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Hey, I'm Colton...

Since the day my aunt bought me my first Fisher Price camera (that none of my friends thought was real because it looked so much like a toy) for my 8th birthday, I have always been interested in photography. From that first camera, to my old Minolta 35mm, on to the amazingly cool (at the time) Polaroid iZone that all the cool kids had, camera phones, cheap point-n-shoots, DSLR's and on to my current Nikon gear, I have always loved the feeling of being able to capture a moment on a piece of paper. I have even been known to pull the car over to the shoulder on a busy highway just to get a good pic.

Photography, to me, is more than just aiming the lens and pressing a button. It is a way to capture a part of God's beauty in everyday life. Our lives can go by so fast sometimes, and it is important to me to catch every moment I possibly can.

 

My Vision...

My goal is to provide photos that express your personality and who you are rather than poses, fake smiles and cheesy backdrops. I do not have a studio. I don't like studio pictures with the same boring poses you see all over the place. My specialty is more natural photos...Walking around, laughing, talking, playing, and even posing...just not in a cheesy studio with a fake drop-down background.

I have an eye for artistic shots and I am very skilled in photoshop, lightroom, and other programs to make your photos perfect.

I am extremely devoted and put everything I have into catching every moment and making your event/session as memorable as possible.

Jessica & Matt

Jessica & Matt were awesome to shoot! We decided to start off at the art museum and shoot around there for a minute and then jump on the trolley and shoot around uptown. While waiting on the trolley, we were shooting right around the corner, and when we headed toward the trolley, the conductor (or trolley driver?) decided that would be a good time to leave. So i sprinted down the sidewalk waving my arms and yelling and got him to stop…totally worth it! We got some great pics and had a really good time, all while freezing our fingers off!

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Haha! This was all Matt’s idea!
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Jess - YAYYYY!!! I love them... they came out so cute. THANKS!February 7, 2010 - 12:06 am

Meredith & Danny

Meredith came up with the idea of getting her and Danny’s engagement pictures done on an ice skating rink in downtown Dallas. Since Danny has played hockey his whole life and they are both huge fans of OU Hockey, it fit them perfectly. So we went ahead and walked around the uptown area for a little bit and got some outdoorsy type pics while we nearly froze to death, then headed inside to get some on the ice where my feet nearly froze to death (i walked around the ice in my shoes). Here is a sneak…

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Jess - very cute!! Does this mean mine are going up next? :)February 5, 2010 - 6:12 pm

Lori Vaughn - Awesome pics Colton. The 8th pics is my favorite!! Soooo cool!!February 6, 2010 - 8:44 am

Bride’s Choice Awards 2010

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I just found out that I have recieved the 2010 Bride’s Choice Award from WeddingWire. That is pretty exciting considering how new I am to the biz. Here is a copy of the press release…

 

Plano, TX – January 25, 2010 - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced SixFourteen Photography has been selected to receive the WeddingWire 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for Wedding Photography!

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds. 

SixFourteen Photography is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”

We are happy to announce that SixFourteen Photography is among the very best  wedding photographers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. We would like to thank our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards.

Alyssa - Just one more reason to be excited for October when you shoot my wedding!January 25, 2010 - 7:20 pm

Mandy - Wow!! Congratulations, Colton! That's AMAZING!January 25, 2010 - 11:05 pm

Caren - That is so awesome, Colton. Congratulations!!!!January 27, 2010 - 9:56 am

Some Friends from the Cruise…

One night before dinner, we all decided to go up to the top deck of the ship and take some pics and kill about 10 or 15 minutes. Here are some of the friends we made on our cruise…

Jennifer (aka MckMama) & Israel

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Sandy & Tim

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Angela

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Mandy

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Jenna & Allyson

 

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Mandy - Very nice! Though I look super-weird in the one by myself. :) But the sky is pretty!January 25, 2010 - 12:09 pm

Jenni Hufford - Colton, these are amazing!!!!January 25, 2010 - 7:05 pm

Jessica is gonna kill me…

but she’s so dang cute, I had to post these. I’m a sucker for freckles, and she’s got em. I love her a ton…

 

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Carie - Love these! Hope she does not kill you to bad!January 28, 2010 - 8:15 am

Voyager of the Seas

 

 

Jessica and I have been planning a cruise for almost a year now and finally got to go last week. We left out of Galveston Sunday morning and had a few days at sea to chill. On Tuesday, we went to Paraside Beach in Cozumel to hang out on the beach, snorkle, kayak, swim, climb a giant inflatable iceberg, jump on floating trampolines, lay in a hammock and try to get parrots to say “hello”. On Wednesday, we hit Grand Cayman to go swimming with the stingrays and snorkel over the barrier reef. I have to say that was my favorite day. You jump into the water and the stingrays (wild stingrays, might I add) swarm you like puppy dogs. It freaked us out at first, but they were so gentle and fun to play with. Then on Thursday we took a zipline tour through the forest in Jamaica and that was amazing. We rode 5 ziplines ranging from 250 to 1600 feet in length that took us over the treetops at 35 miles per hour. We got to try coconut water (not coconut milk) that tasted like gatorade, coconut, fresh pineapple and sugarcane too.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have my camera with me on any of the excursions. I didn’t want to take the chance of breaking it or messing it up in any way, but I was able to get some pics around the boat and I got some on Galveston the night before we left. The stingray pictures came from a photographer that worked for the excursion company we came with. Here are some pics from the week…

Here are some pics from hangin out in Galveston-

 

 

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Cozumel, Jamaica and Grand Cayman

 

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Jess P - Colton- I'm so jealous of your cruise! Matt and I went on one to Cozumel last February and it was our favorite vacation yet! See you sunday for our pics!January 26, 2010 - 9:31 pm

Alex & Sarah

Wow, this has been a long time coming. I think it was 2 or 3 times that we had to reschedule these pics. We finally got to do them this past weekend in Deep Ellum and to say that it was cold outside would be a major understatement. However, we made it through with minimal frostbite and had some fun. Sarah and Alex were really cool and great sports considering the weather. Here is a sneak…

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Jennifer & Frankie

The sexy assistant and I bundled up and headed to Deep Ellum tonight for Jennifer and Frankie’s engagement pics. We didn’t spend a too much time in deep ellum before heading to a field that Frankie knew of with the Dallas skyline in the background. After that, we went over to a downtown loft building where we were able to sneak onto the roof, and that was awesome! Here is a sneak…

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Jen and Frankie - Loved taking the pics with you guys today! The one's on the website look amazing and we can't wait to see the rest of them! Thanks guys!January 9, 2010 - 10:00 pm

Alyssa - This is one of my favorite shoots to date! The colors look great.January 10, 2010 - 8:34 pm

Jess - These are great!! I'm so excited for you to shoot our engagements soon!January 13, 2010 - 10:27 pm

Brad & Chelsea

So Brad and Chelsea are getting married at my favorite wedding venue ever, The Piazza in the Village in Colleyville and they are having me shoot everything. I’m so stoked about it too because they are both so stinkin cool. We did these at a couple different parks in Addison while it was freezing cold. Chelsea originally wanted to do some pics without the jacket, but quickly changed her mind, haha. Here is the first post of many for these guys…


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Richard & Amanda

The day finally came for these two. Richard and Amanda’s engagement session was one of the first ones I did, way back in the day. They are both really fun to be around and it was a blast shooting their wedding. Here is a sneak…


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