Epiphany Photography

December 11th, 2007

The Denver Downtown Aquarium, Denver Colorado

The Denver Downtown Aquarium is perhaps the most unique venue to have your wedding and recpetion in all of Colorado. In recent years the Aquarium has undergone many changes since it was Ocean Journey. These changes are a great for engaged couples. The two most significant are, the food, and the dinning room. Now The Aquarium hosts world class dinning in the new elegant Nautilus Ballroom.

Arrangements can be made for you and your guests to tour the aquarium- this is a must do, and you can be sure that your guests will not be bored here. It is absolutlely perfect -your guests can tour around while the formal wedding photos are being taken.

A word to the wise:

Although the Downtown Aquairum sits in a beautiful setting with the Platte River and views of the Denver skyline- have your wedding photographer take most of the photos inside! It is just plain awesome if photographed correctly.

One couple I shot here were underwater photographers, their ring shot was a close up of their hands reaching down touching a ray! They held the ceremony inside the shark aquarium, ( not in the water but in front of the glass) Most people just use the ballroom and never venture into the actual exhibits. Get permission for the photographer to follow the bride and groom around on a tour- you will not regret it.

This being said, if you are planning on taking any photos inside with the fish-it is extreemly important to hire an expierenced wedding photographer. This is a challenging place to photograph. Radio slaves are a must, a super wide angle renctilinear lens is a must ( this is a fisheye lens with out the distortion) and often times it is a good idea for the photographer to go and get practice shooting inside a few times because the glass of the aquarium is almost always convex or concave which means if not taken seiroiusly into consideration, you get mutliple flash spots on the glass and unsighlty reflections.

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