Capture the Story Behind the Image

Bridal Expo 2012

2012-01-15T18:39:00.000-08:00

We just had the best day meeting some amazing people at the Bridal Expo!
Here is a link to all the photos:

McBoat Photography Portraits

Due Date

2011-12-26T18:58:00.000-08:00

People always ask us, what is your favourite thing to photograph. I can say without question it is getting to photograph a family over time. To grow with them, change, and help document the special moments in their lives. This winter we have been blessed with photographing the new babies of couples who with we shared their wedding. Alicia and Marshall after many years are still all over our website and they are one of our most special memories. They are having a baby due on my birthday! We got to photograph them a couple of days before Christmas. It was way too fun.

Welcome Austen!

2011-12-15T18:42:00.000-08:00

The first couple we EVER photographed (Allyson and Petyr) just gave birth to an amazing baby girl (Austen) and we got to photograph her! It has been such an honour to capture this family for years now! Thanks guys.

Winter Wonderland

2011-10-22T08:50:00.000-07:00

Every time we photograph Autumn and Steve it snows! Engagement photos, wedding, Trash-the-dress. Thank goodness their love and kindness makes everything warm!

Food Card Fun!

2011-10-16T07:39:00.000-07:00

Beth and Jon put together an amazing one-of-a-kind wedding complete with beer they brewed themselves, a doughnut-truck cake, and food trucks! A Blast!

JA Finance Park

2011-10-12T15:30:00.001-07:00

Beth and Jon

2011-10-07T13:26:00.001-07:00

Meka and I are driving to Evergreen for Beth and Jon's wedding. It is going to be great!

On Par

2011-09-30T14:27:00.000-07:00

Is there anything more precious than a baby getting ready for the Open? I think not!

See the full gallery!

Holiday Card Deal!

2011-09-22T10:48:00.000-07:00

For those of you in need of amazing, one-of-a-kind, holiday cards check out our special offer through Plum District with 70% off a portrait sitting and custom cards:

Deal 1

Deal 2

Act quickly there is only one day left!

Gator Love!

2011-09-22T08:36:00.000-07:00

This year has been the year of University of Florida Gator Pride weddings. Steve and Leanne totally took the cake with a fully decked out Gator Jeep as their getaway vehicle. The wedding was so fun. Here are a couple of our favs:

Photos from Junior Achievement's new Finance Park.

2011-09-21T09:02:00.001-07:00

Finance Park - McBoat Photography

Photography 101

2011-09-20T14:31:00.000-07:00

Tonight is our final Photography 101 class at Arapahoe Libraries this year! Thanks to everyone who has already come out. There is just one spot left for tonight so register now! Hope to see you there!

Register Here

Holiday Cards with Ease and Soul

2011-09-19T08:45:00.000-07:00

It is getting colder, the leaves are changing and it brings about joy and excitement of the upcoming holiday season. What better way to celebrate and connect with friends and family than giving out personalize, one-of-a-kind, customized holiday photo cards.

McBoat Photography offers a great deal including a family photo sitting, a disc of all your hand-processed images, and unique holiday cards showcasing your favorite images, ready to mail with the envelopes. All you need to do is smile and send! Packages begin at $175.

Keeping Austin Weird

2011-07-15T10:38:00.000-07:00

The first time we met Jen and Tony we were amazing by how energetic and fun they were. I tell you, we have been looking forward to this wedding in Austin, Texas for months and it was even more fun than we were expecting, save for the triple-digit heat.

Taking a Ride on Reading

2010-02-09T14:51:00.000-08:00

Dispite freezing cold, rabid dogs, and trains almost running us down, Andrea, Kris, and I had an amazing time taking their Engagement Photos down below I-25.

Full Gallery

Pamela and Tanner

2009-07-13T08:52:00.001-07:00

See all the images here.

Ohhh Henry!

2009-07-08T18:41:00.000-07:00

See all the images from the 2009 Henry Awards here.

Cherylynne Headshots

2009-07-06T06:35:00.000-07:00

ABTP Scholarship Breakfast and Panel

2009-06-20T06:18:00.000-07:00

Mocktails and Dreams

2009-06-10T21:24:00.000-07:00

Tonight guzzeled Virgin Marys and Pina No-latas with the movers and shakers of the business world in ten years at Junior Achievement's 2009 Business Week. Here is a link to some of the images from the events as well as copies of the team photos. Business Week students are welcome to download any and all of the photos for their own use.

McBoat Photography JA Photos

In addition, to thank the students for all the amazing work they are doing this week, we are offering a special ONLY TO JA BUSINESS WEEK STUDENTS. If you would like senior portraits, we will be offering 20% off all our portraits packages if you book with us by the end of June. You can call us at 303.478.3899 or email us at info@mcboatphotography.com.

Love-Love

2009-06-10T08:21:00.000-07:00

This week we took a break from the usual love we photograph to capture a different kind of love-the tennis score. We had the honor of serving as the photographers of the Rocky Mountain Open tennis tournament. The staff, players, and event were great.

For all the images, visit the galleries.

Jump for my Love

2009-06-09T08:21:00.000-07:00

We recently returned from an amazing wedding in Negril Jamaica with Shannon, Stephen, their friends and family and it was the BEST! The day after taking the big plunge, Shannon and Stephen went for what some might say is a bigger plunge:

Here is the view from the bridge:

Shannon and Stephen were happy to take a break after all the excitement.

Stay tuned for the rest of the images!

The Art of Style

2009-06-07T15:55:00.000-07:00

Who says romance is dead? Okay maybe once I said it was on life support, but never dead. Our new friend Daniel decided to surprise his wife with a photography shoot for her birthday. Karen had always wanted to model but life and love put it on the back burner. Daniel did everything. He primped Karen for her big day, picked out her best outfits (with accessories mind you) and completely surprised her when we met at the location. That is some man said Meka.

I Know this Much is True

2009-06-03T16:05:00.000-07:00

We have had the pleasure of knowing Carey and Jerry for over a year now and we were so excited for this wedding day. Rarely have we seen two people with more love and intensity than these two. We knew we were honoured to photograph their wedding as soon as we heard about how Jerry proposed. There wedding was absolutely amazing.

CL and Jimi

2009-05-04T05:48:00.000-07:00

Come Skate away, come skate away

2009-02-27T19:33:00.000-08:00

Last weekend we were able to photograph Lacey and Matt, a couple who's love of each other is only matched by the love of their two tiny dogs.

Agatha

2008-09-03T06:50:00.000-07:00

Lindsay and Chance

2008-09-03T06:41:00.000-07:00

Laura and Mike

2008-09-03T06:36:00.000-07:00

Jill and Nate

2008-09-03T06:32:00.000-07:00

Jennifer and Joe

2008-09-03T06:25:00.000-07:00

Griffith-Jones

2008-09-03T06:10:00.000-07:00

Blake

2008-09-03T05:58:00.000-07:00

Anthony & Sakari

2008-09-03T05:44:00.000-07:00

DNC

2008-09-03T05:40:00.000-07:00

Amanda and Jeff

2008-09-03T05:37:00.000-07:00

Mocktails and Dreams

2008-06-12T12:28:00.000-07:00

Each summer, Junior Achievement gathers students from across Colorado for Business Week. This year we donated our services to photograph the kids during a few of their activities. We met with each of the companies they created and got to attend a “mocktail” reception teaching the students all about networking and a dinner focused on etiquette. Needless to say I learned quite a bit from these kids.

Wild Wild Dress

2008-06-11T12:28:00.000-07:00

Following the wedding we went ridin’ and ropin’ at JJ and Tony’s Wild Wild West Trash the Dress Session. Any woman who can wear boots and her full wedding dress on a horse is okay by me.

LOVEland

2008-06-09T12:11:00.000-07:00

After photographing JJ and Tony’s engagement portraits complete with belt buckles and cowboy hats we were so excited to go to their wedding. They had a great Country style wedding in, apropos named-Loveland. Rarely will you meet a couple so kind and open as JJ and Tony. It was an amazing day.

The Theorie of Flight

2008-05-30T11:30:00.000-07:00

Next week FLY Magazine goes to print for the first time. To celebrate FLY hosted a pre-launch party at Club Theorie in LoDo.

QOD VI

2008-05-27T11:22:00.000-07:00

This Saturday I get to be a bridesman at my best friend’s wedding. It will the first time I have been to a wedding in over two years where I am not behind the camera-what a change. Question for this week is:

What do you think about having people of different genders as wedding attendants?

FLY me to the Moon

2008-05-26T17:33:00.000-07:00

This Sunday was our first shoot as the photographers for a new magazine focused on urban music, culture, and fashion in Denver-FLY.

Launching in June of this year FLY will feature some of the most cutting-edge content applicable to a wide variety of Denver residents.

East Egg Elegance

2008-05-25T11:19:00.000-07:00

When we first met Alicia, she described her wedding as a classic throwback to the 1920’s elegance of The Great Gatsby.

I think she and her now husband Marshall were exactly right. Their wedding this weekend captured the timeless elegance of the best of life and love. The ceremony itself was touching and hilarious. I have never laughed so much at a wedding as I did during theirs.

The ceremony was just a precursor to the wild party filled with amazing music and good-hearted people. I spent half of the reception draped in the shawl and sun glasses of one of Alicia’s sorority sisters, but what could I do, the poor girl was hot. By the time we left, we felt as thought we had been transported back to East Egg and enjoyed the revelry and merriment that would have made Daisy and Nick green with envy.

Alice in Adm Land

2008-05-21T23:24:00.000-07:00

An up and coming avant-garde fashion designer came to us a few weeks ago with an idea for a post-apocalyptical editorial fashions shoot.

Tonight we had the privilege of working with a talented team of models, stylists, and of course Adm van Eeckhout-our illustrious fashion designer. We shot in and outside of Blue Tower Studio in the RiNo arts district of Downtown Denver. Our vision ended up being a post-modern take on Alice in Wonderland. When you work with such skilled professionalism, it is easy to get great shots. We had an amazing time and look forward to our next shoot with this team.

http://mcboatphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/4995987_LfXeW#299575427_rzN6a

QOW V

2008-05-20T06:23:00.000-07:00

Question of the Week V:
What do you think about having people of different sexes as wedding attendents (i.e. Man of Honor)?

Camels and Swords

2008-05-18T13:20:00.000-07:00

People come from all over the country to get married in Colorado and looking at locations like Glen Eyrie in Colorado Springs, we are not surprised.

Yesterday we joined a fun-loving and highly spirited couple, Sarah and Nick, with all their friend’s and family at Glen Eyrie a beautiful park with a tudor-style castle to begin the day with amazing portraits. There were so many people that for one shot we just spread out and took over the entire patio balcony of the property.

From Glen Eyrie we stole Sarah and Nick away and got a few shots by the Kissing Camels at Garden of the Gods. The wedding was dignified and elegant and when Jeff gave his daughter away, there wasn’t a dry eye in the church. Everything about the wedding was so much fun and we were so glad we got to work with both amazing families.

Thank you to our Clients

2008-05-15T13:57:00.001-07:00

For those of you who might not know…Meka is pregnant!

As we are adding to our family for the first time, we have been thinking about our extended family – our amazing clients. We wanted to do something to thank you for what you have done for us. Starting in June, anyone who refers a new client to us will have the choice of one of the two gifts from Meka and Greg…

If someone you refer to us hires us for a wedding you will have the choice of:
1. A two hour photography session (it can be a holiday, family, TTD, or any other session you wish) with a disc of professionally edited images
2. A twenty-page, custom designed coffee-table-style photo book

If someone you refer to us hires us for a portrait session you will have the choice of:
1. Two 8x10 prints of your choice
2. A DVD photo slideshow with custom menus, chapters, and music

Please let us know if you refer someone to us so that we can thank you for supporting our soon-to-be born daughter and us.

QOW IV

2008-05-12T13:25:00.000-07:00

Question of the Week IV:

What is the most quirky and unusual thing you did or plan to do at your wedding?

Luv... Trueeee Luv!

2008-05-10T22:22:00.000-07:00

Wendy and David are self-professed geeks. Only trueGandalf-fearing geeks would begin their wedding ceremony with the beginning of Buttercup and Westley's wedding in The Princess Bride. Being a part of their quirky and wonderful wedding in Estes Park reminds me that love is all about who you are. It was an amazing day.

QOW III

2008-05-05T12:06:00.000-07:00

What do you prefer: home movies or family pictures?

The History of Education

2008-05-05T09:43:00.000-07:00

Meka and I photographed the promotional stills for The Theatre Group's (http://www.theatregroup.org/) upcoming production of The History Boys.

Considered to be one of the most accoladed theatre productions in history, The History Boys won a six Tony Awards in 2006 including Best Play. Denver has a long standing tradition of only two theatre companies bring Best Picture productions to the city: The Denver Center Theatre Company and The Curious Theatre Company. This is the first time in years that a Best Play has opened at a theatre other than one of these two houses. It was great to be a part of such an amazing production with a great group of actors.

Hold the Mayo

2008-05-04T11:38:00.000-07:00

This weekend was the first of many summer festivals in downtown Denver-Cinco de Mayo. I visited the performance venues, the vendors, and the parade.

What really brought me right back to my New Mexican roots was the green chile cook-off. Sure most of the competitors gringo-ized it down and I needed a few bottles of Tapatio to really give it some kick but they were good. I was happy to enjoy the sunshine and flavour of Denver.

Farm Fresh

2008-05-03T11:36:00.000-07:00

Saturday marked the first day of the Cherry Creek Farmers Market. Just a few miles from my old university it was great to go and see the amazing produce, cuisine, and hand-made products for sale.

We are go for Launch

2008-05-02T23:35:00.000-07:00

Friday night I had the opportunity to photograph at the Launch party for a new website from 9News, the NBC affiliate here in Denver. It was a wild party with body-painters, magicians, artists, and tons of the city's ClubKids. A unique scene but I was glad I was there.

QOW II

2008-04-28T09:46:00.000-07:00

Question of the Week II:

What is the best photograph you have ever taken?

MPAA QOW I

2008-04-24T07:43:00.001-07:00

Question of the Week for the MPAA:

If you were to do a photographic essay of one type of cuisine, what would it be and why?

MPAA

2008-04-24T07:37:00.000-07:00

So the MPAA is the crazy film screening group that gives "ratings" to films. For any of you who've seen "This Film is Not Yet Rated," you know how evil they are. As a heavenly yin to the dastardly deeds of the Motion Picture Association of America, Meka and I are starting the MPAA: McBoat Photography Alumni Association. The MPAA is a group of former and current clients who can praise and bitch about us. We will talk about life, photography, anything. Every week on Facebook and this blog I will ask a question to the group and everyone can give their feedback. Check it out.

Dine Out on May 1st

2008-04-23T08:54:00.000-07:00

On Thursday, May 1 Meka and I will be photographing an event that is near and dear to our heart: Dining Out for Life to support Project Angel Heart. In the past we have worked the event, but this year were asked to do photography for it.

We would love to see people out there working to support an amazing cause. Dine out with family and friends at one of your favorite restaurants and 25% of your food bill will go directly to Project Angel Heart. Pick from more than 350 of the best restaurants in Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs to dine at for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Dining Out for Life® raises more than $380,000 for Project Angel Heart.

http://www.projectangelheart.org/events/DOL/rest_part/2008dol_restlist.htm

We will post photos from the event soon.

Sand the Dress

2008-04-22T20:26:00.000-07:00

Meka and I have worked with some pretty resilient couples dealing with crazy curve ball thrown at them, but Eric and Kim take the prize.

Due to changing flights, late-night parting, and cab drivers, our Trash The Dress photo session was the day after The Lindeen's amazing wedding. As it turned out Meka and I showed up at 6:30AM outside their bungalow.

Though Kim and Eric had just gone to bed a few hours prior, they were bright and shiny and ready to take amazing photos. The four of us piled into a local cab and went down to Sunset Beach on Seven Mile Beach in Negril and had a great time playing around in the surf and sand.

After a few hours, it was time to say goodbye to Eric and Kim and it was emotional for everyone. We know this won't be the last time we see this amazing couple, but to part with them after such a journey made our hearts heavy. At least we know we have a place to stay next time we go up to Minnesota.

I Caught a Red Stripe THIS Big!

2008-04-21T08:43:00.000-07:00

After a day out in the sun on a boat, some of the boys were a bit unsure about heading back out to brave the Caribbean Seas. At 7AM the day of the wedding the boys all piled in to a car the size of a VW Beetle and there were seven of us strapping young lads! I enjoyed the ride with the gearshift in my bum and Steve was going to need a chiropractor to fix his neck.

We were all very glad to get out of the car and onto the boat. The ship and its crew were solid but the fishing gods were not with us this morning.

Ty was a little trooper but unfortunately spent most of the trip over the starboard side of the ship.
After four hours of talking, trying different baits, following seaweed drifts, and having the captain take snorkeling gear and just stick his head off the side of the boat, all we had caught was a few six-packs of Red Stripe.

The boat dropped us off at Ricks Cafe so we could walk back to Tensing Pen and avoid any further spinal trauma. As it turned out Ricks wasn't open yet and after enjoying some high-diving entertainment from some locals, we had to sweet-talk our way to have the security guard let us out of the locked gates.

Seastar

2008-04-19T21:49:00.000-07:00

Meka and I spent the morning photographing at a great little hotel on the cliffs of Negril, Jamaica for their use on their website and promotional materials. It is a great little place that is lots of fun to stay at.

No Problem

2008-04-18T09:00:00.000-07:00

Have you ever met someone and you just clicked? Well that was what it was like for Meka and I when this weekend we had the opportunity to meet thirteen of the most charming and full-of-life people we have ever come across: the Byle and Lindeen families.

We first met them when Meka and I ended up interrupting their dinner the night we first got to Jamaica. Everyone was pretty wiped out, the parents had lost their luggage, but from that moment on, we knew this was going to be an amazing wedding. Photographing a wedding in paradise, tough job right? The only thing that made shooting in Negril, Jamaica better was doing it with warm people who just open up to you. We had an amazing time and cannot wait to post up some photographs from the event. Look for them soon and more to follow!

Capitol Rotunda

2008-04-16T09:05:00.000-07:00

We WON!

The winners of the Kempe Foundation's Get Your Blue On Photo Contest was announced and one of the images Meka and I shot won! It was so wonderful to support an organization that prevents child abuse, even more so now that Meka is preggers! I stopped by the Colorado State Capitol Rotunda and checked out the finalists they displayed. All of the images we had submitted were selected as finalists and printed on canvas to be displayed in the Capitol through May. It was a wonderful sight to see.

Brazzil

2008-04-03T22:04:00.000-07:00

Meka and I are always donating services to non-profit charity functions. Recently a woman from an import company-Brazzil Arts purchased a photography session to showcase some new products. Brazzil Arts imports jewelry, handbags, and other accessories made my artisans in Brazil from 100% recycled newspaper that is lacquered and woven or strung. It is some wild work that we were so glad to be a part of.

Hard Rock

2008-04-03T09:08:00.000-07:00

I visited my first Hard Rock Cafe during a high school trip to Florida and I loved every minute of it. It was so amazing to go back to a restaurant I had loved as a child but to this time be working for them. Hard Rock Cafe purchased photographs we had taken of their restaurant to use with their website. The marketing manager was a real pleasure to work with and gave me an amazing tour of the whole place and pointing out some amazing rock memorabilia, much of it tied to Red Rocks. The photos turned out wonderfully.

The Book of Love

2008-03-30T21:57:00.000-07:00

As soon as it was announced that Libeskind was designing the new addition to the Denver Art Museum, we knew we had to do E-photos there. A fun-spirited couple, Wendy and David were up for it. Not only did they want to shoot downtown by the Art Museum and the library, but they wanted to do it after dark. We went out on a Sunday night and had an amazing time.

Wild Wild West

2008-03-27T15:07:00.000-07:00

Before the sun was up Saturday, Meka and I piled into the Hybrid with our usual suspects-the four bags of photography equipment we bring along for any shoot. We trotted out to Cherry Creek State Park where the reservoir was. It was like old times because Meka and I had considered it for our wedding. There we met Jennifer and Tony a couple filled with spunk and country charm. We carted all over the park doing some great photos celebrating their upcoming engagement. They were so fun to work with were really playful and up for anything. Their wedding is going to be a blast.

9News

2008-03-16T12:56:00.000-07:00

We're going back to our journalism roots and have been working for 9News (the Denver NBC station). they are launching a new website called MetroMix and we have been hired to handle photography for them. It's been an amazing but crazy experience working with local restaurants, bars, and other locals to photograph their venues for the upcoming site. I'll post more when its up.

The Last Session

2008-03-09T15:02:00.000-07:00

The Theatre Group is launching a new production entitled The Last Session this week and asked Meka and I to come and do the press photography. The actors and director were so much fun to work with. We got free reign over the stage and were able to get some really fun an unusual angles. The story, what we got of it sounds fascinating and if you are around, I highly recommend you check it out. http://theatregroup.org/

The company used the photos for their marketing materials and our images showed up on the Denver Post website and in the paper. Takes me back to my old days photographing for Historic Denver. http://www.denverpost.com/theater/ci_8630837

Kempe Foundation

2008-03-03T12:05:00.000-08:00

The Kempe Foundation: http://kempefoundation.org/ recently announced a photography competition for Denver photographers to capture the spirit and hope of childhood for a new campaign to increase awareness and hault child abuse. Meka and I had the honor of working with three families and their amazing children to take some images of what hopeful childhood ment to us.

ABTCP

2008-02-24T13:01:00.000-08:00

In college a group of my friends used to have a weekly poker game. We would never miss a Thursday night and would play games from Guts to "Nate Ball" to Golf and every now and then we would actually play a poker game. It was grand fun so when the Alliance of Black Telecommunications Professionals asked us to photograph their annual casino night benefit we were stoked to go. There were some amazing characters, some bad beats, and a good time was had by all.

Jamaican' a Wedding

2007-11-30T05:24:00.001-08:00

Negril

Thanksgiving Family Portraits

2007-11-29T13:34:00.000-08:00

I never really knew my grandparents so it was such an honor to get to photograph four generations of Meka's family over Thanksgiving. We went to Meka's grandmother's home and got some wonderful photos of the family all together. I am so lucky to be part of such a wonderful family.