I had such a fantastic time photographing Mayra and Blake’s Boulder engagement photos at Lost Gulch Overlook on Flagstaff mountain and Chautauqua Park hiking trail in Boulder, Colorado!
I don’t normally have a chance to meet my couples before I take their engagement pictures, but I met Mayra and Jake while promoting my photo booth and wedding, elopement and engagement photography at a Denver wedding showcase a few months ago! These two have called Colorado home for almost four years and they decided they would like to take some Colorado engagement photos at a quintessential mountain location in Boulder. Lost Gulch was absolutely the most perfect spot with the wonderful Spring weather, but still snow-capped mountains in the background!
P.S. Who else agrees that their french bulldog Ollie is just the absolute cutest? I love when my clients bring dogs to their engagement session!
Let’s rewind just a bit, shall we? I just love Mayra + Blake’s story of how they met. Here is the story, as told by Mayra:
“I met my now fiancée at a BMW dealership in Phoenix, AZ back in 2015. Before I started working at the dealership, I was applying for a new job in various places when I had finally gotten two offers; one from BMW that offered less pay and the other offer in downtown Phoenix with slightly more pay. Until this day, I have no idea why I was driven to work for BMW and so, I took the offer. I guess it was destiny telling me to go meet this man that was set aside for me. So I took the offer with BMW, a month later after working for this company; I saw Blake walking down the hall and noticed the cutest dimples and smile on his face. I thought to myself, “oh my God, did he really just smile at me, like did he actually notice me!?’ I recall looking pretty tired that day, rushed out of my apartment that morning in a hurry to get to work with very minimal makeup on. Hence, he had approached me later that week and we did the whole phase where we start talking then I started Facebook stalking him, and eventually sent him a friend request because I knew the whole stalking part was weird. We officially started dating in the beginning of May 2015 and moved into his apartment in June. I know at this point we’re moving fast right!? During this time, Blake was attending an automotive school where he was getting his certification as a Level 1 BMW technician and was expected to graduate in September 2015. His plan after graduation was to move to Colorado where essentially, he would be closer to his family in Minnesota. Blake had asked me if I wanted to accompany him to Colorado and if I didn’t like it we could always move back. Fast forward to now, we have been residing in Colorado for the past 3 1/2 years and couldn’t have picked a better place to start our story. We are excited to plan our wedding here with the gorgeous views and finally have both our families united here on our special day.”
Boulder Engagement Photos at Lost Gulch Lookout on Flagstaff Mountain and Chautauqua Park