Chad & Nina’s Rainy Vail Wedding at Camp Hale
Every so often we photograph something that fills up our cup, but its never because of a location, decor or budget. We walked away from Chad & Nina’s rainy Vail Wedding overflowing with whatever it is that keeps us going. The weather sucked, but not once did we contemplate putting our gear away and submitting […]
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Josh & Fabiana’s Wedding at Historic Camp Hale
Josh & Fabiana, from the East Coast, met at UNC Chapel Hill some years ago. Their relationship didn’t begin though until they met up in Denver. With most of their friends & family from the East Coast, they wanted to do Colorado right, which is why they went all in on their Historic Camp Hale […]
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Robbie & Bria’s Camp Hale Summer Wedding
Robbie & Bria met in Florida during a spring break trip some years ago, but it wasn’t until New Years in New York that they knew it was right. After Robbie popped the question, the search for a venue about as far away from sea level began. Bria, having grown up in Vail, and Robbie […]
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Camp Hale
While Camp Hale isn’t technically in Vail, it’s the closest town that has lodging. The venue actually sits on highway 24 in between Minturn and Leadville. As you may have read above, there is no cell reception, but it’s actually very easy to get to, unlike Piney River Ranch. In regard to the venue facility’s, […]
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Dustin & Sarah’s Colorado Mountain Top Proposal
We find ourselves at Camp Hale several times a year and its quickly become one of our favorite venues, but all of our shoots have been weddings. Never an engagement… so when Dustin reached out, wanting to pop the question on top of a mountain, we quickly suggested a Nova Guides Snowmobile Tour for his […]
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Mark & Kate’s Summer Wedding at Camp Hale near Vail
If you follow our blog, you’ll remember Mark & Kate from their RiNo District Engagement not to long ago. As we mentioned in that post, only a project manager & architect could pull off such an event in such a short amount of time. Their Camp Hale Wedding was one of our favorite weddings from […]
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Peter & Liezl’s Vail Wedding at Camp Hale
During our consultation with Peter & Liezl, we chatted about our favorite photojournalists, Liezl’s childhood in South Africa and how they stumbled on Camp Hale and Gillespie Photography. They were initially drawn to our work from a particular photograph we had taken at the beautiful wedding venue, but more so because of our artistic documentary wedding photography […]
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Ryan & Lauren’s Camp Hale Wedding in Red Cliff, CO
These two love the mountains, so much in fact that they have a second home which they use as a base for all of their backcountry skiing and snowmobiling trips. It only seemed fitting that their wedding venue be an expression of that part of their life. Camp Hale, near their mountain home, is a […]
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