Mariane Maynard Photography

I have a photo journalistic style, I love taking candids, and capturing those unforgettable moments. I began my career when film was still around. Digital Cameras were new and untrustworthy but now times have changed. I remember shooting my first we...

I have a photo journalistic style, I love taking candids, and capturing those unforgettable moments. I began my career when film was still around. Digital Cameras were new and untrustworthy but now times have changed. I remember shooting my first wedding in Glenwood Springs, CO with a Canon 35mm Camera and I remember being very nervous since I was using film and had no way of knowing that I exposed everything correctly. I was very meticulous every time I was shooting anything. I remember also running out of film during the reception and I had to have the groom’s sister drive me into to town to get more film. Thankfully, wedding photography doesn’t work that way any longer. I admit that it calms me to be able to look down at an LCD screen and see first-hand that the exposure and focus is dead on. When I was 22 I started working for Sharpshooter Imaging in Glenwood Springs, Colorado at the Glenwood Caverns – One of the Wonders of The World Many Say. We would shoot tours that came through the cave – yes in the cave so it was pitch black. It was horrible if our slave ever went out and I’d have to shoot a group with just my camera flash. I made it work and it shaped me into being a much better photographer. It helped me with being more outgoing because each tour was 30 people and I had to get them to like me and take their photos fast. We only had around three – four minutes to shoot this group of 30 and get it all right. I started a business with a friend of mine called Dragonfly Studio. We were very successful and had weddings almost every weekend during the summer months in Colorado. I’ve done weddings anywhere from Two Rivers Winery in Grand Junction, CO to a Shooting Range in Leadville, CO and as far as a wedding at a ranch in Bloomfield, Indiana. At 25 I moved up to Montana and continued to do photography on the side and I devoted a lot of my time as an adoption specialist at an animal shelter. Working at an animal shelter is very stressful, instead I volunteer now. I work at a marketing firm in Missoula. The energy, love, and positive atmosphere are things I enjoy more than anything in the world and that's why I love wedding photography so I can capture those special moments.