Engagement · Couples · Proposals
Engagement Sessions in Colorado
Engagement, couples, and proposal sessions from $800. 35mm film and digital, relaxed and unscripted, built around the two of you.
Engagement, couples, and proposal sessions from $800. 35mm film and digital, relaxed and unscripted, built around the two of you.
An engagement session is where we figure out how you two move together before the day that counts. It is a relaxed, unscripted shoot in a place that feels like you, photographed on 35mm film and digital, so by the time your wedding arrives the camera already feels invisible.
There is no shot list and no shouting poses from behind a camera. The approach is the same one that shapes the whole studio: real moments, real emotion, the in-between parts that a pose can never reach. The laugh you did not know was caught. The quiet look between the loud ones.
Your photographers are Brandon and Aby, a husband and wife team living at 8,888 feet in Bailey, Colorado. The same people who photograph elopements on ridgelines and weddings across the state show up for your session, with the same film cameras in the bag.
Sessions work for three kinds of days: engagement sessions before a wedding, couples sessions with no wedding attached, and proposal sessions where one of you is keeping a secret.
Engagement session · Colorado
Engagement and couples sessions with Motus start from $800, and proposal sessions also start from $800. Every session includes a full digital gallery and one roll of 35mm film, developed and scanned in-house. Video can be added if you want a short cinematic film from the session too.
Film is part of the session, not an upsell. The same 35mm cameras we bring to weddings come to your session, and Brandon develops every roll in-house rather than mailing it to a lab. If you want extra film beyond the included roll, the physical film stock is the only additional cost, and we quote it for your specific session.
You can see how sessions sit alongside wedding coverage on the investment page, and browse real galleries on our work.
Send the inquiry form with your date, location, and what you are picturing, and you will hear back within 24 hours to set up a call. From there we plan the session together, shoot it, and deliver your full digital gallery along with your 35mm film scans, developed in-house.
01 · The Call
A no-pressure conversation about who you two are, where you are thinking, and what the session is for. If it is a proposal, this is where the secret planning happens.
02 · The Session
We meet you at the location and let the shoot unfold. No shot list, no stiff posing. Just you two moving through a place that matters, with film and digital running side by side.
03 · The Delivery
Your full digital gallery arrives along with scans from your roll of 35mm film. Brandon develops every roll in-house, the same way he handles film from weddings and elopements.
Yes. Proposal sessions start from $800 and include the same full digital gallery and roll of 35mm film as every other session. Tell us the plan when you inquire, where, when, and how you want the moment to happen, and we build the session around it.
A proposal only happens once, which is exactly why we photograph it the way we photograph weddings: present, quiet, and out of the way. You focus on the question. The cameras handle the remembering.
Mckayla + Jaryd · Proposal · Colorado. Photographed on film.
Afterward, the session rolls straight into a couples shoot, because the best portraits of the two of you tend to happen right after someone says yes.
Already married, or not engaged yet?
Couples sessions follow the same format and the same starting point, from $800. No wedding required, no occasion needed. A full digital gallery, one roll of 35mm film, and time to just be you two somewhere worth standing.
Engagement sessions, couples sessions, and proposals. Real couples, mostly film.
Mckayla & Jaryd · Proposal · Colorado
His photos felt real, and that's exactly what we got
We booked Brandon because his photos felt real, and that's exactly what we got. He captured us as we are, not a picture-perfect couple, but a real one. Every laugh, every look, every quiet moment felt natural and honest.
Every Motus wedding package comes with an engagement session, so if you are booking wedding photography or wedding videography, this shoot is already part of your experience. Standalone sessions from $800 are for couples who are not booking wedding coverage.
Sessions from $800Dreaming bigger than a session? Start with the Colorado wedding guide, the Colorado elopement guide, or explore the film side of the studio: Super 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm.
Engagement and couples sessions with Motus start from $800, and proposal sessions also start from $800. Your session includes a full digital gallery and one roll of 35mm film, developed and scanned in-house. Video can be added to any session if you want a short cinematic engagement film as well.
Every session includes a full digital gallery plus one roll of 35mm film, developed and scanned in-house. Sessions are available as photography only or photography with a short cinematic film, and every option works for engagement sessions, couples sessions, and proposals.
Yes. Proposal sessions start from $800 and include a full digital gallery and one roll of 35mm film, developed and scanned in-house. Recent proposals include Mckayla and Jaryd in Colorado, photographed on film. Tell us the plan when you inquire and we will build the session around it.
Yes. Every Motus wedding package comes with an engagement session, a pre-wedding shoot to get comfortable on camera before the day that counts. By the time your wedding arrives, the camera already feels invisible. Standalone sessions from $800 are for couples who are not booking wedding coverage.
Anywhere that feels like you two. Couples shoot with us on 14er trails before anyone else is awake, canyon walls that glow at golden hour, and meadows that do not show up on any map, along with places that are just undeniably yours, like the brewery where you had your first date.
Yes. Couples sessions start from $800 and follow the same format as engagement sessions: a full digital gallery, one roll of 35mm film developed and scanned in-house, and a relaxed, unscripted shoot built around the two of you rather than a list of poses.
Thinking about eloping instead? Everything you need is in the Colorado elopement guide and on the elopements page.
Let's Talk
Drop us the basics and we'll reach out within 24 hours to set up a call. No pitch. Just a conversation about what you're picturing.