Love makes you feel like you are on top of the world, but
trust me, there is nothing like actually being on top of the world with your
love. The high elevation can literally
take your breath away and to enjoy the view with your loved ones is something
special. This is the view from nearly
11,000 feet, on the Beartooth Highway in the Beartooth mountain range looking
out over the Absaroka mountain range just across the Montana border in Wyoming. Fitting for a wedding, the wedding cake
shaped peak on the right is Pilot Peak, which sits at 11,699 feet (see more
about Pilot peak here). See more from Kristen and Jake’s epic wedding
here.
It is almost magical to sit on the top of one mountain range
and see another mountain range at eye level.
Most people rarely, if ever, get to look a mountain in the eye, but
that’s one of the perks of living so close to the national treasure that is the
Beartooth Highway 212 in Southern Montana and Northern Wyoming. This location is only about a two hour drive
from downtown Billings Montana and only about 30 minutes from Red Lodge Montana. And this is the view right on the highway at
one of the many scenic pullouts. It
makes for an outstanding afternoon drive for engagement photos, honeymoon
photos, or even just a joy ride with the dogs, as my wife and I often do. In this case, Kristen and Jake were taking a
mini-honeymoon in the Red Lodge area after their wedding, and decided to go exploring
the Beartooth Pass with their wedding photographer.
Tips for brides: The day after session
This type of session is called a “day after” session, or a
“honeymoon” session and it is included in my most popular wedding collection. This session includes worldwide travel so that
my clients can make the most of their honeymoon travel by having an exclusive
shoot with their wedding photographer in an exotic destination. So far this year we’ve been to Vancouver,
Maui, Yellowstone, Glacier, the Beartooth mountains, and many more places
around Montana. This upcoming year we already
have trips on the calendar for Western Europe, Fiji, Disney World and Phoenix. I love to travel and photograph weddings in
any destination worldwide.
Beyond allowing us to go to amazing locations with the
beautiful bride and her wedding dress, the honeymoon session is also great for
a couple of practical reasons. First, it
gives us more time to make creative portraits of the bride and groom alone. Having extra time is nice because these are
usually the most important portraits that will be printed and hanging as
artwork in your home, so the extra time and lack of wedding day chaos enables
us to make something amazing. Second, it
frees up the wedding day so that the timeline is more flexible and you can
spend more time with your guests. This
is huge! Some of your wedding guests
have traveled far to spend time with you, and you don’t want your photographer
to take up too much time on your wedding day.
At the same time, these are going to be your favorite portraits and you
want to give your photographer enough time to work their magic. The honeymoon session solves both problems,
relieving a source of stress on the wedding day, and ensuring you receive
family heirloom quality images that will be printed and hang as artwork in your
home. I highly recommend asking about a
day after session before booking your wedding photographer.
I am Billings Montana wedding photographer Paul Bellinger,
one of Montana’s most exclusive wedding photographers. I specialize in making the wedding photos of
your dreams, in any wedding destination from the beaches to the mountains. My wedding gallery and portrait studio is
located in downtown Billings Montana. www.paulbellinger.com
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