WELCOME

I’m Samuel Marz, a Colorado based destination wedding photographer drawn to color, people, place, and all the energy that makes a wedding feel alive. I work across 35mm, medium format, and digital photography, bringing together the character of film with a relaxed approach to documenting the day.

The couples I work with care deeply about their photographs, but they also want to experience their wedding. My approach is built around both, giving you space to be fully in the day while creating photographs that feel beautiful, true to life, and unmistakably yours.

When I’m not photographing weddings, you’ll find me spending time with my wife, son and our red bone coonhound. We are usually at our favorite local coffee shop or headed out on an adventure in the old Land Cruiser.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I’ve always been drawn to photographs that feel lived in. The imperfect ones. A hand reaching across a table, someone laughing in the background, the way light falls into a room for a few minutes and then disappears.

For me, photographing a wedding is less about creating moments and more about paying attention to the ones already happening.

I work primarily with film because I love the way it asks me to slow down, trust what I see, and be intentional about when I press the shutter. There’s an honesty to it that I’m continually drawn back to: the color, grain, movement, and imperfections that make a photograph feel alive.

My approach is centered around people. I want my couples to spend their wedding with the people they love, not with me. I’ll step in when a little direction is helpful, make space for beautiful portraits, and then let the day continue.

I’m interested in the big moments, but just as much in everything around them. The people, the place, the energy in the room, and the small things you may not realize mattered until years later.

Ultimately, I want to make photographs that feel like something. Photographs that don't just show you what your wedding looked like, but bring you back to what it was like to be there.