Business Details
9 Years
experience
Open 24/7
always available
Your Trusted Durango Wedding & Elopement Photographers
We are Colt & Hannah Photography, a husband-and-wife photography team based in Durango, Colorado, dedicated to capturing life's most meaningful moments through authentic storytelling. With over six years of experience in Southwest Colorado, we specialize in weddings, elopements, family sessions, and maternity photography, blending adventure with artistry. Our work is rooted in a deep connection to nature and a commitment to preserving fleeting memories in settings ranging from mountain peaks to intimate home environments. As certified outdoor guides with wilderness medicine training, we ensure both creativity and safety during sessions. We prioritize sustainability by donating 1% of annual revenue to environmental causes through One Percent for the Planet. Our approach combines technical expertise with a personalized touch, offering full-day coverage, customized location scouting, and hybrid digital-film photography options to create timeless visual narratives.
Services
Wedding Photography
Elopement Photography
Family Sessions
Maternity Photos
Videography Services
35mm Film Photography
Adventure Portraits
Details
- Year established: 2017
Highlights and features
- We offer 6+ years of specialized experience in outdoor adventure photography
- Our hybrid digital-film approach creates unique tactile storytelling options
- Certified outdoor guides with wilderness medicine training ensure session safety
- Personalized location scouting across 5+ Four Corners region destinations
- 1% of revenue directly supports environmental conservation efforts
Payment methods
- Cash, Debit cards, Credit cards, Mobile payments
What people say
Extremely personable
Passionate about craft
Timeless and gorgeous photos
Made us feel comfortable
Perfect blend of adventure
Services
Wedding Photography
Documenting traditional and non-traditional weddings with artistic storytelling. Our approach combines candid moments and posed portraits in diverse settings from mountain venues to urban locations. We provide full-day coverage, two photographers, and 600+ edited images delivered within four weeks.
Elopement Photography
Specializing in intimate mountain and desert elopements across Colorado and Utah. Services include location scouting, timeline planning, and hybrid digital-film capture. We accommodate micro-weddings with up to 20 guests while maintaining natural, unobtrusive documentation throughout the day.
Family Portraits
Creating timeless family memories through outdoor and home-based sessions. We focus on authentic interactions during milestones like reunions or everyday moments. Sessions include activity-based shoots and customized props for a personalized storytelling experience lasting 1-2 hours.
Maternity Photography
Celebrating pregnancy journeys with emotive, artistic imagery. Sessions emphasize natural beauty through outdoor golden-hour shoots and intimate indoor settings. We provide styling guidance and multiple outfit changes across 90-minute sessions capturing emotional connections.
Videography Services
Complementing photography with dynamic video coverage. Options include full ceremony recording, highlight reels set to music, and documentary-style storytelling. Our packages include drone footage, multi-camera setups, and 4K resolution editing for timeless digital and physical keepsakes.
Questions
Do you only photograph weddings in Durango?
No, we photograph weddings and elopements throughout the Four Corners region including Moab, Telluride, Santa Fe, and Pagosa Springs.
Can we include guests in our elopement?
Absolutely! Many couples include parents, siblings, or close friends during their outdoor ceremonies across Southwest Colorado.
Do you offer videography services?
Yes, we provide full videography packages including ceremony coverage and highlight films to complement your photography.
How do you help with elopement planning?
We offer personalized location scouting, timeline creation, and vendor recommendations based on our extensive regional expertise.
Is film photography available?
Yes, we integrate 35mm film into sessions for a tactile, nostalgic element alongside digital captures.
What environmental initiatives do you support?
We contribute 1% of all revenue to environmental causes through the One Percent for the Planet organization.
Reviews (9)
Delaney Connolly
Jul 12, 2023
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My husband and I cannot say enough great things about Colt and Hannah! They are extremely personable, generous, friendly, and so talented! From the very beginning of working with them for our elopement, they had every detail planned out to help us along the way, which was so helpful since we live across the country. Colt and Hannah went above and beyond for us. We hardly knew they were there on our special day, and they were very flexible. It is difficult to narrow down some photos of theirs to create an album because they are all incredible! Thank you Colt and Hannah for capturing our elopement so beautifully!
Forrest Kohere
Jun 30, 2023
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We had an incredible experience working with Colt & Hannah! They were easy to work with, accommodating of our desires and delivered an incredible product. Between the two of them there wasn't a moment missed from our big day. Would highly recommend to anyone looking for high quality and professional photography.
Amber Ruland
Jun 28, 2021
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Colt & Hannah were the photographers for our wedding in October and they were completely amazing! Throughout the entire planning process they made us feel at ease, assuring us that any changes due to COVID could be worked with. They captured our day perfectly and made the whole process so easy! They created a casual and fun experience while beautifully capturing our day. We were drawn to them originally because of how natural their images look, they don't look overly photoshopped or filtered.
The gorgeous fall colors, the emotions, and the happiness of the day are easily visible in every image. The natural beauty they capture is evident in every photo, and we loved how easy they were to work with! Colt & Hannah are very affordable photographers in the Durango area, especially for the service and work they provide! We were so happy to have such a wonderful photography team to work with for our wedding! Thank you so much Colt & Hannah for providing us with incredible images to remember our special day! We 100% recommend them for anyone's wedding! Amber and Ryan Ruland
The gorgeous fall colors, the emotions, and the happiness of the day are easily visible in every image. The natural beauty they capture is evident in every photo, and we loved how easy they were to work with! Colt & Hannah are very affordable photographers in the Durango area, especially for the service and work they provide! We were so happy to have such a wonderful photography team to work with for our wedding! Thank you so much Colt & Hannah for providing us with incredible images to remember our special day! We 100% recommend them for anyone's wedding! Amber and Ryan Ruland
Jessica Singleton
May 21, 2021
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Colt and Hannah did an amazing job of capturing my fiance and I. They were really easygoing but professional, and really wanted to capture us as we are. We couldn't have been happier with our pictures, and they were great at helping us pick a location when we were torn between a few places. They were amazing at working with us through our nerves in the beginning, as my fiance had never taken professional pictures before, and were such a lovely couple to get to spend the morning with. Highly, highly recommend!
Kelsey Deckert
May 15, 2021
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We used Colt Hannah for our wedding photography and only have wonderful things to say! We were comfortable around them from the day we met, which came through in our photos. They were very flexible with us when we had to make changes due to COVID and the results speak for themselves - our photos are beautiful and capture us and our surroundings even better than we imagined.
Avery Perryman Sheldon
Jun 06, 2020
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Colt and Hannah are amazing! They worked with us to build our dream day. They made sure to take photos in all the places we requested, including some great sunset shots. They stayed into the evening well past what a normal photographer would do, or charge! Our mountain photos are remarkable. Highly recommend!
Samantha Tebo
Jun 05, 2020
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There aren't enough words to explain how amazing these two are. From the first phone call, the meeting in between, the wedding day and the days following - they have been the kindest people we've come across. On our wedding day we had so much fun with them, it was as if we've known them for years! And WOW the pictures that they took were absolutely breathtaking. Not only were the pictures everything we asked for, but having the two of them allowed them to capture every single moment of our special day. Seriously, they didn't miss a beat. Hannah did an amazing job at controlling the scene and easing my mind when need be and Colt was so professional about his work that it made you trust that he knew what he was doing. Hats off to these two, they were one of the best decisions that we made on our wedding day! Thank you, Colt and Hannah!
Halie Forsthoff
May 10, 2019
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Colt and Hannah are the best! We were so incredibly pleased with how the photos turned out. I love the natural look and they captured all the best moments, from little details to group photos! Very fun and flexible as well. Would definitely recommend Hannah's film shots in addition.
Taylor Moore
Apr 06, 2019
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Colt Freeman Studio recently shot our fall wedding and we would recommend him highly! Not only was he able to flawlessly capture the surrounding fall colors and all of the venue details, but also the raw emotion all day long! He and his wife were so fun and created a casual atmosphere with us all! Thank you Colt for capturing our big day perfectly.