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More than a button pusher – Lifestyle Family Photography Workshop

Lifestyle Photography Workshop

It’s really hard to know what portion of the ideas I present during a lifestyle family photography workshop or mentorship the participants will find most helpful, but it is my sincere wish they recognize I am not a *just* button pusher. When I meet my clients for the first time I don’t always know that […]

Lifestyle Family Films – Empty house filled with love.

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Lifestyle Family Films. Close your eyes and imagine selling the home you brought your children to from the hospital. Those walls are filled with memories, so it is only right you give it a proper goodbye, right? Half this film was documented on their last night in this home, when the main living spaces were empty with […]

Families on Film – A Salt Lake City Mentorship with Samantha Kelly

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My first time shooting film I nailed it.  What I didn’t realize at the time was that it was just the brilliant convergence of perfect light, color, and the most amazing family.  The two directional soft light coming through those windows was not only sufficient for the Portra 400 film I was shooting but it […]

Mozi Magazine | 10 tips for in-home family photography

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This month I am honored to have a lifestyle family photography article published in Mozi Magazine.  Want to read more?  You can purchase the Lifestyle Issue in print or digital here.  

I’m a big boy now – Fort Collins Baby Photographer

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It is so wonderful to see my newborn clients for their 1 year sessions.  If you want to look back here is Asher’s hospital newborn session.  He is now very now mobile I really have to chase the kids around the house.  We originally scheduled this session to take place in their yard and had […]

Sunday Morning with the Nolans – New York City Family Photojournalism

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New York City Family Photojournalism – This Day in the Life session was originally scheduled for March.  I planned a trip to NYC with my husband for our 15th anniversary and made a session available either directly before or after the trip   Amy & I confirmed this session and then Joy announced a Wildflowers […]

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