Weddings at The Broadmoor.

The property

The Broadmoor sits on the southwest edge of Colorado Springs, built around Cheyenne Lake with the front range rising directly behind it. It has been operating since 1918, and that longevity shows in the way a wedding day moves through it. There is no single room that defines the property. There is a collection of them, and the art of photographing a day here is knowing which one the light will favor at the hour you are standing in it.

For couples, the practical consequence is this: The Broadmoor can hold the entire day. Getting ready, ceremony, cocktails, dinner and the send off can all happen within a short walk, which buys back the thirty to sixty minutes that travel usually takes out of a wedding timeline. That time goes straight into photographs.

Where the ceremonies happen

Ceremony settings on the property range from lakeside and terrace spaces to the historic Pauline Chapel and the grandeur of the West Tower Lawn. Cheyenne Lodge sits above the resort with a wider mountain view, and the Fish House is the choice for the smallest and most private ceremonies.

Outdoor ceremonies on the Front Range carry one scheduling truth that catches people out. The mountains sit directly west, so usable sun disappears behind the ridgeline thirty to forty five minutes before the published sunset time. A five o clock ceremony in June and a five o clock ceremony in September are not the same photograph. We build the timeline backward from when the light actually leaves the property, not from the time on the almanac.

Where the receptions happen

Broadmoor Hall is the largest of the reception rooms and carries over a thousand guests. The Lake Terrace Dining Room, the Rocky Mountain Ballroom, the Mountain Clubhouse, the South Terrace and the Estate House each hold a different scale and a different character, and the Fish House sits at the other end of the range entirely at around two dozen seats.

Indoor rooms here are warm and low lit by design, which flatters the eye and punishes an unprepared camera. We light receptions on this property rather than pushing sensitivity and hoping. That is the difference between a reception that looks like the room felt and one that looks like a phone photograph of it.

How we plan a day here

We walk the property before the day, not on it. Every Broadmoor wedding we photograph starts with a site visit where we time the light against the specific rooms and lawns a couple has chosen, and mark the two or three places we will take them when the light is at its best. On the day itself, that means we are never searching. We are arriving.

We also work the way a property of this standard expects a vendor to work. We arrive early, we stay out of the guest sightlines, we coordinate with the catering and events team rather than around them, and we carry full liability coverage and redundant equipment as a matter of course.

A note on these frames

The photographs on this page were made at The Broadmoor during a corporate production we covered on the property. We show them here because they are ours and they were made on this ground. Wedding work from The Broadmoor will replace them as it is delivered and released.

Some moments deserve more than a memory.

If The Broadmoor is where your day will happen, we would be glad to walk it with you.