolmarm in Keystone, Timber Ridge in Keystone, Rist Canyon Inn in Laporte, The Oxford Hotel in Denver, Grand Lake Lodge in Grand Lake, Winding River Ranch in Grand Lake, Della Terra in Estes Park, Baldoria on the Water in Denver, Sonnenalp in Keystone, The Lodge at Breckenridge in Breckenridge, Black Mountain Lodge at Arapaho Basin, The Barn at Raccoon Creek in Conifer, Blackstone Rivers Ranch in Idaho Springs, Vail Wedding Deck in Vail, Piney River Ranch, Shupe Homestead in Longmont

Best of 2018 Colorado Elopement Locations: Upper Beaver Meadows, Upper Beaver Meadow, 3M Curve, Lily Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park Elopement, Trail Ridge Road, Moraine Park Amphitheater, Sapphire Point in Breckenridge, Schoolmarm in Keystone, Independence Pass, Twin Lakes, Leadville, Continental Divide, Maroon Bells in Aspen, Sunrise Amphitheater in Boulder, Boulder Tea House, Cheesman Park Pavilion, Brainard Lake in Nederland

Best of 2018 Colorado Wedding Planners: The Perfect Touch Wedding Planning, The Perfect Moment Events, Purple Summer Events, Sweetly Paired, Sugar Willow Events, Calluna Events, Brindle and Oak, Cherry Bomb Events, Hourglass Wedding Planning, Jolly Event Planning, We Tie The Knots, Isabelle Kline Designs, First Look Events

Best of 2018 Colorado Wedding Florists: Bliss Wedding Florist, A Florae, Farmette Flowers, Frontrange Florals, Kimball Floral, Boulder Blooms, Ribbon and Twine, Olive and Poppy, Bella Calla, Project Floral, Sugar n’ Stems, Lace and Lilies, Plum Sage Flowers, Lafayette Florist, Floral Design of Europe