last weekend was out one year anniversary. we celebrated with dinner at the restaurant that catered our wedding, and sunday kerri had a surprise for me.

i had no idea what it was. i knew we were going up to estes park, and that we had to get up there early, which meant we had to get up REALLY early. out the door before 6 with the camera gear, swing by starbucks for the drive, and on the road. we get to estes around 8, and park at  the visitor center, where the surprise is revealed.  a morning with landscape photographer and guide james frank.

it was an amazing time. we went in to rocky mountain national park, starting off at the lake where i proposed to kerri. we talked photography, landscape composition, where to shoot, when to shoot. of course, i left the house without any polarizers, which is requirement #3 in the landscape photography world, but made the most of it and fortunately james shoots nikon so i borrowed one of his lenses since we didn’t have any matching filter sizes.

here are a few shots we got out of the trip.

another unbelievably thoughtful gift. i’m not quite sure how she keeps outdoing herself, but she does!