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Lifestyle Photography Workshop

Business Lifestyle Photography Workshop – Last week I blogged about what happens After the Workshop.  The Stories We Tell is a storytelling collaborative where many participants continue their personal growth and blog stories to remember.  Today is the first day of the June run of The Business of Telling Stories and I am so excited […]

Boulder Family Photography – The Dad Edition

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Boulder Family Photography – The Dad Edition “That wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.” Now that might not sound like a compliment, but it really is music to my ears.  Some of the best validation of what I do as a family and newborn photographer is when I leave a session and […]

Boulder Newborn Photography | Boulder Community Foothills Hospital – Amelia

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hospital newborn photography

Boulder Newborn Photography – She’s here! We have been eagerly anticipating this arrival since their maternity session in April.  I got an update on Wednesday that she seemed content to stay in there until next week, obviously Amelia had other plans.  Congratulations David and Lindsey, she is beautiful! I have downloaded the cards, edited for […]

Telling Stories with Lifestyle Photography Workshops | After the workshop

Lifestyle Photography Workshop

The Stories We Tell is a storytelling collaboration blog started by the fabulous ladies of the first run of the workshop.  With each run of the workshop the collaborative has changed and grown.  We now post 4 times a week with individual stories and once a month with a group post.  All of my collaborative […]

Boulder Family Photography – Going to the Courthouse

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Boulder Family Photography – a few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting this family the night before this little girl’s adoption was official.  I chased them around with my camera, they enjoyed some Reese’s Pieces, and there were lots of hugs.  Such a beautiful family and I loved documenting them. Looking for a […]

Lafayette, Colorado Hospital Newborn Photography | Visiting Hours Only at Good Samaritan Medical Center

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Boulder Hospital Newborn Photography – Although this is the closest hospital to my house, this was my first time for a Visiting Hours Only session at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette.  Miss Sophie, at 14 hours old, was perhaps the calmest baby I have had in awhile.  She was perfectly content to be swaddled […]

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