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Erie Colorado Family Photographer – At Home with Bodhi and Lilah

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Erie Colorado Family Photographer.  I have been with Bodhi and Lilah since their first day in the hospital. You can see their Life in the 1st Year films, Bodhi and Lilah, but this is their first annual Parenthood session.  It can be a slight adjustment swapping to once a year from every 4 months. It […]

Broomfield Family Photographer | Ava and Aidan 2019

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Broomfield Family Photographer. These kids have grown so much since the first time I photographed them.  If you want to see all their previous sessions, check them out here. This is lucky session #5, because Aidan didn’t run away from me at the beginning of the session. Can you think of anything better than making […]

Year 3 – Ava and Aidan (2017)

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I just took a peek at their 1st session blog post. The irony is not lost on me that both in 2015 and 2017 I photographed the same families in the same week.Let’s start with the annual “gimme a kiss” picture.  I know I know, it reminds you of my 90 second challenge.  They only […]

Boulder Newborn Photography | Slideshows are the best part of the session

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Boulder Newborn Photography | I wrote about slideshows early this summer, but I focused on creating slideshows as a part of my lifestyle photography workshop.  Now I want to talk about them as a part of my family and newborn photography sessions.     The creation of the slideshow is absolutely my favorite part of […]

Boulder Newborn Photography | Love like this

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Boulder Newborn Photography – Looking back across a baby plan (this one included maternity, hospital, and in-home newborn), it is always nice to see how much a family has grown.  My own daughter will be 4 next month and I just cannot believe how time has flown.  Truth be told it makes me a little weepy […]

Boulder Family Photography | An Afternoon with the McNamees

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Boulder Family Photography – I could have photographed them all day.  Seriously.  In case you missed the preview, you can see it here.  I was excited about this session, but had no idea how much fun it would be.  While I was finishing up the editing I had to take another trip to Lucky Pie […]

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