Kat and Levon had a Ramble Hotel wedding in Denver’s RiNo neighborhood. Many know the hotel for its lobby restaurant, Death & Co, but there’s also a private upstairs bar and a great rooftop terrace which was perfect for a spring wedding. It was also perfect for one of my first weddings after things were suspended under Covid. The ceremony and reception were in the slate blue Vauxhall ballroom, but at least people could socialize and eat for hours on that outdoor terrace and feel perfectly normal doing so.

 

Groom buttons shirt while preparing for wedding at Denver's Ramble Hotel.Levon, his son, and Kat’s son getting ready. The rooms at The Ramble are as beautiful as the lobby and event spaces.

Groom with bride's son while getting ready for Ramble Hotel wedding in Denver.

Bride getting ready for Ramble Hotel wedding in Denver.

Groom in thought while preparing for a wedding at Denver's Ramble Hotel.

Groom reads a note from his bride while getting ready for a Ramble Hotel Wedding in Denver.

Levon reads a note from Kat.

Groom reads a note from his bride while getting ready for a wedding in Denver.

Bride with HMUA before Ramble Hotel wedding.

Bride ties elaborate shoe straps while preparing for a wedding at Denver's Ramble Hotel.

Kat can do this slowly, methodically. I just thought wow, I need to stretch more.

Denver wedding photojournalist captures bride getting ready at the Ramble Hotel in Denver.

Bride hugs son in hotel room before wedding.

Kat’s son came to the room to sign the marriage license as a witness.

Bride and son sign marriage license.

Denver wedding photojournalist captures quiet moment between bride and groom at a Ramble Hotel wedding.

A drink before the wedding. I get tradition, but it’s also nice to just chill a bit and enjoy the moment before becoming the center of attention. Things seem to go so fast once they start.

Bride and groom before wedding by Colorado wedding photojournalist.

Groom with mask waits in stairwell before a wedding ceremony at The Ramble Hotel in Denver.

Devon outside the ballroom waiting for his cue.

Kat waits for her cue. They entered from opposite sides of the ballroom, met in the middle, then danced up the aisle together.

Groom dances into a wedding ceremony at The Ramble Hotel in Denver.

Bride and groom meet in the aisle before a wedding ceremony at The Ramble Hotel in Denver.

Bride and groom dance up the aisle before a Ramble Hotel wedding ceremony, by Denver wedding photojournalist.

Bride reads her wedding vows in Vauxhall, a ballroom at The Ramble Hotel in Denver.

Groom and bride exchange vows at Vauxhall, in The Ramble Hotel in Denver.

Denver wedding photographer captures vows at Denver's The Ramble Hotel.

Bride and groom kiss during wedding ceremony at The Ramble Hotel in Denver.

Bride and groom dance down the aisle together following their ceremony in Vauxhall, at Denver's The Ramble Hotel.

If you dance up the aisle, you might as well dance down it.

Groom and bride step onto the sidewalk after a wedding in the RiNo neighborhood of Denver.

Bride and groom kiss after wedding at The Ramble Hotel in Denver.

Any questions?

Bride and groom take a walk in the RiNo neighborhood of Denver after their wedding at The Ramble Hotel.

Bride and groom embrace on Denver sidewalk after wedding at The Ramble Hotel.

Photo by Denver wedding photojournalist shows a groom and bride walking down the sidewalk past a metal fence.

Either the longest recessional or a walk around the block. I like it when people steal a little time for themselves before returning to be the center of attention. I say by themselves when clearly there were three people there, but I try to maintain such a boring non-presence that people just go about their business. You’re walking down the sidewalk and if you notice, there’s someone ahead of you. Also, you just got married. Which of those two details is more likely to hold your attention?

Bride and groom return from a walk outside The Ramble Hotel in Denver.

Bride and groom share a moment at the bottom of a staircase in The Ramble Hotel in Denver.

Groom toasts his son at a wedding reception on the roof of The Ramble Hotel in Denver.

Levon toasts his son.

Bride and groom toast their guests at a rooftop wedding reception at The Ramble Hotel in Denver.

Groom embraces a friend on the rooftop terrace of The Ramble Hotel in Denver.

I’m 5’6″, and sometimes at a crowded wedding reception when I’m trying to see over someone’s back, I want those heels as well. Or lifts like Bono, or that Scientologist movie star who, while outwardly cocky, is always having a crisis of confidence but finds redemption in some woman’s arms, but not before he’s running really hard and grimacing because someone is chasing him.

Bride gives groom that look during their wedding reception.

Bride and groom kiss under a neon sign at a rooftop wedding reception at The Ramble Hotel in Denver.

Before every Ramble Hotel wedding, they have to make sure the neon tube on the fourth E hasn’t burned out.

Bride and her son holds hands at a wedding reception.

I like second chances, and I like seeing kids brought along as an integral part of the union, not just bystanders at their parent’s wedding. Kat and Levon were really good about this. It can be tricky for kids, and the way they were so inclusive and checking in with their boys was very touching.

Denver wedding photojournalist captures a light moment at a downtown wedding reception.

Bride and groom wearing sneakers kiss on the dance floor in Denver's Vauxhall.

Yes, people wanted her heels, but you can’t really dance in those things.

First dance dips. It’s a thing.

Groom and bride kiss on the dance floor of Vauxhall in Denver.

The eyes tell the story, but I’m glad in this mostly post-Covid world that the pictures can show the whole expression again.

I play around a lot with lighting. Sometimes it’s available, sometimes flash that looks available, and sometimes I like to just pinpoint the things I find interesting. I like shadows, the occasional absence of context. Anything but bouncing off the ceiling, which is safe and reliable. Like overcooked food.

Groom and bride wearing Covid masks embrace on the dance floor of The Ramble Hotel in Denver.

Bride and groom on the dance floor at the end of their wedding reception at The Ramble Hotel in Denver.

Bride and groom in masks embrace on the dance floor of Vaux Hall, part of The Ramble Hotel in Denver.