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Why do you love ProPhoto 6 Colie?

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Top 7 reasons I love ProPhoto 6 I’ve had ProPhoto a little over 3 years now.  I have used versions 4, 5, and now for the last 6+ months version 6.  When I first made the upgrade I wrote about it here the day I made my new site live.  Every single issue I initially […]

Family Photojournalism – When is the best time for your at-home storytelling session?

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  Booking requests from a potential client often ask “when is the best time for an in-home session”?  Here in Colorado answering for an outdoor session is complicated and potential rain/weather days are often proposed in advance because our weather is quite unpredictable.  Answering for an at-home session isn’t any easier, especially if you love […]

How do you find the people interested in documentary family photography?

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Have I told you lately how awesome my clients are?  No really, they are so freaking awesome.  This brings me to the current question of the day. Colie, how do you find the people interested in this type of photography? So can I just say “I don’t find them, they find me”?  I really wish […]

Hey Colie – Why did you buy the Disney Memory Maker PhotoPass?

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We just got back from a 9 day trip to Walt Disney World for Halloween.  I already wrote about why I left the DSLRs at home and only vacationed with my Fuji x100t.  If you want to know why I love my Fuji you can read about that too. One thing I debated was purchasing […]

How are you liking that Sigma Art 24mm Colie?

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How are you liking that Sigma Art 24mm Colie? It’s been a little over a week since I got my hands on a Nikon mount Sigma Art 24.  I had the chance to really put it through the ringer in a Day in the Life in Portland, Oregon last weekend.  Before I left I did […]

What do you do with your pictures Colie?

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So this last week was Chloe’s Spring Break and we just hung out for the week.  One task was finishing the photowall above the couch.  Now that Chloe approves we can now move on to the opposite living room wall.  I have shared a few images including the wall on FB and I thought I […]

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