About this vendor
We are ecstatic to be photographers in beautiful Colorado. We have been capturing weddings for over 7 years and capturing moments for over 13 years. Through time we have built a style that we deliver in every session and always push for consistency so our clients can rest easy knowing the type of product they will receive. Brand is everything! Meeting couples is by far the highlight of our business. Every wedding/elopement, session is an adventure for us and many friendships have been made. Getting to know who we work with helps build an understanding of who we are working with and the images they adore. We want to be a great fit and are excited to meet in person at your favorite coffee shop or of course...brewery. Let's connect and we will send over a wedding process guide so have a better idea how we approach your big day! We want to be involved from beginning to end to ensure the big day will run as smoothly as possible. Our recipe is built around professionalism, creativity, fun and structure. To us, photography is a investment as we create an album that you hold dear to your heart for the rest of your days. We understand that wedding planning can be stressful and we would love nothing more then to share what we have learned and navigate you through some of the details. We can't wait to meet you!
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Business Attributes
- Veteran-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
- Wedding Albums
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Vintage
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
5-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2023.2022.2021.+2 more.
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Working with David was an absolute dream! From the moment we booked him, we knew we were in great hands. Not only is he an incredible artist with a keen eye for detail, but he’s al...
so a genuinely kind and fun person. We were lucky enough to receive complimentary engagement photos as part of our package, and it was the perfect way to get to know David before our big day.
On our wedding day, we spent the entire day with him, and it was such a fun and enjoyable experience. Having a photographer and videographer you feel comfortable with is so important, as you’ll spend more time with them than anyone else. David’s easygoing nature and positive energy made us feel completely at ease, allowing us to truly enjoy every moment without worrying about the camera.
We couldn’t be happier with how our photos turned out—they’re absolutely stunning! We look forward to having David capture many more of our special moments in the future. Highly recommend him to anyone looking for not just a talented photographer, but a wonderful person to share in your big day!
David is simply the best to work with! It is hard to put everything into words to express how perfect he made our experience. He went out of his way to make my husband's and my we...
dding photos unique and tell a story. He also is great with matching the groups energy and reading what is needed. We both are incredibly shy and not very photo savvy people and David met us in stride. He knew exactly how to set us at ease and how to capture our day in such a wonderful way. We had many great people we worked with through our wedding planning/ celebrating process but it is easy to say he blew all the others out of the water. I couldn't recommend him enough! If you are on the fence about finding a great photographer, look no further. David is your guy!
Having David at Northern Glow Photography be our wedding photographer was one of the absolute best decisions we made for our day. We first met him in person for our engagement shoo...
t and he immediately put us at ease. He chose a beautiful spot for our photos and we had such a fun time. On the day of our wedding, he was able to capture amazing moments both posed and candid that really encapsulated the atmosphere of our day (despite the polar vortex of snow). He is not only a talented photographer but also a great person and really helped make our wedding special.
We highly recommend David and Northern Glow Photorophy!! We did in-depth research on 18 local photographers and David stood well above the competition! We were looking for a natura...
l, true-color, down-to-earth, creative photographer and found that in David and his style!
His professionalism and extensive experience with weddings were also a determining factor in us selecting him.
David was so personable and fun to work with as well! We were grateful for his process of doing an engagement photo shoot first, so we could all get to know each other better before the big day. We truly had fun that day just getting to know him and experiencing his passion…photography!!
We couldn’t be happier with our wedding photos, they were exactly what we had in mind and highly recommended him for your special day!
Sincerely, Karen & Jay
Working with Northern Glow Photography for our engagement and wedding photos was the best decision! David is so passionate about his work, and we couldn't be happier with how our p...
hotos came out. We're usually very awkward in front of a camera, but David did a great job of keeping our sessions fun and relaxed. We had a second shooter on our wedding day - Sarah - who was also incredible.
Overall, we're so happy we chose Northern Glow Photography! We'll definitely be working with David and his team for any photo sessions moving forward and highly recommend to others, too.
Everything about planning our day to the execution was awesome working with David. He was so "go with the flow" and nailed it. His second shooter, Sarah was so fun to work with too...
. We had a great day hanging out together. I can't wait to see the pictures!
We have nothing but great things to say about David and his team. We got married on a very cold, snowy, winter day in the Colorado mountains and David was fantastic about capturing...
shots outside and braving the cold. His work speaks for itself, but really what stands out about David is his ability to make everyone feel comfortable and blend in with the vibe of the wedding. He and Sara were almost unnoticeable the entire day/night which is exactly what we wanted. He made us feel at ease and natural when capturing shots of us. We both had large family shots we wanted to capture and he controlled the group pictures with ease and hit all the necessary shots we wanted. We know any wedding pictures will last a lifetime, but David captures the unnoticeable moments during the wedding that you will really want to enjoy and remember forever. I would recommend Northern Glow without hesitation to anyone!
My husband and I chose David as our wedding photographer and I'm so, so glad we did! David has an incredible talent. My husband, family and friends are blown away by how beautiful ...
our photos are. We were initially disappointed by the rain and fog on our wedding day, but what resulted was an incredibly romantic and stunning shoot. He really was able to take a dreary day and make it so dreamy and mystical. David was also so fun to hang out and spend the day with, and really put my photo-shy husband at ease! Neither of us particularly enjoy being in pictures, but David made the whole process so fun and low pressure. Don't hesitate to book David for your special day or any other occasion!
David was such a wonderful wedding/engagement photographer! He puts everyone at ease immediately & has impeccable "bedside manner" by just being easygoing, kind, and funny. This is...
so important to get good photos, at least for my husband & I, as we are not used to having our pictures taken & being set at ease immediately allowed us to be comfortable and natural.
David also has an incredible natural style; nothing felt overposed and there are lots of incredibly sweet and funny candids from throughout the day! He also had a great knowledge of less-travelled spots around the Front Range that fit within our engagement & wedding shoot timeframes. Highly, highly recommend him.
My husband and I had so much fun during our engagement and wedding photo sessions! My husband isn't one to really like photo shoots but both times he said, "that was fun and worth ...
it!" Thank you David for capturing amazing moments, we love all the photos!!
I cannot recommend David enough! He truly has an eye for detail and is SO talented. His photos speak for themselves! My husband and I have really enjoyed working with him since our...
engagement and our guests at the wedding loved him. He is super easy going and fun to be around. He makes taking photos a blast (my husband agrees and has never been a fan of pictures). After how much we loved our engagement photos we cannot wait to see the photos from our wedding! Trust him to capture your special moments- I promise you won’t regret it!
We hired David for our Oregon coast wedding in July 2021. He was communicative, prompt, and so easy to work with! He made all of our friends and family, and especially the two of u...
s, feel comfortable in front of the camera. Not to mention that the pictures were absolutely stunning! We had so many compliments on the quality of the pictures. Highly recommend!
David is really fun and easy to work with. He made my husband and I feel very comfortable getting our picture taken and he felt like another guest at our wedding. Our engagement an...
d wedding photos turned out amazing, I cannot recommend David enough.
David was an absolute pleasure to work with. He advertises his outdoor scenery, but I realized after that he really captured the "fun" we had at our party. Everyone who sees our ph...
otos can see just how much joy we had on our day. David was a wizard with his camera... we had some extremely harsh lighting for our outdoor photos, and he still worked magic. Some things I really appreciated about David:
-Timely responses and flexibility with rescheduling due to COVID
- Easy going, made us feel very comfortable and had all the ideas for shots while also incorporating our preferences.
- Kept the flow going the day of... we were not rushed taking pictures but also didn't waste any time getting family portraits
- Online photo album
- Shared McDonalds with me and my husband before the ceremony :)
David was so great to work with! I was nervous coming from Florida and having a wedding in Colorado, but he was wonderful. David was super flexible with having to reschedule the w...
edding (due to COVID) and just me last minute changing how much time I wanted him there for. He was also very personable and helped make me feel more comfortable with taking pictures. He was kind, but also great at giving direction to make sure everyone stayed on task for getting the necessary pictures out of the way (family shots, bridal party, etc). The pictures themselves came out stunning. I'm so happy with my decision to book David!
I spent a lot of time researching photographers, I was looking for someone that captured joy, love and nature in a beautiful and natural way - and I am so glad we ended up going wi...
th David!
Pictures: wowza! They turned out so magical and dreamy - he made sure that there was a mixture of more natural candid pics and also more posed/formal pics, which I appreciated. I wish I could attach a pic to this review.
Communication skills over email and phone:
Stellar, seamless, effortless, professional. He sends a pre-wedding survey to make sure all the logistics are worked out.
Communication skills in person:
Also stellar, he has a super chill, soothing and fun personality. He truly felt like he was a part of our family! We skied together the next day and it was awesome.
GO WITH DAVID YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT <3
I am the Mother of the Bride for my daughter's wedding 2/08/2021 in Steamboat Springs. My daughter had her vision so I let her find her own photographer. Boy did she choose the b...
est. David is so kind and very personable. He makes you feel totally comfortable when he is in your space. But besides all that, I have seen many a wedding album in my life and I have never seen a photographer capture such incredible photos. David's work caputured the JOY and LOVE in every photo. The pictures were so natural, not staged or posed, and they just embody all the magic of the day. You could just feel every picture. Thank you David for the care and beauty of your work.
It has been well over a year since our wedding and family and friends still talk about our wedding photos and how great David was to work with! You should definitely hire him for y...
our wedding, big or small.
We appreciated that he met us for drinks and did an engagement shoot so we knew what to expect on our wedding day. He communicated throughout the whole process and our photos could not look more magical. We had a big focus on capturing our guests having fun and he delivered. By the end of the night, David was just another guest at our wedding having fun with us.
As soon as we met David over a year before our wedding, we knew he was a great fit. He is funny and talented and captured the mood we were looking for while making us feel comforta...
ble in front of the camera. Our Rocky Mountain National Park engagement photos came out beautiful!
The day of our wedding went flawless as well. It was freezing cold, snowy, and windy during our outdoor ceremony and David quickly captured all the formal family photos we asked while keeping us laughing and smiling. He had no problem capturing photos for family and friends during the reception as well. In a COVID world, David was also respectful and understanding of distance while helping capture the day.
David was a blast to have along our wedding journey. He exudes talent, and we feel so lucky that he was able to capture our wedding day. We knew sitting down at our initial meeting...
that we wanted David to be there with us through the many stages of wedding planning. I was nervous to be in front of the camera for our engagement session, and David’s easy going personality, humor, and ease behind the camera made that quickly vanish. He remained patient as we navigated the many challenges of planning a wedding during COVID-19, and I am so grateful we will get to work with him again next year when our loved ones can be close again. I would wholeheartedly recommend David to anyone looking for quality photos that truly capture personality, and I am grateful that I get to fill my walls with his work!
It was fantastic working with David as our photographer. We have known him as a friend for years, but it was great to see him in action photographing our engagement. He is extrem...
ely easy to talk to, gives great direction, is efficient, and super talented. We absolutely love the photos he took for us! We definitely plan on using him for a ceremony/celebration sometime in the future. Thank you David!!
David is so fun, easy and great to work with. He makes you feel so comfortable behind the camera (even if you may not be). There’s so many reasons we continuously choose him to wor...
k with him! He chooses the most beautiful locations and his work is truly unbeatable. If you’re looking for a top notch photographer, he’s your guy!
David did an amazing job capturing our special day. His attention to detail and artistic eye perfectly captured so many memorable moments. He went above and beyond to make sure we ...
were comfortable and got everything we wanted. I would highly recommend David to anyone wanting beautiful wedding/engagement photos.
David was awesome to work with. He is very talented, as is obvious from all of his galleries on his site, and we were extremely happy with the way our photos turned out. Planning a...
wedding for 2020 has been a challenge with COVID-19, and David was professional throughout all the changes and challenges. He was fun to work with, and the silver lining to the pandemic is we get to work with him again next year for our rescheduled reception!
I am so happy with how the Photographs turned out. David captured every moment and more that we had hoped for on our special day. He was professional and a pleasure to work with. ...
I would strongly recommend him to friends family or anyone considering a professional wedding photographer who can capture your special moments with an artistic eye.
David was a wonderful photographer to work with. He delivered our photo album within a month of the wedding!
He was very friendly and easy going, several of our guests loved intera...
cting with him during the wedding. The photos turned out amazing and we are so happy we chose him. From meeting with us before booking through the engagement session and the actual wedding day David was great to work with. We would highly recommend David and Northern Glow Photography.
David was so great to work with, he made us feel so comfortable and gave us the direction we needed! Our photos are incredible and we love his editing style.
Pictures turned out well, david found a great spot to do our first look pictures. Turn around time and communication were a bit delayed from what was promised.
Thank you, David! Your personality and creativity were essential to capturing our wedding just perfectly. You work is amazing!
Working with David was great! He did both our engage...
ment and wedding photos and we were blown away with both. He is both a great social guy and amazing at blending into the background. My husband and I don't remember seeing him at the wedding, but the photos that came back captured every important moment.
The timeline we were sold on was a month turnaround for both sessions, and both were a few weeks late. Our only complaint was not being in the loop about when we could actually expect the photos for our engagement session and thank-you card/sneak preview from the wedding. Both of those deliveries were late without warning. However, he always responded to our questions, and the quality of the photos were always worth the wait. He did a great job communicating about the delivery of our final set of photos, and I would overall recommend him to others.
We're glad we chose David. He was great to have on the wedding day, he made us and our wedding party feel comfortable, and our photos turned out great!
My husband and I got married in September 2019. We are from Wisconsin and did a destination wedding in Colorado. We are now 2 months post-wedding. After having time to reflect on o...
ur special day, I can say with absolute certainty that I would choose David again in a heartbeat.
Our entire wedding was planned from Wisconsin, as we could not afford to fly back and forth meeting with vendors in person. I found David on a wedding website by accident and couldn't be happier. His work was beautiful and perfectly suited the mood I was looking for in wedding photos.
We discussed plans via email and David made everything so simple. The wedding package we picked came with an engagement shoot, but we aren't local to Colorado so I thought we wouldn't be able to have any engagement photos. David made himself available to us when we flew in to Denver 3 days before our wedding so we could take advantage of the engagement session.
Naturally, I was feeling stressed - the wedding was 3 days away, we had never met him and all the normal things go through your head like, "what if I HATE my photos?! The wedding is only 3 days away, it's too late to change anything!!" etc...
During that engagement shoot, my anxiety faded away. He is so personable and immediately made us feel comfortable. We left that engagement shoot feeling as if a weight was lifted off of our shoulders. David did not rush or settle for shots saying "that's good enough", which I've heard from other photographers during friends' weddings. You can tell he takes his job seriously and is passionate about his work.
Come the day of the wedding, David had such a positive attitude and blended himself in with our friends and family. He got amazing shots of our wedding without us even realizing he was taking photos. He did a great job managing the timeline and making sure to capture special candid moments.
Moral of my long-winded story...BOOK HIM! Our wedding photos exceeded my expectations and I wish I could fly him to Wisconsin to photograph all of our major events. Thank you, David!!
David did an absolutely AMAZING job capturing our wedding day! As soon as we met him in person it felt like he was one of our friends we have known forever. His pictures and the mo...
ments and looks he captured truly help us relive our day each time we look at the photos.
My husband and I have no reservations in recommending David. Photos are so important in helping you remember these incredible occasions in your life - looking through the gallery o...
f photos David delivered for our wedding, I felt like I was reliving the day. I adore each and every photo. He captured so many wonderful candid moments while also taking as many planned photos as we wanted. The photo quality is superb, the story his photos tell, fairy-tale like.
Furthermore, David is just really easy to like. We met for a beer to get to know each other before our engagement session and stayed for 2 hours chatting. We spent hours hiking up a mountain for our engagement photos, laughing and enjoying each others' company. I never once felt awkward having him take my photo. At our wedding, he felt like another guest - participating in our happiness.
If you are considering booking Northern Glow Photography, sit down with David and you'll be convinced.
David was beyond amazing through the time we met him and up till we got our wedding photos! The photos came out amazing and we are beyond grateful for his outstanding work! David w...
as such an amazing photographer but also was an amazing person to work with! He has such a great personality and super friendly with everyone he met. All our family members were so happy with our photos and could not believe how amazing they turned out! Thank David for photographing our wedding! We will always remember our the best day of our lives because of the amazing photographs!
When eloping out of state, things seems to be a little more stressful as far as planning. But once booking David as our photographer, that stress was put to ease. He captured every...
thing we love about Colorado and what made our day so special. We can't thank you enough!
David is an amazing photographer! He has been shooting photos of my family for years now and is very attentive and always captures the moment. He is very creative and professional....
Hopefully if he ever visits GA, (where we moved to recently) we can do another photo session.
I highly recommend using David! We have worked with him a few times now and our photos always turn out breathtaking! He is very personable and loves what he does! We Will definitel...
y be working with him again!
David was very good about listening to exactly what we wanted in our photos. He also had very nice, creative ideas of his own that turned out beautifully!
David shot our wedding in California and my husband and I are absolutely ecstatic at the photos we received. He did such a wonderful job at capturing the emotion, feel and atmosphe...
re of the day. He's professional, engaged, patient and super easygoing: Seriously everything you would want in a wedding photographer all wrapped into one. His talent is extremely obvious right from the beginning and so is his unending passion for what he does. This guy just so happens to love photography and it absolutely shows in his work. Can't recommend him enough. Thank you so much David!
Wanted to give a big shout out to Northern Glow Photography. The pictures that were captured for our Engagement were truly spectacular. Every photo is better then we ever could of...
imagined and that's all owed to David who made the Photography and experience priceless. The equipment that you used is top of the notch, yet it takes so much more then the best camera. Lucas Gentry once stated: "Photography has nothing to do with cameras" David you made this quote come true for us. I want to thank you for being what every photographer aspires to be by capturing each moment perfectly, one second at a time.
We hired David to shoot some family photos after we had a baby. He was very professional, and worked hard to capture the photos with a newborn baby. He's great with photographing c...
hildren! David was very patient with us, and we felt really comfortable and natural in front of him. We were so impressed with the pictures he sent us. He is competitively priced and worth every penny! We will cherish these family photos forever! Highly recommend David to shoot your family's photos or special event!
David is amazing. We are so happy we found him!
We had our wedding in California and he traveled all the way to capture some amazing pictures. He started with our engagement pho...
tos, we were pretty shy and were not sure what to expect for the photoshoot, but he made us feel so comfortable that we forgot someone was taking pictures of us. David also shot our City Hall wedding pictures, we have a large family and he was so patient with everyone. After the wedding our whole family kept complementing us about David, and how he was so pleasant to work with. Thank you for all the beautiful pictures. You are the best!
David's professionallism and personality blend really well together. He knows what he's doing and what he's looking for. His pricing is very competitive as well. We are so glad we ...
found David to photograph our engagement shoot and wedding. He has a great eye and the pictures came out great. Can't wait for the next photo shoot!
David with Northern Glow Photography is a true professional with an eye for beauty. He is able to capture the moments between the moments and has a photography style that is timele...
ss. My husband and I were married in October 2018, and David took our engagement pictures and was our day of wedding photographer. We fell in love with our engagement pictures and were "wowed" by our wedding pictures. They are natural, timeless, organic, showcase beautiful lighting, and captured us in a way that surprised us. David is a fun, easy-going, and professional who was a pleasure to work with. His prices are very competitive and we cannot be happier with our experience with him and our pictures that we will cherish forever.
Thanks David!
We were excited to find David and hire him as our wedding photographer. He's friendly, easygoing, and extremely talented. I loved how his photos capture nature's beauty, and that's...
exactly what we were going for with our mountain wedding. Going into the wedding, the plan was clear and communication was easy. On the day of, David showed up early and got right to work. Getting our pictures taken all day is not normal for us, but David really helped put us at ease and feeling comfortable. The album was more than we expected (seriously, so many photos!) and it was impossible to choose a favorite when there were so many good ones! A great problem to have. Thank you David for capturing our day with your magic. It is such a joy to look back through out photos and share them with family and friends!
We had our engagement and wedding photos taken by David and we couldn't be happier with our photos. He has an eye for beauty. We works to get those great shots and he's a pleasure ...
to work with. We have a huge, crazy family so at our wedding, we were nervous for him... but he captured all the special moments that we didn't see and we were so happy with how he made it all work with our big family. We will definitely be booking him again for family photos.
David has a great eye for beauty! His photos all seem to turn the ordinary into extraordinary. I honestly wasn’t sure what to expect because he was so new when I used his services ...
but I was completely blown away when I saw the finished photos! Natural talent is an understatement when talking about David with Northern Glow.
David is a top notch photographer, I'd say one of the best in the Denver area. He has worked his magic for me and my family many times and I'm always amazed by his unique ability ...
to capture that perfect shot.
David recently did a family photo shoot for us! He was great with kids and adults. We have five children and he did such a good job organizing us in photos while keeping it fun fo...
r the kiddos. We received so many wonderful photos that I had such a hard time picking one for our wall! David has a great eye for beautiful group shots as well as capturing intimate and priceless candid moments.
My wife and I used David at Northern Glow to take our engagement photos. We loved them so much, we had David shoot our wedding. A year later, David did our maternity photos and I...
also used him to take some professional headshots of me for my real estate business. Needless to say, we consider David a true professional and an even better friend. His work is top notch and his professionalism can’t be surpassed! I have already recommended him to some family and friends and would recommend him to anyone who who wants the highest quality photos at a very reasonable price!
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