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Catherine Lea Photography

Catherine Lea Photography

Arvada, CO
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    Keely H. Sent on 04/12/2022
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    Choose Catherine!

    I began working with Catherine in 2019 when my now husband and I got engaged - she came to me on a recommendation from a friend and she was absolutely amazing! She did our engagement photos for us, was fantastic to work with throughout our COVID postponement and her photos from our wedding day blew us away. Catherine is professional, fun, talented, kind and capable - her photos are gorgeous and I couldn't be happier with them. Go with Catherine and you will not be disappointed!
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    Sarah G. Sent on 08/27/2021
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    Catherine is the best of the best!!

    Catherine is the best of the best. We were among the covid couples who had to postpone our wedding 3 times. Catherine worked with us every step of the way and made it happen every single time. We only moved our dates to make sure Catherine could do that date because she was SO important to us. The wait was SO worth it and Catherine did a phenomenal job! She is so knowledgable on photography and weddings and just kills it. She can wrangle bridal parties together and everyone absolutely loved her. She makes you feel like family and so special. Could not have asked for anyone better to capture our day. Her work is something we will cherish for the rest of our lives and we are SO lucky to have had Catherine apart of our day. She is absolutely amazing!
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    Ben C. Sent on 11/29/2019
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    Look no further for CO wedding photographer! As good as it gets.

    We couldn't have asked for anything more working with Catherine.

    She was super responsive, from the first time we reached out to her, to coordinating logistics on the ground for our destination wedding in Telluride. She was accommodating, easy-going, and captured the spirit of our wedding in an authentic manner.

    As my wife and I have an allergy to lots of posed pictures, Catherine kept things light and relaxed, capturing plenty of candids, getting amazing shots of our friends and fam, and blending into the background as she snapped away. And beyond her charming service, her photos are amazing, with a lasting, classic quality about them.

    If you're looking for a wedding photographer anywhere in Colorado, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better one than Cat. Highly recommend.
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    Ashley S. Sent on 08/05/2020
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    Colorado elopement photographer

    If you are looking for a photographer to capture every important piece and more during your wedding day , Catherine & her husband are the way to go! The year of COVID-19 & destroying people’s wedding plans, Catherine was so helpful on making sure to make our day happen! We got married in Vail, Colorado & decided to camp and have a nice dinner on the mountain tops! Catherine captured every moment and detail of our small intimate mountain escape! The pictures are to die for & screams boho aesthetics with her editing and color skills. We had our pictures in 6 weeks, & her pricing in unreal in comparison to others. She is extremely flexible & easy going. My husband hates getting pictures taken of him & he was so comfortable around them that he actually enjoyed having pictures taken that day ( thank goodness haha) We Had Catherine and her husband stay the night in one of our tents and got to hang out around the campfire with my wedding party and family & I have never felt more of friendship of a vendor than Catherine and her husband! PLEASE.. don’t hesitate and hire her!
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    Christine W. Sent on 02/21/2020
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    Stunning photography

    Look no further! Catherine took the most stunning photos of our day. She was so patient and walked us through each step of the day making us feel so comfortable and beautiful in front of the camera. I knew from the beginning that photography was going to be one of my top priorities because photos really last a life time, but that also puts a ton of pressure on picking the right person to reflect the way we are as a couple and I can truly say Catherine is worth every hour searching for the right one and every penny invested! I will definitely be choosing her again in the future.

    Catherine Lea Photography's reply:

    Christine! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave me such a kind review. You are such a sweetheart and it was an absolute joy to photograph you and Russ. You are also such a champ of a bride, who handled everything with Grace. I loved every second of your engagements and wedding and wish you both all the best!!
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    Allison W. Sent on 12/21/2019
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    I love Catherine!

    Catherine is AMAZING! I knew I wanted her to be our wedding photographer when the albums on her site literally made me teary. She does such a great job of capturing the day and the emotions of the wedding party and the guests. She was great to work with - on time for everything and on time with deliveries! Our engagement photos turned out great as did our wedding photos! She surprised us with a preview a couple days after the wedding and then was flexible in delivering a few family photos early to accommodate parent requests for Christmas cards. You should book Catherine - you will not regret it.
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    Brittany Sent on 01/03/2020
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    Best decision we made!

    One thing we wanted for our wedding was an amazing photographer to capture our love story and big day and Catherine exceeded our expectations. Since day one she was personable, responsive, and knows how to deliver. She gives you every photo because she believes you should have every single one and you can decide which ones you want to share with family and friends and we loved that. After we saw our engagement photos, we knew our wedding photos where going to be amazing. Having Catherine as our wedding photographer was the best decision we made and we have so many beautiful photos that will last forever, thanks to her. She is the best!
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    She is amazing!!

    BOOK. NOW. Catherine was the absolute best to work with!! She made us feel so comfortable in front of the camera (which is great, because my now-husband is usually not). She captured such beautiful moments throughout our wedding and I could not be more excited. She values and is passionate about her work, and it clearly shows. We loved having her be a part of our big day, and would book and recommend her over and over again!!
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    Mckenzie S. Sent on 10/01/2019
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    Best Choice

    If you are looking for a wedding photographer who is willing to put in the extra effort to make your wedding day a dream, you are looking for Catherine. Catherine can balance professional with personable and will make even someone as introverted as me to feel comfortable in front of a camera. For me, the photographer was my most important vendor, because she would capture all of the moments I would want to reflect back on for the rest of my life. I am so glad I chose Catherine because I now have 900+ beautiful photos of all of the best moments of our wedding (not including all of the awesome engagement photos that were included with our wedding package). Picking Catherine for our photographer was the best decision we made for our wedding, and I would recommend her to any other bride.
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    Amanda Sent on 09/21/2019
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    Absolutely perfect!!

    We had the absolute best experience working with Catherine!! We are from Texas and had a destination wedding in Vail. I found Catherine on Instagram, checked out her reviews on the knot, then we met her for coffee in Denver! After the meeting, we knew it was going to be a perfect fit. She was professional and responsive in the months leading up to the wedding, and killed it on our big day. It’s amazing how involved your wedding photographer will be on that day, it’s something I didn’t understand until we got married. Catherine was calm and direct, but also so friendly and fun! It almost felt like she was an additional wedding planner, but with the task of capturing our day. We just got our photos back (in the timeframe we were told) and we are obsessed. Like absolutely in love with them. Thank you thank you thank you!!!!
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    Katie Sent on 09/08/2019
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    The best decision

    From the first email, Catherine made me feel so comfortable and special! We lived 5 hours away, but she was very flexible when planning our engagement shoot on a trip home. During the shoot, she was so friendly, and we had a blast just being us! For our wedding day, we had her associate, Allison, who was equally as friendly and talented. Allison made sure to get the specific shots I asked for ahead of time, and made everyone feel comfortable. She had my family shot list printed out so our family photos went so smoothly! A huge rain storm came through right before our ceremony, so we moved it inside. She calmed my nerves and was so sweet. The skies opened up and we moved everything back outside, and she was out helping wipe off chairs from the rain! She was always around when someone asked her to take a picture. Looking at my wedding pictures is like reliving the best day of my life! Catherine and Allison are simply amazing!
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    Bonnie Sent on 07/06/2018
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    So glad we found Catherine to take our engagement pictures, they couldn't have come out any better. My fiance and I were both a little nervous about the whole picture taking experience but Catherine was delightful, personable and super helpful. She was really thoughtful with suggested poses which was greatly appreciated because we had zero experience going in. We had a great time and have been giddy over the pictures since we got the gallery!
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    Laura T. Sent on 06/21/2019
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    Amazing wedding photographer!!

    Catherine gave us one of the most incredible gifts from our wedding day- our wedding pictures! Due to family circumstances, our original photographer had to cancel 2 months before our wedding day. I found Catherine through social media and fell in love with her photography style and talent. In a miracle, she wasn't booked on our wedding day- it was meant to be! Catherine was so easy to communicate with leading up to our big day, from working on a photo list to helping us organize our timeline. When it came to our big day, Catherine and her second shooter seamlessly covered our photo list while making everyone feel comfortable. My husband and I are not "picture people" so we worried that taking wedding pictures would feel forced- how wrong we were! Catherine effortlessly captured posed and candid moments between my husband and I that we will forever cherish. Despite some colder weather, Catherine was able to get the family, bridal party, and couples pictures we wanted- even stealing us away for a quick golden hour session. There are no moments of our day that went uncaptured! We received our preview of pictures just days after our wedding and we immediately fell in love! Even though we were on our honeymoon, we couldn't stop looking at our pictures. Within a few weeks' time, we received all of our pictures and have enjoyed reminiscing on our wedding day with them ever since! One of the most incredible aspects to Catherine's photography is that the pictures perfectly capture the day just as we remember it- the best day of our lives! We are so grateful to have had Catherine as our wedding photographer and we would absolutely recommend her to anyone!
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    Amy B. Sent on 09/15/2019
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    Seamless, fun and everything we hoped for!

    Where do I even begin! I’ve been trying to write this for 6 months now! Catherine is incredible. She was friendly and calming from day one. She came all the way to Mexico for us, did a sunrise shoot for us the day of our rehearsal (which helped calm our photo nerves 😊) and killed it on the big day. Weddings are amazing but they’re also kind of stressful. Catherine was calm and kind, but also kept everyone on schedule and organized, getting us all the shots we wanted even without her second shooter. Her second shooter got stuck in a storm and had to deal with cancelled flights! That didn’t even rattle her. Catherine is an amazing photographer but her role felt so much bigger than that on our wedding day. She also felt like a close friend. If you have the chance to book her for anything - do it!
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    Jordan S. Sent on 11/14/2018
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    Incredible!

    Catherine made our wedding dreams come true. She took the most beautiful photos of my husband and I for our elopement in the mountains. She was so cool, friendly, and understanding of what we wanted. We had so much fun working with her & luckily she knew exactly how to pose us, because we don’t know how to pose at all, haha! Our pictures were here quickly and they came out SO amazing. I couldn’t have asked for anything better. Highly recommend.
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    Candace Sent on 07/20/2020
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    Beautiful Photos

    Highly recommend! Even a year later after providing day of service, Catherine continued to help me with access to the online photo gallery and editing photos. Very professional and stress free.
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    Naomi Sent on 02/27/2018
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    Catherine is great! We did our engagement shoot in Boulder and it was so fast and looks great. Can't wait for the wedding.
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    Kathryn Sent on 07/31/2018
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    Catherine is the best! Because of a weird situation with our original photographer, we reached out to Catherine kind of last minute. She immediately responded and said she would be happy to photograph our wedding WHILE SHE WAS IN MEXICO FOR HER OWN WEDDING (talk about commitment to your job and caring about customers!!!).
    My husband and I don’t pose very well for serious pictures, so we were hoping that that wouldn’t be a problem. But Catherine made us feel so natural... taking pictures was actually a blast!
    We recently got all of our wedding photos back and they are amazing. People keep telling us how much they love our pictures, how beautiful everything looks, how it looks like they are photos from a magazine! We cannot thank Catherine enough for capturing the amazing details that made up our wedding day. We are so glad we have these photos that will last us a lifetime!
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    Katie Sent on 02/26/2018
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    Catherine Lea's Photography is amazing! Not only is she a good friend but she is also an outstanding photographer who has worked so incredibly hard to take her passion and turn it into her dream job and masterpiece. Catherine was hiding out at the top of A-basin when my Fiance proposed. She captured the moment perfectly of me being totally shocked, saying YES, hugging and kissing him while still being strapped into my board and the crowd clapping around us. The day was truly perfect and Catherine was there to capture every moment. Pictures I will hold onto forever. Thank you, Catherine for everything you have done. You're amazing at what you do and all future clients will be grateful and happy they went with you as their photographer.
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    Ryann Sent on 09/24/2018
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    I can't say enough great things about Catherine! I live out of state, so I didn't get to meet her until the morning of the wedding, but she was so sweet and easy to work with. She delivered our gallery way sooner than I expected, and there were SO MANY great pictures to choose from. I am totally blown away, I can't stop looking at them and sending random photos to everyone who was there. She captured the whole day perfectly. We were so lucky to have her!
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    Julieanne Sent on 07/17/2018
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    Catherine was great! So glad she photographed my wedding. She is very professional and easy to work with. Hire her!
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    Catherine took our engagement pictures, and they were absolutely amazing. I just received my wedding pictures and they made me cry! Catherine is an gem to work with, and has truly mastered the art of photography. She is incredibly professional, even offered to visit the venue prior to the wedding so we could pick all of the places we wanted to take pictures day of! The pictures of my wedding were absolutely stunning, capturing every part of our wedding with impeccable attention to detail. She even took pictures of things I didn't think about, but I'm so glad she did because of I have these pictures forever. Although our wedding has ended, I can't wait to have Catherine take picture of our future life events.
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    Katie Sent on 02/20/2018
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    Catherine was amazing to work with for our engagement pictures and wedding! She has a way of capturing the special moments no matter what is going on during the day. She was so professional and easy to work with that I HIGHLY recommend her! She is one of the most talented photographers I have met and worked with. My ENTIRE family (which is huge and my sister is a photographer) were so impressed with her photos of our wedding that everyone is still talking about them and how amazing she was to work with! Catherine captured everything and more on our big day and I cannot thank her enough.
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    Abigail Sent on 03/12/2018
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    Catherine took me & my husband's engagement photos in Houston, Texas. Catherine was super easy to work with. She made time for any questions & concerns I had (probably more time than I deserved). She constantly made sure that we felt comfortable and helped us find / capture our vision. I never thought working with a photographer would be so easy! I would highly recommend working with her! I can't wait to book another session!
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    Mackenzie Sent on 09/12/2019
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    Worth every penny!

    Now that a little time has passed since our actual wedding day, I can vouch for just how important a great photographer is. We came across some cheaper alternatives, but the value you get with Catherine is a superior level of photographs, with impeccable customer service. Our photos aren't the typical staged set up we saw in other vendor's portfolios. Our photos are candid, sweet, meaningful, and tied into the beautiful natural surroundings which was important to us. All that- plus she is accommodating and a dream to work with during such a stressful time.
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