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Nikon z6 Review | First Impressions

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Are you keeping track?  Because if you are then you know this is my second major camera purchase in 2018.  Back in March, I started blogging about my Fuji X-H1 purchase.  I have been using a Fuji x100 series camera for personal images since 2014 so when Fuji announced a new hybrid camera for those […]

Denver Family Photographer – A Day in Virginia

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In October this Denver Family Photographer rounded out my East Coast trip by spending the day with this awesome family the week before Halloween.  Since their last Day in the Life session we’ve all gotten a little older but still the same participants.  This day included pancakes, haircuts, pumpkins, and a game of monopoly.  It took […]

Quinn and Cade – Washington DC + Baltimore Lifestyle Family Photography

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Washington DC + Baltimore Lifestyle Family Photography.  So first you are not in the wrong spot, I am based right outside Boulder, Colorado but I LOVE to travel.  I was lucky enough to document this amazing family this fall on my travel trip for Day in the Life sessions.  Second, when I can’t think of […]

Pennsylvania Family Photographer – Black and White Family Documentary Photofilm of the Roys (2018)

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Family Documentary Photofilm.  Last month I traveled to the East Coast for my annual trip for sessions.  This was my second time photographing the Roys for a Day in the Life and there are two things I went into this year’s session knowing I would do.  First, I plan to deliver every image in black […]

Family Photojournalism : These are the Days of Our Lives

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Family Photojournalism on the Road Once I have photographed your family once, I totally want to be invited back to document another chapter in your life. Even if we live 1700 miles apart, because life looks very different three years later.  If you ever wanted a lesson in how different life is when you go […]

Erie Colorado Newborn Photographer | A Year in the Life of Lilah

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Watch Erie Colorado Newborn Photographer Colie James document a Life in the 1st Year in under 3 minutes. This my second round of Yearbooks with the O Family and of course I am bawling.  I am so lucky to have done seven sessions with this amazing family as they have grown in the last 2+ […]

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