Micah + Kessany (wedding) – Colorado Springs, CO

by Megan January 11, 2016 in Personal, Wedding Photography 0 comments tags: Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Wedding Photography, Hillside Gardens, Personal, Weddings
Micah and Kessany’s wedding in Colorado Springs, Colorado at Hillside Gardens. It couldn’t have been a more perfect day for a wedding. Isn’t Colorado an incredible place for a wedding? The sky! Cheers to 2016 Weddings and photographing what we really love. Megan

For Japan With Love

by Megan March 15, 2011 in Personal 0 comments tags: Community, Personal
There are certain events that happen and they seem so unbelievable. Events so unfathomable for those of us on the other side of the TV screen. My husband and I sat on our couch last night watching home videos taken of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan while it was happening by those who experienced it first hand; there were hundreds of videos. My heart hurts for the people of Japan and I can’t even imagine what they are going through. So many people afraid, hurting, so many people missing. Their world was turned upside down in just minutes and it’s long from over for them. There are some wonderful ladies at Utterly Engaged and Ever Ours who put together For Japan With Love. It’s a way for us to donate to Japan and all the money goes to ShelterBox. Each box is tailored to a disaster but typically contains a disaster relief tent for an extended family, blankets, water storage and purification equipment, cooking utensils, a stove, a basic tool kit, a children’s activity pack and other vital items. Each box costs $1000 and they are trying to raise enough money to buy 5 boxes. ShelterBox is already on […]

And the winner is…

by Megan March 09, 2010 in Portraits 0 comments tags: Personal
And the winner is blog comment #9 (thanks to the random number generator at random.org): Melissa Knutson! Melissa, email me or send me a message when you get a chance and we can talk details about when/where you’d like your photo shoot done! 🙂 Looking forward to meeting you! Thanks to everyone who entered — I’ll be doing another drawing like this very soon so keep checking back! 🙂

It’s almost my birthday so I want to give YOU a gift!

by Megan March 01, 2010 in Portraits 15 comments tags: Personal
It’s almost my birthday and I LOVE to give gifts so now is the perfect time to do a giveaway! I’d love to give one lucky person, family, or couple a free photo shoot valued at $200! Included is a 1 hour outdoor photo shoot in Colorado Springs, CO, a full set of 4×6 prints from the shoot (60-80 images), one CD of all the edited high resolution images, and the copyright to the photos. What do you have to do to get this? 1) Become a fan of Megan Hardre Photography on Facebook AND tell your friends about this drawing by sending out a “suggestion” or posting it on your status update. Click here to go directly to my fan page: Megan Hardre Photography. If you’re already a fan, you only have half the step to do. Just recommend me to your friends! 2) Come back to my blog and post it in the comments below that you did both of the items in #1. 3) Be willing to do the shoot sometime in June, July, August or October 2010 and be available to be in Colorado Springs, CO for the shoot. My birthday is March 9th, so I’ll […]

2010 Bride’s Choice Award Winner

by Megan February 02, 2010 in Wedding Photography 3 comments tags: Personal
WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced Megan Hardre 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. Megan Hardre 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 Megan Hardre Photography is among the very best wedding photographers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. ———— A BIG thanks to my bridal couples for making this past wedding season […]

Moab

by Megan June 09, 2009 in 2 comments tags: Moab, Personal, Utah
I’m in the middle of editing 2 weddings and a family portrait session so in the meantime I thought I would give you something new to look at. On one of my weekends off in May, we (my husband, son and I) along with 3 of our friends decided to camp in Moab, Utah for the weekend and do some trails with our Jeeps. Call me a geek, but I am now totally in love with taking my Jeep out on trails and am looking for ways we can go out again soon! Anyway, on the Saturday we were there, we decided to do the White Rim Trail. Not only was it the perfect time of year to do the trail, but it also meant something to my father and I wanted to see it as well. The view from the trail head — from here, you take switchbacks down about 1,000 feet. Since I couldn’t stand the thought of being in the passenger seat for it and not having “control”… my sweet hubby let me take the wheel down. I ended up driving the entire trail to Hardscrabble. 🙂 This tree is at the middle of Hardscrabble bottom surrounded […]

Wedding Albums

by Megan April 13, 2009 in Wedding Photography 2 comments tags: Personal
I am beginning to offer these albums in my wedding packages. If you’re all about displaying your wedding photos (i.e., putting it on the coffee table for your guests to see), this album is for you. Here’s Aubrey and Kurtis’ album that just arrived. A very pretty linen holder. A leather cover in a variety of colors. Aubrey and Kurtis chose the black leather, 20 page album. The pages are seriously thick. 2mm thick to be exact. 🙂 One of the best things about this book… the pages lie flat. So you can have a photo go across the spread and not worry about the binding of the book getting in the way. A BIG thanks to Nicholas at Edge One Solutions for the album design.

partner with me to help them

by Megan February 10, 2009 in Portraits 0 comments tags: Colorado, Colorado Springs, Community, Personal
The last week or so I have been thinking of this family and on Sunday their little girl when home to be with the Lord. My heart aches because my son is just a little older than Cora… and I just can’t imagine. Her parents want to build a playground in memory of her and I want to partner with you to help them get it done! The last week in February my schedule is wide open and I want to fill it with shoots. For $125 I will do your photo shoot (engagements, family, babies, newborn, maternity… whatever!) and all the proceeds will go directly to this family. For you, that will include a full set of 4×6 prints, a CD with all the edited photos as well as the copyright to the photos. If you’ve been wanting to do a shoot, but haven’t… now is the time. It goes to something good. 🙂 Send me an email megan@meganhardrephotography.com (the sooner, the better) if you want to set up a time the last week in February to get ’em done. 🙂

MHP = Photography AND Wedding Planning

by Megan January 23, 2009 in Wedding Photography 0 comments tags: Colorado, Colorado Springs, Personal
It’s here. The day my business partner Edi and I have been talking about for months. We’ve planned, discussed, took notes, conference calls, etc… and it’s here. What am I talking about? Megan Hardre Photography now has a new addition and it’s wedding planning. About a year ago, I envisioned expanding my business to incorporate wedding planning. I knew I wanted to have it available for couples planning their wedding and because after shooting so many weddings, I have experienced the difference a wedding planner can make. However, I didn’t really know where to go from there. So, I prayed and I prayed for a next step. Towards the end of last year, Edi, who was then my second shooter at weddings and my right hand approached me about something like I mentioned above and it was such an answer to prayer. So, here we are. I will continue to capture your treasured moments with my camera and Edi is available to assist you in the details of your special day. Please be sure to check out our new website here: MHPAnd check out her blog here: Edi’s Wedding Planning We always love comments, so let us know what you […]

Megan Hardre Photography is EXPANDING!

by Megan January 19, 2009 in Family Portraits 1 comments tags: Colorado, Colorado Springs, Personal
I hope everyone has been enjoying the first few weeks of 2009! We’ve been super busy here getting ready to launch my newly designed website, blog and also a business expansion! I can’t wait to tell you what it’s all about — but I want it to be done before I let it all out! 🙂 All that will be up within the next week so keep checking back. And, since a post isn’t really a post without a photo, I’ll leave you with a few photos I took of a family here in the springs right after Christmas. You’d laugh if you saw me trying to get all the kids looking in my direction at the same time. Good times. 🙂