Photographing Lauren + Conor’s Roosevelt National Forest engagement photos was the absolute best in so many ways! We were extra determined to find some fall colors for their engagement session, but fall is a finicky beast here in Colorado and can only last about 30 seconds if mother nature decides to send over a cold snap. We *almost* moved their engagement photos to a different location, but decided to scope out our original destination the evening after a pretty chilly night and I am so glad we did. The colors were still in full force in every single direction in this secret little grove I had discovered a couple of weeks prior. You’d think our epic secret little aspen grove would be the highlight of this engagement session, but it just got better from there!
After frolicking, piggy-backing, giggling and romping around through our fall wonderland we headed up towards Brainard Lake to take pictures until the sun dipped behind the mountains. Now here’s the thing about Brainard Lake – it’s really really really f-ing cold. Aside from the fact that it is 10.5k’ and generally pretty windy the water that fills that lake is snow run off from Isabelle Glacier soooo committing to getting in to that water is basically committing to taking an ice bath in the outdoors when it’s already 40º outside. Thankfully, Lauren + Conor used to row together on the East coast so they’re no strangers to cold water but what took place during their engagement session was epic beyond anything I could’ve imagined.
Hand in hand they tip-toed out in to the lake together in the most sweet + romantic way, but about 30 seconds later they braced themselves for a full blown water fight. These two were on a real life actual mission to soak each other as much as humanly possible and they accomplished that. At one point, Conor even picked Lauren up and tried to dunk her in to the water. It was a w e s o m e and they truly set the bar for taking your engagement photos to the next level. Anywhoooo I’ll just go ahead and let these photos speak for themselves!
