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Boulder Newborn Photographer – Do you really need video?

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Documentary family photography is not everyone’s jam and the same applies to video.  But no matter how you get to my website, I really want all potential clients to SEE at least one video.  The SEE THE FILM buttons you see everywhere are not just for decoration, click at least one.  If you have time, […]

Boulder Newborn Photographer | A Year in the Life of Bodhi

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Watch Boulder Newborn Photographer Colie James document Life in the 1st Year in under 3 minutes.   This family’s hospital session was my first session of 2016 and their 1 year was my first session of 2017.  They are a great family to kickstart any new year. I will forever associate the birth of baby […]

Hospital Newborn Photography – Should I hire a private photographer?

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Hospital Newborn Photography I have offered private, in-hospital Fresh 48 sessions for a little over 4 years at hospitals in Ft Collins – Boulder – Denver and the surrounding areas.  In the last year the number of hospital contracted photography companies that will stop by your room for a quick no commitment session the day […]

Denver Newborn Photographer – When Everett Met Tessa

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Denver Newborn Photographer – Seeing my CJP babies become big siblings is the best and Sweet Tessa makes the 6th new sibling in 2016.  There is a bit of pressure to deliver a slideshow and gallery more fabulous than the first.  With Everett I have a lot of work to do, his yearbook video is […]

Boulder Newborn Photography – Just Like Big Sister

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Today I saw one of my previous babies become a new big sister. She was so excited to see the baby and mommy that she insisted daddy bring her early. So I jumped up and raced to the hospital, grateful the session was at Good Samaritan Medical Center which I can practically see from my […]

Boulder Newborn Photography – Becoming a Big Sister

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Boulder Newborn Photography – It certainly doesn’t feel like almost two years since I first met this family and documented Amelia’s debut in the outside world.  Now she has been promoted to big sister of an adorable baby brother.  Life just doesn’t get any better than this. Looking for a newborn photographer in the Boulder, […]

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