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Documentary Family Photography – A day in the life with Grandma

a day in the life of chloe

2016 was a rough year for personal pictures.  I made sure I took pictures on trips and when we had visitors, but the mundane and ordinary day to day documentation definitely suffered.  I will see just how much when I make her yearly video next week. For today I am sharing the one and only […]

Documentary Family Photography – Enjoying Summer

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Is everyone enjoying summer?  I worked on a bit of a reduced schedule for the last two weeks while Chloe is off from summer camp.  I had some amazing sessions with families and I will be back at full-speed next week before I leave for Philadelphia for my next Day in the Life session.  Speaking […]

Boulder Lifestyle Photography | Project and Feature Updates

boulder lifestyle photography colie james TSWT march 2014

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Boulder Lifestyle Photography – Do you follow the lifestyle and storytelling photography projects I participate in?  Get caught up with the links below! A Day in the Life of Chloe on The Stories We Tell Let Them Be Little – Week 31 Cherish This Day – March 28th The Stories We Tell – March 2014 […]

lafayette colorado storytelling photography – a day in the life of chloe

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  I love telling stories with images, LOVE.  Storytelling photography allows me to capture when she does something that makes me laugh or SCREAM or cry.  Do I take a picture of everything? No.  I can’t.  At some point you do you have to put the camera down and live in the moment instead of […]

a day in the life of chloe – boulder family photography

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yes its that time again!  i tried to do this last week but got distracted after the first hour.  so today i was determined to get her whole day.  i don’t know if you saw the last one i did here but i did learn some lessons from that one.  although i did allow myself […]

Catching up on the personal| Happy Birthday Chloe| life.documented

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Now that I am caught up on client galleries and blogs I thought I would go back to the “day in the life” I shot on my daughter’s birthday.  She turned two and you know what they say about the terrible twos!  Fortunately none of that came across in our pictures.  Well…. maybe I did […]

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