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Phoenix Documentary Family Photography – Let’s sing happy birthday!

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Phoenix Documentary Family Photography – Happy Birthday to you (Megan). In my house, James, Chloe, and I, all celebrate our birthdays in a two-week span.  There is a lot of singing Happy Birthday, birthday cupcakes, and usually swimming.  I know swimming is a bit odd, but since all of our birthdays are during summer we […]

Why I love shooting video on the Nikon z6

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I have had the Nikon z6 for a little over 3 months now and there are just not enough great things to say about it. Seriously.  I just want to sell every other piece of photography equipment in my house right now in order to buy another one.  Anyone in the market for a Fuji […]

Family Photojournalism – The story of childhood

at-home session

I am a hoarder of childhood memories, not things, but my husband may disagree with that statement. I keep a mental list of all my clients: those still having babies and those done having babies. Because while the best part of my job is continuing to see my clients year after year, it’s certainly a […]

Boulder Family Photographer – Merry Davenport Christmas

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Not everyone brings their family photographer to the Neighborhood Christmas Tree farm in Boulder, but that’s just how Sharee rolls. I had an amazing 6 hours documenting Sharee and her dapper little human sidekick Brayden. Shameless plug: If you or ANYONE you know is in the market for a fabulous Colorado wedding photographer, she is […]

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 […]

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