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Lafayette Colorado Family Photographer – Happy Birthday June

Lafayette Colorado Family Photographer Lifestyle Family Photography

yearbook club

This Lafayette Colorado Family Photographer had a great weekend because somebody had a birthday! June reminds me a lot of Chloe at her age.  Wants to do everything herself, loves art, and with a new ukelele and a xylophone, she is a musical artist in the making. She likes when I sing her songs, but […]

Denver Baby Photographer – 1 Year Later (Olivia)

yearbook club

  It’s super awesome to visit my newborns for a 1 year session.  They grow so much in that first year and their personalities really start to shine. Olive’s parents love black and white and the type of awesomely real images I love to deliver.  The first image I saw printed in the house from […]

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 […]

Exploring the Great Outdoors with film – Lifestyle Family Photography Workshop

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I once had a new client tell me her favorite thing about my portfolio was how I froze motion in my images.  She said she hired me because the images I make are full of emotion and movement, but motion blur was completely absent.  It is super amazing when my own clients, non-photographers, are able […]

Lifestyle Family Photography Workshop – Family is Everything

Lifestyle Photography Workshop

  In early June I co-hosted my first in-person lifestyle family photography workshop Family is Everything with Sara Garcia of Sara Garcia Photo Art and the experience was amazing.  It was intimate, just Sara and myself plus 5 amazing participants talking all about the business of family photography. We kicked off the workshop with a […]

18 months and counting with June

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When I met June in January of 2017 the most exciting thing to do was watch her kick her legs, make noises while daddy read The Cat in the Hat, and inhale her bottle.  Fast forward to April 2018, now she runs around the house, feeds herself waffles and fruit, and gets in on the […]

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